Finally a small family home tour!!!! I love these because they really have a lot to teach about living with 'enough'. And with such simple confident style.

More tours like this please!!

So cute! Love the yellow chevron curtains! I've been considering making some like that.

Love those little spoon-printed curtains above the kitchen sink in the kitchen. I hope those leaning and large framed mirrors and glass windowed doors are actually attached somehow to the wall as I could see that being very dangerous with small children around. All around, though, this home is very cozy.

Oh it's lovely lovely lovely! Thank you for shouting from the rooftops that a family can live beautifully and comfortably in a small space. We live in a two bedroom condo/townhome with our 6 year old son and it feels just right. Love your living room ceiling, and that precious back yard!

The spoon-printed curtains are hilariously tiny, but fun.

I love the adobe and the checkered kitchen.

Cute, Cute... Looks like a sad face (with a black eye) on the cabinet doors under the sink! Made me laugh...

I love your house but a little wary of your top shelf in the living room. I would edit your stuff and remove the top shelf. Maybe a tall book shelf to the right of the desk would help or one of those bookshelves that stacks books horizontally. But really love your house.

Great house! Really charming. I would paint the kitchen cabinets a fresh white, if you're allowed that is.

What a beautiful home! I love the framed jewelry and the cloud mobile - both very fun!

Love the tour, but especially your DIY shelves in the living room. I've been planning something similar, and it's great to see how nicely they turned out.

awesome! lovely home, beautiful little family!

It's so cozy! I love looking at smaller homes - they are much more interesting to me. A lot of character and love goes into them :)

I also love the plaid family portrait. Cute family!

I love all your textiles. The spoon curtains are fab! And I ADORE your bed linen, I'm always really envious of people who have that design as I can't find it here (in UK). Your family photo is so gorgeous!

How did you make the framed jewelry display? That is a lovely idea!

thank you for showing a realistic setting! Love it!

I have never, ever seen a home tour that so reminds me of my own home! So many quirky coincidences: the b&w flooring in the kitchen, my bed was homemade, I made a similar framed jewelry display for my vintage baubles, I also have a projector that I use to watch movies outside on the side of my house! Just crazy. Of course, your place is better put together than mine. Still working on the de-cluttering thing. What an inspiration!!

Love the jewelry storage (and, of course, the rest of the house)! How did you make the frame rack? And where, oh where, did you get the earring and bracelet racks???

like a lot!

This is a really sweet home. Thank you for sharing!

Source for those chevron curtains, please!

Source for spoon fabric please.

karenruby909 - they're kitchen towels. I've seen similar kinds on etsy.

I love your home. It's so cozy and full of personality! I really like the use of the loft bed above the crib. I have small 2 bedroom condo and have been wondering what to do in case of baby #2. But I have to ask... where do you keep all the toys? in the closet?

LOVE LOVE LOVE! Them, their home, their style, their clothes, everything! What a great family home. Lucky children :)

The kids' room is cute and fun.

Hey everyone! THANK YOU so much for all of the wonderful comments about our home! We love it (obvi) :)
Ok, here are some answers for you:

Anshams: the jewelry display was made from a sheet of wood screwed into the frame with nails as jewelry hooks. super easy and so functional!

Vonlet24: the earring and bracelet racks are actually hand towel racks from TJ Maxx!
Pi: I made the Chevron curtains myself! I got the hooks from Ikea, and the fabric from www.fabric.com.

Karenruby909: I got the spoon fabric from Cost Plus World Market. They are actually hand towels!

Personacide: the toys are in the closet in a cube type storage shelf.

Exant: totally love that you called our curtains "hilariously tiny". SO TRUE!

Norahl: I never noticed that before, but so funny!

Helgaj: thank you for worrying about our kids, very good point. we are all good :)

I live in a very similar space, but it's a one bedroom cottage. Love how you have been able to make a small space feel homey and comfortable at the same time fun, bright and happy. :)

So this is pretty adorable right here.

Cute as a button!

Wait a minute...is that a photo of a shelf inside that frame? Or a real shelf? I am so confused but I like it.

I have your same kitchen table and chairs only my chairs are Pink Vynal!

I love picture no. 24 with the baby peeking out of his bumpy seat on the desk! So, so, so cute!!!! Love your house - it's bright and happy!

Too much clutter for my taste and the nursery is depressing.

I love so much about this home! It feels very homey & comfortable while looking lovely! The new & old blend so well...great job!!! & your family is adorable to boot!

~Emily

Love it! That old dresser/changing table is so beautiful!

I'm curious...what's in the soup tureen on the dresser in the master bdrm? I like the idea of using one for storage, just wondering what you've got in there.

"I'm curious...what's in the soup tureen on the dresser in the master bdrm? I like the idea of using one for storage, just wondering what you've got in there." she had a stack of sunglasses piled up in there :)

be careful about putting your kiddo on tables in that bumbo.

I love the look and this totally reminds me of the beach cottage I lived in once upon a time in San Diego.

Something I've always wondered - why do so many people like curtains that hang to the floor, when the window is much smaller? Seems like a waste of fabric to me.

treereenee, it may seem superfluous in terms of fabric, but it looks so much better.

I love this tour, Jesi you guys obviously have a lot of fun in your home. Where is the swan vase on coffee table from? Love the plaid. Bravo!

from a design element, treereenee, hanging a curtain from the top of the wall to the bottom, creates the illusion of a much taller room. it forces your eye to see the whole length. it's quite genius actually. if you're worried about the cost of so much fabric, you can always use a flat sheet and make your own. lots of color and pattern options and often much cheaper than "fabric".

AWESOME! SO CUTE, COMFY AND COZY.
MAVERICK IS A WONDERFUL NAME.

Just wonderful! and taking advantage of all the wonderful elements of the house, the built ins are great! I love the black and white floor, looks good from here. and your yellow kitchen tile: I had the exact same built in counter and cut out door on the bottom in LA they must have been nuilt at the same time, unfortunately for me the bathroom had been redone in the 50's and I had a gold swan in tile in the middle of the built in bath, but there is a clawfoot underneath it all... someday....
My forever complaint: Does a TV have to take over and engulf the main room in the house?
what if there was no TV?

Love something from every picture. Would put a yellow outdoor rug (maybe duck cloth/something like the chevron pattern on your curtains) on the front porch to tie in the chairs. Maybe a very sheer curtain hung behind those same chairs to indoorify the porch. There are instructions on here somewhere to make a table out of the log in front of your mirror. Then you can move it to the other side of the chair as a table. Also, I'd either spray paint every one of your ceiling fans a bronze or gunmetal color, and/or replacing the globes on each. You can always switch out the old ones if you move. Low cost/High gain. And mentally painting mirror frame over dresser: white to match dresser or dark to match jewelry frame close by. LOVE THE BABY AND HIS NAME :D

I really do love this HT, charming and homey. The only thing that bothers me is the position of the TV. I just could not live with that.

Oh and a seriously cute family too!

Such a lucky house to have a clever and cute family living within it. I also have the chandeliers and black and white floors. The floors do get dirty quickly but I still am totally mad over black and white floors. Really enjoyed the peek at this cool, whimsical and uncluttered home!

I can't believe ppl post neg feedback, not creative criticism, just criticism, poo to u lot, a minority but still... YUM YUM YUM iswhat I say about this house, go the rooster lamp :) I love most of what everyone else loves. That round sun lounge thing in the backyard looks very cumfy... And I'm in agreeance with the longer curtains debate, longer is the way to go... The baby is definitely the cutest touch in the pics :) It's personal choice when it comes to naming ur kids... off to look up the definition of "egregious", Oh and Dad's plaid hat rocks!

Very harsh comment on the name judging by the definitions I just looked at, everyone's entiltled to ther own opinion but that's just being nasty...

Love this! And I really LOVE your records in the living room! :) I have no problem with TVs, books, records, CDs, DVDs, whatever in view -- we all use them! :) (Not a popular stand on AT or in decorating circles, I know...)

Chanmeleon: it's a homemade shelf with a frame on the front! Our artist friend made it! Www.com.

MarshallO: thank you for you opinion of our sweet baby's name. In my opinion, the name "Marshall" is quite platitudinous. But my guess is that it suits you perfectly, even behind that fancy vocab of yours.

Thank you to all of you wonderful people for saying such nice things about our home AND for defending our very personal decision in Maverick's name!

Alllebasii: our nursery is actually quiteplatitudinous joyful. It's a camping theme, because that is what our boys love. We have trees, camping chairs, stars on the ceiling that glow up at night, coon skin hats, lanterns and if that stuff isn't enough fun for you, we have
huge, happy clouds hanging from every nook and cranny.

Oh my gosh! I LOVE your House Jesi! It is so adorable and absolutely colorful, bright, and charming! Im a bit annoyed at the comments! Extremely rude to bring up your babies name, which by the way I LOVE. Also, annoyed that people are telling you changes you should make to the decor. Really? Really? Also, 100% believe in full length curtains, especially when they are has lovely as yours. :)

very charming, and very lovely!

When read objectively, the ubiquitous trollish minority comments clearly lack validity. It's great that you recognize that they just reveal their writers' personal issues. Thanks for sharing your creative, well-loved home and your adorable kids.

LOVE this home! So cute and fun and colorful!

Any good tips for OC thrift stores? :)

Sigh of contentment. Every corner of this lovely home made me smile. So open and welcoming. Love love love this family and their style!

@jesi, I have to add that I absolutely ADORE the wonderful whimsical clouds in the nursery.

Yay for Costa Mesa!

Your home is a whimsical delight! And "Maverick" is a cool name.

Some of you people are really rude.

So comfortable! Great family home.

I really like your place: it's bright and liveable and charming. One BIG question, though. Since you rent, is any of your investment on the home/yard recuperable?

I like the crib under the bed solution. I think it takes up much less space plus the clouds handing below are adorable.

Cute place! I have the same spoon print tea towels! They're from World Market.

Love this place... it looks like real people live and love here.

Lovely - better than a castle, absolutely. :)

Deannea: monetarily speaking, no. But It's more than worth it when we get to live in and spend time in a home we call our own with beauty all around us that we created and enjoy to the fullest extent each and every day.

Thanks for the response! We are doing some work on our large rented apartment -- planting in the yard, tiling, painting, and so forth -- and it has taken some negotiation, but we have worked out a significant rent reduction.

For all interested parties planning projects in rented homes/apartments, in today's economy especially, it's wonderful to live in a lovely space, and even more wonderful to get an economic break in the process!!! Just want to spread the word.

i love your house!!

would you be willing to rent it out for a one-day video shoot for a commercial?

please let me know!!

love it but vermiculite ceiling, yuk! Any chance of having a DIY section on how to rid us of these awful ceilings?? have passed up many an apartment because I cannot stand them!!

Bobbiewang84 email me for more info!
jesi {at} jesihaackdesign {dot} com

I love this house! So real and so well done! We need to see more of these types of houses. Talent and taste show how to do it!