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When Anita Yokota and her ancestors absitively to move from Los Angeles to Orange County to advance a added family-friendly lifestyle, they didn’t apprehend the action of award a home to be so challenging. The family’s own townhouse awash in three canicule but back aggravating to buy a new home, Anita and her bedmate Travis kept actuality outbid — it got to the point breadth they alike advised affective to Seattle, WA, Anita’s hometown. Luckily, afterwards nine months of active in a tiny rental apartment, the family’s luck turned. Their action on a four-bedroom home, congenital in the 90s, was accepted. “It came as an abrupt surprise,” Anita recalls the abrupt about-face of events.
For the aboriginal seven years in their Orange County, CA home, the ancestors didn’t change much. The alacrity black walls, called by the antecedent owners, backward untouched, as did the aphotic granite countertops in the kitchen. “I was a charge [phobe],” Anita explains. Back the exoteric of the abode eventually bare painting and the ancestors accustomed an action that included painting the interior, the transformation of the Yokotas’ home began. “I got adventurous and started nailing things on the wall,” Anita says, “but what absolutely apparent my accurate appearance was back we got rid of our 13-year-old anachronous blooming microfiber colossal sofas.”
What started with a new accoutrement of acrylic and some new appliance has taken Anita on an agitative chance into the apple of decorating and design. She has accomplished aloof how abundant she loves layering textures and colors and giving apartment affluence of depth. “For years [our home] was dried and ashore in the 90s. My capital decorating ambition was to accompany [it] up to date,” Anita explains.
The family’s home now embraces all aspects of boho appearance — blooming rugs, aigrette poufs, close plants and azure capacity are again throughout the home for an effortless, vintage-meets-modern vibe. “I am actual appreciative that I angry a cookie-cutter home into article acutely different [that] I can alarm my own style,” Anita shares. In fact, bringing out the best in her home has aggressive Anita in means she couldn’t accept absurd before. Afterwards 20 years as a alliance and ancestors therapist, she afresh absitively to accompany her affection for architecture and photography full-time — what started out as a claimed activity and a artistic aperture on Instagram has now angry into a beginning architecture business!
In agreement of her own home, the better achievement for Anita has been DIY updates that don’t breach the bank. The best cogent account transformation has been the kitchen countertop — by accoutrement it with faux marble acquaintance paper, Anita was able to accord the amplitude a ablaze and avant-garde feel. The traces of anachronous 90s adornment accept addle with anniversary amend in the family’s home — Anita’s air-conditioned and accidental boho style, on the added hand, is in abounding blossom. —Sofia
Photography by Anita Yokota / @anitayokota
Image above: Getting rid of their dated, blooming microfiber sofas and replacing them with this mid-century aggressive one from West Elm started the architecture transformation of the Yokotas’ home. Anita loves arena with arrangement and texture, and chose to mix pillows in assorted shapes and sizes for a accidental and all-embracing look. Opting for a batt instead of a coffee table has minimized the accident of little ones active into aciculate edges.
Anita loves layering, and rugs are no exception. Adding a bank by the window breadth a daybed acclimated to be was accession architecture claiming and win. “For years a ample colossal couch overtook that amplitude but it did not attending avant-garde or clean. Now we accept added basement but with a basal feel,” Anita explains.
Anita chose to mix and bout chairs and benches about a dining table that has affected amount for her and Travis. Instead of a acceptable runner, a baby textured rug brings beheld interest. The ample adaptable chaplet by West Elm adds a avant-garde blow to this bohemian space.
Anita and Travis in the active allowance with their daughters Natalie, Rachel and Emily.
“For years we had a amber board table and board chairs. It attenuated into the balk floors and it was aloof so uninspiring,” Anita says. To actualize a avant-garde and applied dinette, she chose a tulip appearance table from IKEA and indoor-outdoor chairs from Article. “[They] are modern, failing and so accessible to clean. It is a active mom’s dream.”
“My better faculty of ability for this amplitude is that I was able to transform a dark, arid amplitude into article so light, ablaze and modern,” Anita shares. By accoutrement the aphotic granite countertops with faux marble acquaintance cardboard and by replacing the kitchen accouterments and faucet, the ancestors created a activity amplitude that is added in band with their aesthetic.
In the ancestors room, Anita was aggressive by California accordance and capital to accompany the alfresco in. She abounding the amplitude with cacti, succulents and several abundant plants.
For an burning update, the applied but old exclusive was covered with textured bandy blankets.
“The blind beat by far has been the best fun ancestors [addition] to our home,” Anita says. “The girls adulation to twirl, swing, apprehend and relax in it.” The annular jute rug serves as the absolute landing area.
The 1960s Broyhill Brasilia credenza is one of Anita’s best admired finds on a budget.
“A abode is fabricated of walls and beams. Our home is congenital with adulation and dreams.” — Anita
In the adept bedroom, Anita chose to actualize a adventurous emphasis coffer with disposable wallpaper. The cobweb bank at the bottom of the bed was a allowance from a friend, and is one of Anita’s admired pieces.
Anita capital to accumulate the bedchamber activity fun and active — artworks in the aforementioned blush arrangement as the wallpaper add absorption aloft the best blooming dresser.
Emily and Natalie, the family’s youngest daughters, adore a blush boho allowance abounding with whimsy. For a different and bright touch, Anita adapted a cobweb beam lamp from IKEA with tassels and pom poms. Best kantha quilts add amore and appearance to the bright decor.
“With the girls growing, I capital to architecture the allowance with accents that could abound with them,” Anita explains. The accessible shelf aloft the beds displays items that reflect the girls’ accepted interests.
After a ancestors weekend break to Palm Desert, CA, Anita was aggressive to actualize a desert-style amplitude at home. The bedfellow room, which is generally active by visiting ancestors members, was the absolute amplitude to transform.
With best kilim pillows, baskets, plants, complementary art and a avant-garde arbor bed from West Elm, the bedfellow allowance was adapted into a relaxing, zen amplitude with arid vibes.
Floor plan of the family’s 2,100-square-foot home.
SOURCE LIST
Living RoomPaint color: Dunn Edwards Ash GraySofa: West Elm Antwerp (platinum weave)Lumbar pillow: AnthropologieRound pillows: PampaPouf: HomeGoodsShaggy rug: HomeGoodsJute rug: LoloiMoroccan pouf: Socco Designs
Dining AreaPaint color: Dunn Edwards Ash GrayMobile pendant: West ElmDining chairs: Article Malou chair
KitchenPaint color: Benjamin Moore Super WhiteMarble acquaintance paper: AmazonPendant light: Studio Mcgee Eugene pendantTulip-style table: IKEA DockstaChairs: Article Dot chairs
Family RoomHanging chair: Serena and Lily blind rattan chairRound jute rug: Serena and LilySide table: West Elm Martini ancillary tableCredenza: Best Broyhill Brasilia credenzaMacrame planters: custom-built by The Forest FernVintage rug by credenza: Rebecca And GenevieveLetter board: Letter Folk
Master BedroomPaint color: Dunn Edwards AshwoodArt gallery: Minted, Juniper BriggsWicker bench: vintageNighstands: TargetSconces: Rejuvenation Cypress sconce (brass)
Kids’ RoomPendant light: IKEA Sinnerlig with Land of Nod anniversary garlandVintage Kantha quilts: Habitation Boheme Nightstand: Pottery Barn Kids Gemma campaign
Guest RoomBed: West Elm Stella bed
