Sightseeing: SF Design Center

Below are a few interesting pieces spotted on my last several trips to the San Francisco Design Center.

: Beautiful mosaic tile from Francois & Co… They craft sheets based on your project specs, allowing the natural mosaic edges to join up neatly with grout.. A sample, 5’x10′ floor, would cost approximately $10k in materials

: Love the aged, distressed finish of this oak floor

: Wood curves and steel pot rack

: Simple, nicely sculpted stools

: Teak chevron tiles

: Picture doesn’t quite capture the luminescence of the floor tile sample.

: Shimmering metallic pink-silvers in a Moroccan trellis design (Walker Zanger)

: Clean, simple, elegant coffee table — from Ebanista

: A lovely, rustic credenza

: An S in leather strips, with an interesting optical effect in the colors and weave. Was a comfy seat.

: Feminine, elegant desk, a one of a kind fashioned from reclaimed Indonesian teak, that would be lovely tucked into a home office or sitting room.

: A contemporary bookcase and china cabinet piece, from Gaul Searson

: Korean river stones, hand-painted in SF — at Inja

: The Buddhist sutras are transcribed on the back of each stone (I’m told).

: Traditional, ornate but weathered, entitled, dining chair

: The crystals, the play of different rectangles against the other, producing this lovely glow. Gorgeous for a transitional, elegant dining or living room.

: Clean square lines, with a round glow in between

: Wood veneer wallpaper. Could be a beautiful focal point in a recessed nook, along a dining room wall or coating a dressing room’s walls

: I could see this in my little girl’s room — who adores the spectrum of purple and pink. Voila.

: A burnout floral pattern, on a subtle green slate paper.

: Beams from Restoration Timber. Most shown here are hand-hewn (ax marks abound), from Mid-west barns 80-100 years of age.

: Just an eye-catcher I had to photograph (heh)

: The bend, the welds, the finish and craftsmanship of this stunning steel coffee table

: If you have a need for a rustic, 10′ console table standing on mega nails, here it is.

: My eyes is always drawn to different materials. Here, natural sisal chevron papers.

: Just simple raffia, but I could imagine it warming up an office or austere space.

: A four poster finished in a battered black that will hold its own in a farmhouse, transitional, or rustic boudoir

: A lovely plank top dining table, seated on an iron base, to easily seat eight. I have a personal pet peeve with outdoor tables that seat only six — they’re everywhere.

: Love this outdoor lounger