Your Top Ten Favorite Rooms in 2023

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This is a very fun Top Ten list as I could have picked these were your top ten favorite rooms on my blog in 2023. I love that so many are new!

This year all of the rooms are in two locations: Ventura and South Pasadena. Of course, most are at the beach house!

Our beach house family room and kitchen with white slipcovered furniture, light wood tables, and white appliances and tile.
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I love the rooms that are my Top Ten for 2022.

Two-thirds are at the beach house which isn’t much of a surprise. It’s all so new!

Here are my Top Ten rooms from 2022!

The Beach House Kitchen

It makes me so happy that you all love our Ventura kitchen as much as I do. I get asked all the time about everything in the kitchen, from the island to the bar stools to the tile.

My favorite part of the kitchen is the beverage area on the right side of the kitchen with the water dispenser, ice machine, and hand-painted tile. Click the links below for a tour!

The living area at our beach house with a large fireplace, a frame tv, a window overlooking the ocean, and a couch, rug, coffee table and chair from Pottery Barn. The vintage cabinet, marble bust, and round rattan mirror are at the top of the staircase. The kitchen is behind the family room area.

The Beach House Tour

We are done. I cannot believe it. The last item has been crossed off the list so it is time for a final Beach House tour. It took us over a year but it was worth waiting for. I am sharing this beach house tour as we get ready for all of our kids (and…
Read More The Beach House Tour

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The Beach House Living Room

The living area at our beach house with a large fireplace, a frame tv, a window overlooking the ocean, and a couch, rug, coffee table and chair from Pottery Barn. The vintage cabinet, marble bust, and round rattan mirror are at the top of the staircase.

It took longer than we expected but we finished the beach house this past spring. It has been an incredible journey renovating the beach house and I can’t even begin to tell you how much we love it. Click the posts below to see the progress we made this year and the finished living area.

The Family Room in South Pas

table set with hyacinth placemat, copper charger, green plate, green glasses, copper candlesticks, and green flowers in a vase. White couch in background.

Our family room is where we spend the majority of our time in South Pasadena. It’s located right off the kitchen and this is such a fun room to gather! Every season ?i change the decor accents and it almost feels like a new room!

The Farmhouse Kitchen in South Pas

A white kitchen with an island and rattan barstools decorated with fall decor.

The kitchen is undoubtedly the room where I spend a lot of time. We renovated it over twenty-one years ago and I still love it as much as the first time I walked into the finished project. It is also the most commented-on room in our home!

A white kitchen with an island and rattan barstools decorated with fall decor.

Fall Home Decor in the Kitchen

It’s starting to cool down a bit so I spent some time adding fall home decor in our kitchen. I love these colors so much! This year, I am taking a sustainable approach to decorating my home by repurposing my existing home decor. By breathing new life into treasured pieces, we all can create a…
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The Beach House Bunk Room

A bedroom with two built in queen sized bunk beds, a king sized bed, rocking chair and green, tan, and blue decor.

The Bunk room in the beach house will be a well-used room in our beach house in a few years. As our family grows, we expect to see a lot of grandkids sleep in this room. We still have to get a ladder and railing made for the top bunk so a guest can sleep here!

The Beach House Third Floor Deck

The deck on our third floor with Arhaus furniture, a fire pit, and dinner decor items.

The new deck at our beach house is the best room ever! The view is spectacular and we love spending time up there with our family and friends.

The deck on our third floor with Arhaus furniture, a fire pit, and dinner decor items.

Styling Our Ocean View Deck

As many of you know, the third-floor deck is my favorite room in our beach house. It’s the best place to enjoy a Southern California day. With the completion of our beach house, one area we were particularly excited to design and outfit was our ocean-view deck. We wanted a space that seamlessly blends comfort,…
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The living area at our beach house with a large fireplace, a frame tv, a window overlooking the ocean, and a couch, rug, coffee table and chair from Pottery Barn. The vintage cabinet, marble bust, and round rattan mirror are at the top of the staircase. The kitchen is behind the family room area.

The Beach House Tour

We are done. I cannot believe it. The last item has been crossed off the list so it is time for a final Beach House tour. It took us over a year but it was worth waiting for. I am sharing this beach house tour as we get ready for all of our kids (and…
Read More The Beach House Tour

The Wine Cellar in Ventura

We didn’t originally plan to have a large wine cellar at the beach but one day Dave and I were walking during construction and I had a revelation. What if we widened the hallway and added a wine cellar downstairs? The rest is history.

The living area at our beach house with a large fireplace, a frame tv, a window overlooking the ocean, and a couch, rug, coffee table and chair from Pottery Barn. The vintage cabinet, marble bust, and round rattan mirror are at the top of the staircase. The kitchen is behind the family room area.

The Beach House Tour

We are done. I cannot believe it. The last item has been crossed off the list so it is time for a final Beach House tour. It took us over a year but it was worth waiting for. I am sharing this beach house tour as we get ready for all of our kids (and…
Read More The Beach House Tour

The Backyard Putting Green in Ventura

a small putting green in the back yard

Before the remodel, we never used our backyard. It was small and just never had a purpose. Dave decided he wanted to add a putting green so we could be sure to use the backyard once and for all.

The finished backyard putting green at our beach house.

Our Backyard Putting Green

One of the last steps in the beach house remodel was installing a backyard putting green for our family, which includes several serious golfers. And maybe the not-so-serious golfers like me! Our backyard is tiny, and we rarely used it in the nine years we owned this house before the remodel. So we decided to…
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The Backyard

It might seem odd to consider our backyard a room, but with the amount of entertaining that we do outside, it definitely qualifies. This is one of my favorite places to entertain!

The Living Room in South Pas

This year I added some additional seating to our living room and it has made a huge difference. We now spend time in our living room almost every day. What a change!

A newly refreshed living room with light couches, furniture, and accents.

Summer Living Room Remodel

As the temperatures rise and the sun shines brighter, it’s only natural to want to refresh your home with a summer living room remodel. Don’t panic … when I use the term remodel, I actually mean refresh. But our living room feels so much brighter and more comforting that it feels like a remodel! So…
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My Favorite Top 10 Rooms of 2023 from Thistlewood

Did you know I’m best friends with my rooms? We share stories and watch Hallmark movies together and celebrate all the seasons. It was really hard to pick, but here are my favorite top 10 rooms of 2023. Enjoy Karianne’s post here.

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