Living Sanctuary

The Grace of Imperfection: Finding Beauty in Your Real, Lived-in Home
The Grace of Imperfection: Finding Beauty in Your Real, Lived-in Home
The Myth of the Staged LifeWe’ve all seen them—those perfectly curated rooms on social media where not a single throw pillow is out of place and the only thing missing... Read more...
Beside Still Waters: Why the Smartest Rooms in 2026 Are Learning to Speak in Rivers
Beside Still Waters: Why the Smartest Rooms in 2026 Are Learning to Speak in Rivers
The Sound That Stopped the Scroll I was walking through a show house in Santa Barbara last month — the usual parade of beautiful rooms trying very hard to be... Read more...
The Pearl of Great Price: Why Your Furniture Deserves to Wear Jewelry
The Pearl of Great Price: Why Your Furniture Deserves to Wear Jewelry
The Death of the Contractor-Grade Pull There was a decade—let’s call it the 2010s—when we all agreed, silently and tragically, that cabinet hardware should look like a barcode. Flat, matte... Read more...
The Holy Ground Beneath Your Feet: Why the Checkerboard Floor Is the Most Theologically Honest Surface in Design
The Holy Ground Beneath Your Feet: Why the Checkerboard Floor Is the Most Theologically Honest Surface in Design
The Pattern That Refuses to Be Forgotten I was scrolling through a designer's project in Lisbon last week — a converted convent turned boutique hotel — and there it was.... Read more...
The Return of the Skirt: Why the Most Elegant Furniture in 2026 Is Getting Dressed
The Return of the Skirt: Why the Most Elegant Furniture in 2026 Is Getting Dressed
She Walked Into the Room in a Floor-Length Hem I need to tell you about the sofa I fell in love with last week. She was sitting in the corner... Read more...
Look Up, Darling: Why the Fifth Wall Is the Most Neglected Canvas in Your Home
Look Up, Darling: Why the Fifth Wall Is the Most Neglected Canvas in Your Home
The Ceiling Has Been Waiting for You I was scrolling through Pinterest last Tuesday — something I do with the reverence most people reserve for morning prayer — when I... Read more...
The Lacquered Life: Why Depth Requires Layers You Cannot See
The Lacquered Life: Why Depth Requires Layers You Cannot See
Someone Had the Audacity to Lacquer an Entire Wall in Oxblood Red, and I Have Never Felt More Alive I was scrolling through a designer's portfolio last week — one... Read more...
Heaven Has a Hologram: The Extra Celestial Trend That's Turning Living Rooms Into Portals
Heaven Has a Hologram: The Extra Celestial Trend That's Turning Living Rooms Into Portals
I need to tell you about the moment I became radicalized. I was scrolling Pinterest — which, yes, is a spiritual discipline for those of us who believe beauty is... Read more...
Mud, Memory, and the Living Room That Tells Your Whole Story: The Afrohemian Moment Is Here
Mud, Memory, and the Living Room That Tells Your Whole Story: The Afrohemian Moment Is Here
The Room That Remembers I need to tell you about a living room I saw this week that made me sit down on my own couch and have a moment.... Read more...
Rebel Pink and the Art of the Absurd: Why Your Living Room Should Look Like It's Throwing a Party
Rebel Pink and the Art of the Absurd: Why Your Living Room Should Look Like It's Throwing a Party
The Color That Started a Fight IKEA — IKEA, the company that convinced an entire generation that adulthood was a flat-pack bookshelf and a bag of frozen meatballs — has... Read more...
The Bathroom as Chapel: Why Your Most Honest Room Deserves the Most Beautiful Design
The Bathroom as Chapel: Why Your Most Honest Room Deserves the Most Beautiful Design
The Room Where You Stop Performing I have a theory that has gotten me uninvited from at least two dinner parties, and I'm going to tell it to you anyway.... Read more...
The Gospel of the Bar Cart: Why How You Celebrate Matters More Than What You're Pouring
The Gospel of the Bar Cart: Why How You Celebrate Matters More Than What You're Pouring
The Sacred Art of Showing Up With Glassware I need to talk about your bar cart. Not the one you pinned three years ago and never bought. Not the IKEA... Read more...
Your Home Office Is Boring and God Didn't Make You to Be Boring
Your Home Office Is Boring and God Didn't Make You to Be Boring
The Room Where Joy Goes to Die I need to talk to you about your home office. I know — you didn't ask. But I walked past a "home office... Read more...
The Imperfect Wall: Why Limewash Is the Quietest Rebellion in Interior Design
The Imperfect Wall: Why Limewash Is the Quietest Rebellion in Interior Design
Limewash walls are 2026's most coveted finish — chalky, imperfect, and alive. Grace Montgomery on sage green plaster, raw linen, and why your home was never meant to look finished. Read more...
Let There Be Light Fixtures: The Neo Deco Glow-Up Your Soul Didn't Know It Needed
Let There Be Light Fixtures: The Neo Deco Glow-Up Your Soul Didn't Know It Needed
Tiered brass chandeliers, frosted glass sconces, and the Neo Deco lighting revival of 2026. Grace Montgomery on why your home — and your soul — was made to glow. Read more...
Love Is Not Beige: A Valentine's Day Table That Actually Has a Pulse
Love Is Not Beige: A Valentine's Day Table That Actually Has a Pulse
Love Deserves Better Than Blush I need to talk to you about something, and I need you to sit down — preferably in a powder-coated cobalt dining chair with bubblegum-pink... Read more...
The Quiet Room: Why the Most Powerful Spaces Whisper
The Quiet Room: Why the Most Powerful Spaces Whisper
Limewash walls, linen light, and the courage to let a room breathe. Grace Montgomery on why the most powerful spaces in 2026 are the ones that whisper. Read more...
The Weight of Beautiful Things
The Weight of Beautiful Things
Neo Deco is not a trend — it's a posture. Grace Montgomery on brass, marble, and the theology of choosing things with weight. Read more...
The Case for Color: Why Your Home Deserves to Be Loud
The Case for Color: Why Your Home Deserves to Be Loud
Memphis-inspired FunHaus design is here to rescue your home from the tyranny of gray. Grace Montgomery on cobalt sofas, pink terrazzo, and the theology of joy. Read more...