Cozy Up With Adorable Pastels at Samantha Klein's Pretty-in-Pink Los Angeles Home

Los Angeles digital creator Samantha Klein is truly at home when she’s working, and that’s not just a figure of speech: she dreams up advertising for interior-design brands. “I think [they] come to me for a very specific look since I have started using my house as part of my job,” she says. (Who wouldn’t want to work with the gal who channeled Slim Aarons and perched a silver Christmas tree in her one-of-a-kind pink pool?) “It’s helped me just to unleash my creativity and feel like a true creative person and artist, and I take a lot of pride in my house and what I get to do.” Though she’s called this space home since 2016, her commitment to comfort through self-expression has truly blossomed since the pandemic began — and she wants to show everyone how it’s done. Ready for an inspirational tour of her personal paradise? Come on in.

Built in 1928, the home Samantha shares with her husband, Aaron, and their two dogs, Mochi and Teddy, is full of architectural character. “This room is really why we wanted this house as soon as we saw it,” she says. “The exposed beam, the gorgeous light, the built-ins …”

And then she filled those gorgeous spaces with pink — yes, pink. “I know pink can get a real bad rap as being a bit much and it’s extreme for some people, but I think that’s ignoring the power of pink as being such a calming color,” she says. “Some people on the internet like to ask how it’s possible that my husband lives here because there’s so much pink in the house, but I think they’re ignoring the fact that the pink is a giant 10-foot-long couch that’s really comfortable!”

Samantha quite literally filled the alcoves on either side of the door to her patio with pink, accenting their arches with lozenge-shaped mirrors. This isn’t just any old tone, but a dimensional duo: “The nooks in the living room are painted with Sherwin-Williams’s Resounding Rose and contrasting in the arch with Pinky Beige,” she explains.

“I have become a bit of a pillow hoarder,” Samantha concedes. “Although I do [have a] 'one-in, one-out' policy whenever I get new ones. That’s [a] great bit of advice for anyone looking for ways to reinvent their house: Move things around, see how you like this or that. It’s fun to change things up.” She’s also a fan of swapping in throw blankets to accent the sectional: “The dogs love laying on them and they keep the couch clean and make the space feel a bit more customizable!”