In case you didn’t find out, I see it is from Article, as well.

Thanks Lisa! Considering all the mistakes and lessons and edits it took to get to this point, this room was about 3 years in the making. It takes time, especially starting from a place where I wasn’t 100% sure what my style was but over the years I kept working on it and figuring it out, mixed in with giving up for long periods of time out of frustration ha.

A little over a year ago I went through months of major, ruthless decluttering. I learned how to do this from Marie Kondo, her book was all the rage (Have you read it? The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up? I wrote about it here and then wrote another post on decluttering here.) Since then the clutter has been A LOT easier to manage because I finally had the room for everything to have its place, but clutter still happens around here- I’ve found I’m not so great at putting things back right away. The other side of that is being painstakingly prudent about what comes into the home, which has everything to do with being really clear on my style and what I need/don’t need.

I totally see how all of this is harder with kids, which I don’t have, so I don’t have advice on that. For now, I’ve worked really hard for a long time to minimize possessions and be extremely thorough about the criteria on items that I bring home. I’ll have to write more about this in a future post, thanks for the questions!

Also, I absolutely love the modern/ minimalist look of your house but what do you do to control clutter? Like, If I’m on vacation and pick up a pretty souvenir or my kids make some bright pottery that I love, how do you keep your house looking so cohesive and still “live” in it?

I’ve been seeing more of that too! Can’t wait till we have an outdoor space and have the option of putting these pieces out there. Your patio would love this table, as would my future patio ;)

We like the same things! Thanks, Paige :)

Thanks so much, Esther!