Hello everyone, I have an exciting announcement to make about a photo competition that I’d love to see YOU enter! ! I am on the jury for a very exciting competition which has b

Today I’m especially excited because I get to take you on a lovely home tour belonging to Lauren & Ben Lindsey in South Slope Brooklyn.

Hi friends how are you today? I want to ask you something. Where do you shop the most for home decor?

Today is a special day for me, dear readers, because I’m sharing an exclusive chat and home tour with the one and only SFGirlbyBay, Victoria Smith, a creative entrepreneur from Los Angeles with a style t

Today I am so proud to share with you today this shop tour belonging to Michelle Varian who has been on my

It’s time again for me to go to FORMLAND in Denmark this August to meet up with my good friend Stefan Nilsson

I thought today would be a nice day for a more local home tour (here in Germany) so let’s jump right in and meet Anna-Lena, who is a teacher by day and on nights and weeke

Muuto is a Scandinavian design brand that I have loyally supported for many years, long before I even owned a single piece of furniture from this iconic

Today, let’s travel together to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to visit Owner/ Designer of Vestige Home, Nicole Cole. She lives in her pretty 3,000 sq. ft. home and studio space with her husband, Adam and their beagle,

Today I’m especially excited because I get to take you on a lovely home tour belonging to Lauren & Ben Lindsey in South Slope Brooklyn.

Today is a special day for me, dear readers, because I’m sharing an exclusive chat and home tour with the one and only SFGirlbyBay, Victoria Smith, a creative entrepreneur from Los Angeles with a style t

Today I am so proud to share with you today this shop tour belonging to Michelle Varian who has been on my

I thought today would be a nice day for a more local home tour (here in Germany) so let’s jump right in and meet Anna-Lena, who is a teacher by day and on nights and weeke

Muuto is a Scandinavian design brand that I have loyally supported for many years, long before I even owned a single piece of furniture from this iconic

Today, let’s travel together to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to visit Owner/ Designer of Vestige Home, Nicole Cole. She lives in her pretty 3,000 sq. ft. home and studio space with her husband, Adam and their beagle,

Maison is a 3400 sq ft multi-purpose space located on the second floor of a mixed-use building, a little bit above the everyday chaos of NYC. We have a kitchen stocked with healthful snacks and beverages, desk space to plug in and

So…. It’s time for a home tour! This one is located in the countryside just south of Stocklholm and inside, lives Pella Hedby - a real interiors creative force (known for her gorgeous styling and decorating at Lotta Agaton Interiors)

I think it is pretty funny that I didn’t really catch onto William Morris (of Morris & Co fame) until I was in Sweden visiting a wallpaper shop in 2007. I’d seen the prints before in design school, but mostly in historical homes

It’s hard to believe sometimes how long I’ve been blogging - since January 2006 - omg! I think it’s incredible but also pretty scary to admit how fast the time has gone by. My life has also changed in ways I would have NEVER anticipated

Hello dear readers, would you like to visit Amsterdam with me today? Whenever I’m in Amsterdam, there is a shop that I simply must see. It’s like LYS Vintage in Hamburg, Merci in Paris or Rossana Orlandi in Milan…

Hello dear friends, I have a lovely home tour to share today - especially good for those of you who may be diehard Marie Kondo-fans (founder of the Konmari organizational method), because this home is super organized, pure and magnificently minimal.

Hi friends how are you today? I want to ask you something. Where do you shop the most for home decor?

Hey there! It is officially Spring, in fact I just celebrated my birthday last Thursday on the first day of Spring so that’s one date I never forget. I love Spring, but honestly it’s not very warm yet where I live so I’m at home a lot lately doing some low key stuff and planning for my balcony a

I can’t wait to show you my bedroom but most of all, to tell you all about MATRI by Fennobed. What a gem I found! But first, a little background… I travel often enough to say that the best bed in the world is truly your own! There is nothing like coming home to sink into your cozy nest, with

Hello my dear friends! I am really speechless at the moment because I have such amazing news to share with you, that I’ve been wanting to share for a few weeks now but I’ve been so busy at launch parties and celebrations around my NEW magazine and my NEW home collection at DEPOT that I’ve had so little time to blog.

Today I thought to share some things from Sika Design with you because the natural style interiors trend is forever a hit and just continues into 2019, with even more sightings of natural materials like rattan, teak and cane, which bring in a a very island, coastal vibe.

I believe a lot of us are trying to create a vacation spot at home - bring in a little Bali or L.A. to our everyday world since, realistically, how many of us can afford running off to exotic destinations on a regular basis? And even if we can afford it, we may not have the time to do it.

Did you know that one of my other projects has to do with STARTING A MAGAZINE? Oh yes! And I’m so excited about that because it’s a big project that took all of 2018 to work on, and on January 24th we launched issue one “Living at Home + Holly”, with 100,000 printed copies in German-speaking Europe! I still can’t believe it when I go to newsstands and see my magazine there, powered by Living At Home and Sinja Schütte. I’ll tell you more about the magazine tomorrow in a post, (BUY IT HERE IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN),

Each year, around this time, I am thinking a lot about my favorite things , especially family and friends - the people I love, the wish lists and the many wish lists that we all have with hopes of getting something from them.

I thought for my second and final post about The Martha Stewart Collection created for Macy’s, I’d share with you a few of my favorite things from her holiday collection around the theme of EATING. If you remember from Friday, my first post from the collection centered around SLEEP. Now that you’re awake, it’s time to eat so below are some things for mostly the kitchen, the wreath again because the second one I have is on the door, and some cookie recipes from Martha!

Are you ready for my next curated collection from Etsy? My first Home + Wellness collection is here if you haven’t seen it yet, please do check it out because it has so many beautiful things. You know, it is so important to help yourself first but if you can help others WHILE helping yourself, that’s even better and that’s why I love Etsy.

I first found American ceramicist Vivian Shao Chen on Instagram and immediately knew that I needed to reach out to her to learn more. I asked her for a little interview and some photos from her studio in Brooklyn and she happily agreed and so we set up a chat. Please follow along below for a little Friday inspiration that will hopefully take you into the weekend feeling good.

Hi everyone! I was just in Copenhagen and was able to meet up with Muuto while I was there and really enjoyed pursuing their showroom in the city center. A big bonus was that I was able to see all of the new designs for Fall/Winter 2018/19 before anyone else. Here are a few of my favorites

Meet me soon at Formland! Yes, I'll be back again this year after attending for my first time last year as their keynote speaker. I also gave some lectures and covered the fair on my social media, which was really exciting and we all had a great time together. I really love Formland, it's very unique in that it's large enough to be inspired and takeaway a lot of great new ideas and to meet great pe

I have such exciting news about ANTHROPOLOGIE and their FIRST mainland EU location in Germany… You see, when I recently spoke to my contact in London and she told me about their store in Düsseldorf set to open on May 25, 2018, I was thrilled. I'd been waiting for this FOR YEARS. She asked if I wanted to attend their pre-opening press event, and naturally, I couldn't refuse. Anthro selected their 10,000

Dimore Gallery, founded by genius, gorgeous and extra create couple Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran, blew me away this year. Last year, their gallery was more literal with rooms and scenes that you could imagine living in. This year, they flipped everything that was right into a very good "wrong" that worked somehow and stimulated my imagination like crazy.

Iconic Italian brand, Alessi, has produced everyday designer objects since 1921. In fact, most of us have a few products from them in our home, most likely the kitchen. They frequently partner with some of the best

Hello friends of decor8! I am heading to Milan first thing in the morning, and a few of your decor8 columnists will be there too for Design Week and the Salone del Mobile. In fact, I'm working alongside Mary Middleton and Agata Dimmich at the fair on Thursday to cover a bunch of Italian brands, so follow my Instagram to see more @decor8. I'll also be working on a special assignment

Hello everyone. I was recently at Formland in Herning, Denmark for the first time and so I wanted to tell you all about it because it was just great! I was invited as a special guest to give the opening speech along with two lectures, one on trends for 2018 and the other on the unexpected health benefits of good design. I had a great time and I will definitely return again someday, for

I've had the pleasure and privilege during the span of 12 years in the design industry to meet and see some of the most inspiring people and places. I consistently feel lucky to have these experiences and despite how some may begin to feel comfortable doing so many fancy things,

If you have been following me on the blog or Instagram, you know that I had two lectures, each followed by being the moderator of two panels of expert bloggers who also happen to be book authors, stylists, trend experts, and photographers, too. It was quite an amazing group and I'm so

Have you heard of DOMOTEX? This is a B2B fair that takes place in Hannover, Germany each year and is THE world's leading trade show for floor coverings and just got better! WHY? Since their last show in 2017, they've changed the show with the help of an expert team and now it will be an all new show with lots of lifestyle and design inspiration for rug and flooring enthusiasts.

It’s time again for me to go to FORMLAND in Denmark this August to meet up with my good friend Stefan Nilsson

Hello dear friends! How are you? Yes, you read the post title correctly - I’m going to Sibiu, Bogatu Român, Bran and Avrig in Transylvania, Romania tomorrow morning for 4 days with some good blogger friends sponsored by TISCA rugs!

I am so excited to announce something I’ve been holding in as a secret for a few months - that I’m a judge for The Etsy Design Awards (aka The Etsies)! This is Etsy’s first-ever global award programme which honors the work of sellers

Today I wanted to talk to Joy Cho from Oh Joy! based in Los Angeles, California and share with you some photos of her work space and shots of some of her designs but also, to ask her some questions that I often wondered about because, well, I’m nosey! I like to learn how successful think, don’t you?

FORMLAND is nearly here, I can’t believe it. You’ve heard me talking about it on Instagram for the past several weeks and also, there is a whole page in my new magazine (Living

Hello dear friends, I want to give you my fair schedule for Q1 2019 so bloggers and clients can meet up with me or arrange to attend some of my lectures, etc. I will also be scheduling video interviews at imm Cologne for brands and designers, and bloggers too, so if you’d like to be part of my video interview series, you can email my assistant Jessy@decor8blog.com and she’ll get you on the schedule.

SO!!!! That’s BIG News! I’ve been working this year on developing a PRINT magazine with LIVING AT HOME that will premiere with issue one on newsstands January 24, 2019. To say this is a dream come true is an understatement. With over 6,000 blog posts written and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles I’ve penned, and 4 books in multiple languages, and after slews of podcasts and videos for over 8,000 students in my online classes since 2009, I figured the magazine is the one thing I’ve been trying to do since 2011 that just hasn’t happened yet. I tried it America multiple times because the fit was never right. It almost happened in 2012 but a UK magazine stole my concept after multiple meetings with me, and did it without me because it was cheaper than paying me for my idea and work

I thought I’d write something really personal on my blog again, because I’ve not done so in quite a while… But something “personal” usually takes a little time to pull together, a mood has to come and inspire the writing, you know? But today, something funny happened that gave me a great big invisible hug - a hug that I really, really needed right now, a hug that I’ve craved for months.

Hey, hey everyone! How are you doing out there??? I'm good, just getting my groove and focus back after a long hot summer that had a lot of beach vacations and country drives on my agenda! In fact, I really lingered and spoiled myself this summer because we had the best summer weather in all of the 9 years I've lived here in Europe and I had to take advantage of it. It was like 4-5 months of non-stop sun and beauty. Even today, it's September 4th and

Do you currently feel like your business, your ideas, YOUR LIFE, IN GENERAL, is in a slump? I totally can relate as a business owner/entrepreneur who has been working independently for 13 years - I get into these slump periods too. I have decided that they are healthy and good - we can hibernate and go inward for a short time, only to emerge like a butterfly from a cocoon. That's okay.

Hello friends, how are you? I'm feeling so happy today because I've been working on some creative projects that are lots of fun for me (and challenging), but also because my column in the German edition of FLOW magazine is doing well and lots of German readers are writing to me because they are so happy to read me in their own language now.