Bungalow Musings
(Stories & reflections from The Bohemian Bungalow)
After My New York Art Show Install: How I’m Practicing Self-Care Before Opening Night
I disappeared in my art studio for weeks, then hung my art on a cafe’s gallery wall. This is what happened in the silence after.
How I’m Prepping for My New York Art Show on a Shoestring Budget
The story of preparing for an art show on a budget. A story about resourcefulness, making it work with limited resources, and getting savvy on a shoestring budget.
Fragments of Becoming: The Stories Behind the Art
I didn’t just paint these pieces—I lived them. This is the cost of becoming. These are the stories behind the artworks in my debut New York show, offered in color and confession.
Snapshots of Becoming: A Summer of Healing and Homecoming
Last summer I was a ghost in pearls, mistaking performance for healing. Now I’m rebuilding through quiet rituals—a slow, sacred return to myself, one small moment at a time.
Growing Pains and Glowing Up: A Glow-Up Journey After Depression and Heartbreak
There’s a side of the glow-up no one talks about. This is the quiet kind, the gritty kind, the kind that happens in the shadows when no one’s watching.
Inside My Closet: Notes on Style and Becoming
This Inside My Closet installment explores personal style as reinvention, where heartbreak, memory, and bohemian fashion shape the woman I’m still becoming.
5 Soulful Rituals to Reignite Your Creative Spark (When You Feel Creative Burnout)
A heartfelt guide for artists and creatives navigating burnout. Discover 5 intentional rituals to return to your craft, your passion, and your inner spark.
The Sunday Loaf: A Sweet Potato Loaf and the Art of Soft Survival
On a quiet April Sunday, I baked a sweet potato loaf not for perfection, but for peace. A tender reflection on grief, survival, and soft hope.
How to Romanticize Your Morning Routine When You’re Struggling Mentally
A gentle guide to rebuilding your mornings from the ground up. This post is for anyone struggling mentally, searching for rhythm, softness, and a reason to begin again.
How to Romanticize Your Life (Even When You’re Depressed)
Romanticizing your life isn’t about perfection—it’s about choosing softness in the middle of the storm. This post explores small rituals that helped me feel human again during depression.
7 Things Things I Romanticize (So I Don’t Fall Apart)
These are the things I romanticize—not because life is perfect, but because I need something to hold onto.
The Making of a Painter: A Hudson Valley Abstract Artist’s Story
A Hudson Valley Abstract Expressionist’s Journey Back to Herself
Bohemian Chic living: Transform Your Space Into a Personal Sanctuary
Intentional living tips to help you declutter with purpose, create rituals rooted in self-care, and design a space that becomes your sanctuary.
Inside my Closet: The Louis Vuitton Speedy Tale of Success and Style
I bought my Louis Vuitton Speedy 30 on a whim—but it turned out to be the most meaningful impulse purchase I’ve ever made. It became a symbol of everything I’d fought for: freedom, self-respect, and the joy of choosing myself.
The Bohemian Blueprint: Living Creatively and Authentically
Beneath the strobe lights and cigarette haze of Asheville’s underground music scene, I found something unexpected: disconnection. The same world that once electrified me began to feel hollow—like I was documenting someone else’s story. It wasn’t until I stepped away from the chaos and returned to painting, alone in my…
Embrace the Bohemian Lifestyle and Live with Soul
The bohemian mindset isn’t just a lifestyle—it’s a way of seeing the world. For me, it’s meant embracing creativity as a daily ritual, dressing like art, and choosing a path fueled by passion, not perfection. From the gritty glow of music venues to the quiet resilience of painting alone in…