Hello! My name is Holly Becker and I’m currently enrolled in a local design school pursuing a certificate in Interior Design and enjoy 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 while working 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 them and also to reach out to my clients and friends and those of you out there who are looking for a bit of inspiration and insight into what goes on in the life of a designer, though I’m not one yet but I 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 genetics 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
February 20th, 2009 at 2:08 am
look how far you have come. good for you.
leacas last blog post: simply chocolate
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!
rowenas last blog post: Inspiration Lost and Found
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.
Rachel B.s last blog post: Etsy Love: Wren and Chickadee
February 20th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
It’s great! I love it :) You rock!
Marisss last blog post: Oh, February!
February 20th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
You are such an inspiration! Congratulations on your success!
Kim @ The TomKat Studios last blog post: Heather Bailey – Creative Genius Among Us
February 21st, 2009 at 10:28 pm
oh Holly this is great!!!!!!!! Thank YOU! You have come a long way girlie.
Laura Aikens last blog post: MOSAIC LEVEL II – MOSAIC DESIGN NEW starting in May 2009
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.
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.
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
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
.-= Alaina @ LiveCreatingYourself´s last blog ..If my last name was Trump, I’d have a wedding like this. =-.
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…
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!
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
March 30th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
As I’m writing this I’m listening to your recent podcast. Wow! You are definitely a forerunner and an inspiration in this field. Thank you for writing a consistent, honest blog that’s worth admiring.
.-= Down and Out Chic´s last blog ..An interior and a mood =-.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Holly, thank you so much for the insight in (a bit of) who you are. Through your podcast. This first post is also very insightful. Taking such a small step and being where you are today….Thank you for the inspiration and motivation that shines through that.
Dana (LeiLiLaLoo)´s last [type] ..A small sneak peek into my painting studio
September 8th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
I’m listening to you as I post this comment as well. I can’t believe all that you’ve accomplished in such a short amount of time. Very inspiring!
janis – pinecone camp´s last [type] ..Baked on Monday – Blondies
September 8th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Awww, thanks for linking this. Sometimes when I look back on my first few blog posts, I have to laugh. I am by no way a professional blogger now, but I do feel as though I have come a long way. Thanks so much for sharing! xoxo
Violet´s last [type] ..Sunday Blog Hop!
September 9th, 2010 at 4:18 am
Very cute! It’s always fun to look back at the beginning and see how far you’ve come :-)
Nicole @ Chic and Cheap Nursery´s last [type] ..3-Ring Circus- Pink Elephant Baby Shower
September 9th, 2010 at 5:12 am
As someone else mentioned, I am so guilty of taking myself way too seriously and try to make everything I write sound like it came from a Pulitzer Prize winning author. You’ve reminded me how vital it is to just be real, be who I am, and be proud of that!
September 9th, 2010 at 5:22 am
I am imagining how fun it will be in five years to look back at my first blog post. I barely knew how to turn the computer on . . .
Fondly,
Glenda
Glenda Childers´s last [type] ..HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER
September 16th, 2010 at 3:48 am
Wow Holly,
Totally professional right from the start. In the manner that you do so well, that has enabled you to where you are now. Written from the heart and totally upfront with the truth.
x Michelle
September 21st, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Holly,
that’s great…just jump right in and don’t look back–that’s what I did and I know my journey, although unique to me, will be so much fun and challenging professionally. The number one ingredient is believe in who you are and the second is be kind no matter what. You ooze both of these elements and your cool vibe is such an inspiration! Thanks for all the stuff you have shared in this class (and Leslie too)–I just got remarried on 9/10 and we have 5 kids between us and I’m trying to catch up…gotta go to BYW!
CC
CC
Claudia´s last [type] ..pinto’s pints
March 2nd, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Thanks so much for sharing Holly. I loved seeing your very first post. I like your direct yet personal approach on your blog. I have found so many things to check out from your blog. It’s nice to hear about your Story. My blog is about Story Medicine…the basis being that “we all have a story”. I’m loving reading everything you’ve given us so far!
March 2nd, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Wow! Yes, humble beginnings can lead to such huge success!! Thank you for reminding us, your students, that it doesn’t have to start with a big bang, and that doors can open for us if we stay true to ourselves.
Thank you.
Shari´s last [type] ..Color Palette Blog Walk!
March 2nd, 2011 at 7:32 pm
This is so cute to see how you started! x
Arianna´s last [type] ..Real Homes- Laura de Wilde
March 2nd, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Love your cute, first blog! So honest and personable … I almost feel bad that I didn’t make an introductory post when I first started my blog. I kinda jumped right into it without being too personable; I think yours serve a great inspiration to me by being personal but yet still professional. Thanks for bringing us back to here.
Shop Sweet Things with Jeanne´s last [type] ..WATCH OBSESSED
March 3rd, 2011 at 4:49 am
It’s clear to me that you really know who you are inside. You comes across in this first post with the same open, kind, focused and inspirational characteristics as you share with your audience today.
Kristyne´s last [type] ..How to Make a Seven Year Old Happy
March 3rd, 2011 at 4:51 am
wow. I just listened to your podcast and read your first blog, and feel so lucky to get that story. I relate to so much of it, that I wish I could just invite you over for tea and talk… Desha
Desha´s last [type] ..Vale Burns- artist series take 4
March 3rd, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Thanks for pointing us here. Wow, that was just a bit over 5 years ago. Not really all that long ago if you consider where you are now. Quite amazing actually. Nice to read that your voice has really remained a constant in your blog.
Monica´s last [type] ..Lufdesign
March 3rd, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Thanks for your encouragement. I appreciate your honesty, transparency and belief in yourself. It’s contagious!
Laurie Ashbach´s last [type] ..Happy Valentine’s Day
March 3rd, 2011 at 10:53 pm
It made me cry (in a very good way)… thanks!
March 4th, 2011 at 2:37 am
Thank you so much Holly for sharing this and most of all for sharing your knowledge with us (not many people are prepared or want to share knowledge). It’s just amazing how things are getting clearer and clearer and we are only in the first week of class. I am so grateful I’ve signed for this class.
March 4th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
This is so inspiring and you deserve everything you have worked so hard to achieve! Congrats! ( I officially have goosebumps…) :)
Courtney´s last [type] ..The basics
March 5th, 2011 at 11:03 pm
I love that this reads like a mini manifesto. That you set out the reasons why you were blogging, what you wanted to achieve, why you believe you’re set apart from the rest and how you’re going to achieve it. Love it.
March 7th, 2011 at 3:31 am
Thanks *so* much for sharing this with us, Holly. It’s comforting to know that from such small beginnings, you managed to parlay your blog into something much more expansive, cohesive, innovative and just plain delightful. Congratulations! It’s a great encouragement to us newbie bloggers. J x
Jane´s last [type] ..Musings on motherhood
March 9th, 2011 at 9:45 am
Holly, even on your beginnings your writing was showing bits of your strong voice, personality and values plus the determination towards your success.
Of course you deserve every little piece of that success, you have worked (and continue to do so) with so much passion. Oh, and you share that passion and knowledge with your readers and students!.
Thank you. You are an inspiration.
heidi leon´s last [type] ..Almost a marble cake- Matcha and Chocolate Cake – Casi un cake mármol- Torta pastel de Matcha y Chocolate
June 30th, 2011 at 7:40 am
you really are an inspiration. thank you :)
October 12th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
Thank you Holly! It means that everybody can start a new life with a real passion, just try it!
Aina´s last [type] ..Blogging my way….
October 12th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Holly thanks for sharing this. Secret squirrel — I just sighed a huge sigh OF RELIEF. Some days I feel like what am I doing? Am I even doing this right? There is no right, every post is a journey and a learning experience and it was so great to see that you started somewhere too!
Allison´s last [type] ..Filet Mignon Toaster Oven Dinner Part 1
October 12th, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Holly
This is so great to read again. I always like to visit a blogger’s first post when I discover their blog. It’s also more than a little refreshing to see that ‘comments’ took a while to come when you first started. BYW is already inspiring me to reach new heights.
Thanks,
Alison
alison abbott´s last [type] ..Claire Brewster-Bringing Maps to Life
October 13th, 2011 at 5:10 am
It’s so inspiring to see your beginnings. You definitely had a clear vision of where you wanted to go with your blog and your talents from the start. I admire that a lot! Thank you for sending us back here, to remind us of where it all began. :-)
October 13th, 2011 at 6:56 am
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. It is very inspiring to see where you started and where you are today. It was evident from this post that you have a gift! I can relate to feeling like something is a part of who you are and love that you expressed how you feel about designing! Again thank you for this and congratulations on having your dream of becoming a designer come true!
October 13th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Holly,
thank you very much for letting us into your world. I see so much of myself in all this.
It gives me great hope to know what is possible.
xxx
Lelanie´s last [type] ..Interior photography by Vincent Leroux.
October 13th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Hi Holly,
Thank you for sharing.
Lana
October 13th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Hey Holly! Thanks for sharing! Really,really appreciate it!
October 14th, 2011 at 1:02 am
Thank you for sharing your very first blog post with us, Holly!
I really did enjoy reading it and found it inspirational, too!
Mary C. Nasser´s last [type] ..New Work Wednesday: Park
October 19th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Wow great to see the “start”. I’m listening to your words as I read this and it’s all coming together for me
Mary Middleton Design
Mary Middleton Design´s last [type] ..Jonathan Adler New Store and GIVEAWAY
December 4th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Yessss !
Evening after evening, I read all the 675 pages of this blog !
I liked almost all the things you’ve presentated, thank you for such beautifull articles.