Evelynn Escobar, spends most of her time in nature with her one-year-old Isla. She describes her decor style as youthful, expressive, colorful, and fun. “Simply, it’s giving tasteful inner child,” she says. As the founder of Hike Clerb, an intersectional women’s outdoor club, Evelynn has approached motherhood as a “natural extension of the life [she] had already created for [herself].” So her approach for home decor was no different. Inspired by the shadow work required to parent mindfully, Evelynn’s space evokes a warmth and whimsy that is indicative of the process of “surrendering to the journey and embodying what it means to be a mother, to be a cycle breaker, to rid myself of the limiting self beliefs placed on me,” as she wrote in a recent post on Instagram. “Absolutely everything changed from the moment I knew I was carrying Isla.”
And Isla, who she affectionately refers to as a “GeminIcon,” enhanced Evelynn’s journey as a new mother, but also her design choices. “We buy the pieces she may need developmentally, but in general we’re not doing major changes often because we [had already] added things into the space with growth in mind,” she says. “We already had curated a fun bright vibe for our space and Isla’s little knickknacks fell right in line with that!”
For Mai Nguyen, a mother of two under two living in Houston, Texas, there’s no tension in the interplay between kids’ objects and decor. “We let her mess around with anything with supervision,” says the designer and founder of Iamai. The I Chair, a sleek and playful dining chair that is made of solid walnut, was created with this in mind. “She climbs on it,” Mai says in regards to her daughter Aaliyah. “We make sure she understands and respects the furniture.”
Kristy Scott, a social media personality, digital creator, entrepreneur, and mother of two sons under the age of five, juxtaposes her humorously playful social media content with modern, monochromatic and minimalist decor—which notably consists of a white Restoration Hardware Cloud sectional sofa. This has been her aesthetic of choice since before she had her first child. Instead of swapping her style, and the sofa, for practicality post-baby, Kristy opted for easy to clean modular decor which stays white because of machine washable slipcovers and Ruggable rugs. “To fit [the style] I like, I had to get the white,” she adds. Kristy’s advice is to “get the durable items in the colors that you want.” As for the interplay between colorful kids’ toys and her preferred decor palette, Kristy offers another solution: lots of storage. “They are everywhere,” she says of the multiuse storage pieces placed throughout her home.
Ashley Lennon, mother to baby boy Sunny, relates to the necessity of storage pieces. Her lifestyle brand Museum of Peace and Quiet designs simplistic objects for everyday use—a commitment to “a clear state of mind.” Ashley and her husband Christion share a “love for design and minimalistic things,” so they gravitate toward vintage midcentury pieces and “rare objects that you find while traveling.” As a result, a lot of research goes into selecting pieces for their Orange County home. “If I’m looking at a storage unit I always think about pieces that serve more than one function.” Ashley considers, “How do I get the most out of this piece that I’m about to invest in?” Sustainability, therefore, is at the heart of her approach to design.
Source: architecturaldigest.com