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11.09.09

Have you ever thought, “If I change my kitchen, my house will feel completely transformed”?
Here is physical proof that this can happen.
If you walked into this kitchen

(before)

(before)
would you think you were in a five bedroom, five bath Mediterranean-style two-story house in the best part of Santa Monica, CA? To me, this white cookie-cutter style kitchen [...]

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10.05.09

                                                                                                                                 (after)
When I walk into this room, I feel so inspired! I walk out of this room and I sense a void…I am overcome by a need to return! I enter this room again and I feel perfect: energetic, inspired, and as if everything is right in the world. And it is a sensation I [...]

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09.14.09

My new husband and I have just purchased our new house! It is our first house (and marriage)…and we are so excited! Brian and I were wed on August 9 and found our house on August 15. Therefore, I would like to announce that I have a new client…us!

As with all my jobs, the first [...]

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08.24.09

This master bedroom belongs to a young family – a married couple and their baby boy.

When I first walked into this room, all I could think was, “wow…they are used to decorating an apartment, not a grand room like this!” This space is 16’ x 20’ with hardwood floors and a lofty pitched ceiling. Yet [...]

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08.03.09

Not a single piece of furniture, art or accessory was purchased for this project. Yet this loft was completely transformed. All it took were inspiration and wall paint.
This loft is located in Koreatown and has a magnificent view of the Wiltern Theater. 
 
 The client is a classically-trained pianist who greatly enjoys navigation throughout Los Angeles on [...]

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07.13.09

Now that summer is upon us, how can we not be inspired to bring the indoors out and that which we discover on our travels back home?
Upon returning from a recent trip to Mexico, a client of mine wanted to bring a taste of her wonderful vacation home with her. The colors of Mexico are [...]

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06.22.09

06.22.09
 
While a student in the UCLA Extension Interior Design Program, I would take myself on ‘field trips’ to Hennessey + Ingalls Bookstore in search of design inspiration. I would stay there for hours at a time, leafing through countless interior design and architecture books. It was during this time that I acquired my foundation in [...]

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04.21.09

04.21.09
Sometimes a room can have all the correct furniture in it, and yet not feel quite right.
    
This dilemma may very-well be the most frustrating one people encounter while decorating their homes. Because after all the correct furniture, wall colors, flooring and lighting have been chosen, installed and paid for, people want their places to [...]

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05.18.09

 
In the design world, I sometimes feel the options are seemingly endless. It seems as if one should be able to find a great piece of furniture when I look for it in the vast array of stores out there. But, more often than not, when it comes to putting the perfect piece in my [...]

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