I’m still going through all the photos from my trip to Morocco last month but today I wanted to share some of my favorite snaps from Le Jardin Majorelle–one of my all time favorite destinations. It’s a two and half acre botanical garden in Marrakech created by French artist, Jacques Majorelle in 1923 and features a striking…
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What A Year! 2017 recap
2017 was quite a year, full of ups and downs, deaths and births, wins and losses. It always feels strange for me to have things personally going well when the state of the world is so dark and crazy. There is dissonance there but in a way motivates me even more in my work of…
Travelogue: Rabat, Morocco
Whew! It’s taken me a couple of weeks to get it together to write this post — I battled the flu and had to get through the holidays first–but I finally went through my photos from Morocco and I’m so excited to share some tidbits about my trip with you all. So first things first…
Jungalow™ Wrapping Paper is Here!
Growing up my parents ran a residential treatment program for abused and neglected girls. It was my job to wrap the donated presents for the 50+ girls who would spend their holidays at the group home. I took the responsibility seriously, because I knew how important it was for the gifts to look like they…
Could PMS be Good for Business?
When I was in my 20’s, drastic haircuts, breakups, and spontaneous arguments often occurred during those few days before my period. Since giving birth, my periods and my PMS symptoms have seemed to have gotten worse. The week before my period I can be a bit of a beast. The thing is, with my mostly…
Holiday dresses for ladies with curves
The holidays are right around the corner (yikes–next week!) and along with the festivities comes picking out a few outfits to wear to family dinners, Friendsgivings, office parties, and the like. I love wearing dresses but I always have a hard time finding dresses that I find both comfy and flattering and — let’s be real…
Skin Care Recommendations for This Boho Mama
Poor sleep, travel, business worries, and hormones have all taken a toll on my skin lately. My self-care regimen (which quickly falls to the wayside on busier days) is limited to the few waking moments before my lil’one gets up and the (somewhat) quiet moments before closing my eyes at night (and often times gets…
Thanks for coming!
Last week we had The New Bohemians Handbook launch party and book signing at Living Spaces in Van Nuys and I even get a bit emotional thinking about it because it was SUCH a lovely evening and a really kind of a pinnacle moment for me in my career thus far. Friends and family came…
Neighborhood of Good® Art Show
This post is sponsored by State Farm®. Every once in a while one gets an opportunity to do something that changes the lives of others and in turn, changes one’s own life. The program that I taught over the summer with The RightWay Foundation was one of those experiences. (The RightWay Foundation helps foster youth and…
Travelogue: New Mexico
I’m pretty proud of my girlfriends and myself. For the second time this year we managed to plan a weekend away and meet up, this time in New Mexico, for a girls trip of inspiration, debauchery, bonding, relaxation and ‘us’ time. Most of us have been friends for twenty years. And most of us are…
What my home REALLY looks like most of the time…
I was feeling inspired by the host of women on Instagram I’ve been seeing who have been showing themselves unfiltered and un-photoshopped, un-styled and just raw and real–stretch marks and all. I thought it was about time I bared all as well — of my home this time though. I just walked around my house…
OOTD
I just got this dress from Of A Kind. It gives me all kinds of modern Mary Poppins vibes and the cinched waist is flattering to mah curves. Perfect work dress. I’m wearing it with this tote from This Is ground. The color is so, so citrus-y and fun. It’s a bit of a splurge,…
Interior Color Palette Inspo From Nature
As you all likely know, most of my inspiration for interiors comes from nature. I really enjoy photographing nature and processing the images (I normally use Lightroom for processing.) I like to up the saturation of the colors, making them feel as vibrant as they seem to me under the sunlight. I’ve pulled out…
Color Inspiration: Tulum
One of things that I found the most relaxing about our recent trip to Tulum, Mexico was the color palette! Even though the trip was a mix of work and play, it felt like a vacation for my eyes to be surrounded by these gorgeously beachy, weathered colors. So much of the architecture is done in…
Introducing our Justina Blakeneytm Home fabrics!
My fabric line with Valdese Weavers is here. I don’t say that lightly. I started out in the Home Decor industry as as a blogger and often times that has made me feel like an outsider. But truth be told, I never really wanted to be a traditional interior designer. I never loved the client/decorator relationship. I always…
Being a ‘Business Hippie’ and My Noteworthy Journey
This Post Was Created In Partnership With Noteworthy by Aura Cacia. All opinions are my own. I joke with Jason that I’m a business hippie. It’s a joke stolen from Harold and Kumar movies, but at its core it unearths two character traits of mine that are often in tension with one…
Bathroom Update
If you’ve been following along on my Insta stories, you’ll know that the bathroom remodel is well underway. The demo is complete. The framework for the new layout is in. As you can see above and below, my contractor and his team have finished laying the cement for all the tile work, and as you…
Jungalow by The River Update: New Shelving Unit
Our living room is one of the smallest rooms in the house, plus it has our entryway and breakfast bar in it, making it even more difficult to design around. For many, many months we’ve wanted to put in some kind of shelving unit to host our books and favorite art objects and we finally…
Outdoor Design Inspiration from Ojai
We made a very quick visit to Ojai over the weekend. It’s a small town about an hour and a half north of L.A. Even though I was only there for about 24 hours I saw so many things that sparked inspiration for me for different aspect of my home and work. Much of the…
New Bohemians Handbook — Outtakes
Hola amigos. I’m in NYC for a couple of days and I’m meeting up with my book editor for breakfast in the morning. We are just gonna catch up and say hello, but before the meeting I was rereading over the new book, and getting excited about it all over again (even though it doesn’t…