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The second shop in our SF design shop triumvirate is Scandinavian Details. Yes, it's exactly as its sounds. Accessories from Scandinavia. Nice ones. Take a look.

Rosendahl vase

Orrefors bowls

BodaNova glasses

Orrefors water decanter

Iittala serving bowl

Royal Copenhagen thermos

Today we add to the guide the first of a triumvirate of San Francisco home design shops that set a new standard for what such shops can be. This is for all the design shops that fill the shelves with Alessi and call it a day.

Rose & Radish began its life in 2001 as a flower shop focusing on creating exquisite arrangements, bouquets and floral sculptures. More recently the shop decided to morph into a home design shop, still working with flowers, but also now importing elegant, hip housewares from all over the globe.

The selection of various home accessories the shop has brought together is nothing short of astounding, marrying Japanese, German, Scandinavian and American design disciplines. Let's take a quick sampling:

Porcelain vase from Nymphenburg, Germany.

Glass vase from Arcade, Italy.

Glass candy bowls from Koziol, Italy

Faux grass mats from Kikkerland, America

Dishcloth from Atelier LZC, France

Even more impressive than the assorted accessories is the collection of tableware, again spanning multiple countries, styles and materials.

Bone china from Dibbern, Germany

Glass tumblers from Sugahara, Japan

Tray from Kose, Italy (If you've ever needed a tray that's undetectable by radar, you've found it!)

Bowl from Wetter Indochine, Vietnam

Wood bowls from Piacenza, Italy

Esther Derkx is the Sarah Cihat of The Netherlands. She takes castaway porcelain pieces and gives them new life using funky screen-printed graphics.

See what we mean? Have you seen even half of this stuff online before? We certainly hadn't.

In the past year we've seen skulls on scarves and sweaters, T-shirts and pillows. New at Sprout Home, these funky pixelated skull bowls.

When we first received an e-mail from Canoe announcing the opening of their online store, our first question was what's Canoe? We sign ourselves up to so many mailing lists it's easy to forget what's what. Canoe it turns out is a lovely design store in Portland carrying home accessories, personal accessories, toys, books and more. They do a rather impressive job of bringing together well-designed items from Japan, Italy, Scandinavia and the good old USA. Some are classics designed by mid-century masters, some are fresh designs from young upstarts. Check out some of our favorites from their store.

French lifestyle boutique Colette launched its new site last week, expanding and improving its online shopping offering in the process. Here are some fun new items we noticed.

Rafia & Bossa City Bracelet

Pucci Pen by Omas

Borba Margo Key Chain

Elko Maekawa Plates

After hearing about San Francisco based online shop Branch several times, we knew we it was perfect for our shopping guide. The concept of Branch is to seek out and sell stylish, well designed items that are made with sustainable materials and methods. While still an online only operation, the shop did have a "flash" shop a few weekends back in San Francisco and is apparently looking for a permanent place in the area.

As for the sustainability factor, they're really not kidding about this stuff. Each and every item comes complete with meticulous information of where it was made, who made it, and an "ingredients" list the FDA would be proud of.

So if you're looking to give the environment a hand, you should probably take the 5 large you were going to spend on this chaise and plant some trees or something. But isn't it comforting to know that if you were in the market for a $5k environmentally friendly chaise lounge one is available for you to buy?

The selection of tableware and home accessories is more accessible and affordable than the furniture. Frankly we would like them whether they were environmently friendly or not. Which we guess is sort of the point with Branch. The store makes buying sustainable goods the easy, obvious choice. Seeing as he's hanging his hat in SF these days, we wonder if Mr. Gore is a customer.

When it comes to high-style, avant-garde boutiques New York and increasingly Los Angeles are the places to go. But if you're looking for a boutiques that embrace the local style, San Francisco is second to none. Doe, in the Lower Haight neighborhood of SF is just the latest example. The store fancies itself a mini-department store, with areas for women, men, children and the home. Throughout the store is a hip, organic style with lots of earthy colors, flower prints, animal motifs, and tableware perfect for the garden.