It’s a master bedroom redo in my 5th (and final installment) of this Studio City house series (that was featured in HGTV Magazine). It’s like “Breaking Dawn, Part 2,” except without stupid names like Renesme and weird CGI children. Or maybe it’s more like “Empire Strikes Back,” although I’m pretty sure that was 3rd not… Read More …
I told you I was going to spread this house out. I’m really milking it. We are on post number four (out of five) of the studio city house and today’s makeover is totally exclusive to this blog, since the office didn’t make it into the magazine. (See post 1, 2 and 3.) We didn’t… Read More …
It’s part three of the Studio City house that I decorated. I say “decorated” instead of designed in this post because their architect, Eric Olsen is responsible for all of the reclaimed wood, the design of the kitchen, and basically everything except for the furniture and accessories. So please credit him and hire him. He’s… Read More …
Thank you all so much for the wonderful comments on Monday’s post. After reading them all I made Orlando tell me how untalented, ugly, and annoying I was, over and over again, in order for my head to get back to a normal size. It’s almost like he enjoyed it. Meanwhile, let’s go into the… Read More …
Hello. I’d like to officially welcome you to the longest (and most full of information and general design porn) post I’ve ever done. I can finally reveal a house I worked on for a year last year that I’m so proud of. It’s featured in this month’s HGTV Magazine so I’ll no longer get digitally… Read More …
My 20’s were a really good decade. My priorities were as follows: 1.) Hustle everyday to figure out my career, and 2.) Have A LOT of fun. We (Brian and I) moved to New York from Oregon in 2001, when we were 22, with absolutely no plan and barely any money saved (well, Brian got… Read More …
The amount of furniture I bought on Craigslist when I lived in New York was ridiculous. There aren’t really thrift stores there. I mean sure, there is Housing Works and Angel street, Council thrift .. etc, but they won’t come and get your garbage, and messengering it to them doesn’t really make sense, obviously. People… Read More …
Last weeks Nashville-gate (the lack of any cheap awesome finds) made me want to go somewhere smaller, with less of a vintage culture. So Kansas City it is, and my what wonderful things Kansas City did bring this week. 1. $450 Milo Baughman Sofa You know how I feel about Sir. Milo Baughman. In the right… Read More …
I’m so jealous of this studio it’s stupid. It’s making me decide to either rent a studio or wear Joy’s skin as a coat. It’s just so happy, inspiring, colorful, but still feels so bright and airy with enough negative space to not let your little brain go insane … Resources (Left to right) Furniture:… Read More …
**Kitchen nook photo from our Studio City project. Inspiration only** Sometimes in life you have to make some hard design related decisions, and nobody understands more than me how hard that is to do by yourself. Enter in “Design Agony”, a simple service where you as the reader, homeowner, or viewer can ask us a simple question… Read More …
The other day I was googling myself, as you do, looking for an old project to reference, when so many other old projects popped up – projects that I’ve even forgotten about! Ginny and Brady were like, ‘You did that? We’ve never seen it before!’ Some of them I’m proud of and some of them… Read More …
Last week I blogged about this chair ‘before and after’ and today I’m showing the entire before and after of the whole living room. Lets get into it. When Lisa approached me it seemed like a different/good challenge, which is what drew me to the project. It’s so easy for all of your work to… Read More …
Roundup, round 2. I missed the ‘end of the year’ roundup posts that every self respecting professional blogger should do because of one Sir. Charlie Henderson’s arrival. That little punk forced me to ‘cuddle’ and ‘obsess’ and ‘sing weird songs about chins and armpits’ instead of doing said roundups. So in celebration of Mr. Charlie… Read More …
Oh friends. This is a HUGE giveaway today. You know I don’t normally do or enter giveaways probably because either I don’t normally want the item bad enough or I want it really bad but so do thousands of other people and not winning bums me out. But even I want this giveaway because what… Read More …
You know those projects that you say “yes” to and afterward (hell, during) you can’t stop asking yourself, “Why, in the name of Meryl Streep, did I say yes??” Well, this is the opposite. This was one of the most rewarding projects in every way, not to mention it was such a great opportunity for… Read More …
