The question I'm asked time and time again is, "Kyla, how did House Of Hipsters get its name?" Pull up a chair; I'd love to tell you about it. HOH started as a hobby blog with zero direction or thought—sometimes, I think this is still true today, but that is beside the point. House of Hipsters keeping it weird at the Photo Booth Co[...]
Today I’m going to share a not-so-great experience I had while applying for membership at the Biltmore Country Club and Golf Course, Barrington, IL. For context, Biltmore is a private country club in the neighborhood where I live. This post might be the most first-world problems post I’ve ever written, but if you’ve read my PPP[...]
Next month I'll be at the Jackson Chance Annual Ping Pong Ball. Are you going? If you're not and you live near Chicago, you should come! BUY TICKETS HERE Wait, what is the Jackson Chance Ping Pong Ball? Carrie is my former boss turned friend who I've known for over 20 years. You may recognize her from her 80s modern home tour I[...]
The other day another mass shooting took place in a town I frequent quite often. On a street, I've driven down a thousand times. Near the Dairy Queen where I take my kids because it takes a Blizzard to stop the complaining of being dragged to an estate sale. Today I've been sitting and staring at my computer. I can't work. I can't thi[...]
A few weeks ago, I was asked if I could name 5 words that describe myself. Every word that came to mind seemed trite. Okay, we have creative…but that one’s obvious. Artsy…but that’s the same as creative. Hmmm. How could 5 little words escape me? Could I really not describe who I was? Can you? After some consideration,[...]
Happy Thursday! Gawd I love putting together a mixtape, and this one has been playing on heavy rotation. I popped in a few oldies and some new jams that I recently stumbled upon. This afternoon, I'll be enjoying a cocktail or two while listening to this one outside...soaking the last bit of sunshine before the snow heads our way. If you[...]
A year ago today, I was in San Fransisco attending the Design Influencers Conference. Life was still normal albeit Covid was the talk of the town. All the attendees packed into rooms sitting shoulder to shoulder listing to Nate Berkus and Young Huh give advice to interior designers and home decor bloggers like myself. A group of us went[...]
Over lockdown, I made it my mission to grow on TikTok. If you've been on this short-form video platform, then you may already know that TikTok puts you in common interest buckets. If you start liking videos created by dermatologists, you're put into a skincare bucket. If you start liking home decor content, you're put into the interior d[...]
This is a post that I like to write once or twice a year...last year can be found here. It's easy for me to forget you know more about what my house looks like and nothing about me personally. So let's get into it! I kinda sorta believe in all that woo-woo crystal stuff and manifesting good energy during a full moon. And yes, I th[...]