Coffee table books: let’s talk about them! They’re dense, often expensive, but the good ones are SO worth the price of admission. As a voracious reader-turned-design fanatic, I’ve collected my share of big ol’ tomes – so today, I want to show you my fifteen favorite coffee table books. The catch? They’re all ones that I’ve learned from! Let’s be real: a lot of coffee table books are photo-heavy, but my current budget is dedicated towards the titles that are both beautiful AND helpful. Below, you’ll find the books that taught me how to spot good vintage, how to mix patterns, how to identify A ..read more

Welcome to a dream outdoor patio situation that I had the honor to style and shoot a few weeks ago. If you think you recognize this it’s because it’s the outdoor space of the Bay House, built by the owners of ARCIFORM and Versatile Wood Products (Anne and Richard, respectively) and we showed a sneak peek last year here. Their creativity and genius in this particular house is what made us decide to hire them for our farmhouse. But when we originally shot the interiors (two years ago now) the outdoor furniture hadn’t arrived yet so we got to go back a few weeks ago (now that the weather was ni ..read more

We’re back with the last installment of what Jess cleverly coined “Curtain Call” (she’s a punny queen, that one). The final Curtain Call, if you will. As I promised in my original post—read that here for context and some helpful curtain rules I laid out—today’s adventure involves window obstructions. We’re talking A/C units, random pipes, radiators, and ceiling slopes. I’m the first person to tell anyone who asks me that a lot of times, curtain coverings are a personal style choice. If you like something dreamy and dramatic, go with full-length drapes. Want something modern and crisp? Opt fo ..read more

Well, the day is finally here and I hope you’re all prepared! It’s been a long time coming and I know we’ve all been anxiously awaiting it: tax day. Did you do them? If the answer is yes, congratulations! Your reward is this post, where I finally reveal just how I was able to use fabric as wallpaper in my bedroom makeover. It’s completely renter-friendly and won’t break the bank, so you can spend your return on something fun, like a tropical vacation, instead of hiring a professional installer, after paying $100/roll for wallpaper. If you’ve been following along since last week, I sincerely ..read more

Happy Sunday and happy first MOTO week to Gretchen! In case you missed her incredible room reveal go check it out NOW. We are so proud of her but also not surprised because this gal is talented. Jess is headed up to Portland for a quick but exciting trip. More on that to come and today marks the official one-month countdown to our team retreat. Can you tell we’re a bit excited?? Alright, let’s get into these links… This week’s house tour only proves that light blue is likely the color trend of the year (as we predicted) and that exposed brick, a stunning art collection, and oversized floral ..read more

Kaitlin asked me the other day when we were out in the paddock, chasing around the pigs with a camera if I would have guessed 10 years ago that Brian and I would be doing life like this. I knew what she meant. “Yes,” came out quickly – my mouth opening before my brain even processed the question. While we moved here to have a simpler life, that doesn’t mean it’s gotten “easy,” just less (in a good way), but adding animals complicated our lives in the best of ways. It’s such a different life than we had 4-10 years ago in LA (after 10 years in New York). I have become increasingly aware of my ..read more

You may have heard that Emily Henderson started out as an editorial stylist:) Just kidding. I’m sure 99% of you are VERY aware of the fact. I mean, her famous “Style. Play. Everyday” wasn’t directed at renovating, people. Nope. It’s all about looking at your room, your home, and moving things around, adding a cool new piece, and seeing what you like! But understandably that may come more naturally to some which is why we are here. We want to give you the basics, show ya some tricks, and ultimately empower you to create a home you love. So today we are essentially giving you the “2024 styling ..read more

There is a “fantasy” period while planning a remodel – this happens at the beginning when you haven’t fully comprehended what the ultimate cost is going to be (or maybe as you renovate inflation hits and ruins your “budget” anyway). It’s so easy to think/hope/wish anything is possible, which becomes even more challenging because of the “idea inundation” of the internet (i.e. so many good ideas out there, which ones do I want to do?? What if we did that? Could we do that?). So today I’m showing you some of our more fantasy ideas for our home that we did with ARCIFORM and then eventually nixed ..read more

At the top of the list titled “Things we’d like to put off forever” are 1. our kids growing up and leaving us and 2. rebuilding the garages. Necessary, but not my favorite way to spend $$. As I write this post it dons on me that perhaps we could kill two birds and create a compound for our kids to live in the garages, thus avoiding the horror of #1 altogether. Eh? While that isn’t the plan I’m legit rethinking it this very second – I mean what is the housing situation going to be like in 15 years?? Anyway, these garages I know will be a valuable way to invest in the property and as my busine ..read more

What do you get when you combine 32 yards of fabric, a beautiful bedroom bundle from Article and the world’s best boss? My very first Makeover Takeover reveal!! If you read my post from yesterday, you know how quickly this bedroom came together. Personally, I love a deadline (Em too), and though this one came at us like a 90 mph fastball, I really do think we hit it out of the park! (Insert softball emoji here) What’s so wonderful about Em–besides gifting me with an incredible opportunity such as this–is that she really let me take the reins on the design process, but stepped up for me big t ..read more