05/15/2026
👋🏻 I’m Nicole.
Somehow I turned my childhood love of floor plans and trespassing on construction sites into a career. 😝
When I was a college student studying architecture and interior design (yes, double major because apparently I enjoy suffering), I struggled deeply with the meaning of the work. At the time, design felt frivolous to me. Meaningless. What was the point of making pretty spaces when there were people out in the world who needed more tangible help?
So after three agonizing years, I walked away entirely and changed career paths, while holding onto design as a personal hobby through the years. Helping friends pick paint colors. Updating my homes. Obsessing over real estate listings for fun. Normal behavior.
After a 10-year career in wellness and eventually becoming a mom, I found my way back by flipping houses. And as it turns out…I was pretty good at it. More importantly, I loved it. (Didn’t I mention I loved suffering?)
Over time, life gave me a perspective I didn’t have when I was younger. I started to believe that creating beauty and comfort in everyday life actually matters. That homes shape people more than we often realize. And if you can make someone’s daily life feel calmer, more functional, and more joyful, then that isn’t frivolous at all.
I’ve now spent the last 15 years renovating, styling, and understanding homes in a way that’s given me a unique perspective: not just what looks good, but what actually works. The hidden tradeoffs. The costly mistakes. The small changes that actually improve daily life in ways people never expected.
The best feedback I get from clients is usually some version of: “You really listened.” or “We never would’ve thought of that.”
Honestly, that means everything to me. Because helping people create homes that function better for their real lives IS the point.
So this is just a small, rare hello and a genuine thank you—to everyone who has followed along the way, to the hundreds of clients who have trusted me with their homes, and everyone who has ever recommended me to someone they know.
You’ve made me feel like this work matters. And that truly means the world to me. 🥲
