• Painting

    How to Look and Feel Your Best as You Age

    October 31, 2023 - By 

    Looking and feeling good when youth is on your side is relatively straightforward. After all, it’s easy enough to be happy when you have so few responsibilities, and easy to look your best when there are no bags under your eyes.  When we’re slightly over the hill, both those things become a little more challenging. And by that, we mean we can’t expect them to happen naturally. However, there are certainly plenty of things you can do that’ll have you looking and feeling great, regardless of how old you are. If you’re ready to give your physical and mental wellness…

  • Painting

    7 Little Design Details that Make My Home Feel Special

    October 23, 2023 - By 

    This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. Please Read Our Disclosure Policy here Vintage Glass Fishing Floats // Similar Clam Shell // Pleated Lampshade // Lamp was Walmart, here are two similar: One / Two I thought today it would be fun to share just a few of the little design details around our home and why they feel special to us. A home feels special to the people who live there when they have made a series of thoughtful, personal decisions for how they want to live in the home. A home that feels special is more than just the…

  • Home Renovation

    Sonoma & Napa Wineries That Feel Like Italy

    August 21, 2023 - By 

    I was in Sonoma yesterday and the weather was perfect with the sun setting over the hills covered in grapevines with sunflowers blowing in the breeze. There are parts of Sonoma that look a lot like Italy, partly due to the topography, with its valleys and hills covered in olive trees and vineyards. Also because Italian immigrants and their families built tasting rooms that resemble structures from their homeland. There are a lot of Italian varietals of grapes that were brought over and are now grown in this part of the world. The microclimates are similar so certain grapes grow well…

  • Home Décor

    Kelly Wearstler designs hotel bar to feel “like it has been there for ages”

    August 18, 2023 - By 

    Interior designer Kelly Wearstler paired clay plaster walls with Moroccan cement tiles at this eclectic cocktail bar in the Downtown LA Proper hotel. Named after Mexico’s national flower, the Dahlia bar features a blushing interior that was designed to echo the rest of the hotel – also created by Wearstler. The designer looked to the same Spanish, Mexican and Moroccan influences that define the wider Downtown LA Proper, such as terracotta Roman clay plaster walls and ceilings when conceptualising the bar. Dahlia is a cocktail lounge within the Downtown LA Proper hotel “The warm, earthy tones of the lounge are…