Design The Essentials:

34 Side Tables to Elevate Your Decorative Treasures

Design:

Velvet Is the Touchable Textile Your Home Needs

Ignite the senses.

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Velvet Is the Touchable Textile Your Home Needs

Ask Athena: How Do You Prevent Marble Staining?

Design:

Ask Athena: How Do You Prevent Marble Staining?

Erick Garcia Is All About Creating Spaces to Escape To

Design 5 Swoon Worthy Things:

Erick Garcia Is All About Creating Spaces to Escape To

We’re Calling It… These Will Be the Biggest Home Décor Trends in 2022

Design:

We’re Calling It… These Will Be the Biggest Home Décor Trends in 2022

Food The Bite:

EyeSwoon Unplugged: Beef Bourguignon

A delicious antidote to a cold winter.

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EyeSwoon Unplugged: Beef Bourguignon

Citrusy White Fish in Parchment with Confit Potatoes

Food EyeSwoon Unplugged:

Citrusy White Fish in Parchment with Confit Potatoes

Blood Orange Bundt Cake with Orange Bitters Glaze

Food The Bite:

Blood Orange Bundt Cake with Orange Bitters Glaze

Nonna’s Chicken Soup

Food The Bite:

Nonna’s Chicken Soup

Single Kismet Dog Bowl – Fumed Oak by Athena Calderone x The Wooden Palate

Athena Calderone x Beau Rush Petit Footed Bowl

Athena Calderone X The Wooden Palate Ritual Bath Tray – Ebonized Eucalyptus

Vence Sconce by Athena Calderone x Simone Bodmer-Turner

Necessary Objects

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Living The Essentials:

The BASICS: 42 Bathroom Essentials That Elevate Your Space in Style

Putting the beauty in utility.

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The BASICS: 42 Bathroom Essentials That Elevate Your Space in Style

The BASICS: 35 Pantry Essentials Every Home Kitchen Needs

Living The Essentials:

The BASICS: 35 Pantry Essentials Every Home Kitchen Needs

The BASICS: 100 Kitchen Essentials to Elevate Your Space

Living The Essentials:

The BASICS: 100 Kitchen Essentials to Elevate Your Space

28 Essentials to Elevate Your Home Laundry (Yes, It’s Possible!)

Living The Essentials:

28 Essentials to Elevate Your Home Laundry (Yes, It’s Possible!)

the Books

Live Beautiful

From celebrated design expert Athena Calderone, a look into how interior designers and creatives decorate their spaces. Click here to order today & snoop our upcoming book tour events!

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Cook Beautiful

Where design meets food, where culinary tradition marries food styling, where home chefs become experts.

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Can you even imagine… Freshly made bread with salted, churned, and whipped butter. The most delicate handmade pastas. And an Aperol spritz. This is lunch on piste, mid-mountain, in a hut, in Cortina. And it is simply true — Italians do do it better 🤌🏼 Hahahaha!

A holy experience

A palace built in the 14th century. The home of a nobleman in the 15th century. And in 1525, the private residence of Doge Andrea Gritti. I love to imagine who walked these very hallways… and who else appreciated this most opulent design in the perfect palette. But my favorite discovery of Venice’s most glamorous hotel on the Grand Canal is the cooking school that resides here today. @thegrittipalace, I do believe I’ve met my design and epicurean match!

Getting lost in Venezia with my two favorite people.

Mexico City, Copenhagen, Italy, and Netherlands in Brooklyn. I love how our homes have the power to communicate stories of travel and forever trigger memories from far away lands.

Whenever I’m in need of an inspiration injection, there’s one place I always turn to — nature. From foraging for materials in my backyard to scouring my local flower market for unique branches,I’m always seeking out its perfectly imperfect aesthetic to beautify my home. So, it’s little wonder Mother Nature makes a grand appearance in many of the events I host there, too.

You might recall the Live Beautiful launch dinner where bundles of green branches and decorative twigs hung delicately from my Brooklyn living room ceiling or the more recent Autumnal woodland scene for the MyTheresa dinner—every chance I get to infuse nature, I will. But I don’t do it alone.

From the moment I first connected with Taylor from @foxfodderfarm, our creative synergies instantly aligned and we’ve been crafting magic together ever since. Over time, we’ve developed this incredible artistic mind meld and collaborative spirit where we’re constantly pushing and challenging each other to think outside the box and push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Our collaborative process is ever-evolving but we love to take simple ideas, inspiration, and a color palette then filter it through our lens to make it our own, putting seasonality and sustainability at the forefront. Read more about our dreamy collaborative union on todays eye-swoon.com

A lazy Sunday at home

I began surfing on this very beach 8 years ago. But, I have surfed very little since then. Not because I can’t but because the fear always stops me. Fear of the unknown, fear of the oceans beautifully wild and unruly nature, fear of not knowing how to paddle back out through the waves, fear of getting tossed around, fear of losing control.

This holiday was about letting go. Letting go of a schedule, of work commitments, of responsibilities. And connecting to myself, to my family, to fun. But mostly it was allowing myself the space to get messy and tumbled. And to be ok with that. And rather than give up, this year I chose to push through. Wake at 6am and make the choice each day to get tumbled some more. The unpredictable quality of the water is a powerful teacher — in more ways than we know. Also. It’s fu€king beautiful and downright thrilling out there. And so, I guess I’m a surfer now. Thank you for inspiring me Jivan.

Captured by @insecto
Swimsuit @wardrobe.nyc

We all love a good pantry — let me help you stock yours! 35 pantry essentials on todays eye-swoon. Written by @sacha.strebe and curated by @jorxy

Since everyone asks… Kitchen cabinetry is Railings by F&B

Marble musings…
QUESTION: “Athena, how do you prevent marble staining.”
ANSWER: “I don’t!”

Read more on today’s eye-swoon.com

Material study for a new project. Exploring transitional spaces that straddle interior and exterior seamlessly. Which is your fave?

Image 1 @roseuniacke
Image 2 Casa Pedregal by Luis Barragán
Image 3 @athenacalderone x @elizabeth_roberts_architects

We play. And it is good for the soul.

Captured a moment steeped in loyalty and adventure amongst three best buds last night. THIS right here is a mama’s pride and joy — I love these boys and their 13 year friendship so deeply. Also, T 🐾

Allowing myself to get a little bit lost…. in the sea. in the surf. in the jungle. in discovery. in being a mama. a wife. a lover. a human. a wildling. also, in doing nothing.

Not your basic b!tch!
Couldn’t help myself — hehe. When it comes to pantry essentials, there are the kitchen staples everyone should have and from there, it’s completely individual to your tastes and cooking style. But the basics? Well, they’re universal: salt, pepper, spices, honey, flour, etc. For us, the key to successful at-home cooking is always ensuring your pantry is fully stocked with these simple necessities so the foundation is set for almost any meal you want to make from scratch. Plus, we're all about making them look good too!

Tomorrow’s ES newsletter highlights one of my faves THE BASICS…. 35 pantry essentials every home kitchen needs! 🖊@sacha.strebe

Always finding his place in the sun 🐾

“What’s guided my journey overall is this sincere curiosity to keep trying. Keep exploring; arranging and rearranging, no matter what the task at hand is.”

The unmistakably mesmerizing work of @colinking, along with his inspiration, design tips, and décor he’s loving right now, featured on todays eye-swoon.com

Photo @a_gaut

I think a lot about what’s next in kitchen design. What’s the next marble backsplash that turns into a singular shelf? Donno but I will revel in the exploration. And as always, all that exists came from something before so I will be looking back to see the future.

#barragan #pedregal

Always fun to chat with @voguemagazine + @ejtay but especially distilling interior design trends to expect in 2022. My prediction — people will begin to experiment with color again, but the palette will stay very close to hues you’d find in nature.

Photo: @a_gaut
Walls: @kampstudios
Rug: @beni_rugs x @athenacalderone

It’s safe to say we’ve all really enjoyed ourselves this holiday season. After all, what’s Christmas without a little indulgence—dessert, cocktails, and candy canes aplenty! But now that the festivities are at an end, we’re ready to transition from comfort to clean in a bid to prepare our bodies and minds for the return to work and a new, exciting year ahead. So, we’ve compiled some of our favorite healthy recipes to help make that shift a little easier. They’re good for you and your palette. Because no one should have to compromise taste for wellness—for us, the two are always mutually exclusive.

Your post-holiday reset is on todays eye-swoon.com

Photo @johnny_miller_
Food Styling @rebeccajurkevich
Prop styling @bartoshesky
#CookBeautiful @athenacalderone @abramsbooks

That moment you realize….
“Ahhhh Sh!t, I dress precisely the same as how I design a space!” I’m nothing if not consistent — hahahaha!

A crafty application of tonal rope along the perimeter wall, ceiling, and floor lines insert a subtle yet unexpected design detail to this teeny powder room. The custom soapstone sink, vintage leather mirror, and French 50’s sconce all offer a bold punch of contrast. ⛓

#athenacalderonedesign

Find your light. Embrace your shadows. And make an entrance into 2022.

Wishing you the happiest New Year filled with abundance, perseverance, and the faith to dream the impossible dream.

The kitchen is literally my sweet spot. Where my love of design, my obsession with coaxing flavor, and my passion for crafting a meal converges with ease. The kitchen is where my journey began. It is my place of creation, my workshop and my teacher. She taught me how to fail, how to take risks, and how to trust. Mostly it’s the place I feel my truest self and where I am so fortunate to gather with those I love most. All that said, the kitchen and this capture is your fave too. 1.1 million people thought so. 🤯 INSANITY!

Thank you, thank you for a beautifully complicated and incredibly supportive 2021. Happy New Year. Please be safe!

I love when we are aligned! This was my favorite image of 2021 — celebrating a design moment I was most proud of. And it was the number 2 performing capture of the year. Can you guess what number 1 was?

Photo @a_gaut
Rug @beni_rugs x @athenacalderone

It’s impossible to express just how delicious, dynamic, and beautifully rooted in cultural and culinary heritage this meal was. @masalaymaiz is a whole vibe — on every single sensorial level! With certitude, the best meal I have ever experienced. Ever!

To cook for this master of light. #barragan

Blurring the line

I love to unearth and understand the artistic process just as my much as I love to be the creative myself. It is in the unknown, the mistakes, the mess, the manipulation, the rebound, the revelation, as well as asking the questions and in dissecting the journey that so much is exposed. This inquisitive part of myself not only excites me, it also fuels my curiosity. It likely informs more than I know. That’s just me.

This afternoon I had the pleasure of visiting the studio of @tomasdiazcedeno of @disciplinastudio in Mexico City. I was completely enamored by the natural in-process beauty of his creative space and how he communicated his work.

I think at the end of the year we all ask the questions right? Who am I? Where do I belong? What have I accomplished? Feel most proud of? How can I improve? Be better? I know I’ve been soul searching quite a lot lately in an attempt to define my path forward. And today, in a moment that was so quiet and insignificant something was revealed to me — that I am and always will be both sides of the creative coin. It’s the process for me. Always the undefinable process!

Tomás, thank you for welcoming us into your space 🤎