Urban Skyline Living

If you’ve been in my world for a while, you might recognize this space. It’s one where I brought together contemporary interiors with custom home design, allowing warmth and architectural clarity to remain at the forefront while introducing layers that made the space feel lived in.

Interior design is an intricate craft that reflects the people who live in a space. For this penthouse high above the city, I wanted to design an environment that felt confident and grounding, one that could hold its own against the skyline that stretched out beyond the windows.

This was the third house I've designed with this client after more than twelve years of working together. One thing we've learned together is that we no longer design around a signature style. We design around what the home needs to become.

We sourced select pieces such as the barstools from Maiden Home and the pendants from Visual Comfort to balance ease, texture, shape, and materiality until everything came together naturally. My goal was to allow the juxtaposition of each element to create a home that was harmonious and deeply personal.

Our first project together was his Mediterranean home in Newport Beach, followed by an organically modern vacation home in Palm Springs that we later redesigned for a successful resale. Now this penthouse in Los Angeles serves an entirely different purpose. Although the client remained the same, the aesthetics of each home were intentionally different because each was designed to support a different way of living.

When I look through these photographs of the penthouse now, it’s easy to admire the finished result. Shelby Bourne’s photography and Cate Geiger’s styling have a way of capturing every space exactly as it was meant to be experienced.

What these frames don't capture are the conversations that shaped every decision along the way. The furniture shifted a few inches, objects moved from one room to another, and layers were added, then quietly taken away. Those are the moments that don’t make it into the photographs, but they are the reason a home feels complete.

There are questions I continue to revisit during a project. They're not always the questions clients ask me, but they're often the reasons they hire me in the first place.

How do we make a new build feel like home instead of just a new house?

Where should we invest, and where should we hold back?

What details will shape the way someone experiences this home every single day?

If you've ever wondered what an interior designer is actually thinking, I can promise you it goes far beyond beauty. Let's look beyond the finished photographs.