ABOUT

Years ago, my husband and I bought an old house. Walking through and around the silent home, I knew it had a story it was waiting to tell. A story about the trees that loomed over its head and the birds that circled in its sky. A story about the earth that pressed in at its underbelly and the wind that snuck through its eaves. A story about the damp wetness spored on its papered walls and the people who had lived inside them.

As a pattern designer and restoration artist, my goal is to help tell this story. My patterns are inspired by the relationship between my house and its grounds. These patterns are created with specific rooms in mind, but can only be painted in them after the rooms are restored. My husband and I work on the restoration process together: mending walls and trim, restoring windows, and removing old lead paint. As the years go by and the restoration process continues, I realize that my husband and I are no longer simply telling a story. We are now a part of it.