Big news!
All of us at HGTV.com are so excited to be welcoming one of our very favorite bloggers, Rebecca Woolf to our team. (And as much as we love Rebecca, we’re apparently not her only fans.)
We are thrilled to introduce Rebecca and her family to you on our blog today, and we look forward to sharing some really fun and inspiring projects from Rebecca with all of you in the months ahead.
Take it away Rebecca!
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Hello there, fellow HGTV fans! My name is Rebecca Woolf; I am the mother of four, wife of one, lover of life, style and stories. I’m super excited to be working with HGTV.com. And because I’m new here, meaning many of you have no idea who I am, please allow me to briefly introduce myself, and tell you a bit about my own design aesthetic, which I would describe as storytelling through decor.
I’m a California girl (raised by the beach in San Diego) who has lived the last twelve years in Hollywood, where I make my living as a writer and blogger. I grew up in a home where most of the art was painted by family and friends and/or came down through generations. Even now, most of the art that hangs on the walls of our home was painted by my mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who worked as a writer and painter and passed away before I was born.
My great-grandmother, Frances Wright was married to John Lloyd Wright, son of Frank, and I grew up listening to the stories behind the pieces of furniture in my grandmother’s house, pieces designed and built by John (as was the home in which my Nana still resides). What appeals to me both in clothing and home decor is creating a narrative with pieces, a collage of colliding worlds and stories… My goal is for my children to come of age in an adventurous space full of worldly and idiosyncratic treasures.
Beaded chairs from our local flea market, Melrose Trading Post
A makeshift bookcase, surrounded by Frances Wright paintings and a working gramophone
Postcards from the swap meet
A lamp designed my step great-grandfather, John Lloyd Wright
As a new mother of twins, I spent a lot of time and energy planning and decorating my girls’ nursery…
I’m SO looking forward to working with HGTV.com on an upcoming web series featuring unique spaces for babies and children (“ChildStyle with Rebecca Woolf”). In the meantime here are a few images of my three-month old twins, Boheme Shalom and Reverie Lux, as well as their nursery, inspired by their names, a la “Bohemian Daydream”.
Bo & Revi, on blankets handmade by my mother
Revi
Bo
Boheme and Reverie with Fable, 3, and Archer, 6
More soon! In the meantime, thank you so much for having me. I’m thrilled to be here, and I look forward to sharing many decorative adventures with all of you.
With love,
Rebecca
PS: Get to know me better by visiting me at over my personal blog, Girls Gone Child or by following me on Twitter.
[...] introducing herself to the Home and Garden TV audience, Woolf outlined her Golden State credentials: I’m a California [...]
Great choice to add to the team!
welcome! what an interesting family history. looking forward to your next post
now following on your blog.
oops, cant find where i follow your blog? so, now following on twitter as vintagedreamsne!
Rachael http://thethriftypicker.blogspot.com/
Yay! I love Rebecca's blog and am excited for her new project and sense of style.
SO excited!
I've been a blog reader of yours for awhile now – can't wait to follow you on this new adventure!
So excited to see this come to life. Congrats
i too have been a blog reader and follower for at least 4 years now. bless you on your new adventure and can't wait to follow you on HGTV.com.
Sounds like a neat show… guessing the kids won't like those names when they grow up though… I can see lots of fights on the playground… what ever happend to names like Sam and Susie ?? ..sigh…
I hadn't read any of the other comments here and now that I HAVE I have to make a comment. AFmom you made a comment about Rebecca's daughters names and, "what happened to names like Sam and Susie?" People like Rebecca who has imagination is what happened to Sam and Susie and thank goodness not everyone sticks to Sam and Susie!
Having a very unusual name myself, I did get teased as a kid, but so did each of my kids (heck my daughter's name is HOPE) cause ALL kids get teased about SOMEthing! However, as an adult, I SO love that my name is not commonplace and get many, many great comments about it. Your daughter's names are unique and beautiful and they are too! Having been married to an Air Force man for 22 years, I am surprised that AFmom didn't pick up more culture since you definitely travel as an AF dependent. Oh well, she can stick to Sam and Susie!
Scarlett Walker
Agreed. I love Rebecca [her writings and lifestyle] and my future half German children will definitely have some meaningful, cultured, inspiring names
Rebecca is a fabulous addition to the HGTV family!
i dont see any fights. Every kid being born these days has an "unusual" name.
Congratulations Rebecca! I've been reading your blog for quite a while now and was so excited to see this announcement pop up on my Facebook wall this evening! I'm so excited for you!!!!!
see nothing interesting in the show..
LOVE Rebecca and so looking forward to this!!
Congratulations!! Very nice story and you have a wonderful family!!!Very nice start.
I love your colors everywhere, but am little surprised by the strange names you picked for your twins. And I am afraid that elephant over the baby's crib might scare her …
good luck with the new show!
Karin (and AF Mom) – would either of you tell someone to their face that you don't like their baby names? So why is it okay to do it on the internet? That's just mean spirited and insensitive. Btw Rebecca, I happen to think they are beautiful names, and the animals are not scary at all.
Well said, Sarah!
As my mama always says, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."
As someone who has read your blog for several years now, I am very excited to follow this new project!
I'm also amused by the people who are criticizing the beautiful, thought-filled names that you've given your children. These same people seem to have misunderstood what you will be doing on HGTV.com as well. Have they nothing better to do/say? Ah well!
Best of luck and warm wishes Rebecca!
[...] one of my absolute favorite bloggers – and someone I am happy to have as a pal – will be joining HGTV to host “ChildStyle with Rebecca Woolf, a soon-to-launch online series showcasing big design [...]
love it! you're super woman, I swear!!
So excited to see Rebecca here! And am really wishing we could go shopping together someday!
Steph
Hi Rebecca,
First of all welcome:-) I have never, ever blogged or tweeted in my life and am not sure if I am even doing this right, but SO want to make a comment to HGTV regarding dream homes. I lived in England for 9 years and so loved the old style designs like Tudor and Victorian! I am a HUGE fan of HGTV and watch it at least half of my total TV time every day and I have NEVER seen anything done either Victorian or Tudor. It could be just me, but I always like old as opposed to new when it comes to decor and by old I mean OLD, not just out of style lol. There has to be others who'd love it too. Could/would you PLEASE pass onto HGTV that it would really be cool to do something old, in an English style other than contemporary (although European comtemporary does put American contemporary to shame…) Victorian or Tudor? It seems like everything nowdays is contemporary or modern and seeing something really different would be an AWESOME change and example!
MANY, Many Sincere Thanks,
Scarlett Walker
Me again Rebecca… I hadn't read any of the other comments here and now that I HAVE I have to make a comment. AFmom made a comment about your daughters' names and, "what happened to names like Sam and Susie?" People like you who have imagination Rebecca is what happened to Sam and Susie and thank goodness not everyone sticks to Sam and Susie!
Having a very unusual name myself, I did get teased as a kid, but so did each of my kids (heck my daughter's name is HOPE) cause ALL kids get teased about SOMEthing! However, as an adult, I SO love that my name is not commonplace and get many, many great comments about it. Your daughter's names are unique and beautiful and they are too! Having been married to an Air Force man for 22 years, I am surprised that AFmom didn't pick up more culture since you definitely travel as an AF dependent. Oh well, she can stick to Sam and Susie!
Scarlett
Yay, I loooove your style and am looking forward to more!
Welcome to the HGTV family! I love your eclectic style. The chairs outside and especially the sort ot mid-century asian inspired low table near the crib. That is so different. I love the vibrancies all around. They are very California. I live in NoCal and have always loved what I call California eclectic hippie natural. No idea what else to call it.
But it's nice to see what ever it's called represented. So creative and fresh. So thanks!
yayy, so excited for this! Will definitely be reading/watching for more. As a longtime reader of Girl's Gone Child I can attest that Rebecca's got fabulous style AND is smart, eloquent and funny enough to be able to present that style to others so that it's accessible to all.
P.S. You weird baby name-haters can suck it. Why bother commenting if that's what you're gonna say…?
Well done great to see a new face on hgtv
Welcome Rebecca,
I look forward to seeing a lot more of your style on HGTV it is one of my favorite programmes. Big welcome from Barbados.
Love the blog, and excited for the show Rebecca!
Had to throw my 2 cents in… As someone with a "normal" name I've always wished for something more unique. Growing up I was always in school classes with at least one other kid with the same name. BORING. I love the thought and meaning you've given your children's names.
Can't wait to see what's to come with this series!!
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So happy for you, doll! They picked a great blogger!