Our Story
When my now-husband and I got engaged in our twenties, we decided to do an absolutely rational thing: buy a house. Plant your roots, build equity, set yourself up for financial security. Certified grown-up.
And then we did something completely irrational.
We decided to renovate that 1920s, three-story solid brick home ourselves (with four absolutely amateur, experience-free, virgin hands).
What were we thinking? If I'm being honest, we weren't.
We were dreaming.
At least I can confirm that I was.
Looking back now, seven renovations later, I think about what would've happened if I had listened to the voices girls are taught to hear. The ones that say don't trust your instincts, don't lead with feeling, don't start until you're “ready.”
But I didn't.
I had never wielded a reciprocating saw. I had no background in construction. I had certainly never designed a home top to bottom. And yet, there I was — renovating that first house and planning a wedding at the same time — moving through both with the same mix of instinct, imagination, and a lot of trial and error.
And that's when something clicked.
If you're a girl or woman reading this, you know what it means to be told that leading with feelings and intuition isn't a smart way to move in the world — let alone a valid starting point.
In truth, it's the best place to begin.
Because whether you're planning a remodel or the biggest party you'll maybe ever host in your life, the process is really the same.
Paint chips, centerpieces. Tile samples, party favors.
The choices we make are expressions of who we are — and they should start there: with our taste, our inspiration, and the people we trust to help us think it through.
That's why we built Hom.
A place for women to design the spaces and moments that matter, starting with what's already theirs:
- •The style they've been collecting in their closets
- •The images they've pinned
- •The music that sets the tone
- •The memories they've captured in camera rolls
Because home isn't just a place.
It's a feeling — one that might live in a dorm room, or at a summer wedding, or around a table you set yourself.
Hom is here for all of it.
