Design:

Ask Athena: How Do You Prevent Marble Staining?

Design 5 Swoon Worthy Things:

Maggie Holladay Is All About Less Is More—But There’s a Caveat!

We sit down with the Claude Home founder.

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Maggie Holladay Is All About Less Is More—But There’s a Caveat!

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

Ask Athena: How to Pick the Perfect White Paint

Design:

Ask Athena: How to Pick the Perfect White Paint

Nina Freudenberger Wants Us All to “Take Risks” in Design

Design 5 Swoon Worthy Things:

Nina Freudenberger Wants Us All to “Take Risks” in Design

Recipes Mains:

My Easy Pan-Roasted Pork Chops Recipe From The Rachael Ray Show

Weeknight meal, sorted.

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My Easy Pan-Roasted Pork Chops Recipe From The Rachael Ray Show

9 Healthy Recipes for Post-Holiday Indulgence

Food The Bite:

9 Healthy Recipes for Post-Holiday Indulgence

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

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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Design:

How I Use Nature to Create Magical Moments at Home

A love letter to Mother Nature.

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How I Use Nature to Create Magical Moments at Home

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

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

Living The Essentials:

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

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.

Peek Inside and Order Your Copy

@eyeswoon

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase” — MLK

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 🤎

moody + monastic

16,876 steps throughout Mexico City today but my stride across Luis Barragán’s walking terrace, where he came to think, meditate, and seek solitude, proved to be the most profound.

Anyone else looking forward to a week at home — reading books, watching films…basically doing anything unscheduled?!

Just family. And just perfect.

$🤍 be•lieve verb \ba-'levl 1: to accept something as true without proof 2: to trust the world is a magical place 3 : to have faith Happy Holidays!$