Go put your record on.

Some of the best pieces of furniture I have ever gotten have been from my Nana. I appreciate design from different decades and I love finding new ways to make them work in my designs today. When I left for college, both my parents and my Nana moved and built houses next to each other near Milwaukee. This meant two things: I still got to have/design my own room and I also helped my Nana sort through all of the things that had been in her basement at her old house. And so, her old records surfaced and I practically took them all. Now I can't say that I ended up using all of them or that I didn't go rummaging at the local St. Vinnie's for more, but I found the design inspiration for my new (now old) room.

[This is a great way to show-off your favorite rock bands from the 80's, your vinyl Beatle's collection or, in my case, musicals! The frames I purchased on sale from Michael's and I mounted them above my bed to imitate a headboard.]

And so it begins....

Welcome to my very first blog.
Being a post-grad interior design major, I of course finally have time to do fun things...like crafting a blog to get my name out there or just simply because I love design and I love writing. Thus, a design blog seemed wildly appropriate! Since I was a freshman at UW-Madison, my design style changed almost every semester. From Pottery Barn, East Coast, Martha's Vineyard to sleek and modern Le Corbusier to timeless Frank Lloyd Wright to, well, you get the picture. It wasn't until I added the sustainability factor to my design that everything started coming together. Which leads me to where I am now: a design consultant on a post-grad income celebrating my new found passion of indie design while embracing a new sustainable culture. AKA, what can I do in my own design that re-uses furniture and vintage finds to create amazing spaces...on a budget. Of course that doesn't mean that you won't find posts from me about really blog-worthy products I fall in love with from Interior Design magazine (that is kind of a given with any design nut). Or no doubt there will be posts about delicious food I have tasted (I'm a Top Chef at heart), or places that I have visited, or random things I find, but I hope you stick around...or at least get a kick out of me trying to write a cool blog.