In college, I remember walking down the streets of Nevada (nuh-VAY-duh), Missouri, on my way to my internship with the funny little man who did the news at the local radio station. I would look at the doors of the houses and shops I passed, wondering what went on inside, and could I just pop in and ask?
And then I got a journalism degree. And a camera. And a microphone. And let me tell you, you can poke your nose in a lot of doors and ask a lot questions in the name of storytelling. I absolutely love it.
So it was pretty much a field day for me when I got to tour the home of my equivalent of a rockstar. Nancy Mims is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Mod Green Pod – an organic line of fabrics and wallpaper that caught my eye long before I knew Nancy was an Austinite.
No surprise, her home is just as memorable as her fabric designs. But what has left the biggest impression on me are Nancy’s views on life… why she loves graffiti, how she sees old things with new eyes, and the daily habit she’s developed to feed her creativity. And I’m pretty sure I won’t forget her story of when inspiration hit, in the form of Easy Cheese.
Watch my interview with Nancy Mims, and a tour of her hip home (video).
And while you do that, I’ll get busy wallpapering every flat surface in my house with Mod Green Pod wallpaper.