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    Your Guide To San Francisco Interior Design 2022

    January 20, 2022
    It’s been a while since we’ve created a shopping guide, and since most home-related products are on backorder (or have been straight-up discontinued), now feels like the time, doesn’t it? Our team …
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    Post-Covid Home Design Trends

    January 17, 2022
    Pre-Covid, we didn’t spend all our time at home. We spent most of our days at work, weekends at farmers’ markets, early mornings at the gym, and weeknights out to dinner with family or friends. The…
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    A CEO’s Approach To Interior Design

    January 6, 2022
    Is this you? At work, you’re always the first to volunteer to head up a new project. Or maybe you organized the entire PTO fundraiser and rocked it. While no one would call you a DIYer (hello, Task…
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    The Coddington Design Retreat: Wine Country & Team Building

    December 22, 2021
    Whether you’re a CEO at a tech start-up or a stay-at-home mom managing her household (both get little sleep and always on-the-go), you manage a team. And as any leader can tell you, managing a team…
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    Happy Holidays from Coddington Design

    December 18, 2021
    Happy Holidays! We’ve reached the end of 2021, and I don’t know about you, but I feel pretty good about it. It was a year full of highs and lows (and I’m frankly a little happy to have it behind us…

    Interior designers, please stop doing these 5 things to your employees!

    December 9, 2021
    I remember the first time my boss made me cry.  I had worked hard on a successful submission to design a room for the San Francisco Decorator Showcase.  The big first meeting was coming up that eve…
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    7 Gift Ideas from BIPOC, LGBTQ+ & Women-Led Businesses

    December 3, 2021
    I believe that the best way to live, work, and yes, shop, is to align our values with our actions. For me, that means celebrating diversity, choosing community over competition, creating work-life …
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    Is a She Shed Your Next Gift to You?

    November 26, 2021
    Do you ever feel the need to escape your home for an hour or two? Maybe avoid the kids, get some work done, or escape your partner’s “music” coming through the surround sound? If so, you need a She…
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    5 Tips for Stunning Staircases

    November 19, 2021
    Staircases are more than just a passageway from one floor to another. They can welcome and wow you when you get home each day, set the tone of your home, and make it feel unique. But there’s more t…
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    How to Pick Art & When You Should

    November 12, 2021
    Art is personal. It tells a story, evokes emotions, and sparks memories. You can even look at the same piece on a different day or a different year and perceive a whole new meaning or emotion from …

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