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The Only Gift Guides You Actually Need
Interior Design: Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors | Photo: Kim Meadowlark Let’s be honest: most gift guides are useless. They’re either 100+ items that nobody has time to scroll through, or they’re sponsored content disguised as “recommendations,” OR they’re the same products every other influencer is linking because everyone’s working from the same PR list. You’ll never catch me doing that. I decided to start sharing my finds with my followers so that you’d get to see how rea
19 hours ago4 min read


A Planned (Not Panicked) Black Friday
Photo: Jackie Haxthausen I’ve been a professional shopper and buyer my whole life. (Honestly, you’d think I was solely responsible for the entire US economy the way I am chronically shopping online.) When it comes to Black Friday, it should come as no surprise that I have opinions. Here’s what you’ll NEVER catch me doing: waking up at 4am to fight someone over an electronic I don’t need. Clicking “buy now” on everything with a red sale tag. Spending money just because somethi
3 days ago3 min read


What to Wear for Thanksgiving
SHOP THIS LOOK: Holidays in the Cannon household always meant one thing: we got dressed up. We would start planning our outfits weeks in advance, and even my dad would swap his usual casual wear for something a bit more special. That tradition stuck with me, and I love any reason to get dressed up. (Truth be told, I’ve never needed much convincing to put together a cute outfit!) Thanksgiving, Christmas, even just a fun brunch—they’re all fair game for pulling out something fe
Oct 294 min read


Misunderstood Monsters: The Colors of Halloween
Interior Design: Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors | Photo: Kim Meadowlark | Model: Sprinkles I will be the first to tell you that, from an aesthetic perspective, Halloween is my least favorite holiday. The glorification of all things macabre is a little too gruesome for my delicate heart. As a child of the 80s, I grew up actively avoiding the horror movies my friends seemed to love - Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist - and to this day, I
Oct 273 min read


Serving Classic | Fresh | Smart for 16 (or 46?) Years
Our tagline, Classic | Fresh | Smart , has been our North Star for 16 years in business, and at 46 years old, I’ve never felt more connected to those three words than I do today. Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited | Photo: Jessie Preza What started as a way to describe how we approach interior design has become so much more than that. It’s literally how I’ve always seen the world, whether I’m specifying a sofa or getting dressed in the morning. And since so man
Oct 224 min read


Moodmakers: How Color & Light Transform Emotional Wellbeing
Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited | Photo: Kim Meadowlark Walk into a room bathed in warm, golden light with terracotta walls, and you’ll feel embraced, grounded, perhaps even energized. Step into a space with cool blue tones and filtered natural light, and the tension in your shoulders fades away, your breathing slows, and your mind clears. This happens because of the profound psychological power of color and light working in concert to shape how we feel in ou
Oct 204 min read


The Anatomy of a Classic | Fresh | Smart Room
Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors | Photo: Haylei Smith Have you ever wondered what makes spaces feel collected without feeling cluttered, current without being trendy, expensive without actually requiring a trust fund? The answer is in our design philosophy: Classic | Fresh | Smart. Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors | Photo: Haylei Smith Classic is your foundation. These are the pieces that have staying power because they’ve
Oct 152 min read


Intentional Design: Creating Spaces That Guide Behavior
Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited | Photo: Haylei Smith As an interior designer, I often say my design choices are made intuitively. It’s not that design happens hastily or without any consideration for our clients, but my gut does a better job of guiding things than my head does. When I get too in my head about a project and start to overthink it, I face what the client is usually facing when they reach out to us: analysis paralysis. That’s because the best-d
Oct 133 min read


Print Mixing Philosophy: The Secret to Patterns That Actually Work Together
Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited | Photo: Kim Meadowlark You’ve seen it. That room where somehow floral wallpaper, a...
Oct 83 min read


The Color-Heart Connection: How Hues Affect Behavior and Emotion
Last week, I was having a discussion with a photographer about some upcoming headshots, and she suggested a chartreuse background for one...
Oct 65 min read


Environmental Psychology: The Strategic Science Behind Successful Spaces
Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors | Photo: Haylei Smith Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt...
Sep 293 min read


Rachel’s Recs: October Edition
SUNGLASSES | DENIM JACKET | CREWNECK | SKIRT | EARRINGS | BAG | BOOTS If you’d told me two years ago that I’d be standing here...
Sep 243 min read


The Business Case for Design Excellence: ROI of Strategic Interiors
Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors | Photo: Kim Meadowlark Here's something that might surprise you: I actually...
Sep 222 min read


Accessories and Architecture: How Statement Pieces Shape Spaces
You know how some women have that magical ability to walk into a room and instantly become the most interesting person there? It’s rarely...
Sep 173 min read


16 Lessons in 16 Years: Strategic Insights That Have Defined Our Practice
Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors | Photo: Kim Meadowlark After 16 years of strategic design work, I’ve...
Sep 153 min read


MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Introducing Seasonal Color Analysis + Personal Styling Services
Here’s the thing about secrets: the best ones are meant to be shared with exactly the right people at exactly the right moment. And if...
Sep 102 min read
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