Journal

Michel Smith Boyd: Design Crush

Michel Smith Boyd is Nest Studio's Design Crush this week.  This well edited Atlanta designer creates cool, contemporary, and luxurious designs.  Inspired by fashion and by travel, Smith Boyd's thoughtfully designed projects are rich with multiple layers of texture, the incorporation of natural elements, and the use of sculptural furniture.No detail overlooked in his interiors. I just love his... Read more

Eclectic Vintage and Modern Master

Hi all, it's Kate Cabiltes!I stumbled across the talented Rosie Case while perusing a fave blog Sketch42 recently. The home tour of this native east coast editor who moved to Texas and decorated her entire home is jaw droppingly good. Her carefully curated spaces mesh vintage finds with modern classics, often styling Craigslist steals with Vladimir Kagan or Fredrick Weinberg furniture. The pieces... Read more

Urban Farmhouse Reveal: The Powder Room

Hi Everyone!  Just a couple more spaces to go on our Urban Farmhouse Reveal. One of my favorite spaces is the powder room. It's such a little jewel box. Love the floor tile, the stone sink, shiplap and pendant light.  Here is a refresher with the design concept.And here is the final product. I absolutely love the vintage french mirror that we got at Nickey Kehoe. Wish that the space was a little... Read more

Katharine Pooley: Design Crush

London based interior designer, Katharine Pooley, is the focus of this week's Design Crush.  This global interior design powerhouse creates classical and contemporary interiors for the British elite and international royalty.  As an avid traveler, Pooley draws inspiration from her international experiences and creates spaces with an informed, unique and timeless beauty.Katharine Pooley's work is... Read more

Urban Farmhouse Reveal: The Kids’ Bathroom

Hi Everyone. Jess Davis back again with one of the final spaces in our Urban Farmhouse project. So far we've shown you the Kitchen, Living / Dining, Master Bedroom, Master Bath, Play Room, Boy's Room, and Guest Room.  Today we have the Kid's Bath.  You recall my design concept from a while back. Here is a refresher.And here is the final product. I love how the industrial lights tie in with the... Read more

Urban Farmhouse Reveal: The Guest Room

Hi Everyone.  Jess Davis back again with a few final spaces in our Urban Farmhouse project.  Thus far you've seen the Kitchen, Living / Dining, Master Bedroom, Master Bath, Play Room, and Boy's room.  Today we are hitting up the Guest Room.  Perhaps a little less interesting but still a fun space.  Here was the design board we created.And here is the final product. Light, airy and neutral. My... Read more

Chic Airy Patio

Hi, Kate Cabiltes here!As you likely already know, designer Erin Fetherston has impeccable taste as is evidenced by her home that has gone viral after being posted here, here and here (among others) as of late. I'm especially drawn to her outdoor space, a chic airy pergola-covered patio. I'm getting major Mediterranean vibes from this image of it shared by Sarah Sherman Samueland although this... Read more

Design Crush: Steven Gambrel

My feelings about Steven Gambrel's work can be best compared to that of an unrequited high school crush.  Every time I see a S. R. Gambrel interior I swoon and am left speechless;  his bold and confident work never disappoints!Gambrel is classic yet modern, familiar yet unexpected, but always with a nod to the vernacular. No matter if it's an urban penthouse, a country estate or a beach retreat,... Read more

Urban Farmhouse Reveal: Baby Boy’s Room

Hi Everyone.  Jess Davis here. Last week was crazy so I didn't get a chance to show you a new space in our Urban Farmhouse project. Thus far you've seen the kitchen, living / dining, master bedroom, master bath, and play room. Next up is my client's son's room. I love that this room is playful yet masculine and not too baby-ish. It's a nursery but it will grow with him to be his big-boy room. Here... Read more

10 Things I can’t live without: Sharon Michaels

Hi Everyone. So you've read about the 10 things I (Jess Davis) can't live without and we've heard from Jessica Burne and Elizabeth Boland.  Next up is Sharon Michaels who is in charge of orders and customer service - our account manager so to speak. Sharon comes to love and appreciate luxury hardware by way of musical theatre and advertising. Although the closest Sharon has been to hardware in the... Read more

Design Crush: Lilly Bunn

This week's Design Crush is the chic NYC interior designer, Lilly Bunn.  Lilly pulls together sophisticated functional and family friendly interiors.  One Kings Lane describes her work as "fuss-free (interiors) where everything is beautiful, but nothing overly precious."Lilly Bunn is a designer after our own heart and one who knows how to create spaces for stylish living with children. Check out... Read more

Gold Geometric Powder Room

Hi again, it's Kate Cabiltes!After moving into my new home recently I'm in full on nesting mode and after years of going wallpaper free in rental after rental, I am finally considering wallpapering my own half bath. I have noticed lots of fun looks involving metallics with a focus on geometric shapes with a few favorites. A few of my faves that I came across while doing my rabbit hole of Pinterest... Read more