In Vendors We Trust.

Crate and Barrel  downtown, Palo Alto, various locations of this Chicago-based chain crateandbarrel.com

cb2 Berkeley + Downtown SF the trendier, cheaper version of Crate and Barrel www.cb2.com

Restoration Hardware  San Francisco, Corte Madera, Yountville, Palo Alto. Outlets in Vacaville, Pleasanton and San Rafael. (their hauling/transport reference is decent and may cost about $100-$300), otherwise, 17th and Kansas Streets. rh.com

Blu Dot, Valencia Street www.bludot.com

Design Within Reach, Kansas Street, (ask to see their sample sale room; it’s in the back) dwr.com

Room & Board, 7th Street, winter sale is a madhouse with lines around the corner for floor samples

HD Buttercup, 4th and Brannan St, two annual sales (big summer and end-of-year sales)

lignet roset, De Haro Street and 15th Street, design center area (timeless French quality, chic)

West Elm, Emeryville, designer, yet affordable www.westelm.com

EQ3, Potrero, Emeryville, modern, medium to high-end www.eq3.com

Pottery Barn, Chestnut Street, pb.com.

Interior Decorator-grade: SF Design Center, Potrero, Kansas Street area

Building Supplies

East Star, Carroll Street, building supplies for cheap (aka, where the Irish and Chinese contractors go shop) (Ask for Ken)

Liberty Building Supply, Cesar Chavez (tile, kitchen cabinets, fixtures, tubes, vanities)

East Star (kitchen cabinets, stone/quartz countertops, toilets, vents fans, bath and kitchen hardware, faucets, taps, sinks, some tile) (Ask for Sharon)

FloorCraft, Bayshore (higher-end tile, higher-end appliances, cabinets, medicine cabinets, hardware, tile, carpet, flooring)(Ask for Fred)

Bauerware, 17th Street (every type of handle, knob or pull possible)(Ask for Matt)

Beronio’s Lumber, on Napoleon/Marin Streets (lumber, wood floors, molding, doors, windows, hardware, wainscoting)(Ask for Bill for lumber, etc)(Ask for Frank for doors/skylights)

Discount Builders Supply, Mission Street (sundries and supplies)

Home Depot (regular, pro and design-oriented, 3 stores 1 city), Daly City (better for lighting and plants)

Lowes, Bayshore (better for tile)

Unique Architectural Ideas, Finishes: https://sweets.construction.com/

Tile:

Porcelanosa, Division St (design-y, European)

Ceramic Tile Design, Duboce near Mission Street (higher end, schulter trim)

Heath Ceramics, 18th St.  ($$$) + there’s an outlet in Sausalito (!)($-$$)

Fireclay. 10th and Brannan ($$$ customize your own, great patterns, textures, shapes)

Ann Sacks, Design Center in Potrero (super luxe/high design, aka $$$)

Best Tile, Bayshore (lots of tile, schluter edges and variety, shower pans, some wood floors run by terse Chinese folks) ($)

Electrical Fixtures + Lighting

Universal Electric Supply, 8th Street (all kinds of indoor/outdoor lights, trim, cans, vent fans, electrical outlets, conduit, wires, hardware, etc.)(Ask for Winnie)

City Lights, Folsom St (all kinds of lights, designer lights, etc., great floor sample sales, light bulbs of every kind)(Ask for Sean F)

Paint Stores:

House of Color, Bryant and 24th St (Benjamin Moore, Polo and paint supplies, ask for Adelena)

Creative Paints, Ocean Ave (Benjamin Moore) and Webster Street (Benjamin Moore, Farrow & Ball, C2, Fine Paints of Europe)

Reclaim and reuse some building supplies instead of going ultra custom in your victorian, edwardian; match your vintage fixtures, trim, door knobs, windows, etc. 

• Building Resources, 3rd and Illinois Street
• Urban Oar, Ashby & 7th St, Berkeley

CONTRACTOR REFERRAL SERVICE

Cole Valley Hardware Referral, Home Repairs (415) 753-2653 ext.3 colehardware.com/home-repair-referral-service/

Handyman Heroes [email protected] (844) 382-4376

For specific recommendations, ask us.

Appliances

www.abt.com (best prices and service + delivery)

Hardware

Emtek hardware (the best look touch or feel)

www.homesteadhardware.com

modernhousenumbers.com (do we need to tell you what they sell?)

Lighting + Light fixtures 

www.ylighting.com 

www.lumens.com

www.lightingandlocks.com/  (we like the look of legrande’s adorne series, otherwise it’s lutron and their casetta wi-fi line)

Circa Lighting (great designs) 

Kelly Wearstler (LA-glam/luxe style)

Scope the doors online, then go to Discount, Golden State Windows and Doors, Ocean Sash and Door or Caldwells

Simpson Doors (will get you local quotes which local folks will beat)

Amazon.com (yes, really. They’re good for the nitty gritty detail materials like valves, connectors, LED lights and transformers)

AllModern.Com + WayFair.com (yes, the shipping is free; the variety substantial and the prices good)

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