6 Things Experts Always Declutter For a Cozy Home This Winter
Consider this your home organizing checklist.
Expert Advice
8 Front Porch Christmas Decorating Ideas Designers Swear By
The warmest welcome.
How Intentional Design Transformed This Small Kitchen Into a Stylish Haven
Designer Sam Sacks shows how it’s done.
8 Decorating Mistakes You Might Not Know You’re Making
Elevate your home effortlessly.
7 Ways to Make the Most of Your Tiny Kitchen—We Promise!
NYC renter-approved.
10 Home Items You Should Be Thrifting Instead of Buying New
Plus, tips to make you a thrifting pro.
8 Timeless Elements You May Be Forgetting to Add to Your Home
Simple swaps to transform your space.
10 Bedroom Makeover Ideas You Can Do In Just a Weekend
Psst… most of them are free!
5 Reasons to Indulge Your Indoor Plant Addiction
Do your regular weekend plans include at least one trip to the nursery? Do you name your plants, and even talk to them sometimes? Are all of your birthday presents green and leafy? You might have a plant addiction. I have one too, and I’m about to enable you because I firmly believe this addiction […]
Rethink Your Coffee Table With This Piece of Furniture
Shopping for furniture is hard. We may buy a pair of shoes once a season, so after just a couple years you have 5-10 shoe buying experiences under your belt. You learn your taste, what looks good on you, what’s functional, and what you love year after year. With furniture, you don’t have that luxury. You […]
5 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Feel Cozier for Fall
It may be 92 degrees with a humidity of 84% outside here in Austin, and yet I still ambitiously wore my fall boots to work today only to regret that decision by lunch time. For now I’m getting into the fall spirit from inside my air conditioned home. I recently hung a large photo print of a snow […]
4 Ways To Become A Morning Person
A couple years ago I made it my New Year’s resolution to become a morning person. I’m a night owl by nature so it’s taken work, perseverance and all the hacks in the book to get there. I love reading and talking to people about what works for them and trying it out — even […]
4 Dramatic Kitchen Updates We Are Loving For Fall
We’ve had an ever-so-slight decrease in temperature here in Austin, and all of a sudden my autumn nesting instincts are taking over in a big way. I went antiquing this weekend and felt strong urges to buy Tartan wool throws and glass goblets worthy of a Thanksgiving feast. I know we have a long way […]
5 Quick Ways to Dress Up Your Dining Room
In the last few minutes before guests arrive, when I’m running around juggling several dishes in various stages of completion, I always find myself with just a couple of minutes to clear off my dinner table and make it look guest-worthy. Step one is always a quick sweep to declutter the table/workspace/catch all, leaving me […]
How To Finish Decorating Your Home
When I moved to Austin a few years ago, I had nothing but two overweight suitcases in tow. I spent months making trips to and from stores trying to equip my first home, and still it felt so empty. In some ways it was a wonderful having a blank slate without being restricted by hand-me-down furniture […]
How To Add Versatile Patterns Into Your Home
Michelle Adams wrote in HouseBeautiful that she “spent most of my 20s as a magazine editor, photographing stylish spaces in New York City and around the world for Domino and Lonny.com. And go figure: My personal style was all over the map.” I for one have loved that about her style, and have gotten so much […]
6 Steps to a More Serene Bedroom
Whenever I see an airy, uncluttered room with every thing in its place on a blog, I like to picture what’s going on behind the scenes — I imagine that they’ve moved all of their real belongings over to the side of the room behind the photographer. In my mind, one half of that room is in chaos. So I was […]
8 Steps to a More Stylish Bathroom
Fraying towels, a shower curtain liner that has seen better days, finishes that wouldn’t have been your first choice – if your bathroom is a pain point in your home, it won’t take a renovation to make it your happy place. You can knock out these styling tips this weekend! Cloth shower curtain – Nothing says […]
Could You Live In a Monochrome Space?
When I was furnishing my first home I wanted a white sofa, against the better, wiser judgement of my family and friends. I don’t have children yet, I didn’t have pets at the time; my white sofa days were numbered and I wanted to make the most of them. So I bought one and set […]
7 Beachy Finds for a Quick Summer Makeover
Do you get the feeling that just about everyone is out of office right now? My Instagram feed is awash in shades of turquoise blue water right now, so I’m definitely feeling the need for a dose of summer, even if it’s in the comfort of my home. It doesn’t have to be a total overhaul, you could […]
5 Essentials for Your Dreamiest Bedroom
I live in a studio so I pretty much have to make sure my bedroom’s presentable when I have guests over, but back when I had an actual bedroom I have to admit, it didn’t get my full design attention. Our untidy habits get the best of us in the areas we know no one will see, like that one […]
How to Get That Art Gallery Vibe
Do you ever walk into an art gallery and think “This. This is exactly what I want my home to look like.” I do it every time I walk into an art gallery. When I visited Peggy Guggenheim’s Venice home turned art museum, my favorite part was seeing the old photographs of what the palazzo used to look […]
7 Pieces That Will Add French Style to Your Home
Stir fries, pastas, fajitas – these are well-practiced dishes in my kitchen. But one cuisine that still seems to elude me is French cooking. I admire blogs like Mimi Thorisson’s Manger that manage to make it look so simple and of course delicious. So this year I’d like to master her roast chicken with herbs recipe, […]
5 Essentials for a Well-Designed Room
Have you ever decorated an entire room only to be left thinking that something was… missing? I know that beautiful homes take time to curate but I’m guilty of lacking patience in this arena. Is it really so much to ask to have my home look like I’ve lived a full life in it for years, within months […]
How to Turn Your Bedroom Into an Oasis
I’ve painted my bedrooms various shades of turquoise, gray and purple over the years, and had all manner of colorful bedding and prints on the walls. As a child, and especially as a teenager, my bedroom was my domain to express my creativity. After college I painted my walls a dark blue and had velvet […]
How to Fake a Formal Dining Room
I don’t have a formal dining table, my table functions as a workspace for projects, an area to entertain, sometimes extra food prep space, and more. So when I cook for family and friends I need to make an all-purpose surface and make it feel focused and a little more formal. This year my parents moved from our […]
4 Quick Kitchen Upgrades (That Don’t Involve Marble)
I’ll be the first to admit – I love marble. Growing up a geologist’s daughter, rocks played a pretty prominent role in my upbringing and marble was always a favorite. It’s safe to say it’s been everyone’s favorite in recent years, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a kitchen in a blog or magazine that doesn’t […]
How to Make Your Small Space Look Bigger
I know that for many, a big house with a big yard is the dream. But after living in all sorts of accommodations from houses to dorm rooms to apartments, I’ve found that I actually flourish in a small space. It forces me to have a place for everything – and to keep everything in […]