The first time I had friends and family over to this house was well before it was decorated. It was a chance to show people all the mad ideas I’d been dreaming up. I had all these paint swatches on the wall and fabric swatches next to the windows, which made it feel like having dinner on a blueprint. We just sat on the kitchen floor, because I had no furniture, drank wine and ate takeaway Lebanese, and laughed for hours and hours about how crazy and colorful this house was going to be. It was such a lovely, positive spirit to infuse into the space before it underwent a huge decorative overhaul.
