If last year was the year of the bathroom, this year is the year of the kitchen. And I am not just saying this because the Mountain House kitchen was a real hot commodity this year (put it this way: …
Where to Buy Affordable Lighting Online: 18 of Our Go-To Resources
The importance of lighting is real people. Plus, sitting in the dark is only charming for a very short amount of time…like 5 mins I’d say. However, as I am sure I don’t have to tell you, lighting can be …
A Sneak Peek Into the Master Suite + Behind the Scenes of Our House Beautiful Feature
You may have seen all the reveals that we’ve shown thus far, but there is more to this story. As I’ve mentioned throughout this process, House Beautiful was going to be running an exclusive feature story on the mountain house …
Our First Ever Reader Event At the Mountain House—A Recap
Two Saturdays ago was our first reader event at the mountain house. We invited 30 (+ plus-ones) of our most dedicated readers/followers up to Lake Arrowhead and the EHD team hosted them for the day. It was EXTREMELY fun, fulfilling, …
The Link Up: A Celebrity Home Tour, Chandler’s Everyday Skin Care Essential & The Best Bed For Your Fur Baby
Happy Sunday fun day, folks. We hate to brag, but it is an especially happy one for team EHD because we are OOO for the entire week (yes, our boss is pretty freaking cool and we are so grateful) but …
How I Spent My Summer Vacation (a.k.a The Best Summer Ever)
Summer, 2019. This was the last summer before Charlie, 5 years old, starts real school—kindergarten—where we aren’t in control of our own lives/time as much. It’s the last summer before other, older kids have more influence on him, and perhaps …
Reveal: How We Brightened Up a Room (and Some Deserving Lives) with Velux Skylights
Today’s reveal is my favorite type of “work” and why I feel like the luckiest person on the planet that this is my job. Velux skylights approached me about doing a makeover for a family that could use some “brightening …
Our (New-ish) Super Fast, Super Useful Design Process (for Non-Designers and Beginning Designers)
You can’t have “fast, cheap and good” in design. We all know that. At best, you get two out of the three and rarely is “fast” one of them. Often the design process truly is expensive and good, and layering …
In Defense of the Comfy Sectional—A Friend’s Almost-Finished Family Room
My friends have cool houses and good taste. You may be thinking to yourself that this room looks familiar like, “it belongs in a house I’ve seen and loved before.” It’s the same house owned by my friends Corbett and …
All Our Favorite 2019 Decor Trends (& What We Think Will and Won’t Last)
Trends, trends, trends. A term we love to hate but also can’t wait to see what crazy idea is up next in the ever elusive zeitgeist. And if we are honest, we love reporting on them because there are few things …