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A ceramic artist’s intuitive approach to designing her midcentury home

As soon as I walked in, I wanted to kick my shoes off and lie down on the couch with a glass of white wine. I wanted to put some headphones on and dig into her impressive record collection. I felt like walking up to one of her big windows and doing a big cat stretch. Michelle’s home felt, well, alive with personality—like it was inviting me in all on its own.

design is hard, so cut yourself a break

I’m enamoured by those who appear to design their home effortlessly. I have my moments. I think I’m skilled at the little vignettes, and coming up with ideas for other people’s homes, but when it comes to my own—I feel like a deer in headlights. Or, more aptly, a sloth in headlights. But I’ve feltContinue reading “design is hard, so cut yourself a break”

Tour the Wildly Colorful House of a Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper Guru

You know, starting this blog has started to give me a bit of a sixth sense on whether I can tell if I’d love someone’s home (and sense if they’d have a really colorful house.) In all honesty, it takes excruciating willpower to not ask a lot of those people, “Hey, we’ve only just met,Continue reading “Tour the Wildly Colorful House of a Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper Guru”

Decorating with Books: A Peek into a Book Lover’s Apartment

My mission with this blog is to showcase homes that genuinely reflect how we live, including the unique and creative ways people express themselves in their decor, such as Sean and Charlie’s love of decorating with books. In fact, earlier today, a friend was asking me what I looked for when I feature homes onContinue reading “Decorating with Books: A Peek into a Book Lover’s Apartment”