Design for people. Keep what's good. Let the view lead. Five hills I won't come down from.

Designing a San Diego spin studio in a Liberty Station warehouse, nine years ago. The first project I ever took on alone, and it is still open.

A Bay Park, San Diego remodel above a canyon. Kitchen, living room, and primary bath, kept calm inside so the view gets to be the star.

The second gold on the bay window, after the butter yellow one that went on more like an Easter egg than a gold miner's house.

Sixteen species of wildflowers and 375 bulbs going into the yard of a 150-year-old house in Leadville, Colorado.

The bathroom in my Leadville house has neon pink tiger wallpaper next to an original clawfoot tub, and I have never been more sure of a decision.

The primary bedroom in my 150-year-old Leadville house is fully designed. Warm yellows, original floors, and period molding I never expected to add.

Refinishing the living room floors of a 150-year-old Leadville house by hand, and the afternoon I nearly paid someone else to finish them.

India Yellow on the foyer walls of a historic Leadville miner's house, and why I left the raw floors exactly as they were.

The first night in my 150-year-old Leadville house I could see my breath in the front room. This is where the renovation starts.