Spring is the season of new beginnings, and this year, my husband and I are embarking on one of our own: searching for our first home. It’s an exciting (and slightly overwhelming!) journey—open houses, endless inspiration and Pinterest boards, and the anticipation of finding the place where we’ll build our future.
As we dream about how we’ll decorate—imagining walls lined with bookshelves, cozy nooks and an inviting atmosphere—I can’t help but think about how home truly reflects the people who fill it. In these pages, we’re celebrating just that: the spaces we create and the lives we build within them. In this, our semi-annual homes issue, I welcome you to make your home—and your life!—a little brighter from the inside out.
I connect with Merriment’s owner and principal designer Sarah Olsen on the topic of dopamine décor—an exciting trend that splashes color and personality through your space. I’ve taken Olsen’s advice to add more personalized touches throughout my own space: unique knickknacks I’ve picked up from my travels, adorable portraits of my pets and thrifted art don the walls and shelves. Discover how to incorporate more textures, patterns and colors into your home.
Also throughout these pages, I invite you to make your house a home. Tour a Woodbury home designed by Twigg + Lu that incorporates class and character into one whimsical design; learn about recent trends in an often untouched space—the bathroom! and more.
For those, like my husband and I, who are just beginning their journey, I hope you find ideas that spark excitement for what’s ahead. Here’s to new chapters and the beauty of home.
