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style a white sofa 3 ways // sarah sherman samuel

How to Style and Care For a White Sofa with Electrolux

Many of you, including myself, thought I might be crazy getting a white sofa with two dogs and a toddler boy in the house. However I couldn’t get over my want for a sofa in the colorless hue. I could probably try and blame Pinterest and every gorgeous living room I’ve ever seen with a white sofa, […]

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DIY headboard // bedroom before & after // sarah sherman samuel

DIY headboard + before & after bedroom tour

I’ve got a double whammy post today with the reveal of our A-frame cabin finished guest bedroom (with before and afters) as well as the DIY info for the headboard which you got a peek of a couple weeks ago when I posted on the DIY wood paneling. I love how this simple small space […]

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sarah sherman samuel x lulu & georgia wallpaper collection

sarah sherman samuel wallpaper launch!

It’s an exciting day over here in the SSS studio as today is the launch of my wallpaper line on Lulu and Georgia! I often get requests on the various wallpapers I have designed for different spaces and so I am ecstatic to finally be able to answer… “why yes it is available for purchase […]

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bathroom renovation reveal // sarah sherman samuel

A-frame bathroom: finished tour

This post brought to you by Kohler. Click here to get inspired! I am thrilled to share the finished tour of our A-frame cabin bathroom today! We teamed up with Kohler to give what was once a dark cavernous room, a full makeover, brightening and modernizing it along the way. With construction delays and stopping and starting renovations […]

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get the look, palihouse // sarah sherman samuel

get the look: the palihouse

I don’t think I’ll even get my fill of this dark leafy green (at least I hope not since I’ve used a similar shade in so many of my own spaces over the years. Like my bedroom and our a-frame kitchen) and the gorgeous courtyard restaurant, Mardi, in the Palihouse West Hollywood, has it in […]

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black and white rug round up // sarah sherman samuel

Black and White Rug Round Up

I find myself constantly sourcing black and white rugs for spaces, they are incredibly versatile and can bring a modern tailored look to a room. After posting our A-frame Living room reveal and getting a bazillion of questions on where I found that top rug (found it on ebay) I thought I would share my favorite […]

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Trullbrook residence kitchen 90% reveal!

Green tweed marble, herringbone floors, gold fixtures… these are a few of my favorite things and I’m so thrilled to be able to share the ALMOST finished kitchen of my clients at the Trullbrook residence which has all three and more. We are still waiting on a custom built banquette, which is in the works, […]

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bedroom nook - DIY wood paneling

DIY faux wood paneling

We are working our way through the A-frame putting final touches on all the rooms (if you missed the finished living room check here!) and now I’ve got a peek into the finished guestroom nook. When we first bought it, this space was SO dark and had a crumbling basketweave texture on the walls and […]

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high/low dining room

I dream of the day I can have an extra long dining table for friends and family to gather around. Currently we have a round one which can maybe fit 6 if we squeeze in real tight. This stunning one from egg collective hits all my dream table spots except the price tag so I […]

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Color Stories: Cerulean & Ochre

I don’t have a ton of color in my wardrobe but right now I have basically two dresses that I live in. One Doen dress (as seen in this post and this post) is ochre and the other by Miranda Bennet is the prettiest shade of blue. I’ve been loving those colors lately in all […]

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living room renovation // before & after // sarah sherman samuel

A-frame Living Room Before & After

I can hardly contain myself that A, we have a place to sit in our Palm Springs A-frame cabin and B, I love it so much I think I might like it better than our primary house and C, I can finally share a finished living room today! When we first bought the place it was dark and […]

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sss x team woodnote prints

Hi guys, I have some exciting news! When designing the creative warehouse space known as LightLab I wanted to create some custom art that reflected the founders, so I dove deep into Team Woodnote’s instagram feed and picked out photographs from their travels. Once I had some images to work with, I began collaging them together and experimenting […]

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a-frame exterior - desert landscaping

A-frame exterior plans + progress

Now that construction is starting to wrap up on the inside of our A-frame, we have turned our attention to the exterior! The front yard, the back yard, the patios and all that good stuff. And as you can see we ended up going ALL white for the outside. We did it bit by bit, painting […]

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get the look: the now

If you find yourself in LA and looking for a moment of zen, The Now is one of my favorite places to start. The minute I walk into one of their massage boutiques I feel instantly transported to some relaxing exotic locale. Tulum suddenly doesn’t feel so far away.

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a new heart to love

We’ve got some exciting news over here… come November we will have a new baby in the Samuel house! And yes, I mean a real human squishy newborn baby… I’m pregnant! I’ve been laying low a bit lately, not posting quite as much, because the nausea has had me laid out for months. Working from my bed […]

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Bri’s Finished Patio Tour

I’m thrilled to be sharing a tour of the patio I designed for Bri Emery (aka Design Love Fest) today! If you missed the first post with the “before” images and our inspiration head HERE. Bri does a lot of traveling and I wanted to make her patio feel a bit like a boutique hotel while giving her […]

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