monday as i was bumping around in the air (i seriously sobbed through the last 15 minutes of the flight it was that scary) on my way home to new york, the one thing that kept me from totally losing it (because i am soo that kind of flyer) was staring at a copy of home magazine i had picked up in the airport. as i flipped through the pages and tried to think of a happier place than my tiny turbulent plane, i caught this beautiful mill valley home that happens to belong to julie carlson of remodelista. i knew portions of it looked familiar but i didn’t put it all together until i heard from julie yesterday. perhaps if i’d been spending more time reading the text and less time praying i wasn’t about to plummet to my death i’d have caught the details. but thankfully julie filled me in on them.
her gorgeous mill valley, ca home (designed by buttrick wong architects) is the sort of house i always wish i had: open, airy, breezy and full of natural light. i loved the combination of old and new in her home- and all of that bright white. i could never pull off that much white in my house (it would be covered in dirty cat paw-prints in no time) but julie does it with style. you can catch the full story in this month’s home magazine, right here on their website, or check out julie’s piece on her bedroom and how to duplicate their look “for less”. thanks, julie!
[all photography by david duncan livingston]
