Daily Find
If you've been hosting "Moroccan-style" dinner parties on the floor to cover the fact that your condo doesn't have room for a dining table, it's time to come out of the closet. Calligaris Shop, a modern Italian furniture line focused on brilliant solutions for small-space entertaining, has a new, 4,000-square-foot showroom in Pioneer Square, offering a dazzling array of extension dining tables, stacking and foldable chairs and more.
By Anna Roth | May 21, 2008
Daily Find
I have a cousin who spends considerable time in Kazakhstan, a niece who lives on an organic chocolate farm in Costa Rica and a dear friend who resides steps from the Hague. Keeping track of time zones in order to avoid the poorly timed 2 a.m. phone call is nearly impossible.
By Natalie Bow | January 18, 2008
Daily Find
Chris Raver and Suzanne O'Shea, owners of the environmentally friendly superstore Goods for the Planet, have a mission: to tread lightly on the planet in all facets of living. Everything they stock at their South Lake Union shop is recycled, recyclable, renewable, conserves energy or water, or is locally made.
By Kathy Schultz | January 16, 2008
Daily Find
If you miss Rosanna Bowles’ shop at University Village like I do, you'll be able to get your fix during her Sodo warehouse sale. The Dinnerware Designing Diva, as she’s affectionately known, unloads her overstock of gorgeous goods each year at below-retail prices -- up to 75 percent off.
By Kathy Schultz | May 30, 2007
Daily Find
Sunnier skies call for lighter and brighter bedding, and Kerry Cassill’s line of Far East-inspired bedding is the perfect antidote to the heavy blankets of winter.
By Natalie Bow | May 24, 2007
Daily Find
Marilyn Berg's petite shop is like a precious jewel box you open again and again to admire your prized baubles. The eclectic store is filled with Berg's jewelry, vintage frocks from New York, sterling-silver serving pieces, glassware, alabaster lamps, Isabella Fiore handbags, Berg's own tooled-leather handbags and finds from the ocean like chunks of coral and polished seashells.
By Kathy Schultz | May 23, 2007
Seattle Style File
Seattleites may be familiar with Antique Row in Tacoma, but there's more than tchotchke-filled shops here. The pedestrian-friendly area that includes the Theater District makes for a nice day trip and change of shopping scenery. You'll find everything from estate jewelry to the latest in pricey denim in this historic section of town.
By Kathy Schultz | May 10, 2007
Daily Find
Tiempo is one of those old-fashioned, service-oriented businesses-they can pop a new battery in your trendy Skagen wristwatch or repair Grandma's antique mantel clock.
By Kathy Schultz | May 3, 2007
Daily Find
On a recent visit to Retrofit Home I could not come up with a single Daily Find. Instead, I came up with several.
By Kathy Schultz | April 24, 2007
Daily Find
Channel-surf on a rainy Sunday and you are bound to come across a dozen home décor shows with jaw-dropping before and after shots of Ikea-heavy dorm rooms turned into palatial, Architectural Digest-worthy parlors. More often than not, the designer is able to make this transformation with a meager allowance and a few buckets of paint. But without the benefit of the HGTV production squad and a celebrity designer, turning your own home into a design masterpiece is a major challenge.
By Natalie Bow | April 16, 2007
