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sarah sherman samuel // maya brenner office project tour

Maya Brenner Office Tour

 Last year, just after I found out we were expecting, I got a call from Maya Brenner about designing her new office space downtown LA. I have loved her jewelry for a while and the brand she has built so I was excited about the project but hesitant to add on another project before baby. […]

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House News!

There’s been a lot happening around here and I’ve got some big news to share with you guys. If you read this post you already know that we sold our A-frame in Palm Springs in hopes of finding a larger primary home for our family. With the birth of Clover we suddenly outgrew our small […]

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Anthropologie Summer Catalogue

Have you guys seen the latest Anthropolige catalogue? I was so thrilled to be a small part of it. The Anthro crew came to our desert A-frame and brought truck loads of their new outdoor furniture and decked out our garden! It was so fun getting to see and test out all of the new […]

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Guest Bedroom high/low

high/low guest bedroom

After designing several guest bedrooms recently (like my most recent one for Mandy Moore) this often undervalued space has been on my brain. It’s the space we extend to family and close friends as a place to unwind after long and often hectic travels. Going into this high/low board, I knew wanted to use natural […]

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a-frame finished kitchen renovation semihandmade sarah sherman samuel

A-frame Finished Kitchen Update!

 As promised, I wanted to finally share the final images of our A-frame kitchen! We put the last final touches in the room like a rug and, most importantly, the hardware (from Ikea!) and you might also notice that we upgraded the cabinet fronts to my SSS signature collection with Semihandmade! Just in time for […]

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Lulu & Georgia: One-of-a-Kind rugs

It’s no secret I’m a rug collector and I am always on the search for the one-of-a-kind / vintage variety. A special rug can make a whole room and when I saw the one above on Lulu & Georgia I knew it had to be mine! It is my rug soul mate. Blush, camel, and […]

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Sarah Sherman Samuel a-frame

Spotlight on Clad Home

I received loads of questions about our sofa in the A-frame since it was a customized version of Clad Home’s Melrose sofa and there are so many choices for modifications. It is my favorite sofa I’ve had, to date, 10 feet of modern beauty and I’m sharing all the details today. I’ve found that some […]

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brass nightstand // wallpaper

my new wrinkle fighting routine

This post was done in collaboration with Olay. All thoughts and ideas are my own. Thank you for supporting our sponsors. I can’t even keep up with how I’ve switched this house around since the baby. Since the nursery reveal, I’ve already rearranged her room a couple times, switched up the wallpaper, and now… we […]

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CB2 x Fred Segal

The entire collection is filled with pieces that share CB2 and Fred Segal’s fashion forward aesthetic and have the full SSS stamp of approval. Below I’ve rounded up my faves. Brass, Terrazzo, Rope… need I say more? Sources: Cacti Brass Table Lamp // Moon Pearl Sofa // Natural Rope Pendant // Market Office Chair // Venice […]

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peach and navy color story // sarah sherman samuel // cafe moby

color stories: peach & navy

If you’ve been following my blog for long enough, you know that I gravitate towards any shade in the family of pink, and peach, of course, falls into that category. I particularly love a good light peachy pink (not too orange) because it pairs so well if you’re into creating more of a contrast with […]

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welcome baby clover

I have a serious back log of posts I want to share with you guys but I’ve been spending most of my time with our Clover girl and working on client and product related projects but I’m coming back at you and I realized I never properly introduced my sweet new bundle. So without further […]

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Styling surfaces with Caesarstone

Recently I worked with Traditional Home and Caesarstone to create a video around how to style your surfaces and we touched on different tasks from these three aspects of my work: designing interiors, keeping up the blog, and creating products/maintaining the shop. I got to test out three different Caesarstone surfaces to coordinate with each and […]

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mandy moore guest room peek // sarah sherman samuel

Mandy Moore Guest Room Peek

Last week I shared the design of one of the guest rooms in the Mandy Moore residential project and today I am stoked to give you a sneak peek into the almost finished space! I teamed up with Brooklinen to give Mandy a guest room that ticks all the luxurious boxes of a boutique hotel […]

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Archie’s Playhouse

Just before Clover arrived, I shared the tour of our family room/Archies playroom that we converted into the new nursery. After stealing away Archie’s playroom we wanted to give him a special place of his own so we  built him a whole damn house! ha Ok it is a tiny house but it is insanely […]

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The Mine Mandy Picks

More furniture for the Mandy Moore residence is trickling in and I wanted to highlight one of the websites that supplied some of the really great pieces. Above are a combination of items that made their way into Mandy’s home as well as a few more of my favorites from the site called The Mine. […]

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A-Frame Full Tour + Announcement!

Last year we finished the work on our desert A-frame and earlier this week I shared the last room makeover but today we have some exciting and somewhat bitter sweet news that I wanted to accompany with a full tour, so you can see everything in one post, and to bring this renovation chapter to […]

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