This is our first year not home for the holidays. And after also being away for Thanksgiving, the extent of our fall decorating amounted to one green pumpkin. But December brings a different kind of decorating guilt. The nights grow long and dark, and there’s a pull toward coziness – candles, dim lights, a blanket …
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A Forged Holiday
It’s a good thing the kids emptied their closets before heading off to college, because their rooms have become the perfect holding pens for drying my foraged treasures – hydrangeas, specifically, snipped from a friend’s next-door neighbor. I even invented my own drying method: I tie the stems with twine, loop the bundle over a …
LIVE WITH WHAT YOU LOVE
The walls of a home quietly tell the story of the people who live within them. Every painting, photograph, or memento is a clue—carefully chosen or lovingly placed—revealing layers of identity, memory, and longing. We buy things that speak to our aesthetic, find objects that stir something familiar or wild within us, and receive gifts …
Transform Your Mood with Dopamine Decor and Color Drenching
I read an article in Architectural Digest a few years ago about “dopamine décor” and wrote about it in an Instagram post. Since then, bold color has continued to emerge in interior design. The creamy, neutral palettes of years past are now being punctuated with vibrant hues. Daring shades of hot pink, emerald green, bright orange, vibrant …
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The Art of the Themed Holiday Party: Après Ski Edition
The best holiday parties include a fun theme, a great guest list, thoughtful details, delicious food, inventive cocktails, and elements of surprise. We throw many events in our home during the holidays – benefits for our local art foundation, school gatherings and of course parties for family and friends. Unfortunately for me, a communal party-planning …
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Transform Your Space with Bold Fall Colors
The colors of fall are popping up everywhere in our small town. The pumpkin patch is open and hues of orange, yellow, rust and cream prevail in the flower section of our location grocery store. October is a month of excitement for me. Our last occasion to decorate our Ojai home for an upcoming holiday …
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Create Your Home’s Story
The Architectural Home When we stage an empty home, we are creating a story for an otherwise empty space. We ask ourselves questions like “Who lives here? What type of person would this kind of home appeal to?” In Ojai, as a stager and designer, I see many styles of homes. I have always been …
Winter Slump
Everyone’s yard looks a little bare and brown. The crisp winter air makes my skin feel overly dry. Our house, no longer decorated for the holidays feels drafty and empty. I’ve officially hit my annual winter slump and it’s difficult to escape the warm embrace of the down filled, comforter covering my bed, to begin …
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