New Restoration Workshop

A recent visit to the enormous new shop of Christopher L. Yerke's Restoration Workshop.

Restoration Workshop has recently moved into a huge new space in San Francisco Mission District, where among other exciting projects, several talented carpenters and apprentices are hard at work rebuilding and restoring the redwood paneling and woodwork for an important historic San Francisco home that was damaged by fire.

George Zaffle at the 2008 SALI Convention

Fans of Decorative Painting will surely want to catch George Zaffle's class at the 23rd annual convention of the Stencil Artisans League, Inc. being held this week in Charleston, NC.

George will be teaching a Decorative Painting Extravaganza as well as demystifying the World of Decorative Painting to eager students from across the country.

Adrian Card featured in SF Chronicle

August, 2007

The San Francisco Chronicle ran a wonderful piece on the home of AL member Adrian Card and John Tinker. They've spent years rehabbing one of the oldest houses in San Francisco, with respect for its architecture, and its previous owners.
Lots of great pictures in that article as well.

Erik Kramvik in the New York Times

July, 2007

Designer Erik Kramvik gets noticed in this article in the New York Times

"And even in houses that would seem to be all about the past, it’s possible to create a period bathroom that isn’t mired in it. Ingrid Weiss, a real estate agent who lives on Belvedere Island in San Francisco Bay, has just finished a two-year renovation that included the gutting and enlargement of the master bathroom in the 1892 Queen Anne-style house that she and her husband bought in 1978.

“It’s been the love of our lives and dear, dear friend,” she said of the house, which is considered a historic landmark on the island. But Ms. Weiss, working with Erik Kramvik, an architectural designer (he is part of a Bay Area collective called Artistic License, which brings together architects and artisans specializing in period restoration), set out to capture the essence of a Victorian bath without giving the room a kitschy bond to the era."

Green Envy by Jane Powell

May, 2007

"Green building is an oxymoron..." our own Jane Powell debunks the myth of green building. Read her article in the San Francisco Chronicle

2007 San Francisco Decorator Showcase

April, 2007

Lynne Rutter designed a Vintage Laundry Room for the 2007 San Francisco Decorator Showcase, open April 28 - May 28 at 2901 Broadway Street a spectacular 1927 neoclassical villa designed by architect Henry Clay Smith, in original period condition.

Several guild members contributed to the production of this room.

above photo by David Papas Photographer

Berkeley Hillside Club

March, 2007
Dianne Ayres has been elected the President of the Berkeley Hillside Club.

Bruce Bradbury voted into AL Hall of Fame

This portrait of Bruce first appeared on the cover of SF Magazine in January, 1990.

Bruce Bradbury, founder of Bradbury and Bradbury Art Wallpapers, and one of the founding members of Artistic License, retired from business in 2006. The members of the guild have unanimously elected him our inaugural Hall of Fame Member, so that Bruce could found yet another great Institution of Period Design.

Read more about Bruce and his accomplishments on our members page.