Author Archives: Christine Lennon

From Pipes and Pennies to Your Kitchen and Bath: Copper Is Coming in Hot

As homeowners look for beautiful and safe ways to update their fixtures, copper is more popular than ever. Read More

This Laurel Canyon Cottage Was Cramped and Dark. Now It’s a Haven of Light and Space.

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. Laurel Canyon is one of those storied… Read More

19 Outdoor Pillow Ideas That Will Blow Your Patio’s Mind

There is no easier way to upgrade your outdoor space than a pillow refresh. Mix them, match them or add them to your pile. Read More

A Touch of Dark Glamour Transforms a Pasadena Ranch House

“There’s no logical reason why I am so attracted to the American Southwest,” says Kirsten Blazek, who was born in Scotland and moved to the… Read More

Obsessed with Summer? We Are, Too—and These Tomato-Scented Candles Bring It Home

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. Last week, when I was prying weeds… Read More

Learn to Love Your Laundry Room with These 5 Easy Upgrades

“Visually simple,” “intentional,” and “peaceful” aren’t words that are readily associated with a typical laundry room. There’s nothing serene about piles of unwashed bedding, widowed… Read More

Design a Better Built-in, from Reading Nooks to Coffee Corners

The Costa Mesa-based team at Sérendipité interior design got their hands on this Orange County home, with an open farmhouse-inspired layout,… Read More

Low-Key, Playful and Ready for a Glass of Cab: Steal These Outdoor Living Ideas from a Whimsical Napa Tasting Garden

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. Clara Jung, a San Francisco-based interior design… Read More

Art Deco Inspired Lulu and Georgia’s Spring Collection—and Nearly All of California’s Favorite Landmarks

You may have noticed round furniture popping up everywhere you look. Spherical upholstered ottomans, crescent-shaped sofas, bent wood and rattan, tables with circular bases… Read More

This L.A. Garage-Turned-Garden Room Is Full of Great Outdoor Living Ideas

Meghan Rostovsky and her Providence Design Group partners share a shopping list to turn an unused garage into a stylish outdoor living area. Read More

8 Perfect Paint Colors That Prove the West Coast Is the Best Coast

The landscapes of the Western states have always provided ample inspiration for painters and photographers who’ve tried their best to capture big skies, majestic trees,… Read More

This Pretty Pastel Terrazzo Wall Is the Easiest-Ever DIY

Made in Oregon since 1890 and employee-owned, Miller Paint is a small-but-mighty brand you need to know. When they posted this… Read More

A Subtle Remodel Turns an Architectural Gem into a Young Seattle Family’s Dream House

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. There’s a neighborhood called Hilltop in Bellevue,… Read More

Is Lagom the New Hygge? Why the Swedish Concept of “Perfect-Simple” Is a Design Strategy to Live By

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. It’s been a while since hygge,… Read More

An Etsy Addict’s Guide to Collecting (or Making Your Own) Indian Block Print Textiles

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. I have a textile habit, largely enabled… Read More

How an Ojai Ranch House Went from Ho-Hum to OMG (Hint: It Involves a Fiery Pink Door)

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. Los Angeles-based architect Barbara Bestor has created… Read More

Mood-Boosting Desk Plants to Match Your Work-from-Home Personality

Plants in a workspace are proven to boost creativity and productivity (so much so that inside the Amazon headquarters in Seattle you’ll find 40,000 of… Read More

Steal These Outdoor Living Ideas from Serena & Lily’s New Del Mar Store

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. For a five-minute armchair vacation, nothing delivers… Read More

How to Stage Your Home So You’ll Never Want to Move

Zillow calls our collective fixation on real estate, and the pandemic-inspired housing boom “The Great Reshuffling.” City people decamped to small towns. Empty nesters downsized. Read More

A Drab Traditional House Gets a Colorful Modern Makeover

Like many accidental home remodels, Andrea and Chris Gibbin started the process of re-imagining their 1920’s 3-bedroom traditional home with some ideas for a new… Read More

How Not to Kill Your Container Garden

When friends and co-authors Isa Hendry Eaton and Jennifer Blaise Kramer, a Santa Barbara-based landscape designer and writer, respectively, released their book… Read More

Skip the Roses. These Alt-Bouquets Are Lovely, and Look Better Deader

“Floriography,” the language of flowers, is a tradition of sending coded messages, sometimes too scandalous to say out loud, through different arrangements of blooms, and… Read More

Quilts Add Vintage Style and Modern Charm to Any Room

Quilted jackets made from patchwork fabric became a cottage core-inspired style statement this year. The trend was the fashion equivalent of wearing a warm hug,… Read More