A Letter from Lindsay ❀

Hey friend!

What would your idea of a perfect evening be? If I could design a series of perfect evenings, one of them would surely look something like this.

I'm freshly everything-showered, I smell like Dans les Bois, I'm wearing a cute but comfortable set (like this one), and I meet up with my best girlfriends at a vibey little lounge. We get tucked into a bougie corner and eat girl dinner — probably an assortment of crudité, lemon ricotta pizza, and yes, we absolutely save room for dessert. (I hope there's creme brûlée!) We sip strawberry jam and basil mocktails (unfortunately, surely, with paper straws), and we finish with cappuccinos. Stories are shared. New memories are made. Our faces hurt from laughing.

What does the lounge look like, you ask? I'll tell you.

I've been to a handful of places like the one I'm about to describe, and every time I feel completely transported. It's got a vintage, probably Palm Beach-inspired aesthetic. Lots of Art Deco, deep greens mixed with pastels. I'm probably sitting in a rattan chair, or on green velvet… there's some combination of tiki music or Billie Holiday or ambient jazz playing through the speakers, and it's definitely covered in plants. Fiddle leaf figs, palms, and ferns of varying sizes and styles. For sure a monstera or two. The lushness of the plants fills the room and transports anyone in their company to a place that feels delightfully far away, yet somehow familiar.

And that feeling — the one I just described to you — is exactly what I'd love to bring to your home with my new painting, The Botanist.

Plant Shop has been one of my all-time best sellers. I love her, you love her… and for good reason! She's light and airy and lush, with pretty pastels that complement the greenery. The Botanist is her more monochromatic, moodier, grown up cousin, and I have a feeling you're going to love her just as much.

Whether you're a plant person or can't keep anything alive but love the idea of being transported somewhere lush and wonderful, I think this piece is for you. I can say this from experience, because I recently styled my entire bathroom around this new painting, and now every time I walk in, I feel like I'm at a fancy spa. I now feel very grown up and responsible and also inspired all while brushing my teeth. And I'm reminded again and again what a difference an intentional piece of art or two and a gallon of paint make! (I also used these floating shelves — 10/10 recommend — and styled them with this tulip botanical.)

Thank you so much for cheering me on and inviting my art into your homes. Bringing you beauty and a little retreat in the midst of your everyday is such an honor, and I can't wait to see what you think of The Botanist.

See you for girl dinner soon? If not in real life, at least in spirit.