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Over a month ago I wrote about the process and experience of selling our house in the Seattle area. I also shared that we would be renting a home when we landed in California in early 2021. Well, A LOT has changed since then! I thought I would catch everyone up with the latest Hill house news which is WE ARE BUYING A NEW HOME in Los Angeles! It comes down to the desire to have a space to call our own, plant ourselves where we can create community and commit to several year

What a time to choose to sell a house and move, eh? But we did it!Let's just say that things did not go exactly according to plan!

How are you doing this week? Here's how to creatively invigorate and re-zone your space based on the activities you do

I have heard many times that you just can't organize clutter because even with shiny new organizational systems, it is still just clutter in fancy boxes. Lately my material excess has been dragging me down. Seeing my piles of papers and all these gadgets laying around was filling my head with a lot of visual clutter making me tired. Sure, I have been doing a lot of fun design projects around my house for the last few years, but I wasn't effectively addressing the accumulatio

What if in fourteen days and minimal effort you could have a space you actually enjoy? It is all about loving the space you create for you

it is time for the reveal day for the One Room Challenge! I finally get to show you all the details of my master bedroom re-imagined!

It is the home stretch for the One Room Challenge. Next week is the reveal. This week we are looking at the decor and art

Welcome to week four of the One Room Challenge. Our master bedroom reinvention is well underway, but we are still two weeks from the finish

We are at the half-way mark of the One Room Challenge. See the new design direction for the master bedroom

It is now week two of the One Room Challenge. Last week I posted (Week 1) about our intention to reinvent our master bedroom and now it is

Hello! Welcome to the 2019 fall season of the One Room Challenge. This is a six week challenge to inspire and encourage participants to, "share the process of transforming a room." This is my third time as a guest participant and I can hardly wait to do this again! The challenge helps to create a community of people who have an interest or affinity for design and decor. Each round is fun to follow along to see what kinds of design ideas everyone will imagine and execute.

This past year included three different rooms, in our home, for renovations! Now that is a lot of construction debris and inconvenience of dislocated furniture taking over the rest of the house. In the end it was worth all the trouble, but it is a challenging thing to live through the upheaval! No matter how organized, remodeling is always somewhat stressful, especially if you remain living in the space. Just to recap, last October-November we renovated our powder room. Nex

When I visited France this past June, one of our destinations for the styling and photography workshop, was a farmers market in Bergerac

Attending a creative styling workshop in France; learning, honing photography skills and making new friends - so many inspiring experiences

My big news is travel news; I am going to France! After so many major DIY projects over the last seven or eight months, I am switching gears for a little while seeking an infusion of creative inspiration. My chosen method for this is travel and exploration and this time I am going out of the country. This week I first head to Iceland for a short 24-hour stay and then continue on to France for a little over one week. I am looking forward to the experience of some quiet solo e

If you know me, you know I love sketching just about anything. I carry a small sketchbook and numerous pens and pencils in my handbag

We just finished up our home office for the One Room Challenge a week ago. The fortunate thing about my weekly blogging for the six weeks of the challenge is that I feel like I am now in a routine blogging mode. If you missed my 2019 Spring ORC reveal you can see it here or my past 2018 Fall ORC here. The time is now to update you on all we did to renovate our kitchen. Here are the past two post on our kitchen: Initial kitchen reno post | 2nd kitchen reno post BEFORE PHOTO

Woohoo! The time for the final reveals has arrived for the Spring 2019 One Room Challenge. Be sure to check out the 20 featured designers and 200+ guest participants, who over the past five weeks have each planned, toiled, installed, and adjusted to unforeseen design or construction hurdles as they implemented a complete revolution of a room of their choosing. Thanks to Linda Weinstein, design influencer and the creator of the challenge, hundreds of people get to explore a

Hey friends! The clock is ticking with just one week to go until the final reveal for the One Room Challenge. I can't wait to show you everything next week when I will have my post up by Thursday morning, May 9! See my previous weeks' posts here: Week One | Week Two | Week Three | Week Four PROGRESS THIS PAST WEEK - BASEBOARDS AND TRIM We completed quite a bit this week, primarily the baseboards, plus door and window trim. The photo on the (above) left is before the new bas

Hi everyone, we are now on to week four of the One Room Challenge! I am still having fun working on all the aspects of this office design project. I gain a great satisfaction from completing projects in my home. See the previous weeks' posts here: Week One | Week Two | Week Three WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK This week for me was the nitty-gritty of installing luxury vinyl plank (LVT or LVP) flooring along with my husband. Once the flooring was completed, I tackled the painting,