Welcome to the guest cottage! We’re living here while we renovate the main house but cant wait to host friends and family every single weekend! We had roughly 6 weeks to update the 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house so we could move in which was ambitious, I […]
The thermometer just started inching up to the high 70s/low 80s here in LA and it finally feels like summer! The kids are out of school, hot coffee orders have turned into iced and the pools are open! It isn’t until the weather really gets warm when I get my […]
Let’s face it, laundry isn’t the most thrilling part of a daily routine, but when you have a baby, it’s just that – a daily routine. After what felt like hours a day in our dingy, unpractical laundry room post-Leo, we decided it was finally time to do something about […]
BEFORE: AFTER: After buying our 1920’s Spanish style home in the Hollywood Hills, we spent four years updating and renovating the space. We stained the floors, painted the walls and doors, gutted the kitchen, powder room and master bath along with an endless list of smaller updates. The only room […]
Having moved 5 times over the past 5 years, I’ve gotten pretty confident with decorating homes. Of course some of the stuff I’ve used is the same house to house, but each home comes with a different feel and design. To stay mindful through the moves, I’ve developed a small […]
Nurseries are the sweetest rooms I ever did see! And for me, it was important that this sweet space where my baby plays, eventually sleeps and learns is as safe and non-toxic as possible. Surprisingly, one of the hardest non-toxic items to find was a crib. Trust me, I tried! […]
I’ve had a lot of requests to do more decor posts, so consider this the official kick-off to a series where I’m going to share the updates and changes we’ve made, and continue making, to our home since moving in three years ago. When we bought our 1927 Hollywood Hills […]
If we’re lucky, at the end of every day, we crawl into our own little boxes where we nourish, hang and rest our heads. These boxes we like to call home. I didn’t always love returning home. In fact, for a good portion of my life, home was not a […]
I’m a candle girl, always have been. I like to light one to start my day or to relax at night, pretty much 24/7. And then of course I learned about the chemicals that a lot of my candles contained and the allergens that follow—not to mention polluting the air. […]