A Reflection on Moon House and Our Family of Collaborators
Dear friends,
I’m Kelsey Lansdowne, Strategic Partnerships Lead at Cheshire Moon Productions. I work with Sarah, stewarding the relationships, narratives, and long-view intentions that shape Moon House. From the earliest conversations to the most granular decisions, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing this project up close, not only as a creative undertaking but as a lived commitment. What follows is a reflection on where we’ve been, what has taken root, and where the work is resolutely headed.
As the Year of the Horse begins, with 2025 now behind us, our team finds itself pausing inside Moon House, a home formed through endurance, discernment, and faith in something unfolding long before its contours were clear.
For Sarah, this has never been a renovation in the conventional sense. Moon House has been a sustained act of devotion that asked for trust without proof.
The Horse carries an energy not only of momentum, but an insistence on forward movement guided by instinct, stamina, and restraint.
That sensibility has governed this project from the beginning, and it continues to orient us as we step into 2026: grounded, grateful, and awake to what is still becoming.
Those of us who have worked alongside Sarah know this journey intimately. We have watched her remain present through ambiguity, pause when clarity was required, and hold fast to the belief that what was being built mattered — not just for how it would look, but for how it would be experienced. We move forward with deep appreciation for every hand that helped transform this house into a new home.
We’re excited to share some photos and gratitude for the people and partnerships who have brought us this far.
Sarah Carter, Cheshire Moon Productions Founder and CEO, is finally enjoying her newly renovated kitchen space after a year sourcing and nurturing conscious, local and/or circular lifestyle, design partners.
Pictured here is a vintage runner by Revival Rugs, Stone Guard treated counter tops, Woodworking Masters cabinetry, Corston Architecture switch plates, and more. We are so grateful for the relationships we’ve built and everything we’ve learned through intentional collaboration at Moon House.
Nick Osika from Pampa worked hard with Sarah to find the perfect color and texture combination for her custom rug in the primary bathroom.
The early stages of the renovation when the results were unknown but the dream was alive.
With delicate and unconventional wallpaper choices, it was crucial we find an installer who was as much an artist as a skilled craftsperson. We found our wallpaper dream team at Wall Cover Layout.
Superior Home Remodeling takes pride in their people. It was a delight to see everyone show up first thing in the morning and sing their way through the days across the months it took to finish the bookshelves and cabinetry designed specifically to realize Sarah vision.
As beautiful as the Corston switches and dimmer are and as happy as we are now that they have been installed, it required special attention and several interactions with the amazing team at Corston to ensure that every light in the house was separately accounted providing options to effect the mood of each space through creative lighting.
The material mood boards were crucial to the decision making process. We lived with the boards for months before pulling the trigger on our final choices.
Adding this window creates an indoor–outdoor flow throughout the house. What was once a solid wall is now a portal to the garden—arguably the heart of Moon House. The property is defined by a stream, now audible from inside the living room.
HOME
Moon House now carries a sense of repose, a quiet exhale after the intensity of the past year and the fullness of the holidays. There is an ease here that did not exist before, a gentleness threaded through the ongoing work.
The past year asked for recalibration, surrender, and resolve.
Progress arrived in increments, sometimes visible only in hindsight.
We’ve released the language of being “almost finished” because Moon House has taught us something more enduring — a home is meant to be entered again and again, shaped through use, attention, and time.
The design process for the primary bathroom was far more intuitive and hands on than most professionals tolerate.
We are grateful to Amber LeStrange of Lestrange Living for making it all feel organic, inclusive, and playful.
The site visit to 21 Tonnes to shoot an episode of Moon House was one of our favorite outings. Their team and brand mission is so inspiring.
The first bold and defining moment in our Moon House renovation was finding and commissioning Dan Schwartz to create a custom stained glass window for Alice’s bathroom.
Featured here are Zia Tiles, Mind the Gap wallpaper, and Mi&Gei hardware.
Revival Rug, Reclaimed Wood Source, Wall Cover Layout, Corston, and a sconce from Studio Luddite.
It was quite a process to achieve the perfect finish for the copper backsplash. We are grateful to the artisans at J.Sid for inviting Sarah to come to their studio in person in DTLA to work on the finish herself.
What endured through the undoing was a dedication to showing up daily until coherence took hold.
Orca and Artemest tiles combined, frame the fireplace with raw character and a unique soul that you will not find anywhere else.
It’s fun to notice what survived the dismantling of the original home design. We’re glad this brutalist hanging light fixture made the cut.
It inspired the natural color and fibre of the new bedding from Parachute.
DWR’s heated outdoor furniture and Pampa throws and pillows have made our humble upper deck a separate slice of heaven while carrying the warmth of our indoor palette out to the garden.
Studio Luddite was our first partner bringing grounded sophistication throughout.
We discovered that the custom living room door made by Woodworking Masters was unconsciously inspired by Sarah’s grandparent’s house — one of many reflections of her personal story that has magically written itself on the walls.
Handwoven baskets by 21 Tonnes remind her of her passion for empowering women in business and for the healing energy that comes from circle sharing.
We were able to use the left over Eco Outdoor cobblestone repurposed from the streets of Europe to create a firesafe platform on the upper deck…
…as well as continuing to find opportunities for built-ins by Reclaimed Wood Source.
Working with the same repurposed materials enhances the spirit of the container.
Next up, we are planning to add a pool in the courtyard. Who knows where we’ll go from there but we’ve successfully set the stage for endless transformation.
Team
Moon House doesn't stand alone. Every surface holds the imprint of those who brought their discernment, skill, and creativity to the work.
Eran Shapov and his team at Superior Home Remodeling transformed what could have been a punishing process into one defined by optimism. Eran’s leadership set the tone for the lived experience of inhabiting a home through the cycle of destruction and creation.
Amber Lestrange of Lestrange Living Interior Design served as both interpreter and guide. She gave language to intuition, teaching the house to speak through proportion, texture, and flow, and allowing for Sarah to follow her instincts and have her intuitive ideas manifest into reality with a gift for finding the thread and a cohesive sense of beauty.
Kevin Lorraine of Hot And Handy brought consistency, capability, and an unfaltering willingness to solve what others might overlook, creatively installing the details that enable a home to function.
After a year of working together under the guidance of the Shapov family at Superior Home Remodeling, we all feel like family.
Kelsey Lansdowne has served as producer, videographer, editor, and partnerships lead on Moon House, holding both vision and structure simultaneously. She ensures that each collaboration, story, and decision remains aligned with the larger intention by translating abstract values into tangible experience.
Adam Petrishin, photographer and cinematographer, approached Moon House not as an object to be captured, but as a process to be honored. His images favor truth, preserving the integrity of the journey long after construction recedes.
Every contractor, artist, installer, and craftsperson who contributed brought sound judgment and pride to the unseen.
Renovation asks for more than effort. It requires discernment, collaboration, patience, and respect for process.
We are profoundly grateful to each person who met that call with excellence.
Partners
Moon House has been shaped by brands committed to storytelling, sustainable practice, and the careful preservation of the planet, craft, and tradition.
With sincere gratitude, we thank and uplift our partners:
Vision
As Moon House moves into its next phase, the work begins to extend beyond its interior.
Plans are underway for the pool and outdoor spaces, with landscaping led by Abi of Abi Cohen Landscaping. Exterior furnishings are being thoughtfully selected, and a collaboration with Palermo will help shape environments designed for gathering. In time, Moon House will host events, workshops, and shared experiences — spaces where ritual, conversation, and community can blossom.
We continue to welcome partnerships with brands and creatives who share our values: attentiveness, ethical sourcing, and enduring craftsmanship. From reclaimed woods to responsibly produced textiles, we seek collaborators who understand that honoring a home’s past is inseparable from shaping its future.
There is much ahead!
Thank you for bearing witness to both the mess and the magic.
Here’s to what we’re building next — together.
— Kelsey Lansdowne, Strategic Partnerships Lead
Fun Fact from Sarah
Today is the first NEW MOON (Cheshire Moon) of 2026. VENUS is entering into AQUARIUS reminding us that when we join forces and share with each other we can create a much more vibrant and inclusive future.
We are so grateful for our collaborators, and thank you all for sticking with us throughout this journey.
With love and inspiration for this next phase,
~ S ~
oxox