A Glimpse of LA: Meetings That Matter

48 hours & 88 degrees... meeting an icon, our client, and MKS chiefs

I flew out to Los Angeles last week for a swirl of meetings, moments, and musings, and it felt like stepping into a sun-bleached diary page, the kind that already looks romantic even before you’ve written on it.

This dress carried me through from day to night, it might just be a new favorite. Linking here! I paired it back with some tried and true croc embossed sling back heels and the Kinn stack that never leaves my finger..

Where I Stayed

The Santa Monica Proper has become my LA sanctuary — a Kelly Wearstler dreamscape of curved lines and muted palettes, equal parts serene and cinematic. In the evenings, I drank chilled orange wine and ordered seafood, the only logical choice during a heat wave that felt determined to rewrite my relationship with linen dresses.

Brand Conversations

Later, I gathered with my two chiefs — my brilliant partners in crime who keep the wheels of this brand turning with both precision and poetry. We mapped out fall, toyed with a few audacious ideas, and laughed until the waiter reminded us we’d been lingering. There’s a certain intimacy in building something together for so many years, the unspoken trust that comes from a shared vision.

Meeting an Icon

I met with an icon about an upcoming project. The kind of meeting that makes you remember why you fell in love with design in the first place — the alchemy of creative minds colliding. It was less a “meeting” and more a conversation in capital letters — a dialogue about what it means to create spaces that feel timeless and endlessly one-of-a-kind.

The Client Catch-Up

Next came my Pasadena Cottage client rendezvous at the Brentwood Country Mart. We tucked into a corner table between baskets of farm peaches and racks of cashmere cardigans, lingering over farm-to-table bites while catching up on life. Her project inevitably surfaced, but what I love most about these moments is how natural they are— the kind of ease that turns a working relationship into something much more enduring.

This particular project holds an especially tender place in my heart. It’s a new beginning for a family who lost their home in the Eaton Fire, and with it comes the quiet privilege of helping shape their reinvention.

Because in the end, design is never just about walls and windows. It’s about reimagining how we want to live, and creating spaces that honor both who we’ve been and who we’re becoming…