09/29/2026
Designing your home isn’t a project, it’s a process.
It’s not something you should rush into doing, so start with the pieces you have already.
Then slowly start adding things that bring you in the direction that interests you. This isn’t something you should rush.
Learn how you actually want to live in your space.
Some layouts look great on paper, but aren’t as functional for how you lounge, host, or live in the day to day.
So you might try something and go back to what you originally had and that’s okay.
Trying things in your home is the only way to know if it works for you & second hand or buy-nothing decisions can spur totally new directions and ideas you didn’t think of before.
Everything you change or add to your home should be pulling you in a direction you want to go.
They should be pieces that speak to you or excite you, things found along the way towards that direction.
A good home is a layered home, you should have old and new pieces you’ve had for 10 years next to pieces picked up last month.
You don’t need to change everything to move in a new direction, just piece by piece - a sofa stays & a rug changes, but the feeling is entirely new.
It’s okay to part with pieces you’ve had for ages if you finally find something special to replace it with, but don’t rush into those decisions.
Every decision you make in your home was probably right for you at that point in your life, so you shouldn’t fight change but try to zoom out and check to make sure it fits in with your vision and where your taste is developing.
Your home will shift around your hobbies, how you’re living at that moment in time, & you‘ll learn and grow with each one.
Sometimes there will be awkward phases, where you get new piece and then need to live with it while you figure out how it works in your space best - finding the direction you want to move in.
As you experiment, move things, & change.
Don’t try to fight your space - if something feels busy, you should edit as much as you add, put things away, part with things that don’t spark joy, and shop your own home - pulling things from other rooms without always buying more.
Small changes like decluttering or hang
