Dear guests in my home,

I don’t want my home to impress you.

Sounds weird coming from someone who is launching a fledgling decorating business...but I don’t.

Instead, I want you to have snacks and drinks and a wifi password.

I want you to feel you know me better from seeing the art and books and ingredients on my shelves.

I want you to remember the questions I asked, the new inside jokes that were formed, that one thing that went embarrassingly wrong that now everyone will remember next time.

I want you to see enough of me that you feel safe sharing yourself in return.

I don’t want my home to be aspirational or aesthetic. I don’t want you to remember how my home looks. I want you to remember how you felt when you walked in.

And if you do take a decorating lesson, I want it to be that you are equipped to unleash your own self in your home. I hope my home inspires you to take a risk perhaps.

And I hope when you leave that you want to return...and next time we'll have cupcakes.

xoxo

Kelley

bright and airy living room with baby items and blankets strewn over the white sofa