Tour the Quirky Abode of a Los Angeles TV Stylist and Her Adorable Family

For the past 12 years, Jordan Adero has been looking at the design industry from many different angles, while wearing many different hats. She’s managed major showrooms in her native Los Angeles, apprenticed to notable New York designers and even selected products for hit HBO shows. Good style is in her DNA. The grandchild of international models and famed architect Paul Williams, amazing style is a family tradition. Now, back home in Los Angeles, she’s taken the reins, launching her own brand as an interior stylist. When she’s not working on styling and design projects, Jordan enjoys time with her husband Rob, and their sons, Jah Kaiyri and Yasir Amar, in a picturesque, two-bedroom midcentury modern home.

Even though her boys are young, Jordan designs with the future in mind. “When investing in furniture, I always consider the longevity and functionality of the piece,” she says. “My living room is a playground for pieces that marry those two features.” The goal isn’t just to save on furniture costs, but to accrue pieces that she can pass on to her children as heirlooms. “I want pieces that my boys can jump and climb on while they’re little, and also use as conversational pieces in their own homes when they’re adults.”

A year-and-a-half ago Jordan and her husband, Rob found this home that was in need of some TLC. Its aesthetic was something the stylist can only describe as “completely outdated." They started with a renewed color palette for the interior. “We went with a really bright and clean gallery white for every room except our sons’ bedroom to showcase the furniture, artwork, heirlooms and decor pieces in the space,” she explains.

Art plays a special role in this home, both as a design element and a statement of culture. “I’m incredibly proud to be a fifth generation Angeleno,” she smiles. “I love the South LA community. It’s an incredible part of the city where there’s such a deep pool of talent and tight-knit communities.” Odes to her community are spread throughout the home. On this wall alone, beach scenes and surf images sit beside text art celebrating the Crenshaw neighborhood and an image of legendary West Coast icon Tupac Shakur.

While most of the home trends toward neutrals, the room where Jordan’s boys live is an explosion of color and energy. “This bright blue room is pretty much the family playroom,” she confesses. “We wanted the space to feel completely different from the rest of the home.” The dazzling wall color is just the start, pairing perfectly with the reddish brown of the wood floors. Bringing together all the colors of the room is the giant abstract painting that hangs over the crib, ideally placed to stimulate young minds.

The art in the boys’ room is as meaningful and intentional as it is in any other room in the house. “Jah and Yasir are so fun and spirited,” their mom muses. “They love to laugh, play and explore. I want them to grow up being really curious and proud of who they are, and I designed this room to reflect that ideology.”

In this quiet seating nook, more beaded chairs flank an eye-catching sculpture on a small stool. “This is our place to recharge and reset,” Jordan says. “So often in design the focus is on just making beautiful spaces, but it’s the small, intimate, tender moments in rooms that really give a home soul.”

Jordan describes her aesthetic as, “California cool. It’s elevated, yet lived-in, mixing new innovative products with timeless heirlooms and secondhand finds.” This office nook just off the living room is a perfect example. Vintage finds and cultural nods are everywhere. The classic desk is covered in old-school cassette decks and even an old-fashioned bathroom scale. Meanwhile mudcloth fabric — a gift from her mother — and an Egyptian bust sit in front of a beautiful beaded Yoruba chair, all topped off with a five-volume collection of the works of photographer Gordon Parks.

Jordan is a mom who believes that the dining table is the heart of the home, and a stylist with an eye for killer style. So it’s no small wonder that the dining room is home to some of her favorite pieces. “I’m obsessed with my sculptural Anthropologie dining table,” she beams. The shapely piece sits in front of a wall display of overlapping fabrics, including a piece of Egyptian papyrus — a memento of a fantastic family moment. “My maternal grandparents renewed their wedding vows in Egypt, but they were originally married in Moscow, Russia,” she says. “The vice president of Bergdorf Goodman threw the ceremony for them after they were both invited to model in the American Exhibition fashion show. The ceremony was covered by several publications including The New York Times, Life, Jet and Ebony magazine.”

In a house with two young children, there are only a few places where peace and quiet are assured. For Jordan and Rob, the bathroom is one of their only guaranteed sanctuaries. So the couple invested in giving it a spa-like feel for maximum relaxation. “A lot of our self care happens in this space,” she confirms, detailing the design elements that make this space their ultimate getaway. “Incense, dried floral arrangements, neutral tones and a handmade candle by my grandfather, and pieces made of natural materials set the tone for peace and tranquility.”

Jordan is quick to name the main bedroom as the easiest space in the home to design, and one of her favorite spaces — next to the living room — to spend time in. While white walls are the norm throughout the house, typically featuring pieces from her wonderfully eclectic art collection, she loves her bedroom walls for their minimalism. “The only piece we wanted to see on the wall in this room was the custom neon artwork,” she says. “The line, which reads, 'Love Brought You Here,' is a quote from James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk." More than a literary reference, for Jordan and Rob it’s a family motto. “Our family operates around the notion that everything we do is rooted in love. It’s the perfect message to wake up to every morning and go to sleep to every night.”