interior decor
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DIY No Cost (Free!) Closet Makeover
Good habits compound. I noticed it was easy to do yoga every weekday directly after my early morning workout, so I used habit stacking to create a magic morning routine. After I started having fun getting dressed, I wanted to keep the area around my full-length mirror clean for ‘fit pics. In that same vein,… Continue reading
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Bookshelf Wealth Living Room
Do I have Bookshelf Wealth? You bet. Trends come and go quickly, so it’s easier than ever to stay behind. The New York Times recently introduced me to a new TikTok “design trend” that I didn’t know my home exemplifies since before it had a name: Bookshelf Wealth. Continue reading
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Black and White Graphic Murals and Wallpaper
Post script: this has been one of my most popular posts of all time. If you’re interested in the space this post inspired, check out my post about my graphic black and white dining room with a pool table. Lately I’ve been dreaming of adding a graphic, sketchy mural to the walls of my dining… Continue reading
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A Story About Our Colorful Mid Century Modern Inspired Woodland Nursery
Around this time last year, I shared my pregnancy announcement. I showed y’all my babymoon in Paris portrait session, but aside from that, it was radio silence over here about anything baby. But yes, we welcomed a beautiful baby boy in the summer. As you know, we moved to our new house recently. What you… Continue reading
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Introducing: Home Number Three
If you’ve been reading for a while, you may know that my little family is now living in house number three. The first was a little mid-century ranch in the the Westbury subdivision of Houston, Texas. It was a foreclosure and we did quite a bit of renovations prior to moving in. We lived there… Continue reading
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Living Small with a Maximalist Mid Mod Eclectic Living Room
Prior to yesterday, the last time I wrote was when I had only a few days left before we moved into our new house. I shared with you a home tour of our first Connecticut house, though it was staged in those photographs for selling. As promised, here are some pictures of what our communal… Continue reading
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Jungalow Style Bathroom
The one room challenge of spring 2017 is complete! This week, I installed wallpaper, painted inside the cabinet, and had the whole bohemian jungalow look come together. Continue reading
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One Room Challenge: Week Five
This week, I stained some inexpensive baskets with wood stain and sewed some notions to a shower curtain to give it an artisan look. Continue reading
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One Room Challenge: Week 4
Still working on the One Room Challenge from Calling it Home that I told you guys about few weeks ago and updated you on last week! I’m waiting on that wallpaper from WallsNeedLove, but that didn’t stop be from getting a lot done this week. However, as I got through some tasks, I realized more things… Continue reading
About Me
I’m an artist. Sometimes I paint impressionist townscapes in oils, other times I sketch out what I’d rather be painting in pencil. I design intentional environments in my home, and sometimes I get around to projects that the design consists of. I flip thrifted clothes, or I let ideas pile up like used fabrics overflowing from a box in my basement. This is a metaphor, but also a fact.
I’m a writer. Sometimes that means bad poetry. I often meander in my prose, as I find it hard not to mention every detail, what something reminds me of, and all of the background information you could never want.
I’m an explorer. Sometimes I explore the great outdoors, or other countries. Other times, my nose deep in a book, I’m exploring the universal human experience, nature science, ancient wisdom and impacts of colonialism. Often, I’m exploring my own inner experience through train-of-thought journaling.
I’m restless in my curiosity and consistently creative. To an outsider, it’s clear that leading a creative life involves output: paintings, outfits, decor, a garden. The creative knows that this output requires a frequent stream and synthesis of that input. This blog is the space I use to organize and sort my meandering thoughts and pile of ideas.