08/24/2020
Kids rooms are funny. From the moment I found out I was pregnant with Parker, I began thinking about how I wanted to decorate the nursery. Then she was born and it felt like it was immediately and constantly evolving. She was out of her crib by two, her bookshelves were hung so high that they were out of her reach and felt impractical, and toys and daily essentials felt like they were being retired and replaced on a monthly basis. When I first stepped into Porter’s room, I immediately gravitated towards everything. (Which is no … 
If you’re a parent in the United States right now, you likely haven’t made it through a single day this summer without contemplating what school will look like for your children. It’s a seemingly impossible situation we have found ourselves in. As more and more school districts announce that they’ll be starting the year online (Los Angeles and San Diego announced yesterday), there’s a high probability that kid’s will be doing some or all of their learning this fall from home. Over the weekend I started … 
This is the third in our series of room reveals with entrepreneur, Jessica Honegger. You can read all of them here or follow her here! When I found out during my second pregnancy that I was having another girl, visions of a shared room danced in my head. Two years later, that vision has since to be realized because, well, some things are easier dreamed than done. When I talk to other moms whose kids share a room, there is a common thread of strategic design that runs through all of them. Double the kids plus double the stuff can sometimes be … 
(This Mid Century Modern Playroom reveal is the latest in our series of room reveals from Our Austin Casa.) 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’ bedrooms were going to be upstairs, and I …