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2022 life update 🤍

so many new faces around here! as of the start of the year, i’ve officially kicked off this little passion project of mine, & i cannot wait to bring you all along!

so, to (re)introduce myself ~ my name is alexis, & i’m a 25-year-old data analyst, spin instructor, & the face behind anddesignco! i live southwest of minneapolis, mn, with my fiancé (chase), dog (padfoot), & cat (roxy). 🤍

i have had a passion for design for as long as i can remember. i was going to study design in college, until i took AP psych 🤓 but, after earning my bachelor’s & master’s degrees, i felt like my creative passion was missing. couple that with wfh and being in my@space 24/7 during covid (still am!), & i turned my attention to curating a more authentic home.

since then, i’ve learned a LOT about my own style, diy + building furniture, & finally started working with others to put together spaces that are functional, beautiful, and feel authentic to them. this is a passion that has brought me so much joy, and i cannot wait to see where it takes me. 🤍

my 2022 goals for this page are:
- redo our master bedroom (more on this soon!)
- establish this lil passion project as a real business with YOUR help!!
- complete 6 diy projects

… and i cannot wait to share all of this, and more!! so, if you’re here & following me along on this adventure - thank you so much. 🥰🤍

No fireplace? No problem!! (Okay, maybe emotional problems - but that’s it)

I so, SO wish we had a fireplace with a beautiful mantle for me to style & hang stockings from… but alas, we live in an apartment. 🥲

Last year, I hung our stockings from our tv stand (go check out some of my older photos - and the horribly dark tv stand we had🥴)… it did the trick, but I wanted something a little different this year… 🤔

Pair that with this HUGE blank wall, which I’ve NEVER, in our two years in this apartment, found something that I liked enough to hang here… and you get - a floating garland “mantle”! 😋

I actually love it - and even Chase approves! 🤩 What do you think?! 🤍