Julie Vadnal
Deputy Editor
Julie Vadnal is deputy editor of Domino, where she edits and writes stories about shopping for new and vintage furniture, covers new products (and the tastemakers who love them), and tours the homes of cool creatives. She lives in Brooklyn.
Highlights
- Expertise includes vintage furniture shopping, discovering hip hotels, and Instagram scrolling for cool homes and creatives for Domino—it’s a real skill.
- Interests include touring Brooklyn’s food scene, reading 20-plus books a year, and sending snail-mail whenever possible.
- Previous staff experience includes ELLE, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Cosmopolitan.
Experience
Julie has been covering design and culture since she started her career at ELLE magazine, where she interviewed everyone from Solange Knowles to Amy Poehler. Then, at Martha Stewart Weddings, she got a crash course in DIY and styling, while also bringing a fresh, pop-culture voice to the text. At Cosmopolitan, Julie oversaw food and lifestyle coverage, while also writing features and packages on everything from sexual health to travel.
At Domino, Julie has appeared on panels as an expert in home design and styling while also overseeing shopping content, covering store openings, and discovering the new guarde of cool creatives. She collaborates with designers and brands on stories that feel of-the-moment and timeless all at one.
Education
Vadnal graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Journalism in Magazine Journalism.
Thing in My House I Can't Live Without
If someone ever took away my Buffy Wiggle pillow, I’d be inconsolable. It’s become a security blanket of sorts, except that it’s a cozy tubular body pillow that helps me fall asleep and wake up feeling truly refreshed.
Notable Work
- It’s Time to Add “Design a Yoga Studio Like Leanne Ford’s” to Your 2022 Resolutions Domino
- An Unlikely Icon Influenced This 450-Square-Foot Brooklyn Apartment’s Bold Paint Color Domino
- Salad for President’s Julia Sherman Left Brooklyn to Live Among the California Trees Domino
- This $35 Amazon Pegboard Appears Not Once, But Twice in Our Home Office Domino
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Just imagine sending emails from its rainbow sofa.
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The giant orange daybed screams “staycation.”
This Designer Found a Genius Way to Avoid Kitchen Island Shoe Scuffs
Plus it’s renter-friendly.
The Exact Right Shade of White Made This Basement So Airy You Might Forget It’s Underground
The designer shares her paint secret.
This IKEA Launch Features Never-Before-Seen Marimekko Prints
And to top it off, it’s all sauna themed.
I Tested Courteney Cox’s Room Spray in My Home Gym, Post-Peloton
Here’s how it held up.
Picture This: Seth Rogen Invites You Over to Make Pottery
Airbnb is making it happen.
Jordan Ferney Created a Gallery Wall With a Samsung Frame TV Secretly in the Middle
So much better than a black box.