First of all, thank you for visiting my site and for reading my very first blog post! My name is Talisha Bailey and I am a home decor enthusiast and have a passion for transforming spaces into beautiful rooms that make a house a home. This passion started at a very young age for me; I remember as a child looking at the JCPenney catalogs and circling the furniture that I would buy for my dream home and sketching out ideas of what my perfect home would look like when I grew up. Both of my grandmothers instilled this passion in me as they kept their homes in immaculate condition and taught me the importance of keeping a clean space. My mother never had to worry about me keeping my room clean because I genuinely enjoyed having a beautiful, well organized space to live in. I remember getting my first apartment on my own and how excited I was to decorate every room; that was more exciting to me than having my independence. One of the most exciting times in my life is when my husband and I built our first home. We were living in a one bedroom apartment before we moved into our house, and I could not contain my excitement for buying new furniture while our home was being built so we crammed our apartment full of new furniture pieces until we were able to move into our new home. I created design boards for every room in the house before the foundation was even laid, and had our entire house decorated and organized within a week of moving in. Owning a home and making it my own has been one of the best privileges of my adult life.
A little bit about my personal life. I have been married for almost a year now, and dated my now husband for nearly 8 years before getting married. My husband has 2 kids from a previous marriage, and we are desperately working on having a child of our own together. We aren’t able to conceive naturally so we decided to go the IVF route. Our first round of IVF resulted in 2 healthy embryos (one boy and one girl). We were over the moon with excitement that we were able to get one of each gender and were so excited about expanding our family. Unfortunately, both embryo transfers resulted in heartbreak. I have not lost faith though, and I remain hopeful that we will be able to have our beautiful baby someday soon. In the meantime, we will continue to travel as much as we can, even if that means a quick weekend road trip with a group of friends. I enjoy staying fit and maintaining a healthy lifestyle to the best of my ability, and I love spending time with my family and staying strong in my faith.
From a professional standpoint, I have worked in the retail industry for over 12 years and currently work as a merchant. For those of you who don’t know what that is, I basically live and breathe the 5 P’s; product, price, place, promotion and people. I determine the best product for my category of business that the customer wants, I decide on what price to sell the product at that provides value to the customer while remaining profitable, how to promote the product in a way that the customer best responds to, all while determining how the product will be merchandised in the store to create a positive shopping experience. I think many of these principles translate well into decorating a home as you are constantly looking for products that will best suit your home or space at a reasonable price to stay within your budget, while deciding how the product will be placed in your home to create a pleasing aesthetic.
These are the things that have inspired me to create a platform where I can share my passion for home decor and my ideas to help you have a dream home of your own. The purpose of this blog will be to provide you with inspiration while saving you time and money. I will begin this journey with a ‘Refresh Series’ where I will be updating the rooms in my home on a budget and providing you with the step by step process and will share links of the items I use, how I stay within budget, and of course the coveted before and after pictures to show the transformation. I am so excited about starting this new journey and I hope you will join me on this venture.
Thank you in advance for your support!
♥️ Talisha