REIMAGINING CALIFORNIA’S HIGH DESERT
x8 (“Times Eight”) Property and Design is a Joshua Tree-based real estate investment and interior design firm created by former HGTV host Karen McAloon and her producer Mikel Hubbard. Our goal is to create the home you always dreamed of without you having to ask. How? We think by marrying the right project with the right design, every property can speak to a wide audience that feels like it was made just for them.
Although we have worked with both commercial and residential projects out of San Francisco and Los Angeles, we are currently focused on rehabbing properties in the high desert region of Southern California which includes Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley and Landers, California. If you want to work with us, there isn’t any aspect of the home space we don’t do or can’t handle.
RECENT PRESS
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check out our death valley project on houzz tv…
On Houzz TV, see how two pros use Houzz to create cool vintage style a few miles from one of the hottest places on Earth
You wouldn’t think that one of the hottest, driest places on Earth would attract many visitors. But Death Valley National Park — home to snowcapped mountains, rolling sand dunes, curious wildlife and, yes, extreme heat — has seen visitation double over the past nine years. In fact, a record 1,678,660 people visited the park in 2018, according to the National Park Service. And the month with the most visitors was August, when temperatures often top 120 degrees Fahrenheit — in the shade!
Recently, designer Karen McAloon and business partner Mikel Hubbard took note of this, er, hot spot and decided to get in on the 282-feet-below-sea-level ground floor. They bought a run-down ranch-style house and used Houzz to turn the property into a fun, funky and design-minded short-term vacation home for travelers looking to stay minutes from the park entrance. Read more.