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Sophie Donelson

Canada, Montreal, San Francisco

Journalist at Freelance

Design expert, speaker, author, host. Onetime ed-in-chief of House Beautiful mag; #1 fan @greg_lindsay Better on Instagram.

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  • Aug 15, 2024 | msn.com | Sophie Donelson

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  • Nov 30, 2023 | wsj.com | Sophie Donelson

    Kitchen design often skews one-note—a chilly colorless laboratory or an onslaught of cozy traditionalism. Here, a guide to a fresh approach that combines materials, and layers in appetizing aesthetic surprises. By “I WANT a traditional kitchen—but make it cool.” Today, younger, hipper homeowners are texting designers with such seemingly irreconcilable desires. They want a look they can relate to. Not the “coastal-grandmother kitchen,” a middle-age status take on cottage white.

  • Aug 22, 2023 | bostonmagazine.com | Sophie Donelson |Derek Blasberg |Sarah Lewis |Jake Skeets

    Boston Home Transforming the common kitchen, celebrating a century of Avedon, and Nina Farmer’s enduring interiors. Uncommon Kitchens: A Revolutionary Approach to the Most Popular Room in the House, by Sophie DonelsonThe kitchen is synonymous with the heart of a home—and for good reason. It’s where family meals are made with love and party guests congregate when we celebrate.

  • Aug 13, 2023 | kanebridgenews.com | Sophie Donelson

    Real-estate investors Ari and Kellie Rastegar are devotees of biohacking, a wellness lifestyle aimed at optimising physical and mental performance. He takes 150 custom vitamins and supplements per day; she takes 23. They eat a diet specifically tailored to their genes. They workout with a trainer almost daily. They take posture management classes. They practice Transcendental Meditation. They say affirmations. But their biohacking isn’t limited to their bodies.

  • Aug 10, 2023 | mansionglobal.com | Sophie Donelson

    A YEAR AGO I found myself teetering demi-pointe on the soapstone counter of my newly renovated kitchen wondering why I had asked for cupboards up so high. Why had I fallen prey to the Instagram Reels and TikTok videos that malign the gap between cabinets and ceiling? My top cupboards, which hiked the cost of my cabinets about 35%, finished the millwork handsomely, but they were basically unusable.

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Sophie Dow Donelson
Sophie Dow Donelson @Sophiedow
10 Dec 20

Listen. A new perspective on “living rooms”.

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BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today

We've been hearing from artists and writers about moments in their lives that brought comfort, while the world is a bit bleak. For Grief Awareness Week, we heard from actor, comedian and writer @robdelaney, about how his perspective on hope changed, after losing his son #R4Today https://t.co/6iWmyXuh2l

Sophie Dow Donelson
Sophie Dow Donelson @Sophiedow
24 Nov 20

So which paint company is gonna scoop up this kid?

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Sophie Dow Donelson
Sophie Dow Donelson @Sophiedow
7 Nov 20

“Downfall of the open-plan” ⁦@WSJ⁩ article missed a spot: it was the *ease* of filming sweeping “pan” shots of great rooms that fueled the rise of them on HGTV. https://t.co/QsJYGDigSQ