Open House

Welcome to the part of my life you haven’t seen yet.

Hi loves!

For as much of my life as I’ve spent in front of a camera, there’s still so much of me you’ve never actually seen. You’ve watched the renovations and you’ve seen glimpses of my life on different episodes of Windy City Rehab and Sin City Rehab, but the in between is where so much of the good stuff is.

So welcome to a place where I get to share it all. Substack feels like the perfect platform for me to really talk to you and share with you and to build a community with you. A place where I can bare it all, share it all and explain it in detail. Not just a caption.

Real stories and experiences, lessons and advice, places that changed the way I think about design, tiny restaurants I’ll fly halfway across the world to eat at again, beauty products in my suitcase that I can’t live or travel without, the jeans I’m wearing on repeat, and the antiques I couldn’t leave behind... all of it gets to live here!

Of course we’ll talk design, but we’ll also dive into building a life you’re obsessed with… because design is never just about the houses we live in. It’s how we get dressed, how we host people, what we collect, and the risks we take.

You’ll come with me behind the scenes of my TV shows and projects before anyone else sees them. Inside client meetings, through renovations that almost break me, and onto airplanes. We’ll move through my latest design finds and the lessons I’ve learned…

Some weeks we’ll talk about marble. Others, we’ll talk about my 24 rounds of egg freezing, my secrets to sleeping 9 hours a night or how I rebuilt my life from the ground up.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that inspiration never comes from just one place. It comes from a perfectly worn brass handle, a conversation with a stranger, a hotel lobby in Paris, or an old Greek recipe from my yiayia. Maybe it comes from a mistake that turns into your best idea, or a room that makes you feel something before you can even explain why.

Everything inspires everything. That’s what you’ll find here. Not perfectly polished or overly curated. Just me.

I’m so excited you’re here. I’m so happy we get to do this. Now let’s build something beautiful together.

See you next Tuesday,
XxAlison