In The Beginning There Was…
Well, it all started when I was a kid. My parents were DIY-home-renovators, and they, in fact, were OBSESSED with starting renovations. I call it an obsession because it was definitely unhealthy. I am not exaggerating when I say my family home was always under renovation. When I say always, I mean ALWAYS. My family and friends can testify to this. Whenever my friends came over, they’d ask me questions like “Where did the kitchen go?”, “Why is the ceiling falling off?”, “Why is the staircase missing?!”. It was absolute chaos and embarrassing. My parents were really good at starting renovations, but not so good at finishing renovations. I guess starting renovations gave them a dopamine hit like no other. I mean, hey, everyone has their vice, right?
All this to say, my family and I got adjusted to living in a constant state of renovation. Through this experience, I got into Interior Design and also became mentally distressed from living in a constant state of renovation (but that’s a topic for my therapist). Growing up, instead of watching The Family Channel, I would watch shows on the W Network, including Divine Design and Colour Confidential. I was so intrigued by anything Interior Design related and realized I naturally had the Interior Design eye. That is when I started to get involved in my family’s home renovations. You see, my parents loved renovations, but they also had awful taste and bizarre ideas. My mom loved stencilled walls and my father loved chunky wood furniture…together it was an interesting combination.
I started to school them on how to style the home. I started to select the paint colours, flooring, materials, etc. Once they started to listen to me, our house started to shape up nicely. It was through this that I started to imagine myself doing this professionally, and in April 2017, Spaces by Dee was started.
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