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 …
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Dispatch from the Empty Nest: Sending Their Things, and Your Love
That moment has arrived: the children have officially left the nest. Matson just graduated from high school, and the hallway outside his bedroom has been overtaken by boxes, duffel bags, and suitcases, all prepped for packing. The challenge was his tight summer schedule—camp counseling, followed directly by his college move-in. So, we sorted everything into …
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SUNDAYS IN OJAI
How Lila Glasoe Francese, Co-Owner of OHI HOME, Spends a Sunday in Ojai, CA Since founding OHI HOME, LLC with her husband Dines in 2009, Lila Francese has become one of Ojai’s go-to voices on style. The design house offers interior design, home staging, custom window treatments, bespoke mattresses, and full vacation-home outfitting—all executed with …
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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O H I H O M E S T Y L E
WHAT IS OUR STYLE? Almost a decade ago, when we opened our home styling and staging company in Ojai, CA we were fully aware that we were sharing a new vision with our audience. A vision that still, almost ten years later, centers on our primary goals -simple on trend design that is both innovative …
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