It’s no secret that good design is in the details. In fact, sometimes the best design elements are the ones you don’t even notice! Streamlined, thoughtful accents that recede into the background are the key to a home that feels considered and complete. As I’m learning more and more as I work on our new home, […]
Have you ever had an ah-ha moment and discovered that several of your favorite spaces are all designed by the same firm? That happened to me recently with a few interiors I’d been admiring turned out all to be the work of Stewart-Schafer, an interior architecture studio based in Brooklyn. With backgrounds in gallery and […]
When we were renovating Light Lab last year, we couldn’t have done it without the many brands who saw our vision for the abandoned, disabused space and wanted to help us bring it to life! Two of those companies–Fireclay Tile and Rejuvenation, to get specific–were some of my longtime favorites in the industry, so the chance […]
Now that I not longer have the excuse of the post-holiday lull, it’s time to get cracking on decorating my new house! We’re in that weird limbo state that always happens after a move: we purged a lot of our belongings during the transition, and the remaining pieces just don’t quiiiiiite work in the new space. […]
What are your big projects for 2017? I’ve got my sights set on a few: planning a wedding, for example, but also traveling farther afield this year, and enrolling in some continuing education classes to take my writing to the next level. The undertaking I’m most focused on, however, as these first days of January have […]
Remember the pantry organization story I shared in November? I have to say that was one of my favorite posts of 2015, and with the new year bringing with it resolutions to put life in order, it only seems fit to share the tools I used to make the project happen! It truly felt so good to transform […]
Can you believe that Christmas is less than a week away? I certainly can’t. Everything feels so last minute this year! I’ve not bought or wrapped a single present, nor have I given a single thought to the dish I’ll be contributing to my family’s feast. If your plans for the big day are as nonexistent […]
In November we moved from our tiny bungalow into a slightly less tiny bungalow. Ever the optimist, I started a Pinterest board for the new house before our lease application had even been approved! The most common words in my pin captions are a pretty good indicator of the direction my style has taken in the […]
As promised, here it is! Gift guide number two for the week! This one’s for the interiors lover in your life, the one who’s always restyling her shelves and swapping out the artwork on the walls when she gets bored. She lives to redecorate, so get her an eye-catching new accent that she can build a […]
I’ve always felt a little weird about hanging pictures of myself around the house. Even when I was a kid, my mom was more likely to hang sepia-toned photos of ancestors than current images of our family. Objectively speaking, I think it’s fantastic when people surround themselves with photographic reminders of their most special moments. But […]
When it comes to holiday decorating, the kitchen is one of the most overlooked rooms in the house—yet from baking cookies to serving up a family feast, it’s the one we tend to spend the most time in during the festive season! This hardworking room deserves a festive update just as much as the rest of the house, […]
When the daylight hours decrease and the holiday stress mounts it becomes ever more important to carve out time for self-care and soul nourishment. I of all people know the extent to which our homes can support us in being our best selves (I literally wrote the book on the subject!) so I get really […]