California Beach House Luxury - by Breegan Jane (Hardcover)

About the Book

For Breegan, California personifies a love affair between the ordinary and the excessive. It is the beach and sun-drenched surfers, and simultaneously boutique stores and five-star dining. It's street vendors and electric bikes, skateboarders and Muscle Beach. And it is Beverly Hills, mansions, and the bright lights of Hollywood. All of this is, and has been, her backyard. When combined, the aesthetic coalesces into a style she calls modern, approachable luxury. Think welcoming with a touch of whimsy, accessible dotted with allure, on-the-ground practicality meshed with a bit of pie in the sky. This vision and style are attainable anywhere.

Book Synopsis

TV host Breegan Jane shares how she designed her fabulous Southern California dream home in modern, approachable luxury style.

"A sparkling study in opulent design."--Publishers Weekly

Whatever kind of dwelling you are designing, incorporating Breegan Jane's modern, approachable luxury styling means creating an inspired, welcoming, true-to-you space that has touches of opulence throughout.

For Breegan, California personifies a love affair between the ordinary and the excessive. It is the beach and sun-drenched surfers, and simultaneously boutique stores and five-star dining. It's street vendors and electric bikes, skateboarders and Muscle Beach. And it is Beverly Hills, mansions, and the bright lights of Hollywood. All of this is, and has been, her backyard. When combined, the aesthetic coalesces into a style she calls modern, approachable luxury. Think welcoming with a touch of whimsy, accessible dotted with allure, on-the-ground practicality meshed with a bit of pie in the sky. This vision and style are attainable anywhere.

Cultural connection is also a personal heartstring for Breegan, so look for African and handcrafted artistry and influences within the scope of her design. She employs custom furnishings when and how she can in this home for her and her sons, including beds, dressers, desks, etc. Custom-made or not, everything is well made and cleanly designed.

"California is my north star," Breegan Jane writes. "It is altogether my yin and yang. The cityscape invigorates me. The Pacific waters ground me. The culture inspires me. They've collectively conceived who I am and continue to sculpt the masterpiece I will become."

Review Quotes

This arresting coffee-table book from Jane (Baxter, a picture book), host of HGTV's Dream Home, delves into how she designed the sumptuous interiors of her Venice Beach mansion. Recounting her path to becoming an interior designer, Jane discusses how she used savings from her childhood modeling gigs to start her own clothing brand, which opened doors for her to later establish her own design firm. She explains how she decorated each room of her house, starting in the kitchen, where she forswore upper cabinetry to encourage herself to rely on fresh produce over shelf-stable pantry items. "Stone has the power to create an instant vision of elegance," she contends, showing how she framed the living room fireplace with a wall of marbled stone. "Moorish motifs" feature throughout the home, including the intricately patterned brass Moroccan doors leading to the primary bedroom and the Moroccan lattice-style headboard in the guest bedroom. Though Jane offers a few pointers in the introduction, such as entreating readers to hire an architect and structural engineer when remodeling and cautioning that it might take years to find the right "forever home," the many luxuries in Jane's house (her sons' playroom features netting suspended from the ceiling, accessed via a rock-climbing wall, where the kids can hang out) make the volume more aspirational than practical. The result is a sparkling study in opulent design.-- "Publishers Weekly"

About the Author

Designer, author, speaker, and philanthropist Breegan Jane continues to showcase her vast expertise building homes, designing products, and hosting television shows, all while balancing life as a single mother. As the 2024 host of HGTV's Dream Home, her appearances on half a dozen shows across HGTV, Food Network, Discovery+, Max and others reveal her prolific talent for storytelling. Breegan's global influence in interior design can be best seen in her line of home accessories distributed in retail locations across the US and Canada, including Home Goods and HomeSense. Her lines of fabric, wallpaper, lighting, and textiles are distributed in the US, Canada, and internationally. She is a philanthropy partner with World Vision to eliminate FGM globally, with initial efforts focused on and dedicated to the women and children in Kenya.