I head to the flea market at least 2-3 times a month. In L.A. it rotates around based on the week (1st Sunday is PCC, 2nd is Rose Bowl, 3rd Long Beach and 4th Santa Monica). Charlie usually comes with …
A Family Shelter Makeover
If you only sometimes read the blog I beg you to read this post (and watch the video at the end). Please. Think of the children. I’m not being flippant. To prove it – here are children: That’s my family 34 …
Fig House – The Bridal Suite Design
Just when you guys thought we were done documenting The Fig House, I sneak away to shoot the bridal suite and shock you with a super insane/weird makeover. This room is where the bride (or anyone really) gets ready and …
Advice: Quit… before you burn a bridge
I’ve been working for 20 years, in a monogamous relationship for 15 (well, including two short breakups) and have been managing (and getting feedback from) various employees, freelancers and independent contractors for 6 (well, kinda 10) years. That is a …
Modern Old-World Master Bathroom
As I’m looking at this and writing it I’m having serious master bathroom envy. We are starting ours now and even if after we are done the sheer square footage issue makes our master never really a master, but this …
Personal little update
I just crawled into bed (yes its 8:15) after Brian made me dinner while I rambled on about how I just can’t seem to find enough time in the day. This week I shot some more Target videos and I made …
My ‘Style’ journal
They say you can’t learn style – that you either have it or you don’t. To me ‘they’ sound like people who think ‘they’ have VERY good style. The problem with that theory is that it doesn’t factor in exposure …
A Rustic California Home Nursery + Shop the Look
It’s a neutral, Texas-inspired baby room, and I’m pretty into it. I have a theory that in a lot of ways nurseries are just our own ‘kid’ fantasy rooms – it’s the room that we would have wanted as kids …
An Update on My Family Room
The family room is kinda a disaster and not exactly moving forward very well and yet we spend SOOO much time in here eating strawberries and getting them on our shirt, obviously. I’m not sure what my problem is and …
Design Mistake #2: The ‘Too Small Rug’
America has been suffering for too long from ‘too small rug’ syndrome. In case you missed the other design-related American sufferings here they are: The Generic Sofa Roundup | Painting A Small, Dark Room White | Bad Wood Finishes | How To Hang Curtains | How To Hang …