Christina on the Coast invites viewers to hop in the passenger seat beside host Christina Hall as she zips up and down PCH, demonstrating (one home at a time) that warm-weather hygge is definitely a thing. Seeming contradictions, in fact, are kinda her brand: She can make neutrals feel edgy, give a newborn’s nursery a worldly boho vibe and even exude wellness-guru cool in the middle of countless design projects. Cultivate some of that luxe, layered and livable style with pointers pulled from her very best spaces.

This graceful white kitchen and the crisp black upper cabinets in the pantry beyond it function like modern sculpture, thanks to Christina’s canny use of visual contrast. Hanging art is a wonderful thing, but thinking about the impression your rooms create when viewed from other rooms is three-dimensional chess.

Christina carried opulent wooden cabinetry from floor to ceiling in this bespoke kitchen, where a fully-integrated refrigerator is virtually indistinguishable from the (very generous) storage. The extended surface envelops the room in warmth and leads the eye through the picture window above the sink and straight to the verdant view.

If views get your heart racing, prepare to fall head over heels for Christina’s MVP (most valuable partition) for indoor-outdoor living. These crisp accordion doors fold back easily and unobtrusively to dissolve the boundary between this home’s interior and its pool deck. We love the nubbly runner shifted a quarter-turn to dry damp feet scampering in from outside.