Love February 8, 2010
Posted by lilabdesign in Uncategorized.Tags: Dawn Sutti, Flower necklace, Ford Model, Holly Stewart, Pink, Stylist, Valentine
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“Work is love made visible.” Khalil Gibran
That is how we feel here at Lila B. Design. Each and every time we green urban spaces and adorn life’s celebrations with blooms, we articulate our love.
And in celebration of this season of love we, and a talented team of artists, created this Valentine. Not only was the project super fun, it offers up a sneak preview of our recent styling project with Holly Stewart Photography. It is true, we have been waiting for a reason to spread the news (and the love!) about our new collaboration.
And finally, Lila B. Design would like to thank each of you dearly for allowing us to create and share our passion–work is truly love made visible!
Succulents and fine-crafted metal? Organically-green and blacksmithing? We think so. February 4, 2010
Posted by lilabdesign in Uncategorized.Tags: blacksmithing, custom furniture design, custom-made, design, Gil Mendez, iron furniture, lighting, Lila B. Design, local blooms, Murray's Iron Works, san francisco, succulent landscapes
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Come out February 3rd-February 5th to Design San Francisco, an event with speakers, discussions, and showrooms waiting to invigorate and inspire the design-inclined. Bonus: Visit Murray’s Iron Works and you can admire how some crafty Lila B. Design arrangements partner with custom furniture designs!
We were given the liberty to enliven the old world elegance of Murray’s Iron Works (known for producing some of the finest custom-made iron furniture and lighting available anywhere in the world) with succulent landscapes and select local blooms. Join us there at 3pm on Thursday to learn about custom furniture design from Gil Mendez, an accomplished designer with Murray’s Iron Works that we love. Mendez will lead a lively discussion tracing the design process from conceptual sketch to fabrication drawing from many years of experience.
Let the blacksmithing begin!
On the Tables of Saison: Bountiful-Local February 1, 2010
Posted by lilabdesign in Uncategorized.Tags: candle-lit, Chef Joshua Skenes, city garden, community garden, culinary magic, edible, elegance, Fall Flowers, floral arrangements, flowers, interior decor, Lila B. Design, local, locally sourced, Saison, san francisco, san francisco chronicle, San Francisco Event, simple centerpieces, Stable Cafe, succulent and flower, supper club, urban farm, urban garden
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If you were to wander to the side of Stable Cafe, just past a shipping container topped with a garden grown by yours truly, you will find Saison. Saison (French for season) is a reservations-only restaurant that opens its doors on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
evenings to serve the locally sourced menu of Executive Chef Joshua Skenes with the discerning and cultivated wine pairings of Sommelier Mark Bright. The feel is secret supper club meets informed elegance. The experience is one of both intimacy and invitation: the tables are small and candle-lit while the kitchen is open and guests can be a part of the culinary magic with wine in hand.
On Good Feet January 23, 2010
Posted by lilabdesign in Uncategorized.Tags: Green, san francisco
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Lila B. Design has started the new year with our best foot forward… and yes it is totally-unmistakeably GREEN!
It is official from head to toe… and we are super proud that we have met the stringent requirements of the San Francisco Green Business Program! The award is for conserving resources and preventing pollution while working to create a more sustainable San Francisco by being mindful of our:
- Waste Reduction
- Energy Conservation
- Water Conservation
- Pollution Prevention
- Staff Education
So, so thrilled to be GREEN!
Setting the winter scene with succulents December 12, 2009
Posted by lilabdesign in Uncategorized.Tags: birch log, holiday, living landscape, simple centerpieces, succulent and flower
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Photo thanks to the talented Holly Stewart.
Lila B. & Holly Stewart Photography collaboration. More to follow…
a unique spin on a succulent wreath December 8, 2009
Posted by lilabdesign in urban garden.Tags: reclaimed, repurposed, san francisco, succulent and flower, succulents, urban garden, wreath
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Built into a soil filled box made from shutters found at Urban Ore
this Holiday wreath will live on and on…
A Feast for your Eyes December 3, 2009
Posted by lilabdesign in Events, Press.Tags: Anthem, dining by design, Gil Mendez, home and garden, house plants, interior decor, Kathryn MacDonald Photography, Murray's Iron Works, san francisco chronicle, San Francisco Event, simple centerpieces
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San Francisco Chronicle
November 29, 2009
Sunday Home & Garden Feature
5 feasts for the eyes
Tabletop inspiration from the talent behind S.F.’s Dining by Design
Designer Gil Mendez collaborates with Murray’s Iron Works, Anthem, and Lila B. to create a San Miquel de Allende inspired dining room.
In featured feast #4, Lila B. creates a ‘fresh take on
traditional centerpieces’ and writer Anh-Minh Le offers it up as an ‘idea to steal’.
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photos by www.macdonaldphoto.com
Art with Nature’s Oddities and RePurposing with Lila B. November 19, 2009
Posted by lilabdesign in Press, urban garden.Tags: community garden, home and garden, house plants, interior decor, san francisco chronicle, succulents, urban garden
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San Francisco Chronicle
November 1, 2009
Chantal Lamers
Sunday Home & Garden Feature
Art from nature’s oddities
Unexpected displays bring rooms to life
Baylor Chapman’s San Francisco home isn’t about formal floral centerpieces or huge houseplants. For the sought-after designer, known for sustainable gardens and floral arrangements, home is about personal touches, repurposing materials and using nature’s knickknacks to their utmost potential.
Star Struck October 31, 2009
Posted by lilabdesign in Events, urban garden.Tags: city garden, Dahlias, edible, Fall Flowers, flowers, san francisco
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Okay so I’m not (usually!) much of a star gazer when it comes to celebrities. But when I found out that Michael Pollen would be one of 8 guests in Boulevard’s Wine Vault ~ and Lila B. flowers would be the centerpiece. I ogled.
Sophie, part of the Lila B. gang, created this vessel from an old wine box and then we poured in the locally grown ingredients…
Foraged Acorns & fragrant Quince from ‘Florists at Large’, our own ‘City Grown’ edible Rumex, red & yellow Rudbeckia, and Gallardia seed pods, and Half Moon Bay Dahlias and fragrant Chocolate Cosmos made this arrangement almost delicious!
Thanks to Michael Pollen ~ for all his inspiration ~ and influence on how we think at Lila B.
Ball Jars with Pop! October 27, 2009
Posted by lilabdesign in Wedding.Tags: ball jar, country flowers, wedding flowers
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Here’s a snapshot of last week in the Lila B. studio…
We were prepping fun & bright flowers for an orchard wedding at Dawn Ranch in Guerneville, Ca.
We can’t wait to see the ’action’ wedding photos…but for now…here are a few from our studio by Sophie de Lignerolles




















