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Black-and-white photograph of Michelle’s grandparents’ newly built house and garage in the 1950s.

Don't Wait

That woman who says she's going to wait until she owns her own place before she does anything with it?That woman is me.And I'm here to tell you — don't...

Don't Wait

That woman who says she's going to wait until she owns her own place before she does anything with it?That woman is me.And I'm here to tell you — don't...

The Designer's Crime I Said I'd Never Commit

The Designer's Crime I Said I'd Never Commit

Let me confess something.I have a TV in my bedroom.I know. I know. Take a moment. Collect yourself. I'll wait.For years I was firmly, loudly, unapologetically in the no-TV-in-the-bedroom camp....

The Designer's Crime I Said I'd Never Commit

Let me confess something.I have a TV in my bedroom.I know. I know. Take a moment. Collect yourself. I'll wait.For years I was firmly, loudly, unapologetically in the no-TV-in-the-bedroom camp....

My grandparents dancing and laughing out the front of my pop's house in America — pure joy, captured in the 1940s.

Betwixt and Between — The Confessions of an Old...

I was making lasagne this morning when it happened.The kitchen was warm, the sauce was simmering, and on a whim I put on my 1940s Spotify playlist. The first notes...

Betwixt and Between — The Confessions of an Old...

I was making lasagne this morning when it happened.The kitchen was warm, the sauce was simmering, and on a whim I put on my 1940s Spotify playlist. The first notes...

Slow Living Interiors: Decorating for Your Life, Not the Algorithm

Slow Living Interiors: Decorating for Your Life...

Forget Instagram. I mean it. Just for a moment, close the app, put the phone down, and look around the room you're sitting in right now. What do you see?...

Slow Living Interiors: Decorating for Your Life...

Forget Instagram. I mean it. Just for a moment, close the app, put the phone down, and look around the room you're sitting in right now. What do you see?...

Why I Collect Eiffel Towers (And Why I Can't Stop)

Why I Collect Eiffel Towers (And Why I Can't Stop)

Some obsessions make perfect sense. Mine started at thirteen. That was the year I walked into my first French lesson at school and something just… clicked. Not just the language...

Why I Collect Eiffel Towers (And Why I Can't Stop)

Some obsessions make perfect sense. Mine started at thirteen. That was the year I walked into my first French lesson at school and something just… clicked. Not just the language...

Introducing The Curated Life Journal — Issue 1 is Here

Introducing The Curated Life Journal — Issue 1 ...

Some mornings, it's the light out the window, a good cup of coffee, and the feeling that today, you'll make something beautiful....or at least give it a red hot go.Where...

Introducing The Curated Life Journal — Issue 1 ...

Some mornings, it's the light out the window, a good cup of coffee, and the feeling that today, you'll make something beautiful....or at least give it a red hot go.Where...