Things are coming together over here in Beverly Hills!

Many of you may remember my old patio from my tiny cottage in Hollywood Hills — and now I’m taking elements of that space and incorporating it into my new oasis!

Welcome to my personal sweet spot… the upstairs patio of my home that is nestled in the hills and surrounded by beautiful palm tree views. An instant calm!

I love love love this green small kitchen with black and white checkered marble floors designed by blogger Gwen Hefner of The Makerista. So well designed.  Apparently, she and her husband took charge of making over their outdated kitchen last year.  They took a normal small kitchen and gave it an extremely luxe feel with green cabinets, black pendant lights, quartz countertops, and more.  Click below to tour the full space and see what it looked like before!

I like a good “before and after” post. The whole fun of seeing a well designed room or home is checking out what it looked like before someone took care and time to make it look awesome.  See this Bethesda, Maryland home designed by Ella Scott Design as case in point.  A once drib drab traditional interior that looked like it was designed in the 1970s was updated to look modern fresh and livable.  High contrast, brightened up and tailored finishes make this updated space top notch.   You won’t believe what this home looked like before Ella Scott Design worked on it…take a look…