My first post! And A La Recherche is born!

Welcome to my blog "A La Recherche" and to Kate Kelly Design! This is something I've wanted to do for a verrrry long time, and I am so very excited to get started. A little bit about me and the inspiration for this blog: When I was growing up, I wanted to be many things -- an architect, a fashion designer, a psychologist, a writer and an editor (all at the same time, naturally). I have flirted with bits and pieces of each to varying degrees over time, but I eventually settled into a career in finance and just finished my MBA. While I love finance, I have always felt a strong pull towards design, and now, in my "old age," I have found that while I am none of those dreamy childhood aspirations per se, interior design, personal styling and helping others find the things they're searching for allows me to fulfill those childhood dreams. Design has been a hobby of mine forever, and I am so excited to get started in a more tangible and real way.

In my mind, I've been calling this (yet-to-be written) blog "A La Recherche" (translation "In Search") for a number of reasons. In college, I majored in comparative literature with a focus on French philosophy and in the process was introduced to Marcel Proust's work, A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time). I find Proust's view of the world so beautiful and his words endlessly inspiring, and you'll find them pop up now and again in this blog and on this website. He wrote about life, love, beauty, art, architecture, psychology, music, space, time, loss -  everything imaginable. While I'm not searching for lost time here (I tend to be present- and future-focused!), I am constantly searching! For all sorts of things!

Proust's work was about inspiration, and this blog is about inspiration and really great things. Color, texture, scent, space, feel, light - in clothing, products, interiors and exteriors. The world is a gorgeous place and we have the ability to build our own habitat and wardrobe to express ourselves in a way that feels inspiring and wonderful and just right for us. We are constantly evolving as people, and so should the space around us and the way we express ourselves in it.
 
So, let's start with one of my favorite Proust quotes:

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

("Le véritable voyage de découverte ne consiste pas à chercher de nouveaux paysages, mais à avoir de nouveaux yeux" for you Frenchies.)

This whole blog is about seeking and seeing. I can't wait to share with you the things that inspire me and the things I'm searching for. And I can't wait to learn about what inspires you and what you are searching for!

Happy searching :)
KK