grace:manifesting the future

While Grace may be a fourth year college student working in the fitness industry, you wouldn’t know that from her room’s first glance. Grace’s room, like Sunny’s, is a space dedicated to a carefully curated aesthetic that focuses on feelings of peace, balance, and harmony. Everything in this room feels as though it belongs together: the warm color palette, organic shapes, and inspirational imagery not only visually connect, but also serve as a great representation of the energy that Grace gives out. Grace is known for her positivity, expressing herself through other forms like a social media page dedicated to inspirational quotes, affirmations, and self love. This room is less a representation of her professional pursuits as it is her mental ones.

Everything in this room was selected for its comfort: “I am definitely drawn towards the comfy cozy. I want the things in my space to be comfortable and functional.” Therefore her space has become an area that focuses on the feeling it brings people who enter it. Grace has been able to capture the comfort and familiarity of home without copying the spaces in which she grew up: “I think the things in this room are less symbolic of where I come from and more so symbolic of the places I want to spend more time in and where I see myself in the future.” Grace introduces the idea that interior design can balance symbols of where we come from, while embracing our future goals and manifesting the energy we see in our futures. In this way, interior design has become more than a form of self expression, it has become a form of self visualization.

Q: What does interior design mean to you?

A: Definitely self expression, but also functionality. I don’t love modern, sharp edges that are more sterile and less cozy. I am definitely drawn towards the comfy cozy. I want the things in my space to be comfortable and functional. Interior design to me is about creating a space that feels warm and inviting, where people can come in and have appreciation for it, but at its core this is my space. I want a space to be a balance of aesthetic as well as comfortable.

Q: Would you say your room has changed with you as your identity has grown and developed?

A: It’s definitely developed over time. I moved in last year and my gallery wall has grown as I’ve collected things and visited new places. I feel if I had seen this room four years ago, I would’ve thought ‘oh she’s so girly’ and not identified with the room at that point in my life. Now, my room is more of a manifestation of where I want to go. My room at home is totally different, and I think the things in this room are less symbolic of where I come from and more so symbolic of the places I want to spend more time in and where I see myself in the future.

Q: How would you describe your personal style?

A: I don’t know if I have a specific personal style. My old bedroom design used to be blues and oceans and things like that. It was very symbolic of where I used to live and what I grew up around. When I moved to California my vibe changed in the way I express myself in that now I’m more into pinks and flowers, and everything in my space is a representation of the places I’ve been and people who’ve touched me. It’s a collection of pieces of me. I’m multifaceted and I don’t have one specific style. I’m really proud of this space because it is a calm space that shows my personality, and I feel like it’s the first thing I’ve been able to design myself. It very much feels like my room.