Design Star, Season 7, Episode 1 commenced two nights ago. I love a good reality show, you know i do. I love the cast of characters, the crazy adrenaline fits, the impossibly awesome but more l...
\q Marcus Hay and Elle Decor UK, you have just made my day. Yes, this is old, like a year old, but im slammed and saw this yesterday again for the first time in a while and decided that i wanted to, ...
YES!!! Im proud to announce that I scored a spot on the front of the HGTV magazine this month: They dont really put people on the cover as the cover shot, so to get to be a person on the ...
Ive been sick as a sick dog in a sick dog hospital. ill fill you in later, although i do kinda still want your pity now. But im back-ish. Nothing that watching 5 episodes of Game o...
Its like shopping for a well-dressed, friendly, environmentally conscious UNICORN that makes a mean stir fry and washes your car for you. They practically dont exist. Super elusive, expensive a...
We all get stuck on (or off) color palettes and im no exception. I love bright saturated colors, blues, greens, whites, hot pinks, yadda yadda. But for the show i had to come up with color pale...
Heres the deal: its starting to not make sense. Yes. ill keep all the Dominos. And probably the Elle Decors. But most of me wants to go through all the Marthas, Gourmets, Bon Appetits, Bl...
Rebecca, my ex- assistant from SFAS is on White Room Challenge tonight so you have to watch. Not sure if you guys have been tuning into it but its entertaining, if not at times anxiety inducing. &nbs...
Hey, girl. Wanna sample some low VOC paint swatches with me while we drink crystal light and i play Twinkle Twinkle on my ukelele? What. Hes from Canada so he really appreciates the sophis...
The say that hair stylist and construction workers have the most job satisfaction because every single day they start something new and by the end of the day they see a lot of progress, if not finish...
We all know i love miniatures, so its stands to reason that i would love miniature human beings, otherwise known as babies or children. They are kinda on the brain right now for a couple of reasons: ...
Its kinda like The Hunger Games, except theres not a team doing your makeup and there arent hallucination wasps...at least there wasnt my year. But someone else is controlling all the stakes, e...
Today is a big rush day because i leave tomorrow for New York to do the final (i hope) install at the Lake House and will be gone for a couple weeks (yes, Brimfield is a very strong pull right now). ...
I do apologize for the late notice. I just strangely found out myself. Tonight on HGTV at 9pm and 9:30 (thats 6pm and 6:30 pst) i host two episodes of a show called Behind the Sets where ...
Oh ive had some real DOOZIES. I mean, we once had an intern who literally came to set, went to the craft service table, made themselves a plate of funyons and bugles and just sat and watc...
The last few days have been a bit cuckoo. I was in North Carolina for High Point (a big old furniture/design show) launching the new HGTV furniture line. Then i just landed in Chicago to check ...
Stuff is going down at The lake house. Figuratively and literally. (click on link to check out the first two lake house posts). I hate showing before and progress pics without afte...
Im going to be a billionaire someday. Not from my TV career. Not from my design work. But from selling good, ready made lamp shades. You know what im talking about. They are incredibly h...
Big new project to show you, folks. Remember, when i was going to have this room be my dining room? Well. This was obviously the VERY BEFORE picture. Nothing was styled. I hated the wall color (for m...
Some of you have asked what my favorite indoor plants are. Heres my philosophy, just like ANY flower, i truly believe that with the right styling (aka, the right pot in the right environment) A...
Hello friends. Today im presenting an outdoor i did for HGTV.com. Its a 3 minute video documenting the make over of this space. Watch it watch it watch it HERE PLEASE WAT...
busy day but wanted to share: I was walking on Lafayette Street and BOOM. There she was. Nobody seemed to notice or care about her. But i noticed. I cared. I wept. ...
Oh my goodness....how did that picture of me at age five on an Oregon Coast Beach get on my blog? So weird. Maybe its because on friday I start curating my next collection on Open Sky called Made in ...
Thank you so much for all the how-to suggestions. Its like doing 1/2 of the work for me. Now if i only knew how to use my new fancy camera (or was a normal person who read instructions.....) In other...
The last few days ive sat down to blog and.... NOTHING. Total blank. 100% not inspired. Yes, im easily distracted by the Bear in my lap and pinterest and then of course my client wo...
Heres whats happening on my Open Sky page this week. My drawer liners (designed by Hammocks and High tea) in gold sold out quickly, so now we have hot pink/white and silver/white chevron instead. The...
SEQUINED TOTES, in fact. SEE MORE STYLES I love gold. I love sequin. I love totes. So when my friends at RUE called me and asked if i would model this GAP tote bag i replied....... totes. As if you d...
Current state of the dining room? Not awesome. I painted most of my house before we moved in. So in 1 hour i had to choose 5 room colors and inevitably one of them will not be right. Case...
Yesterday it rained hard all day in Los Angeles. When it rains in LA its like a natural disaster. Riots break out. Children become disoriented and run away from their homes. Dogs ma...
You guys. Look at these: I just got my new beautiful business cards in the mail. They were designed by To You From Me. Its a small company dedicated to really amazing, unique, cust...
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