Putting a little design love and improvements into your rental property prior to listing it is a very smart thing to do. And, this month we partnered up with my designer friend, Erin Wasden to update a condo in Hermosa Beach CA –and we were asked to get it ready to rent by August 1st! […]
This July we are designing and remodeling a kitchen in Manhattan Beach. The kitchen currently looks as many kitchens do which were designed and built in the 80s. It may or may not be apparent in this BEFORE photo, but the existing cupboard door and drawer openings were not cut to max-out the use of […]
Maca, Maca, Maca! I feel lucky to live near a great restaurant called The Source, because it can be hard to find a healthy eating establishment that has organic food, fresh and ready to go when you are on the move. It’s in Hermosa Beach, CA on the North side of Pier Avenue between PCH […]
I love designing with analogous color schemes. They match beautifully together and usually create a serene feeling, even when using some of the most bold colors as you can see in my photograph below. If you have not had an art class in your life, or if it has been a while, you might be […]
Years back I visited the Le Parker Meridian, a hotel in Palm Springs designed by Jonathan Adler, one of my personal design gurus. He talked about having an underlying idea in his design theme of “Happy Chic” and he thought of the hotel as a grand manner, perhaps owned by his great aunt, where her daughter and husband also had rooms. In this fictional estate the furniture and decor were collected through travels and over time and perfectly set together in a scene to create interesting and welcoming rooms.