A polo-playing family escapes to Carpinteria

Merging distinct creative approaches, Studio Life.style makes interiors magic

Tamara Kaye-Honey’s Inventive Pasadena Digs

Ceramicist Jonathan Cross and Bonsai artist Ryan Neil dream up a series of natural beauties

Mexican Designers Daniela Villegas and Sami Hayek decorate their L.A. home with amor

Meet California’s Avant-Garde Design Creatives

Tech bigwig Andrew Bosworth’s contemporary abode marries innovation with daily life

Romantic, layered interiors carry into spring with jewel tones, brush fringe and theatrical touches

Snapshots of the Golden State, as seen through the eyes of its biggest fans

Textured metallics and sculptural silhouettes reflect the eclectic spirit of L.A.’s Frogtown

Enduring icon Diane Keaton opens the barn doors to her latest abode where imitation is the highest form of flattery

With a deep regard for history, San Francisco interior designer Nicole Hollis adds a burst of contemporary elegance to an 1866 townhouse

With modern silhouettes, bright whites and muted woods, beach living has never looked so good

The Ink House customizes the ultimate wine country experience in St. Helena

At home with Colgin Cellars’ Ann Colgin and Joe Wender

Peace Industry pushes the comfort zone

From swimsuits to serums, here’s what our design editor has her eye on this holiday season from C’s pop-up shop, State of Mind

Up-and-coming interior designer Carissa Duncan finds her way home in an organic modern Carmel Valley retreat

“Adventurous, spirited and eclectic”

“There are blogs for obsessions on beauty, fashion, art, but nothing devoted to the romance of reading,” says J.B. Taylor.

“California in the ’70s is my ideal era; it was such a time of trust, dreaming and lightness,” says Rami Mekdachi, founder of cult French lifestyle brand Lola James Harper.

Thanks to her artful, artisanal textiles and wall hangings …

Miri Mara puts a progressive spin on ceramics in his Carpinteria studio

At home with art world heavyweights Sylvia Chivaratanond and Philippe Vergne

The scribes behind fall’s must-have design titles share their California state of mind

Umbrellas, hammocks and lounge chairs included

Hairstylist-to-the-stars Leanne Citrone taps Lauren Soloff to design a picture-perfect family getaway

Inside her larger-than-life creative space

The artist takes cues from California for a limited-edition collection of prints

The designer’s debut fabric line conjures up coastal hues

The 4,000-square-foot pad is a master class in personality-packed living

California designers weigh in

The lighting designer debuts her California studio

The interior designer debuts a modern minimalist studio

Franck Nataf creates a warm gathering place for family and friends

The firm celebrates its silver anniversary and diverse California portfolio

And where she finds the best French Fries in Santa Barbara

3 ways to up your design game

Textiles go 3-D

Go west

Green thumbs take note

California design heavyweights join forces

This spring, wall coverings in bold floral motifs and large-scale foliage make it easy to go green

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Stack these enlightening tomes on your coffee table, stat.

Complete with killer photos by Richard Avedon and Irving Penn.

The British wallpaper pros open the doors of their San Francisco outpost.

The L.A. MOCA Pacific Design Center is staging an exhibition of the Porterville-raised, now Paris-based fashion designer Rick Owens.

From handmade granola bars to gilded-edge note cards, these custom baskets deliver an extra dose of California Cool.

Setting the stage for a festive holiday season, three of L.A.’s most talented hostesses bring their closest friends together for an evening of feasting and crafting.

Since Sam Hamilton reopened March in 2011 as a kitchen concept store (it previously sold furnishings and home wares), she’s set the standard for impeccable curation and timeless design. “I am always looking for pieces that strike just the right chord—modern, yet warm and traditional at the same time. It’s about the right mix,” […]

Judson Studios has been the West Coast leader in stained glass ever since William Lees Judson started making windows in the mid-1890s.

With the sort of backstory that proves truth is more fascinating than fiction, a Rustic Canyon house is brought back to life by its devoted owners.

From Sonoma Wool-filled coverlets to perfectly washed sateen, these textiles give new meaning to beauty rest.

“As I was going through the process of building it out, I came up with the idea of thematics,” says Alison Palevsky of developing her eponymous lifestyle boutique and art gallery concept, Palevsky.

Nasty Gal’s Sophia Amoruso teams up with designer Pamela Shamshiri to create a stylish L.A. retreat befitting a high- powered fashion mogul.

When interior designer Betsy Burnham decided to launch her own furniture line, Wardrobe by Burnham Design,

From Los Angeles to San Francisco, collector Chara Schreyer and her five residential collaborations are greater than the sum of her art. Case in point: her Marin masterwork.

The dream team behind boutique design firm Studio Collective is creating handsome interiors with a west coast blueprint.

The Beverly Hills Hotel’s first three bungalows recently emerged from their facelifts—

“My original California home was a beach bungalow, and the pure, unfiltered west light it offered was

“Rugs are the soul of a room,” says Venice’s self-proclaimed “rug slinger” Kelly Vittengl, citing the impulse behind her two-year-old brand, Frances Loom.

Interior designer Yaél Putterman Zadok wants to shake up the home-style scene in low-key Ross.

In a hidden corner of Napa Valley, Jay Jeffers transforms a historic Victorian into a weekend escape embracing simple pleasures for the whole family.

In Point Dume, designer Vanessa Alexander’s streamlined beach house for her active clan required a far-reaching stretch of the imagination.

Things are looking as vibrant for Alexandra von Furstenberg as the saturated hues in her luxe, modern acrylic furniture and accessories line.

The palatial new La Jolla estate of Texas magnate Darwin Deason and his wife, Katerina, brings the South of France to the edge of the Pacific.

What was once forbidden territory for a pair of deeply entrenched New Yorkers has become something of a paradisiacal new beginning. Author Lesley M. M. Blume recounts her family’s new adventures in Hollywood .

“I was inspired by my own experience as a mother, creating magical nurseries and bedrooms for my children, Jack and Sophia,”

True romance for designers Carly and Matthew Morgan, love and marriage go together like design and fine art.

Tucked away in the historic Hollywood Dell, a 1920s retreat occupied for more than two decades by multi-hyphenate model Lara Harris is a testament to how deep a connection resident and house can have.

An East Bay native, Bianca Sotelo is always first in line for the latest boutique or restaurant opening in the ever-changing neighborhoods surrounding her Alameda home.

Katherine Tsina Bird, owner of the new Atwater Village boutique AVION Clothier and clothing line by the same name, shares her favorite neighborhood spots.

“California design is often about breaking the rules and creating a new vocabulary; we believe their work does exactly that,” said Ray Azoulay of the artists on feature at the third annual FOG Art+Design fair that took place in January.

For Belvedere-based Margaret Wells and Susan Hanson, a friendship born of neighborly proximity led to a flower delivery revolution.

Model Kyleigh Kühn and Ryan Bankwell make a sea change by overhauling their dream boat in Sausalito.

Wife, mother and lover of all things macabre, Sarah-Jane Wilde opens up her home in the hills to give us a view into her over-the-top way of life.

The exterior of the tiny Persephone Books shop in London is painted the same shade of cool, English “grey” as the covers of the titles sold inside.

C caught up with consummate entertainers and tastemakers Monelle Totah and Gary McNatton, co-founders of Hudson Grace, to learn what every host needs to impress this holiday:

This holiday season, natural elements and neutral hues shine the brightest.

The Echo Park Craft fair co-founders seek out exceptional craftsmanship, one L.A. maker at a time.

Luxury stationery house Mrs. John L. Strong and creative maven Simone LeBlanc throw an intimate dinner party to celebrate their gifting collaboration.

Lauded interior designer Madeline Stuart is all about easy entertaining at her Santa Barbara weekend retreat.

The impeccably chic Vanessa Traina Snow returns to her California roots with an expertly curated new L.A. home for her lifestyle concept shop, The Apartment by The Line.

Anne Sage, author of Sage Living: Decorate for the Life You Want (Chronicle Books, $30) shares a few of her Cali faves:

RH’s newest offering celebrates the CLEAN LINES of midcentury DESIGN with high-end MATERIALS and an EMPHASIS on comfort.

Mat Sanders and Brandon Quattrone, founders of the design firm Consort, don’t have your run-of-the-mill startup story.

In L.A.’s drive-by culture, landscape design requires a different approach,

A crop of new boutiques place a corner of Marin County on the map as the up-and-coming design hub of Northern California.

After years of custom and limited-run pieces, sought-after designer Kelly Wearstler is launching the Kelly Wearstler Furniture Collection this month, comprising 59 distinctive introductions.

“I’m a mechanical engineer by training,” says Michael Towey of The California Workshop, a contemporary furniture studio in Costa Mesa.

On a wooded hillside high above NAPA Valley, surrounded by her precious Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards, Los Angeles entrepreneur JAMIE McCOURT found her DREAM HOUSE—swimming pool included.

With six floors of carefully integrated environs—

Sartorial favorite turned home guru Gregory Parkinson introduces his vibrant next act.

For Kelly Lynch and Mitch Glazer, a beloved NEUTRA residence in LONE PINE offers a high-design retreat with a taste of the American West.

California designers bloom with ideas when it comes to floral arrangements, bouquets and tablescapes.

From beach to vineyard, create a fantasy setting with the best in linens, seating, tents and more.

The horticultural wonderland that is Inner Gardens has moved to a new 12,000-square-foot-plus space in Culver City, in walking distance of such galleries as Blum & Poe and Honor Fraser.

Meier’s eye for the natural creates the feeling of a modern-day cabinet of curiosities.