Carina and her family moved in to this house they built in the suburbs just one month before giving birth to their youngest daughter. While she’s paused her career as a journalist to devote herself to raising her children, she’s used her curiosity to seek inspiration for decorating her house, room by room.

Along came Instagram, where she started to share the lovely spaces she created. Her dreamy kitchen became a sensation, and she herself ended up being a source of inspiration for thousands of others. Now that her daughters are older, she’s resumed her writing career, this time on the blog Dos Casas, which she runs with a friend.

Carina stresses the importance of order and attention to detail when decorating interiors. These are the elements vital for creating a sense of harmony in every room. She says that cheerful colors and a variety of textures are also important. And, if you ever have doubt about what to add to a room, Carina strongly recommends you buy more flowers.

Our Style: I don’t go after a certain style or period, because I don’t like being surrounded by too much of the same. I like clean, relaxed rooms with lots of texture. A white canvas for natural woods and colorful accessories.

Inspiration: I’m very curious, I love interior books, magazines and peeking into other people’s houses on Instagram. I often go back to old books and find ideas that I passed by that have now come to rescue a room or vignette.

Favorite Element: My kitchen island. When designing the kitchen I imagined it white with a long rustic table. I love all the ways we use it, from my first coffee at dawn to family dinner; everything happens here.

Biggest Challenge: Decorating the bedrooms for my two daughters, because I don’t like pink or overly feminine things. I wanted their rooms to be playful, inspiring, and to last through their childhood.

What Friends Say: Our friends always say how comfortable they feel in the kitchen, and compliment our tidiness.

Biggest Embarrassment: The laundry room. I still can’t figure a way to keep it uncluttered. Also the gallery, it’s hard to find materials that really stand the weather.

Proudest DIY: I’m not very skillful at DIY, but I’m good at finding alternative uses for common things. I framed shopping bags for the living room gallery wall, and used a tablecloth as a bedspread.

Biggest Indulgence: The big, deep sofas from the living room. I wanted that area to be super comfy to make sure that it’ll be used.

Best Advice: Don’t rush into decorating your house in a week because you’ll make expensive mistakes. Live in the spaces and develop a vision of how you want them to feel. Set priorities for each room and focus your energy on achieving those goals before moving on to the next space.

Dream Sources: Ferm Living.

LIVING ROOM
Round sofa — Casa Almacen
Painting — Gift from her parents
Small Gilded Mirror — Solo Para Mi
Pillows — Rapsodia Home, De Fourcade and Anthropologie

DINING ROOM
Dining table and chairs — Eugenio Aguirre
Framed postcard — Baires Baires
Cupboard — Mihran
Round Mirror — Salazar Casa
Console — Bull Buenos Aires

KITCHEN
Kitchen island — Los Díaz de Mario
Stools — Ma. Victoria de las Carreras
Stools’ fabric — Linos del Pacifico
Cupboard — Flea Market find
Lamps — Open House Deco

MASTER BEDROOM
Lamps — La Feliz
Blanket and throw — Anthropologie
Rocker chair — Eugenio Aguirre
Nightstands — Estudio De Niro and Sol Palou
Open Dresser — Kasadesign
Rug — Kasbah

KIDS BEDROOM I
Curtains — De Fourcade
Nightstand —Nobles Pensamientos
Vintage box — Die Ecke
Chair — Caro Prieto Interiors
Bedspread —Anthropologie tablecloth

KIDS BEDROOM II
Nightstand and shelves — Don Terrenal
Curtains — Anthropologie
Pillows — De Fourcade
Desk — Estudio De Niro
Chair — Pasion Chic
Wallpaper — Picnic

BATHROOM
Fiber baskets — Falabella
Cabinet — Made from recycled wood
Rug — Sentido
Flowers — Blumm

OUTDOOR
Sofa and table — Casa Almacen

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