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The Heart of Happy Eyes
A year ago, I hired an interior designer business coach to help me get to the bottom of Happy Eyes and create the structure for my...

Rebecca
May 53 min read
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Universal Design: A Boy's Bedroom
When house hunting 10 years ago, we were looking exclusively for ranchers. We needed an accessible house for my son with disabilities. ...

Rebecca
Oct 4, 20243 min read
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Wallpaper Reno
All you wallpaper enthusiasts out there may already be familiar with Rebel Wall’s Bellewood forest mural. I remember being captivated...

Rebecca
Aug 16, 20242 min read
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Blue Sky Boy's Room
When I was pregnant with my second son, I spent an enormous amount of time scrolling on Pinterest looking for inspiration for his nursery...

Rebecca
Jul 17, 20243 min read
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De-brownify: Home office redesign
Just to be clear I never dreamed of having an all-brown office. When we moved to this house the office was just that. All brown. Brown...

Rebecca
Jul 8, 20243 min read
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The Art (Science?) of Curation
A couple months ago, I went to Sedona with my high school friend. On the flight there in a half-conscious state I pecked out a rough...

Rebecca
Jun 5, 20243 min read
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Living Sculpture
In my post Indoor Plants 101, I talk about decorating with plants - my favorite accessory. I didn't touch on large houseplants, however....

Rebecca
May 22, 20243 min read
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Table Hunt
In my last post, Terracotta Office, I shared the transformation of my client’s home office from sad to sunny. Now on to Part 2. The...

Rebecca
May 10, 20243 min read
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Terracotta Office
Often when we start a project in one room, it bleeds into another. That's why going into a project thinking you will only focus on one...

Rebecca
Mar 29, 20243 min read
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Indoor Plants 101
Everyone knows I love plants. I have them everywhere and I often get asked how I keep them all alive. The truth is I've lost a lot and...

Rebecca
Feb 7, 20243 min read
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Repeating Patterns
We've all read articles about bad patterns and how we all seemed doomed to repeat them over and over again like Sisyphus and his boulder....

Rebecca
Jan 3, 20244 min read
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Why "happy eyes"?
For many years a favorite subject of my daydreams was the name of my hypothetical design business. The first name I came up with was...

Rebecca
Nov 28, 20233 min read
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In Defense of Mirrors
Earlier this week, I spent few days at High Point Market - one of the largest furniture markets in the country. Everything you could...

Rebecca
Oct 20, 20232 min read
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Habitable Greenhouse
"Why hello. Here I am. Yes, that's right, you are seeing correctly. I am the formidable Eames chair. The North Star of this house and...
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Sep 4, 20233 min read
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Playroom Reset
Look at this shot below of the kids' playroom, isn't it lovely? Toys nicely tucked away from view, wood shelves displaying my son's fox...
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Jul 17, 20234 min read
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Pandemic Retreat
Welcome to my bedroom. A cocoon of light and white. Created during 2020 as the answer to the ball of tension thrown our way that year. ...
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Jun 2, 20233 min read
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