Articles

  • 1 week ago | housebeautiful.com | Julie Vadnal

    Designing a home requires making a countless number of small decisions, and there can be a point where fatigue takes over and you go: Ya know what? This is good enough. Usually, those concessions tend to happen around fixtures we tend to regard as unchangeable, from outlets to vents to radiators. After all, there’s not much that can be done to spruce them anyway, right? And besides, you’re tired. You’re done. You’re over it.

  • 1 week ago | julievadnal.substack.com | Julie Vadnal

    Don’t forget! Leonora Epstein of Schmatta and I are discussing East Coast vs. West Coast Design during our Substack Live on Tuesday, June 24 at 2 p.m. EST / 11 a.m. PST. Click here to add it to your calendar, and we’ll see you there!Halfway through Materialists, during a scene where Pedro Pascal, a finance guy, and Dakota Johnson, a matchmaker, wake up in his Tribeca apartment, my sister noticed something odd.

  • 2 weeks ago | domino.com | Julie Vadnal |Belle Morizio

    Style & Shopping Product Reviews The waffle maker folds up like a book. By Julie Vadnal, Photography by Belle Morizio Published Jun 14, 2025 2:22 AM EDT We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs.

  • 2 weeks ago | julievadnal.substack.com | Julie Vadnal

    Don’t forget! Leonora Epstein of Schmatta and I are discussing East Coast vs. West Coast Design during our Substack Live on Tuesday, June 24 at 2 p.m. EST / 11 a.m. PST. Click here to add it to your calendar, and we’ll see you there!Matrix by Lauren Groff, which I picked up from a stoop because it was 250 pages short, and I thought it would be a quick read. (I’m behind on my yearly goal of 24 books.) BOY WAS I WRONG. It took me weeks to get through the Middle English references and nun shenanigans.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Julie Vadnal

    Taylor found herself longing for projects with more color and pattern - and she had already witnessed the transformative power of upholstery - so she started putting vibrant fabrics where few people dared: on walls. "It's not just decorative, it's practical, too.