![]() ![]() Several of Stern’s ceramic pieces-a shark, a ghost, and a three-eyed alien-watch over the living room. Stern designed the bathroom’s seal rug, and handpainted watermelons on the walls and ceiling the Dusen Dusen shower curtain and towels (by her friend Ellen Van Dusen) add even more color. The light blue of the bedroom helps keep it cool despite blistering desert heat and complements the bedding and pillows Stern designed. Stern’s pets include a cat named Bob, three ducks (Beaker, Ice Cream, and Slim), and a tortoise named Myrtle. Stern’s latest home project was retiling her kitchen and living room with a fun green and white design “inspired by old-fashioned mansions and Moroccan courtyards.”Ī large painting by her friend Kindah Khalidy hangs on the office wall Stern’s pink-and-gold jack-o’-lantern sits on the desk next to a lamp of her cat Bob made by another friend, Katie Kimmel. But we have a lot of fun and just try to make things that make us happy.” The big ceramic eye and alligator are Stern’s creations. “Neither of us really have any background making stuff with wood so we just learn as we go. Stern and her fiancé built the tree-shaped dining table, duck head cabinets, and strawberry coffee table. “It’s such a great place to take risks and take advantage of the space and the quiet and the nature. It’s been eight years since they moved to the desert to pursue art full time and Stern couldn’t be happier. It’s now a welcoming artists’ retreat, filled with color, whimsy, and the vibrant work of their equally talented friends. “I feel like this house allows us to experiment and take risks and not stress too much about having forever items.”Ĭobbling together found resources-the yellow and blue paint in the kitchen and bedroom was discovered in an old storage container a stock feed container became a pool (pictured above)-and flexing their DIY skills, they transformed the once-scary trailer into their home. On Stern’s desk sit one of her ceramic rainbows and a ghost tile, two of her most iconic motifs. ![]()
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