Charleston, SC
September 2026
The Layered Homes
The Layered Homes

Meet the Editors

Three desks, one standard: real rooms, specific products, invoices attached.

House Plans desk

Johan Martez

Founder & House Plans Editor · Charleston, South Carolina

Seven years styling real homes across Charleston, Savannah, Nashville and Atlanta, and the founder of The Layered Homes. Johan reads floor plans the way a stylist reads a room — traffic flow, sight-lines,…

85articles
80+Plans reviewed
7+Years styling
Transformations desk

Elise Marchetti

Transformations Editor · Charleston, South Carolina

Before-and-after projects with the invoices attached. Elise runs the Transformations desk — interiors, exterior facades and outdoor spaces across the Lowcountry and the wider South — and writes up what…

75articles
75+Projects written up
100%Budgets disclosed
Styling & Living desk

Rowan Whitaker

Styling & Living Editor · Charleston, South Carolina

Room-by-room decor cost guides, outdoor and garden styling, celebrations, design solutions and the Home Files essays. Rowan writes the pages where the house gets lived in — with paint lines, fabric sources…

36articles
45+Rooms costed
60+Paint colors lived with
How the desks work

One editor owns each article

Every article on the site is planned, written and signed off by the editor whose name is on it. House plan reviews belong to Johan; before-and-after projects — interiors, facades and outdoor space — belong to Elise; room styling, decor cost guides, celebrations, design solutions and the Home Files essays belong to Rowan. Their profiles list where they work, what they know and how to reach them directly.

Editors do not accept payment for reviews, do not keep gifted products, and correct their own mistakes in the open. The full standard is in the editorial policy.

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