Decorating Rooms Kitchen Decor & Design Eat-In Kitchens Check Out Jonathan Scott and Zooey Deschanel's Adorable Breakfast Nook The couple designed the space to be part design focal point and part day-to-day workhorse. By Katy Kiick Condon Katy Kiick Condon Instagram Katy Kiick Condon is a home and lifestyle editor for Better Homes & Gardens focused on interior design, cleaning, DIY projects and crafts, and all-things holiday and entertaining. Katy has hundreds of hours invested in testing cleaning equipment and products (just ask, and she'll introduce you to your perfect robot-vac match). She has hands-on DIY experience, including wood working, outdoor gardening and building projects, crafts, and painting. Katy has edited publications detailing high-end interior design including "Country Home," "Décor," "Elegant Homes," "Country French," and "Tuscan Style." She has contributed works to The Magazine ANTIQUES, MODERN Magazine, Art in America, and the book "Utopian Images and Narratives in Advertising: Dreams For Sale."Katy Kiick Condon started her career as a historian, earning her M.A. in the history of design from New York's Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and The New School. She's never lost touch with her background as an intense researcher and is the self-proclaimed Better Homes & Gardens historian. Between stories on interior design trends and holiday crafts, she can be found flipping through her favorite archival issues: The WWII-era magazines when BH&G exhaustively covered ways to do more with less (wash your garden tools, people!), and attending numerous trade shows and houseware launch events to stay up to date on what's new and next. Katy holds a B.F.A. in the history of art from Syracuse University, along with a minor in English and Textual Studies. She earned her M.A. in the history of design and curatorial studies from Parsons School of Design and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, writing her thesis on "'The good life' in post-war America." Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on June 15, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email When they began work on their 1938 California home, Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott and actress, musician, and entrepreneur Zooey Deschanel knew this small room would get an outsize amount of attention. The couple use it for daily meals (and their extremely competitive game nights—Code Names, anyone?), but it's also their family's everyday access point to the outside. The door on one end of the room leads to the parking area; on the other end is a door leading to the solarium. An oval dining table was designed to snuggle up to the curved banquette, providing plenty of seating and allowing traffic to flow through the space. Symmetrical built-ins on both sides of the arched doorway provide a mudroom-type drop zone in this high-traffic area. TREVOR TONDRO / DREW + JONATHAN REVEAL Earthquake-proof, fireproof, eco-friendly, and as close to the original architecture as possible: Those priorities drove nearly every decision in the couple's renovation. As for the design itself, Jonathan says, "We're not modern, clean-lined people. We love history, and we wanted every space to feel authentic and a little eclectic." This room strikes a balance between their playful style and the home's architecture with the curved bank of new-to-look-old windows (painted black to reference historical leaded glass) and a bubbly citrus pattern on the Clementine Sprigs wallpaper and chairs. The green in both the pattern and the bench's Crypton Mambo Mint fabric was chosen to connect to the adjoining kitchen's deep green cabinets, which sport an arched panel to match the gothic doorway. Chevron wood floors flow from one room to the other, further connecting the spaces. TREVOR TONDRO / DREW + JONATHAN REVEAL The kitchen cabinets and wallpaper were the two primary drivers for the color palette. Everything else is an accent, including the black chairs that pick up the black details on the windows and table legs. Zooey used the chairs in her dining room in a previous house. "I always liked them, so I held on to them, and I thought they would work nicely with the relaxed feel of the room," she says. They reupholstered the seats to match the room's wallpaper. And in a "Stars: They're just like us!" moment, supply chain issues meant the light fixture they originally picked never arrived. Luckily, Zooey had this Venetian glass chandelier in storage. "I've been collecting vintage treasures for a long time," she says, "and this is one of my favorite things, so I loved the idea of putting it in a space where we could admire it every day." For more inspiration, check out more photos of Jonathan and Zooey's house. You can also pick up the new issue of Drew + Jonathan Reveal—available on newsstands, on Amazon, and online now. Updated by Leila Nichols Leila Nichols Instagram Leila Nichols is a prop stylist based near San Francisco. Throughout her career, she's worked with many notable brands, publications, and photographers, including Amazon, Sephora, Parents, and Better Homes & Gardens. Leila graduated from Vassar College, then continued her education at the California Institute of the Arts where she received a masters in fine arts. Learn More Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit