Mod­eled after the mid cen­tury design, this hang­ing rat­tan seat is per­fect for out­door use in a gar­den or cov­ered patio and looks great in a mod­ern liv­ing or bed room. This com­fort­able swing­ing chair brings a more laid back design aes­thetic to your home and can be eas­ily played up with accent pil­lows or cush­ions. A great piece for any space, $398

This  Mid Cen­tury sofa and chair set has been uphol­stered in beau­ti­ful vin­tage inspired hexag­o­nal fab­ric to bring both com­fort and design into any retro inspired home. In the style of Adrian Pearsall, unusual design and pro­por­tion play a large role in these mod­ern trea­sures. The arm chair with match­ing ottoman is the per­fect read­ing and lounge chair, a true state­ment piece. The sofa can fit up to 6 peo­ple com­fort­ably, per­fect for a fam­ily liv­ing area. Each piece is sold sep­a­rately, and mixes with many other types and designs of fur­ni­ture. A truly beau­ti­ful set of mod­ern designer furniture.

Sofa: $2450

107″ length 32″ deep 27″ height

Chair & Ottoman $900

29″ across 31″ deep 43″ high

West­ern Drive

In Plein Sight

Paint­ings by Brian Rounds

For me, the act of paint­ing out­doors pro­vides an escape from the hum­drum, a respite from an increas­ingly per­va­sive cul­ture of com­mod­i­fi­ca­tion in which we live. In search­ing out a quiet place, I am seek­ing a tem­po­rary sanc­tu­ary, a med­i­ta­tion, a point from which I can fol­low along and per­haps lose myself among the con­tours of nature and the play of light, of color and form. I make a few ini­tial brush­strokes and so begins the famil­iar process of build­ing up a small reflec­tion of the world before me—a thor­oughly absorb­ing task urged on by the grad­ual and chang­ing pas­sage of light. The time it takes to com­plete a piece might be a sin­gle ses­sion of four hours or may be the prod­uct of a series of sit­tings. Some­times the work is fin­ished in the studio.

Although I do enjoy work­ing on both fig­u­ra­tive and non-objective (abstract) paint­ings and learn a great deal from that process, I find there is some­thing end­lessly com­pelling about the whole project of tak­ing oil paint­ing out­doors and into the fresh air and sun­light. There is risk and unpre­dictabil­ity there along with the hope of dis­cov­er­ing some­thing hid­den, and the chance to try to express, through your own lens, a sense of being there. My hope is that some­thing of the char­ac­ter of these places—a visual echo tan­gi­ble yet ephemeral—emerges in these pieces.

5–9 PM Fri­day Feb­ru­ary 3rd

107 Wal­nut Avenue

Eber­jey Lady Godiva Robe, $85

With Valen­tines Day around the cor­ner we put together a selec­tion of great gifts for your sweet­heart to make them feel extra spe­cial this year! Treat her to a lux­u­ri­ous robe or chemise from Eber­jey ($44-$85), or frame your favorite photo of the two of you in beau­ti­ful wooden frames by Rus­tic Decor ($13-$24).

Rachel Eva Neck­lace $52

A gor­geous neck­lace from Rachel Eva ($52)  or ear­rings from Minoux ($52) will remind her of you every time she wears them.

Rifle Paper Love Card $5

Write them some­thing spe­cial in a beau­ti­fully illus­trated card from Rifle Paper, $5.

Since 1962 Mr. Cal­i­for­nia has been mak­ing shirts and jack­ets that are con­ve­niently tran­si­tional from work to play. With styles like “The Pasadena” and  “The Coro­n­ado”, Mr. Cal­i­for­nia still rep­re­sents the laid back atti­tude of Cal­i­for­nia in the 1960’s.

Under new own­er­ship and befit­tingly made in Oak­land, Mr. Cal­i­for­nia has updated their clas­sic styles for men of the 21st Cen­tury, while still ded­i­cat­ing them­selves to the authen­tic­ity of the orig­i­nal brand. Cut­ting back on the poly­ester and instead using an updated blend of 65% Cot­ton and 35% Poly Easy Care Fab­ric, the line is as easy to care for as it is to wear.

More lounge wear, cute tees, and sweaters have arrived from Alter­na­tive Apparel! Get cozy in their soft terry lounge pants, or bun­dle up in one of their Eco-fleece hood­ies! New styles for both men and women, stop in and stock up!

Mar­lies Hoevers

Jan­u­ary 6th 5–9 pm

Mar­lies Hoev­ers was born in the Nether­lands and got her art degree at the Royal Acad­emy of Art in 2006. She started her career as a cer­ti­fied inte­rior archi­tect with Merkx+Girod Archi­tects, a lead­ing archi­tec­ture stu­dio in The Nether­lands, based in Ams­ter­dam. It was dur­ing that time Mar­lies devel­oped a strong fas­ci­na­tion for the inher­ent beauty and soul of old mate­ri­als and their poten­tial reuse in var­i­ous forms of art.
After mov­ing to Santa Cruz, Cal­i­for­nia, Mar­lies began to exper­i­ment with con­crete, tex­tiles and scav­enged objects in her new art stu­dio. By plac­ing these found mate­ri­als into a new con­text, they are con­verted into ART-FOSSILS. Here they are com­bined into a sin­gle com­po­si­tion and fix­ated in con­crete for eter­nity and beyond. While sub­ject­ing the old mate­ri­als and objects to a dra­matic meta­mor­pho­sis, her art cap­tures their souls and gives these for­got­ten mate­ri­als a new ele­vated pur­pose: one of BEING ART

Wal­nut Arm Chair $1100 SOLD

Teak Arm Chair $1100

Arm­less Wal­nut Chair $900

We just got our hands on three beau­ti­ful Mid Cen­tury mod­ern chairs from Selig, made in Den­mark. All of them are in their orig­i­nal uphol­stery in dif­fer­ent shades of orange, hardly ever used from the 1960’s. The set of three con­tains one teak arm chair, a wal­nut arm chair, and an arm­less wal­nut chair. This gor­geous set came with it’s papers from the orig­i­nal pur­chase date in the 1960’s. All of the cush­ions are inter­change­able on a first come first serve basis. This set is truly a rare and beau­ti­ful find.

A per­fect gift for those who love beer and every­thing about it. This book doc­u­ments the evo­lu­tion of the beer can in an alpha­bet­i­cally arranged pic­to­r­ial with over 500 dif­fer­ent types of beer from over thirty coun­tries. From the orig­i­nal St. Pauli Girl to the more obscure Old Froth­in­glosh, this read will keep them busy all Christ­mas day. $20