Summer Thornton Design, Inc

Pink is powerful

Colorado dreaming today. Working on a beautiful mountain home in Aspen and find myself awash in the fantasy of it all. What’s your fantasy vacation home?!

Late summer farmers market flowers 🌸

The less it matches, the more it works.

This room was made for fun!

We designed this cozy room off the clients’ billiard room for games and nightcaps. What would you play here?

Summertime Chi

Spent a few days here

When it comes to home design are you a Jackie or a Marilyn?

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Styling
Best Builder Ever

Red white and BLUE 💙
Happy 4th from my new favorite bar we designed.
This bar is designed for fun, hope everyone had a fun 4th!

Our summer vacation to charming Charleston was filled with beautiful architecture, porch sitting, and a few too many biscuits.

Follow along in stories!

Someone called this the “it girl” of foyers and I couldn’t agree more.

Thanks for working with me to create this original wallpaper. Thanks for creating this one of a kind stair runner and for these pretty lights made in America. 🇺🇸

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mommas!

These two incredible women (my Mother and Josh’s) have been there for us and our kids in ways we have needed, ways we are thankful for and ways we will never forget. We all love you both very much and couldn’t do any of it without you all! Dad’s included 😉

Me holding onto every last moment while they are young.

I’ve perfected the dream bathroom - A tub carved out of a solid block of travertine, overlooking the pacific with the perfect view at sunset. The only thing missing from this fantasy is a glass of wine 🍷🫧⁠
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Design by Summer Thornton ()⁠
Photography by Annie Schlechter ()⁠
Photo Styling by Mieke Ten Have ()⁠
Featured in Veranda ()⁠
Experience at Casa Rosada ()

Still dreaming of our latest Houston install magic 🪩🕺🏻💚

A special shout out to the ST Team including , , and for helping me bring groovy space to life!
Prior work by Studio Shamshiri + Architecture by

Mixing patterns is everything.

Design by Summer Thornton ()
Photography by Annie Schlechter ()
Photo Styling by Mieke Ten Have ()

Waking up in this home feels like you’re waking up in a suite at the Ritz in Paris.

It was a good one… ☀️

Cheers to 2023. This year we built a lot of dreams. We built dream homes for amazing clients in Florida, Chicago, San Francisco, Michigan and Texas. We began building a private members club in NYC. We rebuilt our dilapidated but historic Victorian office into a beautiful studio to work and be inspired. We grew our amazing team at ST so we can build even more dreams! And to top it all off we built our first international project in Mexico (more to come!) and started an entire new arm to our business we call Bonita Aventura. And wow what a beautiful adventure this year has been!! Excited to see what next year holds and all the praise and thanks to my bold,brilliant, and beautiful team at ST! We did it!

Quick Poll: What should we build next?!

Textile choices are everything to me. Case in point: the silk brocade pillow on my mohair sofa. See the rest of my house in my book, Wonderland.

Design by Summer Thornton ()
Photography by Melanie Acevedo ()
Photo Styling by Mieke Ten Have ()
Featured in Wonderland: Adventures in Decorating by Summer Thornton

Small spaces still need style.

Design by Summer Thornton ()
Photography by Annie Schlechter ()

Stained glass dating back to the late 1800s served as a jumping off point for this cheerful and bright space.

Happy Thanksgiving from paradise 🌵

A week in the sun styling and shooting my happy place with !

Thank you to the entire team for coming to Mexico to capture our dream and have so much fun doing it!!
Thanks to for all the beautiful photos and a few pool handstands
Thanks to for bringing your exuberant spirit to all the styling and making me order a delivery truck when your branches were too big for the suburban 🌴
Thanks to for coming all the way to Mexico and getting into the spirit with us despite the record high temps!
Thanks to .rose.cox for capturing all the content and pushing me to capture video content even when I had sweat through all my clothes!
Thanks to Josh for wrangling us all and giving your all to this shoot as you do with everything in life!

Birthday Dreams do come true.

Thanks to everyone who came. I love 💕 each of you and am grateful for all your friendships.
Thanks to for building this dream house with me and putting up with my intensity.
Thanks to and for helping me build this happy home.
Thanks to for always believing in me and Josh and going on adventures with us blindly!
And mostly thanks to you Josh you literally make every dream I have in life come true. ❤️

Royalty 👑 is the theme for this year’s Halloween costume contest at ST. Cast your votes in the comments!

1. Summer as Marie Antoinette
2. Josh as Tiger King
3. Tony as Royal Blue
4. Catherine as The Queen of Pop (AKA Madonna) 
5. Josie as Queen (AKA Freddie Mercury)
6. Lily as the Queen of Hearts 
7. Nora, Hillary, Nicole and Morgan as the Queen, Her Guard, and Pet Corgis 
8. Ashley as Dairy Queen

was designed to embrace the true essence of Mexico. The vast majority of the furnishings & finishes in this home were carefully sourced throughout Mexico, infusing every corner with authentic local craftsmanship.

What are your plans for Día de Mu***os? I'm hosting our first big event at !

Lacquered, burnt coral bookshelves bring warmth to this happy family room 🧡

Got this photo & it made my day. A pink poodle (Minnie) cozied-up under the coffee table we just installed. 📷 by my wildly fun friend & client who lives life to the fullest, always in technicolor!

I’m dreaming of a trip to Morocco! Who’s been? Best time to go?