07/27/2021
(This Mid Century Modern Playroom reveal is the latest in our series of room reveals from Our Austin Casa. It was originally published in 2018.) This room has been a long time coming. The long and meandering journey to this room goes back to sitting at our dining room table in Los Angeles circa 2015 with our initial architect and hearing myself explain my idea for a playroom. “I want it to be a space downstairs, that’s close to the kitchen and living areas, but also not like right in your face,” I said. The kids’ … 
This interview with Jessica Honegger embodies precisely why she is one of my favorite people. No matter what it is, whether discussing a recent home remodel, raising children, marriage or any number of other topics, you get all of her. You get all of her wisdom, experience, pitfalls and thoughtfulness and it’s all so good. Jessica and her husband, Joe, recently completed phase 1 of their 1970’s ranch home remodel here in Austin, Texas and are currently knee-deep in phase 2. We decided to reveal the pool room first because it feels … 
Hey friends! It’s Sara here, sharing a fun new series I’ve been working on for you guys. See, back when I first chatted with Jen about being the Home Editor for this awesome blog, my biggest goal was to expose the internet world to amazing design and killer designers–beyond just the pages of Pinterest. As a designer, it is really easy for our hard work to get lost in a sea of dizzying images on Instagram, and even though I absolutely adore the likes of Emily Henderson, Nate Berkus and Joanna Gaines, I promise you, there are other … 
Next month will mark 5 years since we moved back to Austin from Los Angeles. To be honest, the time has flown! It does not feel like we have been here this long. When we left L.A., we sold our dining room table. We weren’t sure we would have any place to store it here while we were searching for a rental and we were really hoping to get something bigger anyways. Once we were settled in our rental home, it was the very first big purchase we made! We went with this Corbett Table from Room & Board in Walnut in the 82″ length and …