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Rounding up Round Dining Tables!
Not so long ago, I was in a pickle. I wanted to rearrange my dining room/living room space and put my dining table where my sofa is, and my sofa where my dining table is. Ya feel me? I've shared before and after pics on my instagram, so you can check those out if you want to see what I mean. Round Dining Table Round-up! Home Depot $449 Birch Lane $579 Overstock $872 One Kings Lane $994 McGee & Co $1076 Lulu & Georgia $1250 Scout & Nimble $1995 McGee & Co $3372 Scout a

Erin Hackett
Feb 18, 20212 min read


Anatomy of a Design - Kate Marker Interiors
I have looked at and come back to this kitchen by Kate Marker Interiors SO many times... it's just THAT good. I will never not love a white kitchen, but I just think there are so many ways to give a white kitchen a little more character and add a bit of warmth. This kitchen does just that, and it's anything but your traditional white kitchen. Kate Marker's designs are always marked by their incredible amount of detail, and this kitchen is no exception. In this installment of

Erin Hackett
Feb 17, 20212 min read


Sofa + Chair Pairings I Love in Four of My FAVORITE Design Styles!
There is just something so YUMMY about a delicious sofa + chair combo. Chairs are kind of a designer's kryptonite -- most of us lose all sense of logic and sensibility when faced with a chair that makes us swoon. Below are some of my favorite chair and sofa pairings in my four favorite design styles: traditional, transitional, modern, and wabi-sabi. Enjoy! Below are some of my favorite chair and sofa pairings in my four favorite design styles: traditional, transitional, moder

Erin Hackett
Feb 12, 20211 min read


How to Buy a Sofa on the Internet - My Five No-Fail Rules!
Source: Instagram @beauxarts107 (Maxwell Sofa from Scout & Nimble linked below) Let's face it, we buy everything on the internet these days. But sometimes, I'm not alway sure that's a good thing. A few years back, I bought some dishware from a large retailer who will remain nameless. When it arrived, the plates were in a thousand pieces. I was surprised and a little angry, if I'm being honest! How did they not have better shipping protocols that could get dishware to a custom

Erin Hackett
Feb 9, 20215 min read


Four Designers Inspiring Me Right Now
Today, I'm sharing the love by highlighting the amazing work of four designers that I'm absolutely crushing on right now. My favorite part about the interior design industry is the community, which has been bolstered in recent years by Instagram and Pinterest. I love that these platforms allow designers to share each other's work, and make inspiration so accessible. Lately when I've been looking for inspiration, it's these four designers whose instagram pages I head to first.

Erin Hackett
Feb 7, 20213 min read


A Dedicated Work Place - Small Office Inspiration
Design: Hackett House Studio (Product sources listed below) About three months into working from home, I finally realized that quarantine was going to be more permanent than I had originally anticipated. At the beginning of the stay-at home order, I worked from anywhere -- my kitchen counter, patio table or, when I was I really lazy, my bed. However, I started to get the itch to have a dedicated place to do my work. In fact, as much as I loved working from home, I found mysel

Erin Hackett
Feb 3, 20213 min read


e{Design} Tuesday - An Elegant Wet Room Bathroom
Today, I'm sharing a design board I created for a primary bathroom renovation. Although we still have some space planning elements to figure

Erin Hackett
Feb 2, 20213 min read


How to Shop for Home Decor
As much as I love embarking on a massive kitchen renovation or selecting furnishings for a large great room, it never ceases to astonish me how incomplete a space feels until you add the finishing touches. This post is going to be all about those things. We'll talk a little bit about wall decor, but mostly table top items and things you'r going to put in #shelfies. Let's go! All photos by Hackett House Studio What's Trendy in Home Decor For starters, let's talk a little bit

Erin Hackett
Feb 1, 20212 min read


Wellness Swaps - Green Cleaning Products
Wellness-focused design goes far beyond creating an aesthetically pleasing space, it also includes considering important factors like your home's air quality. A few years ago, I was introduced to the harmful effects that some con ventional cleaning products can have our our health. Traditional cleaning products (think Mr. Clean or Lysol) can emit harmful VOCs into our home atmospheres, including formaldehyde which is a known carcinogen, and which may cause a myriad of differe

Erin Hackett
Jan 28, 20214 min read
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