How to test colors:   After we work together (or I work alone, if you prefer) to get the right color for each space, you’ll have your own notes about which colors go where – sheen – all those little details. Now it’s up to you or your painter to get these test colors on...Read More

Hi Friends,  The professional images, taken by Lauren Edith Anderson, are here. Below are my pics, unretouched, with all of the details you never knew you wanted of my latest job, my own home. Forgive me for this layout, I chose to cut and paste everything, instead of spending hours sizing and uploading the photos to...Read More

  Hi Friends,  I hope you are having a fantastic 2018. I am thoroughly enjoying this weather, and watching the front yard transformation from my office window. Here is the before and in progress: I may have stated this before, but this yard is not like a room. It is super sloped in both directions. I have...Read More

Current Favorite House – Sarah Waller, Australia  Hi Friends,  I’ve many times written posts about what I would like to see (and no longer see) in design. I never publish them because I prefer to always be positive. I do not want to offend anyone who may have and enjoy the things I no longer...Read More

Hi Friends, How are you? I’m still waiting somewhat impatiently for summer, but not at all ignoring this gorgeous green spring. Every time I go outside a different fragrance is perfuming the air, and I can’t get enough! I am walking these hills more and more for a healthy mind and body. Breathing in the...Read More

Hi Friends, How are you? I do hope you’re ok. Me, I’m ok. Pretty good, actually. Other than fantasies of never leaving Tuscany when we visit there this June (I am SOOOO excited, it has always been a dream!). Just staying in a warm safe happy non-toxic bubble with good and simple food and wine...Read More

Hello Friends, I first want to thank you if you were one of the MANY who came out for my last day in the shop and helped me clear it out, I had a blast and I think you did too! There was very little left at the end, Santa Cruz MAH took the final...Read More

Hello Friends, I just wanted to check in and ramble a bit. DESIGN: When I first opened Saffron and Genevieve, one of the reasons was to showcase my interior design style. Almost all of my jobs came because one of you walked in and wanted that feeling in their home. Now that I am getting...Read More

My Friends, It is time. I think many of you knew before I realized it. In these 10+ years, I accomplished everything I wanted to here in the shop. It is a beautiful, peaceful place filled with loveliness and the support and camaraderie of the absolute best customers, the best humans. I have earned the...Read More

Hi Friends, Many of you have been with me on this journey of shop owning, shopping travels, self-exploration and growth, love, and now the new house. It is so nice to get feedback about my posts! We have been in our new home for almost eight months. You know I have always lived simply and except...Read More