California Beach House Luxury

Published by Gibbs Smith
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About The Book

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.”

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Product Details

  • Publisher: Gibbs Smith (March 25, 2025)
  • Length: 212 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781423667261

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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

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