Rooms our candles live in.

Designers, architects, and customers send us photographs of the rooms where our glasses end up. We ask permission, credit everyone, and never move the furniture, except once, and only a little.

Living room Cow Hollow, San Francisco · Russian Hill Interior by Studio Alder
Kitchen Noe Valley, San Francisco · Mission Fig Interior by the homeowners
Bedroom Russian Hill, San Francisco · Vallejo Fog Interior by Marisol Reyes Design
Dining room Mill Valley, California · Russian Hill, Mission Fig & Vallejo Fog Interior by Hollow Oak Studio
Bath The Sea Ranch, California · Ocean Beach Architecture by Field & Fern
After dinner Bernal Heights, San Francisco · Brownies & Ice Cream Photograph by a customer
Barn supper Two Rock, Sonoma County · Unscented votives, 141 of them Sonoma Harvest Supper
The front room 628 Vallejo Street · All of them Our own shop, tidied for the photograph

Placement

Where to put a candle.

A good candle in the wrong spot is a very expensive way to scent a hallway. Here is where we put ours, after twelve years of trying most of the alternatives.

Living room: Near a bookshelf, not under one. Shelves are for books, and books have been through enough.
Kitchen: Away from the range hood, which will pull the scent straight outside and take credit for it.
Bedroom: On the nightstand, lit while you read. Put it out before you sleep. We say this to every customer and mean it each time.
Bath: Light it ten minutes before you run the water. The steam does half the work.
Dining room: Scented glasses on the sideboard, unscented votives on the table. Dinner should be the loudest thing in the room.
Entryway: A short burn an hour before guests arrive, then out. The best entrances are the ones people can’t quite explain.

For designers & stylists

The trade program.

Interior designers, stylists, architects, and hospitality buyers can open a trade account for wholesale pricing, styling loans for photography, and early access to seasonal pours. We lend glasses for shoots, and we would like them back with the wick still trimmed.

Ask at the counter for an application, or write to the workshop on letterhead.

Styling loans: Up to twelve glasses, one week
Trade pricing: From twelve glasses per order
Hospitality: Hotels and restaurants, poured to order
Lead time: One to two weeks, bench permitting