Delf Home

Delf Home Specializing in bench-crafted home furnishings and lighting from San Francisco, CA. It’s been estimated a shop might have only 10-20 iron tools.

My career began fifteen years ago in NYC as a furniture designer for Ralph Lauren Home, following a BFA in Cabinetmaking from Kendall College of Art and Design. After becoming Design Director at Ralph Lauren and designing for other global brands, I had the good fortune to take a position developing furniture and lighting for Williams-Sonoma Home in San Francisco. I didn’t know it at the time, but

this move to the West Coast would provide the inspiration for a new aesthetic. While exploring Route 101 (‘El Camino Real,’ the same route the Spanish missionaries traveled from Mexico City), I spotted a historical marker road sign for Mission San Miguel. I was only vaguely familiar with America’s Spanish colonial past, but after visiting the mission, I began doing extensive research on the history and furnishings of the period—a fascination that would eventually take me on several trips to Northern New Mexico.

18th- and 19th-century New Mexican furniture is to me the ultimate expression of the art form. What the Hispanic and indigenous ‘carpinteros’ were able to accomplish with few resources is extraordinary. The West during this era was incredibly remote and had very limited trade with the outside world. Improvising with the tools and materials on hand, the carpinteros created pieces with bold, sturdy forms and a refreshing lack of flamboyance, often leaving tooling textures intact. To the uninitiated, some pieces may seem primitive, even folksy. But in fact, the proportions followed rather sophisticated standards. You can also see a strong use of negative space, something furniture designers from any era are prone to neglect. Taking cues from this rich history and incorporating some modernist sensibility and function, my pieces have a streamlined, timeless quality. All prototypes are crafted in my San Francisco, CA, shop, mostly using hand tools like handsaws, chisels, and planes. Everything is made from high-grade, yet unfussy domestic materials like ponderosa pine, oak, U.S. leather, and U.S.-milled hemp fabric. And local and domestic artisans supply components like hand-forged iron fittings (Oakland, CA), upholstery (San Francisco, CA), and acrylic (New York, NY). Because your piece will be uniquely your own, we can work together to customize it to your specifications.

Parent alert!!! The ‘Sesame Beginnings’ books are not, in any way, authorized prequels for the expanded Sesame Street un...
03/08/2026

Parent alert!!! The ‘Sesame Beginnings’ books are not, in any way, authorized prequels for the expanded Sesame Street universe.

03/07/2026
Delf Outdoor Table in oiled white oak. Also available as a 10 seater.
11/21/2025

Delf Outdoor Table in oiled white oak. Also available as a 10 seater.

More pics of the Nailed Cabinet.
11/12/2025

More pics of the Nailed Cabinet.

Made a new door for the shop. Finally got to attempt scribed miters.
10/30/2025

Made a new door for the shop. Finally got to attempt scribed miters.

Sunday funday.
10/12/2025

Sunday funday.

New outdoor table in solid white oak, oiled. Custom sizes available.
07/29/2025

New outdoor table in solid white oak, oiled. Custom sizes available.

New items and some items in new finishes…
07/28/2025

New items and some items in new finishes…

New end tables in fir. 20³ inches.
07/01/2025

New end tables in fir. 20³ inches.

Address

618 Shrader Street
San Francisco, CA
94117

Opening Hours

Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 6:30pm

Telephone

+19173015482

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