Ok guys, the time has come for me to part with some of my favorite furniture pieces, tears may shed. I think I’ve mentioned before, the new house has much smaller rooms than our old townhouse. We basically moved from an ultra modern loft-like space to an old “cozy” bungalow (that we are slowly modernizing). […]
Before I get to showing you the kitchen demolition we did over the weekend with my parents I want to catch up on the new flooring and how we finished opening up the kitchen. Here is where we left off with the layers and layers of old kitchen flooring coming up and the rough holes […]
When I think of what Palm Springs looks like, I think of the Ace Hotel. Add the decor with the super cozy beds (they have latex mattresses, I checked what kind because I liked the beds THAT much), the chilaquiles for breakfast and the fish tacos for lunch and I could move right in…permanently. Even […]
Any free time we’ve had lately has been dedicated to our new house and this past weekend was no exception. Lucky for me, I suckered my parents into flying out for a visit and helping us out with some of our DIY projects, so we were able to get a ton crossed off of our to […]
Woot woot the kitchen flooring is going and will soon be gone. There were layers of ceramic tile, cement board, and linoleum that had to be removed so that when we lace in the new wood flooring the kitchen will be the same level as the dining room. So, no more tripping my way into […]
Even though autumn in LA is usually the best weather of the year, there is something about the ushering in of the fall that has me reaching for darker colors and soft textures like suede, silk, & wool. Shopping guide: 1: Hat from Skylark find similar here 2: Shirt from Club Monaco (old, find similar here) 3: Jeans by Paige 4: Ring by K/ller (gorgeous matching Bangle […]
This weekend I headed back from Palm Springs with one of my best gals after a little retreat called designer vaca (more on that later). On the route back we stopped at Hadley’s Fruit Orchard specifically for their banana-date shake and that prompted us to make another stop for a batch of in-and-out french fries. I […]
While the dirty work is underway, I’ve started planning the direction that I’d like to take the interior, starting with the color palette. This is roughly what I have in mind for the living, dining, and kitchen area. Since the rooms will all be open into each other I want to pull from the same […]
Here is a look at how we want to open things up to the kitchen. When we were searching for a house we saw so many where the kitchen was its own separate tiny room in the very back of the house that we thought we were just going to have to settle for that […]
While we’ve started work on the kitchen we are happily using it as an excuse to try out all the restaurants that we haven’t gotten around to before. This weekend while we weren’t eating, we were going through boxes, doing more furniture shopping, and making plans for the garden. This is my first time having […]
I’m already planning my wardrobe for a Palm Springs retreat next week. I’ll be heading there with a big group of talented ladies for some fun in the sun. My bags are packed and I’m ready for a weekend in the desert heat. 1: chambray crop top from topshop 2: Dress from Free People 3: Sweater […]
Here are some bedrooms that I’ve been swooning over lately. I seem to be really drawn to pops of color in a mostly white room as all of these fall into that category. Our last bedroom was full of color and I was right at home there, however I still do love a monochromatic space […]
Continuing on with the “before” tour are the bedrooms. Basically there are two identical bedrooms (one’s just a bit smaller) and they are both a little yellow box with two windows each. Is it just me or does it look like a scary monster face in those curtains? As you can probably see, these rooms are tiny […]
Before I launched Smitten Studio I used to sit at my full-time job and pour through blogs (luckily it was part of the job description), getting inspired by the many people that were blazing their own paths and working for themselves. I always knew I eventually wanted to do that myself, so my first step […]
We made a new batch of the small handled serving boards and they’re back up in the shop today! For those of you waiting on the large and/or the small arrow, they will be finished and available again soon. To get shop updates by email, subscribe here. P.S. The voting period for the American Made Awards by […]
