Home Sweet Home

After completing our first holiday season as Twirl, we decided it was time to change things up a little and move office space. We are now located at 18th and Treat Streets in the Mission District of San Francisco, at a new building run by ActivSpace. This past January has been filled with designing the layout of out new office, building shelves, painting walls, and moving into our new space.

Though not a party or a meeting, this was quite the event for us and we set a goal to follow good environmental practices at each step of the move. We thought that it would be a good idea to chronicle some of our work here!

First we found a perfect fit at ActivSpace which utilized many green building practices, as most of their properties do. Though not LEED designated, the building is the equivalent to a LEED Silver level. We, of course, chose an office right in the center of the quad, smack in the middle of the action like the party people we are.

For décor and furnishings we went to Eco-Home Improvement to pick up Nolo and American Pride paints. We of course re-used our existing furniture, and we supplemented these with used items including shelves, side tables, chairs, and serving ware purchased from sources like Craig’s List, Goodwill, the Salvation Army and Cookin’ (a wonderful little store crammed with used specialty kitchen items). We bought power strips so that we can turn off all of our appliances when we go home for the evening. The new items we acquired were an Energy Star mini-Fridge (where else would you store the champagne?) and beautifully crafted trays made from acacia wood.

We are so happy with our new home away from home. Let us know if you would like to come by for a cup of tea!

Cheers!