Most kitchens amass clutter naturally and quickly. But in this San Francisco home, it’s actually hard to make a mess, all thanks to the cabinet layout Allie Allen and Sasha White, the cofounders and designers behind Shiny Shed Collective,

Allie Allen and Sasha White of California design firm Shiny Shed Collective have one guiding principle: “At Shiny Shed, we tend to believe good design should be hard to define with one specific style..."

The kitchen in this one-bedroom, one-bathroom Victorian apartment in San Francisco looked “a bit like a hospital,” says Allie Allen of Shiny Shed Collective, who worked on the project with design partner Sasha White. 

When it came to the kitchen in their three-bedroom, two-bathroom 1930s San Francisco home, the owners wanted keep the current square footage and layout, but adjust the space to make it work harder for their family’s needs (they have two daughters). 

Shiny Shed’s philosophy is that a good design should defy a single, definitive style. Guided by this ethos they designed this bathroom with the craftsman and California bungalow style of the original architecture in mind while incorporating touches of European design elements.

I know it’s on a scrap of paper around here, because I dimly recall writing it with the one usable pen I own—despite having 76 other writing instruments, including a huge number of pencils with broken tips...

When re-designing the kitchen of this classic 1930’s single-family home, Shiny Shed Collective aimed to preserve the home’s character and Spanish style influences while enhancing its practicality and aesthetics.

Allie Allen and Sasha White go way back. The lifelong friends grew up a block from each other in Mill Valley and now live just a few blocks away from one another in Stinson Beach.

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If you’re not ready for a full-on spring reno, get on board the trend for kooky home accessories, the weirder the better! Just one or two completely bonkers items will be enough to elevate your room, and you’ll have a great time seeking them out.

Allie Allen and Sasha White of Shiny Shed Collective in Mill Valley just finished renovating a bathroom in a 1908 Bernard Maybeck-designed home in Mill Valley...

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It’s a new year and a new kitchen for one San Francisco family, and a big moment for Shiny Shed Collective, the Mill Valley interior design and decorating firm that designed it.