Hello! My name is Holly Becker and I’m currently enrolled in a local design school pursuing a certificate in Interior Design and enjoying it very much. I also have clients that I work with in Boston, currently a couple in a new loft, a single professional who just relocated here from Chicago, and another single professional who owns a condo in the South End. It’s fun working with them, but I need something more because I have so many great things that I find as I source for products on these projects and I have no clue where or how to organize all the great things I come across in the world of art and design. So this blog is going to be a spot for me to catalog these finds and also to reach out to my clients and friends and those of you out there who are looking for a bit of insight into what goes on in the life of a designer, though I’m not one yet I either hope to be a designer or at least a decorator or stylist. I was born to do this, some people can dance, I can decorate. I believe you can go to school to learn it, but for some it’s genetics that play a larger role and for me transforming spaces into supportive, positive environments is hard-wired into my DNA. I hope you enjoy this blog and if you have any questions or are looking for someone to work with you in your home (and you live in the Boston are), please drop me a line at decor8blog AT yahoo.com

13 Responses to “decor8: Welcome!”

1 leaca commented:
February 20th, 2009 at 2:08 am

look how far you have come. good for you.

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2 rowena commented:
February 20th, 2009 at 11:37 am

thanks for pointing us back here. I definitely overthink, and so don’t get started. I always want things perfect, so don’t get started. I psych myself out, so don’t get started.

Lesson?
Get started!

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3 Rachel B. commented:
February 20th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

It was awesome of you to show us all this post. Thanks for your generosity to the rest of us- you have a way of making people feel like they belong.

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4 Mariss commented:
February 20th, 2009 at 7:04 pm

It’s great! I love it :) You rock!

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5 Kim @ The TomKat Studio commented:
February 20th, 2009 at 7:08 pm

You are such an inspiration! Congratulations on your success!

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6 Laura Aiken commented:
February 21st, 2009 at 10:28 pm

oh Holly this is great!!!!!!!! Thank YOU! You have come a long way girlie.

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7 r8ermom commented:
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 am

I am way guilty of overthinking! Thank you so much for pointing us back here to your first post. It is helpful to see that it’s more important to launch and think along the way, rather than overanalyze so much that we psych ourselves out of whatever we wanted and never do anything. I always find you so inspirational because you keep it real. Your honesty and courage in revealing youself are truly humbling. Thank you, Holly. This series is awesome and I look forward to it every Thursday.
8 Chloe Cumbow commented:
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:15 pm

wow. Thank You for sending us back here. Not your fault, but somehow I had a different impression of you, maybe my assumption (& ya know how that can be) from the success and response to your site. Love, Chloe C.
9 Kara commented:
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:10 pm

I love that every comment on this post is from the Creativity Series post (3 years after the original post). It underscores your point so perfectly, and motivates me to “stop, drop and roll with” my own half-baked/over-done plans!

Karas last blog post: Wonderfully Long Weekend
10 Alaina @ LiveCreatingYourself commented:
January 8th, 2010 at 4:25 pm

Oh how I love reading blog’s first posts. Couldn’t agree more about the design being wired in your DNA. You either love it or hate it, can do it or can’t. Congrats on all you’ve accomplished in these few years!

Alaina
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11 frauheuberg commented:
January 20th, 2010 at 2:20 pm

oh, holly, its fine to read your first step into your blog…;)…wau…how amazing…so lon ago, or…so now i will go to your podcast…;)…see you in the course again…
12 Ana commented:
January 20th, 2010 at 5:41 pm

This is so great to see where you started and to see where you are now. It really gives us a feel that we can also do something different. And your classes are really helping. I feel different already! Thanks a million for this great oportunity!
13 Hayley Blease commented:
January 20th, 2010 at 10:57 pm

Wow, I have enjoyed your first post as much as I have your recent posts…your writing is captivating! Well done on all you have accomplished! x

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