For all of the pattern and color lovers out there, here are five small, California-based independent designers making the most beautiful textiles in the business.
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This living area expands the idea of a coastal color palette with dusty pastels and earthy accents.
Los Angeles-based interior decorator Kristi Bender returns to the San Diego-area beach of her childhood, and transforms a nondescript condo into a teen-approved retreat. Christine Lennon – May 18, 2021 | Updated May 14, 2021
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Take one look at this condo in Solana Beach, just north of San Diego, and scratch all of the things you think you know about coastal decor off of that tired list. Nothing is blue. There are no awning stripes. And there isnât a nautical or marine motif in sight. When Kristi Bender, an interior and furniture design partner at Cuff Studio in Los Angeles, and her husband Chris decided to invest in a beach condo just a few doors down from her parents, they knew they were embracing a beachier lifestyleâb
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Get The Cool Scandi Style of Danish Design Star HAY for Under $100
HAY there, Bay Area! The Danish design brand, on its way to becoming a household name in the States, opens its second California shop in Berkeley. Christine Lennon – May 12, 2021 | Updated May 17, 2021
When the Danish design brand HAY was founded in 2002, their mission was to make capital D Design more accessible to a global market, and to update ideas about what Scandinavian design really is, which isnât as pale and sterile as you may suspect. Husband/wife duo and founders Mette and Rolf Hay were committed to recruiting their generationâs best designers to create cool, useful, colorful products with a graphic punch.
These San Diego Sisters Make Decorative Tile That’s So Cute and Colorful You’d Never Guess It’s Recycled
Hilary Gibbs (left) and Georgie Smith are step-sisters and co-creators of the sustainably made decorative tile brand LIVDEN.
The San Diego duo behind LIVDEN tiles share a passion for sustainable products, and a love for digging for vintage treasures. Christine Lennon – May 12, 2021 | Updated May 17, 2021
The co-creators of LIVDEN tile, Georgie Smith and Hilary Gibbs, have been a part of their unique family businessâtransferring patterns and images onto natural stoneâsince their parents blended their two families when they were young. Their mom, Melinda Earl, started Stone Impressions when she patented a method for hand-printing stone tile back in the mid-90s.