I'd always heard Fiddle Leaf Figs are notoriously difficult to take care of—but it was years before I actually believed it. The trees in my house and our then-downtown office were both happily thriving. And then, we made the mistake of redecorating the office. About a week after ...read more
I've always considered myself to be an adventurous person. Place me in any situation, conversation, or city, and I'm as happy as a clam. But that comes with one major caveat: I'm also a homebody, so I need an oasis I love and can recharge in. For a long time, my apartment was ...read more
Earlier this summer, I worked with a certified KonMari Consultant, Trisha, to help me organize my house. We tackled my closet, beauty, and kitchen, and for a few weeks, everything was perfect—my pantry looked like a magazine spread, and my bathroom counter was clutter-free. But ...read more
I was hired as a sales assistant at the interior design magazine, Domino, at 22-years-old—the same time I moved into my first apartment. It was a natural light-filled studio with hardwood floors, big windows, and charming alcoves and I dedicated nearly every free minute to ...read more
If you opened up my kitchen cabinet a month ago, you'd find the mug I bought for my freshman college dorm and another that says "Casey's 30th Birthday!" There's a shot glass with "Phi Sig Spring Formal 2011," a mug from a coffee shop in New Zealand, and a Champagne flute with my ...read more
Our entire team loves a whimsical or playful moment in our homes—something that feels like a small rebellion against adulthood. For Emily, that moment is the 'surfboardt' embroidery in Sloan's room, and Leslie loves her blush-pink dish ware, while Hannah displays her curated ...read more
When my boyfriend Jonah and I signed our lease on our apartment two years ago, it felt (almost) too perfect. Coming from a practically windowless sixth-floor walk-up, it didn't take long to fall in love with the light-filled, hundred-year-old Echo Park bungalow, with a kitchen ...read more
At a recent editorial team outing to Highland Park, a neighborhood in Northeast L.A. with countless under-the-radar design shops and restaurants, we stopped for lunch at Kitchen Mouse. As soon as we stepped inside the bright restaurant, we simultaneously honed in on the dramatic ...read more
I first met Katie, an interior designer and founder of Katie Hodges Design, over Instagram, when I posted to Stories that I was searching for a rug for my bathroom. After she commented with a suggestion, which turned out to be exactly right (to go for something a little ...read more
At the end of last year, we found out that Apartment Therapy was going to be photographing our home (you can see our last tour here) in February, which inspired me to make a few updates. There were a bunch of little things I'd been meaning to change for a while, so it was the ...read more
I've been a fan of Apartment Therapy for as long as I can remember, so the fact that they came to shoot our space for a second time (the first one was in our old apartment back in 2011) was very exciting. Here's a sneak peek at the entire post, which you can see in its entirety ...read more
My first job out of college was as a sales assistant at Domino Magazine. At the time, I'd just moved into my first (and slightly dilapidated) apartment with an older woman I'd met days before. It felt both uncomfortable and unfamiliar living in someone else's place without ...read more
Looking back at the year as a whole, there were certainly some tough times—but there were also some really high highs. Instead of focusing on the hardships and challenges, I'm choosing to focus on my top 10 favorite moments from 2017. I found the exercise not only to be fun, but ...read more
It's been just over two months since we settled into our new office and I'm trying to take a different approach this time. When we moved into our last one, it was during an incredibly transitional time—Sloan was still tiny, we'd just launched our clothing line, and our ...read more
Six months ago, we used BEHR® paint to create a signature wall in our office. It was one of the first design decisions we made (we barely had any furniture at that point, compared to now) and the on-brand, playful hue really helped the space feel like our own. Our home, on the ...read more
We've had the same Christmas decorations for years, and while I love the nostalgia invoked by ornaments we've had since the first Christmas G and I spent together, I try each year to add something homemade, to keep things from feeling stale. When Leslie returned from her ...read more
Our home was built in 1916, though it doesn't feel like it's one hundred years old. The interior is modern and fresh, with an open floor plan, lots of light, and compelling architecture. But up until recently, the same couldn't be said of our exterior space. It felt disjointed, ...read more
In my twenties, I went to flea markets almost every weekend. Since my schedule is a bit more strained these days, I don't visit them as regularly anymore. But when I got the opportunity to go antiquing with the interior designers who transformed our outdoor space, I jumped at ...read more
When my boyfriend and I moved into our (now no longer) new place in Los Angeles from a New York studio apartment, we knew it would be a game of balances. Two years out of college, we couldn’t quite afford to replace the IKEA couch I scored from an ex-roommate (I'm fond of ...read more
When I set out to design my Cupcakes and Cashmere Bedding and Lighting line, which launched earlier this year, I began with my own home. Before even considering what the line would look like, I walked around the house and took note of the items that make me excited to walk in ...read more
I have something to admit. When I first revealed our office, there was one area I did my best to cover up—the cord corner. I'm sure you know the spot; that place where the wifi, cable, power cords, and miscellaneous wires all get together and throw a party for the dust bunnies. ...read more
Our converted garage has served several purposes over the past three years, from storage space, to a small office, back to a storage space and finally into a dedicated guest house. We have an extra bedroom in the house, but it's right next to Sloan's nursery, which isn't ideal, ...read more
Getting our office in working order (pun somewhat intended) has been my labor of love for the past eight months. We started with a pink wall as homage to our brand color, and slowly but surely built from there. After so many consecutive years working from home, it's been an ...read more
Over the past several weeks, I've shown you sneak peeks of my new bedding line and was so happy to be met with your outpouring of excitement. Today, I'm thrilled to announce that my bedding line is now available, launching exclusively at Nordstrom.As with everything that's a ...read more
