2018 Holiday Gift Guide by The Joshua Tree House

2018 Holiday Gift Guide

During the holiday season, we feel it’s important to take the time out to celebrate and appreciate our community. When we choose gifts for friends and family, we tend to go minimal—we’d rather select one really special item made by an artist, brand, or maker we admire than load up piles of boxes and meaningless […]

Ryan Mountain Joshua Tree National Park

Field Guide: Ryan Mountain Trail

Ryan Mountain Trail in Joshua Tree National Park is a moderate to challenging hike with an elevation gain of 1,060 feet. The first half of the trail can be pretty steep, but the whole trail has incredible views of Joshua Tree. The trail itself is a total of 2.9 miles and is clearly marked. It is […]

New Moon Playlist Autumn 2018

New Moon Playlist featuring Sean Hayes

As the rush of summer comes to an end, we’re looking forward to the desert temperatures cooling off a bit around our home. Our September New Moon Spotify playlist falls near the Autumnal Equinox, and features the timelessly cool stylings of Sean Hayes and his song “Magic Slim vs. Dynamite”. Sean is a bay-area based […]

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Moroccan Design Inspiration at Berber Lodge

Back in May, we took an inspiration trip to Morocco. I got a sinus infection during the trip, and then life took over when we got back—so we didn’t really get a chance to look through our photos until now! Looking back, there are so many inspiring Moroccan design details, particularly from the lodges and […]

New Moon Playlist August 2018 featuring June West

New Moon Playlist featuring June West

The warm desert nights of late summer inspired the August rotation of our New Moon Spotify playlist. We’re pleased to feature a desert songstress, June West, who splits her time between the evergreen peaks of Montana and the sun-bleached sands of Tucson, Arizona. June’s recent single, “Island of Women”, opens with distant phased out electric […]

Athleta at the Joshua Tree House

Cactus Garden Yoga with Athleta

This spring we were honored to host Athleta in our garden for a small gathering of women to spend some time outdoors doing yoga together. Athleta did not ask us to write this post, but we were moved by our couple of days together, and wanted to simply share more photos from the experience! Though […]

Cactus embroidery workshop with Sarah K. Benning

Cactus Embroidery Workshop with Sarah K. Benning

As the date for the release of our book ‘At Home in Joshua Tree’ approaches, we’re getting increasingly excited to share a series of events that bring elements of our book to life this fall. We’re calling this our book tour, but really it’s more like a series of dinners, workshops, and experiences. The passion […]

New Moon Playlist July 2018

New Moon Playlist featuring Avid Dancer

We’re pleased to present the July installment of our New Moon Spotify playlist—it’s filled with our favorite new music and selected carefully to accompany your summer activities. This month we feature Avid Dancer, the moniker of Los Angeles producer/songwriter Jacob Summers. His song, “Smile in a Frown”, plays like the soundtrack from an early-morning epiphany, […]