When it comes to her home, accessories designer Jennifer Wood buys everything she likes and takes thoughts from a range of influences: novels, the web and travel. “I have a tendency to gravitate toward a gathered, classic look that’s sometimes a little quirky,” she states.
at a Glance
Who lives here: Jennifer Wood, her husband and 2 children
Location: Phoenix
Size: 1,600 square feet
That’s intriguing: The neighborhood was once a citrus grove; a tangelo tree nonetheless at the Woods’ lawn generates sweet fruit.
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A couch in daughter Emma’s room doubles as a guest bed. The indigo hue and yellowish wall reflect the total color palette of the house.
Cloud art: made by Jennifer Wood; cat painting: Kristina Boyesen; other art: Etsy and Wood’s daughters; sofabed: Ikea
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Emma’s room is big enough to accommodate a tea party table for 2.
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“We’re making the best of how we discovered the house when we moved in,” says Wood. She’d really like to update the bathroom tiles and include French doors leading from the dining room to the patio.
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A classic desk and seat double as décor and storage to get Emma’s art suplies. Baskets of stuffed animals and stacks of French children’s books are on the ground within reach. “I never put away my delicate things after I had kids,” she states. “I instructed my daughter and daughter to honor the things around the house and gave them access to things that they were allowed to touch and play with when it came into our décor.”
Desk and seat: classic; predator birds poster: classic from Lyon, France
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Wood’s work studio for the Etsy store specializing in wedding headpieces, Mignonne Handmade, is 10 feet by 10 feet, and she shares it with helper designer Mackenzie Goodman. The studio allows her to mix work and family ; she can visit her kids at play in the living room out of her crafts desk. “The distance feels more expansive because it is within the larger context of our living room, so we never feel claustrophobic,” she states.
Wedding headpieces: Mignonne Handmade
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Another half of Wood’s studio pairs contemporary technology with classic items: an ornate silver mirror, an older map, a rotary phone along with also a print of something that she likes to call”science geek chic.”
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The hardwood, box-frame mirror homes a row of jars containing shells, acorns, rocks as well as bullet casings that the Wood family has discovered on camping trips and vacations.
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Here’s a closer look in an entryway vignette. “I love owls,” Wood says. “I went to Temple University in Philadelphia, and our mascot is an owl.”
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Wood plans to build bookshelves, but for now she is enjoying the tousled look of the book piles in the master bedroom paired with the casual ruffled ombré bedspread.
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“We live in a neighborhood built in the’50s called Hoffman Homes,” she states. The houses in the area have kept their redbrick facades and…
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… that the Jack and Jill baths and bedrooms, which she intends to maintain even if they redesign. “I personally love the access it provides me from my bedroom directly in my 11-month-old son’s room,” says Wood.
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The Wood house has a pastel palette of light blue and yellow, which reflects Wood’s leanings toward earthy and warm tones and splashes of color.
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The vegan way of life of the family is reflected by the cookbook heap. The novels’ red, yellow, green and blue spines mimic the vivid printed patterns of the aprons hanging to the side.
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The wrought iron patio furniture on the patio and the classic chic spirit of the house overall show Wood’s penchant for all things French and relaxed.
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Wood admits that she is not the best at keeping plants alive; she’s a couple of cacti and succulents through the house and ferns in the bathroom, where it’s more moist. “I have leftover bits from when I use new flowers for weddings that I sometimes dry — typically pods and dried lavender out of my lavender hedges,” she states.
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Wood describes her house as”diverse and classic,” adding that”such styles are not an excuse for clutter and visual sound. We come home to a very calm and relaxed area, and we’d like to keep it that way.”
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