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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …