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Photographs by Claire Esparros Courtesy Homepolish Dear Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, One of my favorite parts of my jobs is meeting creative people and asking them endless questions about how they work, what they do all day, and what types of foods are there favorites. I’m kind of like a third grader in that respect. I could literally ask people “what’s your favorite color?” all day and be perfectly content. Justin Livingston, whose blog Scout Sixteen has been one my favorites for years, is one of those creatives I’ve been lucky enough to meet. So I was stoked that he…

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Photograph by Tessa Neustadt Courtesy Homepolish You Guys! I did it again! I decorated a room for kids! Well, one kid specifically. I’m not going to tell you his name, but it MIGHT be somewhere in the photo above. If you look hard enough you might be able to find it. Wanna learn more? Check out the full post on Emily Henderson’s site. But hurry. Childhood is fleeting, and beautiful, and doesn’t last forever. Love, Orlando FULL POST HERE >>>

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Design by David Hopkins, Photographs by Dustin Halleck courtesy Homepolish Dear Reader, As a Creative Director for Homepolish, I am exposed to brilliant work by talented designers on a daily basis. This week I’m featuring the work of Homepolish Chicago’s David Hopkins, who transformed his one bedroom Chicago apartment into a six-bedroom glamormansionapartment. I’ve lived in one bedroom apartments in different cities for my whole adult life, so I can’t imagine what you’d do with all that space. Not a problem for David, who has like 47 living rooms and the biggest dining room you’ve ever seen in your life. Read on!…

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Portrait by Sean Gin Photographs by Tessa Neustadt courtesy Homepolish Dear You Guys, I’ve done it! I’ve written another guest post for my secretwife Emily Henderson. In it, I describe the harrowing transformation of one little girl’s bedroom from terrorizing to terrific and tell the earth-shattering story of one kitten who saved a family from doom and damnation. CHECK OUT THESE PREVIEW PICS YO: Check out the full story on Style by Emily Henderson! But hurry, a small kitten’s life depends on you! Love, Orlando CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY>>> PS: But wait! There’s more! Check out even more photos…

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Photographs by Tessa Neustadt Courtesy Homepolish  Dear Fashion Friends, Do you know Rachel Zoe’s glamorous lifestyle site The Zoe Report? Well recently Homepolish teamed up with them to do a gorgeous makeover for an even more gorgeous lady and her double gorgeous husband and baby (designed by me!). Megan (pictured with me above) is one of my favorite clients ever because she was so sweet and easy to work with. You can see the full write up of her home makeover, along with one funny joke and like seven lame ones, at Homepolish Magazine. Love, Orlando FULL STORY HERE>>>

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Photographs by Sean Gin Courtesy Homepolish Dear Rapper T.I., I don’t know you, or want to know you, but I do know that you love rapping. And you know what? So do I! In honor of my love for rapping, I made my own wrapping paper this year. And so can you! All you’ll need is paper, paint, scissors, and courage. Also, you’ll need to make sure you have an outfit that color coordinates with your paint colors. Hurry, T.I., those presents aren’t going to wrap themselves! To read the full DIY of how to make wrapping paper that will knock…

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Photographs by Sean Gin Dear Chuck Williams, I grew up being dragged to Williams-Sonoma constantly by my mother, who has an addiction to buying kitchen gadgets and beautiful linens. And tea towels. And basically everything else your company sells. I love going into Williams-Sonoma stores now, because it reminds me of all the time I spent there with my mom, learning things like what a lemon-zester was, and why we needed one. Thus, you can imagine my delight when Williams-Sonoma invited me to visit their freshly-opened store at South Coast Plaza, which is distinct amongst Williams-Sonoma stores because it features the Williams-Sonoma…

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 Photographs by Sean Gin Courtesy Homepolish Dear Holiday Crafters, Look at me. Holding that wreath like a psychopath. Do you want your own wreath that you can hold like a psychopath? If so, check out my glamourous how-to on Homepolish Magazine. In it, I’ll give you step by step instructions on how to make this wreath all on your own, as well as a few tips on how to live a life filled with erotic delight. Just kidding. What are you waiting for? Hurry on over to Homepolish Magazine and check it out! Love, Orlando FULL STORY HERE>>>

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Photograph by Daniel Collopy You Guys, Something is happening on Wednesday that is going to make your eyeballz explode out of your head, bounce off the wall across the room, and then plop back into your eye sockets just so that you can look at what’s happening on the internet. What’s happening on the internet is the Crate and Barrel has chosen me to be one of their inaugural Holiday Bloggers this year. For the next few weeks, Crate and Barrel will be featuring the amazing work of seven of the internet’s most creative writers, who will be covering everything from cooking, to crafting, to…

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Photographs by Sean Gin Courtesy HomepolishDear People Who Are Excited For Halloween To Be Over So We Can Start Writing Letters To Santa Asking For Stuff, Christmas came early for me this year because LOOK AT MY NEW(ish) living room! In celebration of the fun updates I made in my home, I wrote a potpourri of posts, the first, most riveting one for Emily Henderson’s lovely site and the second, more sobering and hard-hitting one for Homepolish Magazine. Highlights include: This luscious new coffee table from Crate & Barrel. This saucy side table, also from Crate & Barrel. AND THIS MESMERIZING…

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Photos by Claire Esparros Courtesy Homepolish Dear Design Dorks, As you know I’m the West Coast Creative Director of Homepolish. Thus, I’ve decided to start a series highlighting my favorite projects from the company’s roster of crazy talented designers. Who better to start with than Noa Santos, the designer who started it all with his cofounder Will Nathan just a few years ago. As soon as I saw the banana palm tree in the corner, I knew Noa and his boyfriend Ross had great style. Before that I was like “That’s a lot of asymmetrical ironic flowing sweaters and male jeggings…

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Photographs by Sean Gin Courtesy Homepolish Dear Diary, I recently designed Kelly Oxford’s house (remember?) and we needed a bench for her dining room. So I enlisted the help of Kelly and a highly-skilled child laborer (who happens to be her son) and we made a bench together. Oh Diary, I hope you’ll believe me when I tell you it was so fun and easy, anyone could do it! Even you, Diary, and you’re just a dumb old book filled with illegible scribbling about guys and shopping! Here are some preview shots of what we did: What, Diary? You want to…

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Dear Non-Garbage Person, The other day I was in St Vincent De Paul Thrift Store near Downtown LA and I came across a deal too good to pass up. They were selling these lovely little library bookcases for $15. Naturally, I was all “Oh my god I need one!” Which I say sometimes. Usually when I totally do not need one. If you’ve ever been in St Vincent’s you know how dirty and disgusting it is. It’s like jumping into a giant landfill. But filthier. But you find gems there from time to time so it’s worth it. The hunt is half…

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Photographs by Claire Esparros Courtesy Homepolish Dear Leandra Medine, I love your site Man Repeller, which is basically a blog about how ladies should wear what they want regardless of what guys think because guys are garbageholes. Just kidding I put in the part about guys being garbageholes. But they are. AM I RIGHT LADIEZ? In other news, I love that you love overalls, because I’ve been obsessed with them ever since I read “East of Eden.” Homepolish has designed not one, but two of the Man Repeller offices, and the latest space is so delicious I wish I were a giant so I could…

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