Finished 2024 · 4 sources
The Living Room
One good sofa, two lamps, and nothing else that isn't earning its place.
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Slow, warm, collected rooms.
I renovate one room at a time and share every source along the way. Vintage-first, neutral-but-not-boring, and always a little bit imperfect.
Tour the houseRooms made slowly, and written down.
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Where to begin
Three doors into the same house: the rooms themselves, the pieces that furnish them, and the things I make in the garage.
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Hand-thrown Stoneware Bud Vase
The piece I make most, because it is the piece I use most. Narrow enough for a single stem from the garden, heavy enough that it does not tip when the dog walks past.
Each one is thrown by hand, so expect small variations in height and in how the glaze breaks over the rim. That is the point.
$68.00Made by me, in batches of twelve
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Recent rooms
one at a time, in the order we could afford them
5 finished rooms so far, each one ending in the full list of what is in it — down to the lampshade and the paint.
Finished 2025 · 5 sources
The Kitchen
A small galley that stopped fighting itself.
Read moreFinished 2023 · 4 sources
The Bedroom
Dark, quiet, and deliberately under-decorated.
Read moreThe renovation
I'm a self-taught decorator documenting one slow renovation.
Six years ago I bought a bungalow with brown carpet, popcorn ceilings, and very good light. I had no budget and no plan, so I learned in public — one room, one weekend, one estate-sale chair at a time.
My approach is vintage-first. I'd rather wait eight months for the right walnut dresser than buy a placeholder I won't love. When I do buy new, it's the things that earn it: a sofa you can nap on, lighting that makes a room feel like evening, linens that get better after fifty washes.
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Found & favorite
Sorted the way I shop for a room: light first, then the soft things, then the small pieces that make it feel lived in.
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Lighting
Two lamps minimum, always on dimmers. Sconces, plaster columns, and the pleated shade that does all the work in the dining room.
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Textiles
Linen that gets better after fifty washes, and the wool runners I hunt for at estate sales and on Etsy.
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Ceramics
Thrown on the wheel in the garage, twelve at a time, glazed in bone white and shipped within the week.
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Two guides that shortcut the process
everything I wish someone had handed me
The 22-page PDF I fill out before buying anything
The Room Plan Workbook
A printable workbook that walks a room from empty to finished: light audit, traffic paths, the anchor piece, a budget ladder, and a one-page source tracker.
$24.00$36.00
See inside31 whites and greiges, tested on real walls in real light
Warm Neutral Paint Guide
I painted 31 large swatches in a north-facing room and a south-facing room and photographed them at 9am, 2pm, and 7pm. This guide is the result, sorted by undertone with my notes on each.
$18.00
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Daily progress, a lot of paint swatches, and the longer renovation diaries.
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Shop the Decor LibraryEvery piece in my home, sourced and pricedTour the houseSix finished rooms, fully shoppableThe Sunday letterFreeOne room, one lesson, every other weekInstagramDaily progress and a lot of paint swatchesPinterestWhere every room startsYouTubeLonger renovation diariesWork with meConsults, partnerships, and press