Earlier this month I shared the big news that I bought my first home!  Working on making my house a home has been, well, a struggle.  That’s why I’m so excited to be working with Levity of Levity Interiors to help create the office of my dreams.

My decision to buy a home of my own has been one in the making for years– 10 to be exact.

Moving after graduation from my hometown of Boston to Jacksonville was not the plan.  I figured I had a year or two before moving out of state.  But circumstances outside of my control brought me to Florida.

New city, new job, new friends.  It was a lot of new and I had a lot on my plate that made the idea of venturing out on my own overwhelming and scary.  And over the next decade I would start the process of getting my own place multiple times without it coming to fruition.  I ended up psyching myself out, crippled by fear and resorted to just making it work with what I had.

In that time I started Musings of a Curvy Lady as a hobby that has turned into a part-time job that I adore.

I love creating content to share on my platforms but the idea of creating over time felt more like a chore than something I would get excited about.  My feelings had a lot to do with not having a proper space of my own that I could work and grow in.

After losing my studio rental space and having to haul all of my equipment solo into my mom’s garage I made the decision right then and there; enough was enough.

At that moment I decided that I was going to buy a house so not only I would have my own living space but a creative work space that was my own.  No need to haul or store equipment on someone else’s property.

I knew once I got my house the first room that I wanted to fully furnish would be my home office.

This is where I would essentially create the career of my dreams and I needed the space to reflect that.  I wanted it to be beautiful and chic but to be honest I was so overwhelmed by the entire process I didn’t know where to begin.

I’m so fortunate to have discovered Levity Interiors via Instagram.  Levity is a local design consultant here in Jacksonville and soon after following one another on the ‘gram I fell in love with her gumption and design work.  Her and her fiancé Clayton are renovating their second home and it’s amazing to watch the transformation.

One day I decided to email Levity and ask if she would be interested in helping me design a room in my new home.

No answer.  

Crickets.

Nada.

A whole week went by.  I was bummed but could understand why.  We’re all just so busy.

But I decided to send her a DM just to follow up on the initial email and after just a few moments later, Levity wrote back with an astounding yes!  She was so excited to want to collaborate and I was so surprised she said yes.

We immediately got to work starting with answering a design questionnaire and pulling ideas onto a Pinterest board.  Levity drafted a design board and after one revision we had our final draft ready to implement.

I can’t believe this is my office!  You can watch my initial reaction to seeing it on my YouTube Channel.

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I am just over the moon with the final result.  It’s beautiful, chic, romantic, feminine and perfectly cozy.

This office means so much more than just a work space.  This is where I’m going to make my dreams a reality.  I’m so thankful to Levity for taking the thoughts runnings around in my head and helping me create this perfect creative space.

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Stay Lovely!