Briefly In Business

Designer home store opens in town

Vertigo Home, just opened by Martin Ulrich and Chris Oswalt, is offering a selection of “luxuries” for home or gift list within a vintage 1920s bungalow at 1854 S. Coast Hwy., next to Sweetwater Car Wash.

The shop features imported fabrics starting at $12 a yard, Danish design home accessories and unusual items such as the Boogie Woogie salt/pepper shaker, Rocking Cognac Orbs, and black rubber vases.

They sell fabric off the bolt for the do-it-yourselfer, and also provide full service reupholstery from design through delivery.

Many of the items in stock have received the prestigious Red Dot international design award. Of special note are the George Nelson mid-century Sunburst clock, Alexander Gerard hand-painted dolls from the Vitra Design Museum and the Eames house bird carved of solid alder.

Vertigo Home is the realization of the owners’ combined passions for travel, art and design. To preview the shop, visit www.vertigohome.us, which includes Ulrich’s blog to update showings of new items and store events.

For more information, call (949) 494-7547 or e-mail vertigohome@gmail.com.

Give Green event at Laguna Green

Laguna Green will be sponsoring a Give Green Holiday Event from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

The event will feature a number of holiday gifts including beautiful fair-trade gifts from Exotic World Gifts, raw vegan chocolates from Lovesnax, Nandina Bamboo Towels, Lumen Soy Candles, container plants from the Juicy Leaf, preserves from Delilah and the Road Less Traveled and the Activeion Pro, which replaces all household surface cleaners.

“We’ll also be serving up some holiday cheer with wine and appetizers,” said owner Pam Sterling.

Laguna Green is at 1025 S. Coast Hwy.

For more information call (949) 340-7727, or e-mail pam@laguna-green.com.

Window contest voting continues

The Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot is gathering votes for its Holiday Window Contest for local retailers. Community members may cast their ballots for one or more retail windows in any part of Laguna Beach that they think have the best holiday decorations.

The winner will get a free quarter-page ad in the Coastline Pilot. The top vote-getters will have their windows and businesses featured in the Dec. 25 issue.

To cast a ballot, send us a note by mail with your name and the name and address of your favorite holiday-decorated retail windows in Laguna Beach and why you liked them to P.O. Box 248, Laguna Beach, CA 92652, or send your ballot via e-mail to coastlinepilot@latimes.com with the subject line: “Window contest.”

You may vote for as many businesses as you like, but the limit is one business vote per person.

Mailed ballots must be postmarked by Dec. 18. E-mail ballots must be e-mailed by midnight Dec. 20.

Collectibles trunk show and sale

The Laguna Beach General Store, 950 Glenneyre St., will hold a “treasure” trunk show from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, featuring local artists and one-of-a-kind collectible items.

Special features include a Stick and Rag Show from Topanga, hand-crafted leather and fur bags, jewelry by Los Angeles jewelry-maker Madley, artwork by mosaicist Christine Kunkel and more.

For more information, call (949) 715-5777.