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The Portfolio

Our Work

Our portfolio isn’t behind glass — it’s bookable.

Most studios show you photographs. We hand you the keys. Every Véla home has been designed, lived in, and proven across years of five-star guest stays — so before you ever commission the work, you can stay inside it ↗ .

The courtyard at Bali in Bouldin — a white outdoor sofa and sculptural plantings between stone pavers, along the length of the pool
Project 01

Bali in Bouldin

Bouldin · 78704 · Open for stays
The living room at Bali in Bouldin — a plush cream sectional facing a tile-clad fireplace, floating oak shelves, and a woven brass chandelier in soft natural light

The living room · Bali in Bouldin

The Story

Bali, brought home to South Austin.

Five years of luxury hotels — Greece, Italy, London, Mexico, and finally Bali — shaped the eye behind this home. In Bali in Bouldin, those years come to rest in the 78704: layered global craft, natural materials, and golden-hour warmth in cognac, ochre, walnut, and brass, all beneath the live oaks of Bouldin Creek.

Bailey designed every inch herself — the limewashed walls, the custom shades and curtains, the built-in grill under the oak — then lived in it before ever opening the doors. Guests call it a five-star hotel that still feels like someone’s home. It has booked that way ever since.

Neighborhood Bouldin Creek · 78704
Design language Layered global craft · organic modern
Palette Cognac · ochre · walnut · brass
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Poolside at Bali in Bouldin — white chaise loungers by the water, cedar columns, and the two-story home beyond
Covered outdoor dining — a round stone-top table and woven chairs under cedar posts, beside the pool and outdoor kitchen
A guest bedroom with a limewash plaster feature wall, warm sconce light, pampas grass, and layered cream linens
The kitchen — brass faucet, marble backsplash, black range hood, and a vintage runner adding golden color underfoot
The dining room — a chunky reclaimed-wood table and bench under a sculptural rattan pendant, beside an arched doorway
A styled laundry and hall vignette — stacked washer and dryer, hanging knit throws, and a Moroccan-style runner
A bedroom with a cane headboard and layered neutral linens, its picture window framing the live-oak canopy
The custom built-in outdoor grill station, concrete-topped with wood-front cabinets, beneath a sprawling live oak
A bathroom with a marble-topped vanity, walk-in glass shower, and a round window looking into the oaks

“From the moment we walked in, it felt like stepping into a 5-star hotel. The design is stunning and every detail is so thoughtfully curated. Every room was beautifully styled yet still comfortable and livable.”

Caroline · guest at Bali in Bouldin
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The primary bedroom at The Hether Haus — a four-poster bed draped in sheer canopy under a vaulted white shiplap ceiling
Project 02

The Hether Haus

Austin · Open for stays
Where It Began

The home that started it all.

A decade ago, Bailey moved to Austin and designed her first home entirely by hand — warm woods, soft plaster, and rooms layered like they had been collected over years. When she traveled, she listed it. It never stopped booking.

The Hether Haus is where hosting taught design: which chair guests pull toward the window, where the morning light lands, what a truly stocked kitchen means at 7 a.m. Nine years as a Superhost — now Airbnb Luxe — began in these rooms, and every wall, shade, and detail is still her own.

Setting Austin, Texas
Design language Warm woods · soft plaster · collected
Legacy Where nine years of hosting began
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The living room at The Hether Haus — camel leather sofas with sheepskin throws, a chunky wood coffee table, and a plaster fireplace wall beside glass doors to the backyard

The living room · The Hether Haus

The details only a live-in designer learns — that is the difference a decade of hosting makes.

The Hether Haus from the back garden — a modern farmhouse with board-and-batten siding and a wood gable, pool and loungers in the foreground
The covered back porch — whitewashed timber sofas, a peacock chair, and string lights over the lawn
The dining area — a live-edge wood table beneath a brass chandelier, with woven pendants over the kitchen island beyond
The kitchen — a marble island under rattan basket pendants, white shaker cabinetry, and a stainless range
A bath with a black double vanity and marble counters, waffle robes on hooks, and a vintage red runner on penny tile
The marble walk-in shower — a built-in bench and niche styled with amber glass bottles beneath a window
The powder room wrapped in banana-leaf botanical wallpaper, with a vessel sink and round mirror
A guest bedroom — an alpaca art print above a rustic wood media console, with an arched mirror in the corner
A private balcony behind a cedar-slat privacy screen, its loungers sitting up in the treetops
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What’s Next

The next Véla home is already underway

A private residence in Austin is in design now — the studio’s next chapter, revealing soon. If you would like your home, your rental, or your next build to live the way these do, we would love to hear about it.

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