The Spanish Home Re-REVEAL + Some Important Design Lessons I Learned From It

For those of you who have been around since the beginning (I LOVE YOU) you’ll recognize this project, but for those who are new in the last 8 years you might not remember this lady. This was a house I designed over 10 years ago (I think even before I had Charlie and he’s 11 now). It was for a friend of a friend (who became my friend), two filmmakers in LA in the Los Feliz neighborhood (fun fact, it’s now owned by a super famous podcaster who was also a friend of a friend – LA is wild, folks). I recently re-discovered this project and I thought it would be fun to repost it with fresh commentary. 

Now Shana, the client, is a massive antiques collector so a lot of pieces were hers already (that she sourced at Big Daddy’s or deKor). I came in to help with the kitchen and to finish decorating/styling. Some of these shots were styled by a stylist for a magazine (I think Country Living? Shana wrote Country Strong so I think that was the feature title). I remember thinking that I didn’t love how the rugs were layered because the bottom one was pretty small, but we loved the colors and we were done spending money so we made it work. 

This is some classic 2013 Emily Henderson styling right there. It’s a lot Read More