Home Décor

C Style: Warm Contemporary Style of 2021
As always, lifestyles and with-it home décor evolve. Our shared experience pushing through 2020 will have a huge shared effect on how we live in our homes in 2021 and beyond. Have you, like everyone I know, looked around and processed your surroundings more than usual and determined that you also crave a more stressfree, […]

C Style: Homebound for the Holidays
This year’s holiday season may look a little different than the norm, but the gift of giving
still holds true. I’ve selected this year’s holiday picks that will favor “at-home living” with
goodies for home office, lounging and relaxing, entertaining, and cooking. All items are
available through the trade.

The Magic of Christmas Is Here: Aldik Home
It’s Needed Now More Than Ever More than ever before, the magic of Christmas is a welcome relief. If you didn’t already know that there is a full-blown winter wonderland right here in Los Angeles, then you have certainly been missing out. For nearly 70 years, Aldik Home has been putting together jaw-dropping displays of […]

IDN Hardwood and Carpet
Keep Your Floors on Trend Flooring trends change from year to year as homeowners acquire new tastes and technology allows for a larger variety of designs. According to IDN Flooring in Canoga Park, dark hues struck the right note with homeowners this year and last. Flooring finishes ranging from jet black to light gray remain […]

See What’s Cooking at WDC Kitchen & Bath
Health and wellness remain a focal point these days across theglobe. In Southern California, family-owned WDC Kitchen & Bath Center notes a similar focus in the kitchen and bath industry and currently offers a myriad of health-minded products to meet this growing need. These include air-dry ovens that cook with little to no oil and […]

Grow Your Own Victory Garden At Home
Victory Gardens became popular during World Wars I and II at residences and local parks when food was scarce. They still thrive today. Why not plant one in your own backyard? During these uncertain times, the only thing more comforting than cooking your favorite meals at home may be creating them with vegetables and herbs […]

C Style: Does 2020 Deserve a Bonus?
I’ve been getting a lot of calls recently about long-held-off projects that are now being fast-tracked because of the new normal of spending more time indoors. Many of the calls are regarding finally converting that unused room or rooms into any of a variety of “bonus” rooms or spaces, even for when COVID-19 is long […]

C Style: “Safe at Home” Home Design
As an eternal optimist, I always look for the silver linings. As a residential and commercial interior designer whose entire industry has been greatly affected by Covid-19, it can be challenging to find one. But looking through the dark Covid-19 covered clouds I predict the future of home design will be reset, especially in regards […]

Gardens for Peace and Serenity
Now that we have all been at home for so long, many of us have no-ticed things around the house that we want to change or improve. In Southern California, we can be in our backyards pretty much all year long, and now, with this extra time at home, it’s a great opportunity to create […]

Workshop Wizard Ferd Sobol
Sees the World in Miniature Even before Gulliver first stepped foot upon satirist Jonathan Swift’s imaginary island of tiny Lilliputians, craftsmen created miniature furniture for dollhouses. For the past forty years, re-nowned miniatures artisan Ferd Sobol has enchanted fellow artists, collectors, and enthusiasts around the world with his exquisite creations. “Honoring the past while creating […]

Fairy Villages Bring Joy & Delight
Venesa Klein and her family had just moved back to Calabasas from the Bay Area when the fires struck in 2018. She was still in the process of settling in with her husband, her 4-year-old-son Jackson, and her 6-month-old-daughter Ava when the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone into quarantine. She recalled the whimsical fairy doors that […]

Latest Trends to Watch from IDN Flooring
Flooring trends change from year to year as homeowners acquire new tastes and technology allows for a larger variety of designs. According to IDN Flooring in Canoga Park, dark hues struck the right note with homeowners this year and last. Flooring finishes ranging from jet black to light gray remain very popular. Always keep the […]