2025
Color of the Year
INTERIORS + DECOR
Welcome, my friend. The Idea Book is a blog about wellness within the home - a place where I can share my homebody stories and the ways I find comfort in my days. I’m so glad you’re here.
“All I really want to do is talk about how to make the house a home, the living room the epitome of comfort, and the kitchen cozy and practical. …and maybe some life lessons as a mother to three homebodies.”
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Looking for a deeper connection? Follow along for a more casual and behind the scenes glimpse into my home, products I love to buy and share, and lots of design tips.
September | a seasonal declutter (10 things you can tidy up TODAY)
As summer gently fades into fall (even though Louisiana is still well into the triple digits for our temps), it's the perfect time to declutter our spaces, both physically and metaphorically. Just as the trees shed their leaves to make way for new growth, we too can clear out the old to welcome the fresh energy of a new season.
August | summer seasons (a view from home)
As we gently transition from summer to fall, I want to take a moment to reflect on the past few months and extend my heartfelt wishes for your journey ahead. My hope is that this summer has been a season of growth and prosperity for you, even if it felt much like the rest of the year. For me, summer is always a chance for ideas and dreams to flourish under the warmth of longer days and brighter skies. Even if the summer months seemed to blend into the routine, know that every season holds the potential for transformation.
July | charm + character
For July’s Monthly Musing, we’re diving into adding charm and character to your space. This spring, I moved into a sweet 1940s cottage FULL of charm. I’m exploring what it looks like to add touches of personalization to these spaces.
June | hosting your summer
With summer joining most of us by now, especially if you’ve got school-aged kiddos at home, I’m inviting you to a practice of “hosting your summer.” This concept is all about welcoming your summer months for what they are. For some, it looks a lot like the rest of the year, for others it might mean you’re entertaining little minds and hearts from a big school break.
As we enter summer, I like to reset the perspective around a slower pace, more play, and different routines. Let’s expand.
BTS | where I call home
Many of you know that I recently moved! It’s been an adventurous year so far. I have a deep love for old homes and a family in the industry of home construction and design. My plan was to marry those two concepts together and build a home to look old. That plan was disrupted when the epitome of a 1940s cottage found its way onto the market and in front of my eyes.
Within 7 minutes (literally) of seeing this listing go live, I was in my car flagging a random real estate agent down in the street - in the rain. An offer was made on the spot, along with several competing offers. The stars aligned in the way they tend to do when something just feels right, and within six short crazy weeks, I sold my old house, closed on the new house, and moved in.
May | mother mother
It’s May, a glorious month in my own opinion. Just four days into this month, I entered the world, and we celebrate birthdays in this house whether you’re turning five or ninety-five. My grandmother turned 95 years young last month. She got all dressed up, applied her make-up, and demanded a party and a cake. We’d be damned if we didn’t give this queen what she asked for. In fact, we had two cakes. If you don’t celebrate the way this woman celebrates, you’re doing it wrong, my friend.
April | walls in the wild edition
I’m gearing up for spring, the sunshine’s warmth on my skin, and all the projects in the works that I’ll soon be able to share. For our April Monthly Musing, I’m taking a stroll down past project faves and sharing some of my most loved walls in the wild! Give these homebodies a follow if you’re not a fan already.
March | taking risks with your space
I tried pretty diligently to make a joke about March Madness and tie that into this month’s theme. It didn’t feel quite right. Those who know me well know there are just a few sports I keep up with. Anyway, the nod to “madness” is an attempt to break the rules, use the wild card, and take risks with your space! I’m sharing some of my favorite spaces below that do this well. We’re talking quirky, in the most beautiful way - POPS of color, unconventional use of space, and fun things in between!
Color of the Year …but different
If you gave anyone who knows me a blank piece of paper and prompted that person to write 100 words about me, trendy will not be one of them. I’ve never been one to dress or style based on what’s trendy. I go for comfort - in both my apparel and home. Nonetheless, I coincidentally find trends that I do love …regardless of its popularity or maybe loved it before the internet loved it. Warm color palettes are always going to be where my eyes gravitate. Although, Peach Fuzz, the 2024 color of the year might land in the pastels, it’s really in the orange category and part of the warm palette family (IMO).
February | affection for the home in between seasons
Maybe it’s that weird time between the holidays and spring or, you’re between a house move. We’re diving in to how we can show affection and love our homes in between seasons. That limbo stage can feel uneasy but these five tips below are what have gotten be out of a homebody creative funk.
New Colors: bricks, blues, and brass
The thrill is real about the new color options for the top five favorites. What I love most about all things design is the balance and blend of opposing subjects. Maybe it’s the mix of modern and vintage or the mix of clean lines paired with touches of maximalism. The wallpaper and textile line was designed with that blend in mind. It’s no secret that there’s a common thread of florals across the options of repeating motifs. To balance the dainty femininity of those florals, you’ll find a warm and moody color palette to compensate.
January | recap and a new year’s welcome
It brings me great joy to welcome 2024 to the calendar. My hope for this year is that we continue to connect here, through my monthly musings, or on the grid on instagram. Those are the places you’ll find me most. I went on a personal deep dive last month and hinted around about all what’s to come for this year. I cannot wait to watch the months unfold to what will hopefully be a beautiful trip around the sun.
byHopeatHome will focus on designer spotlights, art for art’s sake, product launches, and of course wallpaper and textiles. Cheers to 2024, my friend! Let’s recap last year and welcome the new one!
December | endings & beginnings
As I wrap up this year, a year that felt like it had 72 months in it, I’m reflecting on so much I want to open up about with you. You’ve got your friends that knock on your front door for a visit, right? Then you’ve got your friends who park as far into your driveway as possible. That friend (dressed in joggers and not even the cute kind) comes to the back door, walks right in and proceeds to make their own coffee with a cup they keep at your place just for these visits.
November | taking stock (with the word ‘and’)
October, November, and December are like the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the year. I read that somewhere recently and boy is that true. If you celebrate Thanksgiving this month, I hope part of your year’s “weekend” was or is going to be nothing short of joyful.
This time of year, I like to take tangible notes of things I’m thankful for. But ya know what, sometimes, that task is a frustrating one, because I have a list of things I didn’t accomplish this year too. There are circumstances I wish I could change that I can’t, and there’s a timeline for my goals I’ve set that isn’t really getting along with the timeline that is in fact reality.
October | the art of blend
When it come to the home, the art of
old meets new
is where my heart seems to rest easy. It’s the combination of thrifted finds sprinkled on a sleek modern bookcase. It’s the vintage rug under a MCM table. It’s the modern lighting over the kitchen island with the antique hardware on the cabinets. And it’s even the mesh between peaceful mornings before the rest of the world wakes and the chaos of getting three kiddos out the door and to school on time.
I’m sharing three favorite accounts of those who are nailing the art of old meets new.
September | coffee table books + convos
I not-so-gracefully whine about these Louisiana temps often, I know. But regardless of where they are, I’m itching for autumn now that it’s September. Have I worn sandals to Christmas dinner before? Yes. But I’m still here wanting to warm up my home with cozy blankets and color palettes.
August | a head start
This month’s theme is focused on prepping for what’s left of the year. It’s August, and before we know it, we’ll be ringing in 2024. The last 1.66 quarter of the year planning, if you will. A weird title for something - the last 1.66 quarter of the year. But by the time we get to the actual last quarter of the year, we’re in holiday mode and at least for my family, it’s mass chaos of school functions, holidays and everything in between until you get to the new year!
June | Summer Feelings
This month’s theme is around our approach to the summer - Summer Feelings.
Working from home requires a lot of the same thought processes of simply being at home. To avoid the stir-crazy that often exists working from the home studio most days, I ask myself “how do I want to feel today?” Is it productive? Is it excited? …rested, fueled, energized, playful, organized, adventurous?
May | April Showers + May Flowers
This month’s theme is around the idea and expression of April Flowers bringing May Flowers. To give you another one, patience is a virtue, right? …one I do not have intuitively. Waiting for those warmer spring temperatures so I can release the chill of the winter months, waiting for that big release date, waiting for that callback, the positive test result, or that negative test result …waiting for the flowers to bloom. It requires a set of skills that my heart trusts and my brain debates.
