Bungalow Musings
(Stories & reflections from The Bohemian Bungalow)
Being Single on Valentine’s Day and Trying to Believe in Love, Again
An honest Valentine’s Day essay about being single, longing for love, and navigating modern dating without hardening your heart.
Art Girl Winter: The Art Girl Aesthetic, Lived In
Winter in New York sharpens solitude and ambition alike. This is an art girl winter diary on thrifted fashion, private glamour, and using style as a creative ritual as an emerging artist in New York.
When Emotions Have Nowhere to Go, I Paint: Painting As Therapy for Mental Health
When emotions have nowhere to go, they live in the body. This essay explores painting as therapy. This is where color, movement, and mess become a way to release what words can’t hold.
5 Little Luxuries That Make Life Feel More Beautiful (Even When It’s Hard)
Life doesn’t always feel beautiful, but beauty doesn’t need perfect circumstances to exist. These are the little luxuries, through small rituals and everyday moments, I return to when life feels heavy.
Inside My Closet: New York Winter Wardrobe Essentials
A lookbook of New York winter wardrobe essentials from inside the closet of a Hudson Valley artist.
Skincare After Depression: A Softer Way Back to Myself
A personal reflection on skincare after depression—how patience, simplicity, and daily ritual replaced perfection, helping me rebuild trust with my skin and myself.
My Morning Skincare Routine: Sheet Masks, Coffee, and a Soft Start to the Day
A slow, intentional morning skincare routine that grounds me in winter—hydration, sheet masks, soft makeup, and small rituals that help me return to myself before the day begins.
Winter Studio Notes: Healing Through Art and A New Art Series
A December journal from my studio—on grief, winter light, creative rituals, and the quiet healing that happens through art when I return to the canvas again.
Single During the Holidays: A Story About Loneliness and Pie
A quiet Thanksgiving morning, a cold side of the bed, and a pie I made instead of disappearing. A soft, cinematic reflection on being single during the holidays.
Holiday Sadness: Finding Hope When the Season Feels Heavy
An honest look at holiday sadness, the ache beneath the sparkle, and the small, tender ways we choose hope anyway.
Inside My Closet: Style, Survival, and a New York Autumn
Fall in New York, vintage fur, quiet hope. This is dressing up as a form of resistance, tenderness, and emotional survival.
Starting Over After Burnout: The Quiet Art of Returning to Yourself
I disappeared for a while. Now I’m rebuilding my life in rain, rituals, and small, stubborn acts of beauty.
Soft Productivity: A Gentle Return To Creativity And Discipline
I chased perfection and lost my way. Now I build slower, softer, and let discipline feel beautiful again.
The Statement Pieces Edit
I stopped saving my bold pieces for “someday.” This is how I make statement fashion feel wearable every day.
Being Bohemian in New York’s Suburbs: A Creative Life on the Hudson
How I embrace bohemian living in New York’s suburbs—blending creativity, style, and intention along the Hudson.
Gallery-Ready: My New York Art Show Debut and the Ritual of Becoming
For my debut New York art show, I got ready like I was becoming. Silk, curls, courage. This is how I stepped into my artist era.