Welcome!

Welcome.

We see this word on doormats everywhere, but is this how you feel when you step inside someone's home?

Here’s an even bigger question. Do you feel welcome when you step inside your home?

If you answered with a dejected and heavy “no,” then I will assume the following is true.

1. You're not happy with where you live.

2. You are not an interior designer.

It’s easy to feel a strange mix of inspiration and frustration when flipping through the pages of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, or scrolling through Pinterest. The list of blogs, vlogs, and webmags by interior design geniuses seems to never end. What's more is that t

hese gurus talk to their readers with the assumption the everyone is an expert

But what about the rest of us? The accountants, IT professionals, and doctors who have no time or aesthetic inclinations? It can be argued that everyone is creative in his or her own right, but in the world of home design, not all is fair game. Most of us have had the opportunity to turn a tiny dorm room into something remotely home-like, but are still having trouble graduating from stacked Bed Bath and Beyond baskets into a real "grown-up" home.

This blog is for you - the pragmatic, the analyst, the left-brained. Here you will not find instructions for decoupaging a dresser or "up-cycling" a loading pallet to be a coffee table. There will be no Modge Podge (though it is a fantastic product) or printable image transfers. Rather, the purpose of this blog is to break down the logic and theory involved in decorating your dwelling place, all to help you turn it into a welcoming expression of who you are.