INSIGHTS + DISCOVERIES

In my years as a professional interior designer, I’ve learned not to be a victim to branding. An instantly recognizable name or hefty price tag doesn’t equal quality.  The secret is curation: knowing what’s actually good, what looks more expensive than it is, and what people will use constantly versus what ends up forgotten in a closet. My top five gifts under $100 feel significantly more thoughtful than their price tag suggests. I either own them, have them on my own wishlis

I’ll be straight with you: I find men incredibly hard to buy for. Not because men are complicated, but because I don’t speak golf, I can’t tell you what makes one grill better than another, and I have no opinion on whether someone needs a new multi-tool when they already own six. So this year, instead of pretending I understand hobbies I don’t participate in, I’m sticking with what I know: quality items that get used constantly. Things I either own myself, have gifted success

I’ve been told on more than one occasion that I’m hard to shop for. I get it. I buy whatever I want most of the time, and I rarely tell anyone what I’m eyeing.  You probably know someone like me. She’s curated her entire life, from her morning coffee ritual to her evening skincare routine, and generic gifts just won't cut it. If you have someone in your life who fits that description, this journal entry is for you! Here are five of my picks from my "For Her" guide that are th

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited | Photo: Kim Meadowlark You’ve seen it. That room where somehow floral wallpaper, a...

Last week, I was having a discussion with a photographer about some upcoming headshots, and she suggested a chartreuse background for one...

Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors | Photo: Haylei Smith Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt...

SUNGLASSES  | DENIM JACKET  | CREWNECK  | SKIRT  | EARRINGS  | BAG  | BOOTS If you’d told me two years ago that I’d be standing here...

Interior Design & Styling: Rachel Cannon Limited Interiors | Photo: Kim Meadowlark Here's something that might surprise you: I actually...