You'll find DIY, home decor and interior design, home improvement whoo-ha, home repair, gardening, tips, pointers, me directing you to paint, crafts, everything really. Hopefully inspiration and motivation. Smart and stupid things I do, snippets about dogs, a smattering of recipes, and ya know, general homeowner joys and frustrations.
A living sketchbook, if you will, where "good design is not a matter of cost but of thought," as quoted from an architect named John DeSalvo.
You'll likely find the pictures kinda suck, some embarrassing stuff happened too but hey, this is me.
A creative kid, I grew up in the Chicago 'burbs. After graduating from Ithaca College, I embarked on a two-decade career in professional theater in Chicago as a prop master and scenic designer. Do not do the math.
I earned an MFA in Interior Architecture from Columbia College Chicago, designed a few things, and am a freelance draftsperson.
Also on the resume, TV/Film as a set designer for Chicago Fire, Jupiter Ascending, two seasons of USA's Sirens, then gigs here and there like Patriot for Amazon and Showtime's The Chi pilot. I worked on both seasons of The Exorcist for Fox Studios and the movie Widows.
My patient, forgiving, sweetheart husband Mike and I bought a flipped house in 2013 where we live with our German Shepherd, Hailey (now with Finn).
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Take a tour of our floor plans to get oriented here: House Plans
You can see a running list of all the changes I've made so far here: All the Changes
Or, you can even start from the very beginning here: I Never Wanted to Blog.
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Update:
This blog is dedicated to Hailey in her memory and in her honor, and without whom we would not have this house. We got it for her. It is hard to call it "home" without her.
You'll likely find the pictures kinda suck, some embarrassing stuff happened too but hey, this is me.
So who the heck is Becky?
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I earned an MFA in Interior Architecture from Columbia College Chicago, designed a few things, and am a freelance draftsperson.
Also on the resume, TV/Film as a set designer for Chicago Fire, Jupiter Ascending, two seasons of USA's Sirens, then gigs here and there like Patriot for Amazon and Showtime's The Chi pilot. I worked on both seasons of The Exorcist for Fox Studios and the movie Widows.
My patient, forgiving, sweetheart husband Mike and I bought a flipped house in 2013 where we live with our German Shepherd, Hailey (now with Finn).
TLDR, as a friend said, I'm a Thing Maker. Or, as Mike succinctly puts it, I create things out of nothing
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"Hey Becky, I'm new here. Where should I start?"
Awesome! Welcome, thanks so much for stopping by!Take a tour of our floor plans to get oriented here: House Plans
You can see a running list of all the changes I've made so far here: All the Changes
Or, you can even start from the very beginning here: I Never Wanted to Blog.
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Update:
This blog is dedicated to Hailey in her memory and in her honor, and without whom we would not have this house. We got it for her. It is hard to call it "home" without her.
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