When Ashley Tisdale first revealed her baby’s nursery on Instagram, the room was decidedly minimalist with its white walls, white rug, and streamlined wood crib from Kalon Studios . The singular piece of art by Stella Maria Baer perfectly echoed her daughter’s celestial name, Jupiter. But now that Jupiter has been exploring Earth for an entire year, her surroundings look very different, thanks to dark green paint and a patterned pink rug. “I started to get to know her, and I was like, okay, this is a little bit too vanilla-y for her. We need to pump up the funkiness because she just has a cool, fun personality,” Tisdale says. “I think she has a design eye to be honest.” Without diving too far into the science of talking to your baby in utero, this makes total sense. After all, Tisdale and her composer husband Christopher French moved into their current home when she was around seven months pregnant, at which point the High School Musical alum dove headfirst into decorating. The talented Tisdale was well prepared for the undertaking, considering she launched her design passion project, Frenshe Interiors, last year.

An aesthete who has worked with AD100 talents like Jake Arnold and Pierce & Ward on past homes, and who also enrolled herself in Kelly Wearstler’s Masterclass , Tisdale had never furnished an entire house by herself. Nonetheless, she felt up to the challenge after successfully tackling an extensive kitchen remodel with her contractor father for her previous home in Los Feliz in Los Angeles.

Aside from the fact that her new home was move-in ready, its lush foliage was what drew Tisdale in. “I was pregnant, and I feel like Jupiter was a part of picking this house because [now] she loves looking at the trees. She loves nature,” says the singer and actor. The interiors, especially the kitchen, lean a bit more streamlined and modern than Tisdale’s past dwellings ( AD toured her former Hollywood Hills Spanish colonial home in 2018). However, they provided the perfect canvas, especially considering that Tisdale’s design philosophy is to always look to the home itself for inspiration. “I have a style, but I don’t stay so close to that style that it doesn’t work in a house,” she explains.

As with so much else these days, the pandemic also factored into Tisdale’s process. “I pretty much designed this whole house through Instagram,” she says. “We weren’t really going to stores and stuff, and we weren’t going out. I was pregnant, so I was being super safe.” It is no huge surprise, then, that there’s an Ettore Sottsass Ultrafragola mirror, a model that received positive attention on social media in recent years. But it’s clear that if Instagram’s algorithm influenced Tisdale at all, it curated an explore page for her that is full of the kind of popular pieces that are also savvy investments. “I went with the mentality of falling in love with every piece,” she says. “With how much I have moved [in the past], for this home I specifically decided to get real designer furniture and vintage pieces.”

So, would Tisdale work with herself again in the future? Yes, but for now, she’s content to stay put in the home she’s created. “What I realized while working with designers is that I’ll have a vision, and they have a vision,” she says. “But they’re so good at what they do. It’s beautiful. You’re like, Well, I love it.” This time though, not only are her surroundings beautiful, but they’re also exactly as she envisioned them. “I fully love this house. I love every piece of everything I’ve done here, and I’m really proud of myself.”

The Mario Bellini Camaleonda sofa in the living room was one of the first pieces Tisdale selected for the home. She paired it with a marble coffee table from Apparatus , two Sabin cowhide chairs, a Mehraban rug, a gold arch console from Pietro Franceschini , a Caprani floor lamp , and a painting by Mark Ryden.

“I’ve heard of other friends going through it where they have completely different styles. Chris and me, we’ve always been on the same page with homes,” Tisdale says. The painting in the background is by Sabine Maes.

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The living room features multiple distinct seating areas. In this midcentury-influenced vignette, a mustard-colored Adamastor lounge chair by Branca , two vintage wicker chairs from JF Chen , and a stool from Stahl + Band surround a coffee table from JF Chen. The textural painting in the background is by Sabine Maes . It hangs over a Zenith record player console purchased from Chairish .

The third section of the living room features a Hans J Wegner chaise under a Stahl + Band light fixture and a built-in bookshelf. “I meditate in the morning in the living room,” Tisdale says. “I like to keep the doors open off of the balcony, and there’s just these amazing eucalyptus trees in front of you that’s just such a beautiful view.”

“I knew for sure I was doing that Apparatus chandelier in the dining room, so then I just designed and styled everything around that,” Tisdale says. Underneath that statement piece is a custom-made table by Jason Miller , custom Stahl + Band chairs with green mohair seats, and a Mehraban rug. The credenza is the El Royale Sideboard from Sabin .

The previous homeowners had the kitchen renovated in a hyper minimalist style by interior designer Mandy Graham . Although it was a departure from Tisdale’s past homes, it inspired her and French. “It’s something that we’ve never seen before because it doesn’t really look like a kitchen. We were like, This is pretty epic.” They added stools from Thomas Hayes Studio and called upon Life in Jeneral to help them create an organization system.

The TV room is a playful space. Pops of orange can be seen in the Beni rug, vintage Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset chair, and a cozy cognac-colored N701 Axelle Modular Sofa by Ethnicraft. The impossibly cool lamp is by Eny Lee Parker .

A movie room was a “want” on Tisdale and French’s list “because we don’t go to the theater anymore,” she says. Little did she know she’d find one with an epic built-in daybed already in place. Tisdale added the Sixpenny sofa in the foreground and had it reupholstered in matching fabric. The cross-motif rug is from Nordic Knots , and the coffee table is from Stahl + Band .

The primary bedroom also embraces calming minimalism, with a Lawson-Fenning bed flanked by Rose Uniacke floating side cabinets topped by Ceramicah lamps. Of course, the Louis Vuitton trunk adds luxurious flair.

The &Tradition Little Petra chair and poof provides a cozy seating moment in the main bedroom. Next to it is a marble side table from Burke Decor.

Fans of Tisdale’s health and wellness blog, Frenshe, know that luxe baths are one of her go-to self-care rituals. Her primary bathroom gets plenty of sunlight and features a rug from Woven , art by Buff Monster , and Baina towels.

Farrow and Ball’s Card Room Green helped transform the nursery. The bouclé glider and ottoman are Leanne Ford for CB2 , and the rug is from Woven.

Tisdale added a fun piece of art by Gabrielle Graessle to Jupiter’s room. “She has to say hi to the horse every single morning,” Tisdale says.

Jessica Viola of Viola Gardens transformed the neglected outdoor space by cleaning up overgrowth, adding plants, and swapping cement for gravel in the courtyard. “I wanted each window in the living room to have a beautiful little piece of [plant life],” Tisdale says.

“I wanted to be surrounded by trees. Trees are a big thing for me. I feel like [they are] very healing and nurturing,” Tisdale says.