Your first home. Your first colors. Your first designs.

These firsts should be moments of pure joy – moments to stand tall, be bold, and declare to the world: this is me. These are celebrations of your hard work, not sources of frustration or overwhelm.

As someone who's been a first-time renter, moved in with a partner, and bought my first home, I know those feelings. The moments when you should feel strong, you feel small & uncertain. When you should feel proud, you feel confused & overwhelmed.

That's why I created backinfive.

I want your journey to be different. I want you to move through these milestones with ease, confidence, and comfort. To feel big when you deserve to feel big. To be bold, be you, and embrace what you've accomplished.

Your window treatments should express your celebrations, represent who you are – not who you're not.

Every morning when you open your shades, remember: out there is a world of limitless potential waiting for you.

Every evening when you close them, know this: you're carving out something sacred. A space that's yours alone, embodying everything you are and everything that got you here.

You control that power. The world outside is limitless and yours. But inside? You've earned the right to pause, to appreciate, to be appreciated. It's okay to take a break, to be you, to tell the world you'll be backinfive.