I'm back.
Look at that. Talk about time flying. Well, as I departed this here lovely blog, I was about a third of the way through my pregnancy and my business was going gangbusters. I took a little, okay a long, break and now that little lima bean that was growing in my belly is now in preschool as I write. Whew!
A lot has changed.
I scaled back my business more and more until I found that my new-mommy lifestyle could only fit in a couple consultations a week. Then a couple a month. I rediscovered napping. (For me, not the kid). I got comfy in my yoga pants; arguably, a little too comfy. I slowed down. I reexamined. I took lots of walks with our dog.
I reignited my love for reading great books. I stayed current with design, through client research and in discovering some awesome design blogs. I explored new ideas. I thought a lot about what makes a home a great home, beyond just beautiful decor. At the same time, I started to bug out a little in the city. I craved fresh air and green grass. I longed for fewer sirens and more songbirds.
And then we moved.
We picked up, sold our downtown Chicago condo and headed West. We left behind great friends, a fab city, successful jobs and our former go-go lifestyle.
And then we landed.
Home is now a little island across Puget Sound from Seattle. Here, I’ve found the pace I craved, my slice of the natural world, a community, a great place for those on two legs and those on four. A little bit country, just a 35-minute ferry from a little bit rock n’ roll. I am delighted by how much I love this place I’m calling home.
Now that my little one is up and running with preschool, I feel like I get to put it all together. I get to be where I love, doing the work that I love. And, I get to explore that idea of what makes a home a home, especially as I am putting together my first “real” home. What are those special yet real life touches? How do we really live, especially in these times when we’re trying so hard not to accumulate too much stuff?
So here I am, looking at this blog again and hoping to put a different meaning on ‘inside’ design i Interiors. What you won’t see as much of is ‘this or that place to shop,’ or ‘this or that great product.’ Not because I don’t love those, too, but because there are SO many people who do that so much better than I could. So what am I hoping to explore? I want to share a little less of the perfect, and a little more of the real. As I’m reinventing my own sense of home and all that means, I want to share my thoughts as they are already surprising me.
So here is my promise to you (and to myself): I will do my best to offer something fresh. To think about what ‘living well’ means beyond just a pretty space, (although I’m gonna have to talk about those pretty spaces, too). I want to talk about ordinary people who like nice things, but aren’t attached to them. Who have families, pets, and friends...who have messy families, pets, and friends. People who not only care about the state of affairs in their homes, but in their communities, their country, their world, who are trying to do better, while trying to live better.
A peek behind the curtain(s).
I look forward to it.
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