LUXE Connect Podcast

MONIOMI Design founders Monica Santayana and Ronald Alvarez join LUXE Interiors + Design Homes Editor Jennifer Pfaff Smith to explore a vibrant 1930s Miami Beach residence created for longtime client and author Asha Elias. Given a clear directive—make it pink, feminine and entirely her own—the designers layered shades from blush to deep mauve with geometric patterns, sculptural furnishings and art, balancing exuberance with what Alvarez calls “organized chaos.” They discuss their color-first

How designer Benjamin Johnston’s personal home became his own de facto design laboratory, which stone and material applications are in top demand, and the enterprising attitude of Houston’s design scene: In this episode of the LUXE Connect Podcast, Texas Homes Editor Lara Hallock and Johnston explore these themes and get a glimpse of his projects featured in a very special new edition of LUXE Interiors + Design magazine. They also delve into Johnston’s approach to kitchens, favorite accents and

Interior designer Marie Flanigan sits down with LUXE Interiors + Design’s Texas Homes Editor, Lara Hallock, to explore how “each client allows us a chance to become a new designer.” This philosophy rings true in an inviting Houston residence that her firm, Marie Flanigan Interiors, envisioned with Dillon Kyle Architects, which beautifully caters to the clients’ niche interests and outstanding art collection. Balancing the goals of hosting in style and everyday livability, Flanigan created immersive

Architect Monica Ream and designer Lauren Nelson create a home that harkens back to a bygone era.During the height of the pandemic, architect Monica Ream of Verner Architects was assisting her sister with a search for a vacation home where their families could escape and their kids could forge the kind of special bond the women built during childhood. The search ended the moment they stepped onto this Healdsburg property. “There was something magical here; both my sister and I agreed on that,” she

In the premiere episode of the LUXE Connect Podcast by LUXE Interiors + Design, Homes Editor Mary Jo Bowling speaks with architect Clare Walton about designing a modern Lake Tahoe home that blends her client’s love of outer space and concrete with a strong connection to nature. When the owner envisioned the home as a series of futuristic pods, Walton used that concept to organize the structure, linking the volumes with glass passageways. Concrete is used to balanced retractable walls of glass,