Photographer Victoria Pearson's Home

Today we are touring photographer and designer Victoria Pearson's home. She specializes in decorating, food, fashion and beauty. Located in the city of Ojai, California, she wanted her house to be a visual break from her work so she used only pastels, soft greens and whites and decorated it sparsely.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/1-purity-entry-0808-xlg.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 450px; height: 575px;" /><br />In the entry, a Pearson photograph hangs above a still life of whites and naturals. A a pair of Chinese stone garden stools under the rustic wood table.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/3-purity-livingroom-0808-xlg-83394929.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px;" /><br />In the living room Ojai artist Katie Van Horne's painting of an eagle hangs beside the fireplace. The floor lamp is made of a manzanita branch. Green accents throughout the house. The terrazzo fireplace surround, original to the 1946 house, has a cave-painting motif.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/19-purity-art-0808-xlg-46910239.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px;" /><br />A closeup of the cave-painting motif on the living room fireplace.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/4-purity-kitchen-0808-xlg-78401395.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 451px; height: 576px;" /><br />Small fireplace in the kitchen. Slipcovered chairs with plump seats around a big oak table.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/5-purity-kitchen-0808-xlg-1624241.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 451px; height: 576px;" /><br />To create even more warmth in the room, Pearson and her husband, chiropractor Brett Laymance, picked out reclaimed French terra-cotta tiles one by one for the floor, which brilliantly reflects the Ojai light.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/6-purity-kitchen-0808-xlg-79786340.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 450px; height: 575px;" /><br />The kitchen's open shelves display Pearson's mostly white tableware.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/7-purity-livingroom-0808-xlg-79713580.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 450px; height: 575px;" /><br />Dark antiques—wood table and the metal daybed—add depth and contrast to the living room's neutrals.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/11-purity-exterior-0808-xlg-28734982.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 450px; height: 575px;" /><br />Sycamores, oaks, and cacti abound on the one-acre property. Pearson used pea gravel to cover the ground, Provence-style<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/13-purity-path-0808-xlg-85661764.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 450px; height: 575px;" /><br />Osa, a neighbor's dog, takes a break outside the old stone walls that border the house.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/14-purity-bath-0808-xlg-83409275.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 449px; height: 573px;" /><br />I have featured this bathroom before. Gauzy curtains filter light through French doors. Pearson bought the chair and ottoman (what luxury for a bathroom!) at a 20th Century Fox prop sale.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/15-purity-sink-0808-xlg-58512277.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 449px; height: 573px;" /><br />Pearson's passion for all things woven is nowhere more evident than in the headboard, rug, baskets, raffia shades—even the slippers!—in the master bath and the master bedroom.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/16-purity-bedroom-0808-xlg-90845852.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 450px; height: 575px;" /><br />Rawganique hemp linens and a wedding-gift pillow dress the bed.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/17-purity-table-0808-xlg-46108698.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 450px; height: 574px;" /><br />In the outdoor dining room, the table is set with a vintage cloth, plates Pearson bought in Spain, bamboo-handled flatware she collects from flea markets to upscale department stores, and antique faux-bois vases holding succulents from the garden.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/18-purity-patio-0808-xlg-13073917.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 450px; height: 575px;" /><br />Furniture designer Jamey Garza made the candle chandelier custom for Pearson.<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>.

Photographer Victoria Pearson's Home

Today we are touring photographer and designer Victoria Pearson's home. She specializes in decorating, food, fashion and beauty. Located...

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