Welcome Edwardian Ball Shoppers!
***Swankety Swank will be open on Wednesday January 19th in addition to regular hours to accommodate Edwardian Ball shoppers*** Sometimes everyday around Swankety Swank feels like a scene from an Edwardian inspired film. With all the bustle skirts, top hats, corsets, and feathers, combined with Yabette’s steam punk inspired furniture, it always feels magical inside [...]
Yes, We Have Your Edwardian Ball Bling!
The weekend of San Francisco Steampunk fun is coming soon and we have the gear to make your night fabulous! Come over to Swankety Swank and let Yabette, Miranda Caroligne, selene gibbous and Deb Sciales transform your look into Edward Gorey Glory!
2010 Assessment
The ferocious year of the tiger is coming to a close and I find myself musing over the enormity of what happened. I feel like I went through an astonishing time warp of ten years in the last twelve months! Let me share the icing on the enormous layer cake that was Swankety Swank 2010. We launched [...]
Swankety Swank Showcase: Timeless Tree Dresser
Swankety Swank Showcase presents the Timeless Tree Dresser! This delightful vintage wood dresser has had a gorgeous face-lift with a newly refinished top surface in black. Featuring a cream hand-painted tree with gold leaves on its refurbished original aged patina surface, it has a gorgeous luster accented by its original pulls and carved wood details [...]
Swankety Swank Showcase: The Driftwood Dresser
Swankety Swank Showcase presents The Driftwood Dresser! This aged, sturdy wood, mid-century modern dresser has had a new makeover by furniture artist and Swankety Swank owner, Yabette. It features a hand painted driftwood design in hues of rust, brown and cream on its original aged, polished front. The painting depicts the harmony of the driftwood painting with the [...]
STORM’s Swankety Swank Sacred Superhero Showcase
“Light is the first of the painters. There is no object so foul, that intense light will not make it beautiful.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Let there be light! Swankety Swank Showcase presents STORM’s Sacred Superhero Candles! Pictured above are five candles covered with original artwork from STORM’s independent memoir fantasy comic Princess Witch Boy. The latest issue–and archival [...]
Swankety Swank Showcase: Lock & Key Nightstands
These matching sturdy wood tables are part of furniture artist and Swankety Swank owner Yabette’s ongoing Steampunk Collection. They feature a hand-painted Victorian-inspired lock and key in detailed hues of brown on its newly refinished black surface. Both rustic and attractive, masculine or feminine, they have practical drawers and shelves with their original pulls. This [...]
Swankety Swank Showcase: Floral Fascination
Red Flower Table The seasons come and go, and yet creativity is always in full bloom at Swankety Swank! In fact, flowers are bursting all over the store, as blossoms bring forth freshness and beauty to the amazing art furniture on which they have been painted. Today Swankety Swank Showcase features three art furniture items [...]
Swankety Swank Showcase: Gray Branch Chair
The Gray Branch Chair Swankety Swank Showcase presents the Gray Branch Chair! This sturdy, aged farmhouse style chair has a great wood structure. It has been newly refinished and clear coated in gray on its gorgeous wood frame. It features a hand painted white branch bringing a modern flair to this retro chair. This signed art [...]
