Interior design finally clicked for me once I stopped spending so much time building moodboards on Pinterest.
I was enlightened by one of my favorite DIY authors, who wrote on discovering your style. She suggested thinking about design during dinner. Study the decor at your most-frequented bars, restaurants and coffee shops, she wrote. Bold accents like Edison bulbs, neon signs, patterned wallpaper and velvet seating can bring just as much character into your home as they do that watering hole down the street.
Ever since, I’ve been making mental notes of my favorite local design details: Curbside Burgers’ giant red marquee light. Superior Grill Highland’s Mexican equipale chairs. Rocca Pizzeria’s tufted seating and larger-than-life Ray Charles mural. Magpie Cafe downtown’s geometric-tiled bar. Southfin Southern Poke’s neon sign.
