Design a home, creative life, and business that feel deeply like you.
EST. 2006
I’m Holly Becker - founder of decor8, interior designer, author, product designer, and creative mentor. I help women create more beautiful homes, clearer brands, and more meaningful creative work through design, teaching, writing, and thoughtful guidance.
Maybe your home no longer reflects who you are.
Maybe your brand feels scattered.
Maybe you’ve outgrown the version of yourself you built years ago and you’re ready for something more aligned, elevated, and personal.
You don’t need more noise.
You need a trained eye, a clear direction, and a space to reconnect with your own taste, voice, and next step.
I believe the best homes, brands, and creative businesses are built from the inside out.
They begin with self-knowledge, emotional honesty, and a strong point of view - then translate into spaces, stories, visuals, and offers that feel cohesive and alive.
Explore my world
READ
For my studio life - from interior inspiration, styling ideas, trend insights, and soulful living to deeper essays, personal reflections, creative business thoughts, and behind-the-scenes projects that I’m working on.
LEARN
For courses, workshops, and 1:1 mentoring on creativity, interior design, photography, publishing, branding, and design-led business.
or
HIRE
Book live workshops and customer-facing events for shops, cafés, studios, and design-led brands.
BUY
Learn about my most recent collaboration, rugs designed from with my sensory, European-American aesthetic, and GET REAL, my most recent e-book.
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“Decor8 feels like having a design-savvy friend who’s always ready to offer fresh ideas and practical advice.”
— Kieron Marchese, AD Middle East
Holly Becker is an American interior designer, author, and founder of decor8, the beloved design blog she launched in 2006 and writes from northern Germany. She is the author of four bestselling books on design and creative living, and her work has been featured in publications including Architectural Digest, The Wall Street Journal, Elle Decor, Brigitte, Elle Decoration UK, Where Women Create, Real Simple, and domino. Holly is also a product designer for brands in both the USA and Germany, has written forewords for numerous design books, and served as co-founder and creative director of HOLLY magazine, published by Gruner + Jahr in Germany.
Learn more about Holly here.
Read my blog
Since January 2006, decor8 has been my online home for sharing ideas on interiors, creativity, and living well. While I post here more infrequently these days, you can find me weekly on Substack.
Below, you’ll find twenty years of archives to explore and enjoy. xo, Holly
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