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Homes & Gardens
Emma Beryl Kemper

How We Decorate Can Influence How Our Children View The World, So This Is How I'm Approaching Decor Now I'm Pregnant

Living room with pink rug and eclectic modern furniture.

Interior designer Emma Kemper is one of Homes & Gardens' new Editors-At-Large for By Design, sharing her thoughts on decor through her lens of soft light, vintage pieces, and a sepia-tinged palette. See the rest of her articles here.

As I sit down to write this, I’m 8.5 months pregnant with my third child. You might expect me to be deep in the throes of nesting – folding tiny onesies, organizing closets, and rearranging furniture in a flurry of preparation. But the truth is, I haven’t felt that instinct this time, or with the two before. Perhaps it’s because decorating, designing and organizing spaces is what I do every day; when it comes to my own home, the internal switch just hasn’t flipped.

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