Hi I’m Kristin

Wife, Mama, Dog Mom, Plant Mom, Registered Interior Designer + Owner of Fuzzy Hippo Shop.

I also love thrifting, being in the kitchen, building community, typography, graphic design, reading with my kids, soccer, seed harvesting/testing things out in our garden, midcentury furniture, vintage blouses/scarves, decluttering, organizing, all things design + hippos, of course!

My story was rooted in hands-on creating + problem solving long ago.

As a child, I was an avid room rearranging, always drawing, creating + reinventing both inside + outside.

I was not someone growing up that knew who they wanted to be + want they wanted to do when they grew up, I just knew I would be using my hands, being creative (as I perceived it to be) + helping people.

Fast forward a bit + I earned my undergraduate + graduate degrees in architecture.

In some ways, architecture was the perfect fit for me. I had originally planned to become a licensed architect.

I have always been fascinated with space + in particular, how people lived in their homes. I stayed in “traditional architecture” for many years working on residential projects, then shifted over to educational architecture + interiors (schools). Both were deeply rewarding + made me hyper focused on how every dollar + square foot in design means something - so we’d better use it wisely! Resourceful design is still ingrained in everything I do.

When I started Fuzzy Hippo Shop in 2011, it looked a lot different than it does now.

I made my business official because I had applied for an Etsy Dallas show + was required to have my TX sales tax ID as a business - so I made it official.

Oddly enough, corporate architecture left me feeling creatively zapped. I wanted to do more with my hands. In those days, I was refurbishing + reinventing furniture pieces that I would thrift or find at garage/estate sales. I found new clients through my Etsy shop + shipped furniture pieces all over the US. I was also making typography inspired artwork, custom pieces + paper goods. Yep, a little bit of many things I love!

Then I shifted careers, sort of.

About 8-ish years into my architecture career, I shifted my heart + my focus to Interior Design.

To be honest, it was what I wanted to do all along + I finally went for it. I had the luxury of observing the field + collaborating with other designers while focused on technical architecture, so it was a smoother transition than I’d imagined. I found out quickly that a strong part of my personality / God-given skill set was being a liaison between groups of people + fields that often found themselves in miscommunications.

Fast forward a few more years + I became a registered Interior Designer in TX.

In the midst of this effort, I had 2 children, studied for + passed my professional exams, quit my corporate interior design job, because a registered ID + significantly evolved the focus of my business.

The value of the home environment, of which I was now in almost 24-7, became my acute focus in my own home. Merging everything I had learned professionally + personally about interiors, I decided to shift my focus to helping others live better in their own home. I learned quickly that home either supports you or hinders you, in so many aspects of your life. And you get to choose the fate of your home.

Fuzzy Hippo Shop today.

I teach people (mostly women + mamas) how to take control over their home environment, simplify their everyday, live better + become less drained by the spaces in their home.

Most of my offerings include decluttering + organizing guides to help you get results quicker in your home, with the right, strategic steps. I also offer tools to help make daily, mundane tasks simpler for you in your home (like meal planning, scheduling your day or getting that pesky to-do list knocked out). In the last few years, I’ve opened up 1on1 client consultations through in-home + virtual home coaching for decluttering, organizing + interior design.

What we do differently here.

I always teach you how to declutter first, for real life, before we’re ever talking about organizing + design solutions. It’s the gateway to living with more peace + joy in your home. We also declutter differently.

When it come to decluttering, I teach you how to do it in small bursts, in small bits of time, that weave right into your current season of life, regardless of your schedule. It will never be an all or nothing solution here. It’s also an on-going lifestyle + mindset shift to live lighter. When it comes to organizing solutions, I’m not a product pusher + always encourage my clients to shop their own home first to solve problems. I’m far more interested in helping you save money in all aspects of caring for your home, from being more thoughtful about what comes in, to knowing what should leave. Every item must earn it’s place. It is your home after all!