This Fayetteville Home Is Guaranteed To Make You Smile (And Want Your Own Chalk Wall)

While I've never physically stepped inside Stacey-Ann Blake (@designaddictmom)'s Fayetteville, North Carolina, home, I can imagine it's one of those places you just never want to leave. It's colorful, comforting, and full of cheerful design features that grow with Stacey-Ann and her family—from a seasonal monster door to rotating chalk art of epic proportions. Talk about a fun house.

Joyful, colorful, fun.

We've had to get creative with repurposing spaces, but that isn't unusual for me as I tended to do that even before the pandemic.

I was pregnant and nesting with our second-born and wanted to create a play space before giving birth, so I painted that wall with chalkboard paint. Now it has morphed into a canvas to showcase the hubby's renowned chalk mural creations.

Possibly wallpapering and painting a few spaces and a few minor outdoor projects once the weather warms up.

It depends on which room I'm in, but the sunroom with Glory The Fig is a favorite space to start my mornings.

The sounds of children playing, a very noisy toddler, and music. The smell of candles, incense, essential oils, and something baking in the oven or being cooked on the stove.

I have a wall of 5-by-5 photographs that I print from my camera roll or my Instagram feed. They are sentimental because they showcase fun memories that sometimes are forgotten, but when you walk by that wall, you can't help but smile and feel joy.

Home is a place for self-expression. Home is a place for vulnerability. Home is safe. Home is where my family is, and love lives at home.