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Guest bed with a wooden spindle headboard, mudcloth pillows, woven rope pendant lights and framed kuba cloth art

Salt & Saddle

Ventura, CA

Somewhere between the beach and the Ojai hills, there is a house where the days stretch out.

It was our very first rental, designed for guests from day one, close to Santa Barbara, the first place I called home when I moved to the United States. The house was plain, but the pool won us over, and on a small budget, creativity did the heavy lifting.

We painted the pinkish wood kitchen cabinets garden green and gave them leather pulls. The dining table got a painted base and velvet-wrapped legs. Even the bathroom got a velvet drape, which my partner doubted at first; now friends and guests want one at home. Art, artifacts, books and cozy textures layer every room, and fresh landscaping made a simple farmhouse worth returning to.

Come for the sun, stay for the stillness. Barefoot is encouraged.

Primary bedroom with framed kuba cloths, tufted bed, olive tree and rust linen curtains

Primary bedroom with framed kuba cloths, tufted bed, olive tree and rust linen curtains

Primary bedroom with tufted headboard, mudcloth pillows, framed portraits and rust curtains

Primary bath with a white vanity, framed bird photograph, olive branches and The Teak candle

Guest bed with a wooden spindle headboard, mudcloth pillows, woven rope pendant lights and framed kuba cloth art

Sunlit guest bedroom with two cream bouclé armchairs, three juju feather hats and a window onto palm trees

Bedside corner with a woven rope pendant, framed kuba cloth, black studded side table and The Teak candle

Living room with two cream armchairs, a woven side table, ribbed ceramic lamp and a framed landscape photograph

Entry with a round black mirror, iron console and black ceramic vessels in golden light

Entry wall with framed kuba cloth, black-and-white photographs and a carved equipal leather chair

Dining room with a glass table, black cantilevered cane chairs and framed textiles

Green kitchen cabinetry with built-in oven, granite counters and a cowhide rug

Garden-green kitchen with granite counters, leather pulls and a cowhide rug

Living room with gallery wall of collected art, cream sofa, carved black coffee table and striped rug

Hall bath with a patterned wood mirror, green vanity, framed abstract art and black curtain over the tub

Guest bedroom with a gallery wall of rainbow prints and a window onto palm trees

Guest bedroom with linen bedding, leather camp stool, jute rug and framed art

Backyard pool with teak loungers, striped towels, palms and a white ranch house

The Story Behind the Space

The Hero, Salt & Saddle

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1 THE HERO

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BEFORE PHOTO OR INSPIRATION BOARD

2 THE STORY

Our first rental, near Santa Barbara where…

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SKETCHES · PLANS

3 THE JOURNEY

The house was plain and tired, so…

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MATERIAL BOARD · SAMPLES

4 THE DETAILS

Garden-green cabinets with leather pulls, velvet-wrapped table…

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The Spaces, Salt & Saddle

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5 THE SPACES

A garden-green kitchen, a dining room with…

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The Result, Salt & Saddle

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6 THE RESULT

A warm, collected home made on a…

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How Salt & Saddle came together, from first idea to the finished home.

Primary bedroom with framed kuba cloths, tufted bed, olive tree and rust linen curtains

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