The first of many...

"There is nothing more trite than a set period - any antique period bought intact for today's living. But, by the same token, a contemporary house that ignores all vestiges of the past in order to express a purely modern philosophy runs the risk of becoming a stagnant document of its own time."

-Eleanor McMillen Brown, Sixty Years of Interior Design


This statement is on par with my beliefs in interior design, yet I think it could be taken even further. If one must have an entirely Baroque home, then do so. If all that's desired is Georgian country style, go for it. At least, in this belief, the freedom is there to bring in elements of anything that simply makes one happy. It liberates one from feeling the constriction of tradition around the proverbial neck of the home. This philosophy sets one free to explore all that could be aesthetically pleasing to the eye without borders or "rules." Interior design is simply another art form, and art is not meant to carry cumbersome limitations on its possibilities.

Now about me:
I'm a full time university student with creative passions for many things. Not all of which, I'll admit, I do entirely well...but all at least with pleasure and with full effort. I am engaged and recently purchased a home, a modest one bedroom condo, in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia.

I have waited for this moment for a long time. To finally be able to paint the walls any colour I wish? To finally rip up the nasty apartment-style beige carpet and be rid of it in all its obscenities? (Can you tell I really hate carpet?) To finally, get this, have a washing and drying machine in my own place where no coins are required and I don't find strange ratty blue towels obviously belonging to others mysteriously tossed in with my unmentionables?


This blog is meant to be a chronicling of my personal journey as a first-time home owner. It will help me to gather my thoughts and hopefully, obtain outsiders opinions through the stages of renovation and decoration. I will post decorating projects as I take them on, as well as other people's work I am inspired by, and sources on where to purchase AFFORDABLE home decor (because what first-time home owner can buy a $10,000 sofa?). I'll also throw in occasional snippets from my other passions such as fashion, cooking, photography and travel. But, as with everything else in life, there is one catch:


I’m broke. Just like many other first-time home owners, I have little to no money with which to buy anything or change anything. As a student, I survive off my loans and my fiancé. I have only a couple years left at university, but as many other design lovers must understand, I can’t just leave the home the way it is.


So here we go!