For the past seventeen years, William Adams Design has worked out of home offices, job sites, and borrowed meeting rooms. Every client consultation, finish selection, and cabinetry review happened wherever we could make it work. That era is over.
This September, we are opening a dedicated interior design studio in San Francisco at 680 8th Street, Suite 174. It is the first space we have ever called our own, and we built it to work the way we do: material-forward, client-centered, and grounded in the actual decisions that go into a well-designed home.
We are celebrating with a grand opening Open House on Thursday, September 10, from 4 to 8 PM, and we would like you to be there. The evening is simple: come see the space, meet the people behind the work, and spend some time in a room that was designed with the same intention we bring to every project. No agenda, just an open door and good company.
A New Chapter for William Adams Design
A dedicated studio was never the goal for its own sake. The goal was always the work: getting the bones of a home right, resolving the floor plan before anyone chooses a finish, and building spaces that hold up for decades. But a certain kind of design work requires a space to do it in.
When a client needs to see how a stone slab reads next to a cabinet profile, or how a hardware finish changes in natural versus artificial light, a screen cannot replicate that. Materials need to be touched. Proportions need to be read in person. The studio makes that possible.
Inside the Studio
The studio is organized around the decisions that actually shape a project. When you walk in, you are not looking at a showroom curated to impress. You are looking at the materials, systems, and finishes we specify in real homes for real clients.
Nickels Cabinets, is a trade-only cabinetry line that has been central to our kitchen and bath work for years, and occupies a prominent place in the space. The studio gives clients the chance to see door profiles, finish options, and hardware combinations in person rather than on a sample board. If you have seen the cabinetry work on our projects and wondered how those decisions get made, this is where it happens.
Beyond cabinetry, the studio holds material vignettes: stone, millwork, tile, hardware, and finish combinations that give clients a tangible sense of how a space might come together before construction begins. For homeowners who have previously made decisions from swatches and screenshots, the difference is significant.
Photography of the completed studio by Tetiana Sokolova of Capture Studios will be available after the opening.
Presenting Sponsors
The grand opening is made possible in part by four partners whose work appears regularly in our projects. Each of them plays a real role in the way we design, and the evening is an opportunity to meet them in the context of the studio they helped build.
Nickels Cabinets
Nickels is a trade-only cabinet line built around the idea that cabinetry should be both precisely made and genuinely flexible. We have worked with Nickels across kitchens, bathrooms, and millwork applications throughout the Bay Area, and they are the line you see throughout the studio space itself. Their presence at the opening is less a sponsorship and more a natural extension of an ongoing collaboration.
Pietra Fina
Pietra Fina is a Bay Area natural stone importer and distributor, family-run since 1997. Stone selection is one of the decisions that most directly shapes how a kitchen or bath reads, and having a local source with a deep and well-curated inventory makes a measurable difference. Pietra Fina's slabs have found their way into a number of our projects, and they bring that same depth of material knowledge to the opening.
Thermador
Thermador has been setting the standard for luxury kitchen appliances for more than a century. Their appliances are a regular specification in our kitchen design work because they hold up to the demands of kitchens that are designed to function, not just to look good. For clients thinking seriously about a kitchen renovation, seeing how Thermador integrates into a well-designed space is worth the trip alone.
BSC Culinary
Family-owned BSC Culinary has been one of San Francisco's most respected appliance showrooms since 1956, and one of our key appliance partners for more than 15 years. Their knowledge of the products they carry is the kind that comes from decades of working with both designers and the homeowners who live with the decisions. They are the sort of resource that makes specifying appliances a conversation rather than a transaction.
Knight Construction
Knight Construction has been a trusted general contractor since 2008, building a reputation across more than 100 kitchen and bath remodels throughout the Bay Area. Founded by a tile setter, they carry that same standard of precision and craft into every project they take on, regardless of scope. What sets them apart is how they work: self-performing many of the trades keeps schedules tighter and costs more predictable for clients, and a long-tenured crew means expectations are understood before the first conversation ends. We have worked alongside Knight Construction for nearly a decade, and that continuity shows in the work.
Come See Where the Work Begins
The studio is where we will meet with clients, work through floor plans, and make the material decisions that define a home's character before a single wall moves. Opening it to the public on September 10 feels like the right way to introduce it: not with a ribbon cutting, but with an open door.
If you are planning or considering a renovation, this is a good evening to come in, see the space, and have a conversation without any pressure. And if you simply want to see what a working interior design studio looks like when it has been designed as thoughtfully as the homes it produces, that is a great reason to visit too!
We Hope You’ll Join Us!
We hope you'll join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening. The night will include a live DJ, catered bites, and a cocktail program designed for the occasion. If you find yourself holding a Passion Tini or a Hot Honey Marg, you are exactly where you should be. Come ready to see the space, meet the people behind the work, and have a real conversation about design.
Street parking is available on 8th Street. We recommend entering from the Hardwood Bar and Smokery side of the building near Brannan, where a greeter will be at the door.
We look forward to seeing you on September 10, from 4 to 8 PM.
RSVP at williamadamsdesign.com/open-house. Spots are limited.
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