Spotlight: Amanda Wilson of DIY design
Mon Aug 18 2025
What I enjoyed was that she is:
She was a Visual Arts Therapist, An ABA Therapist, that turned to her hidden talent of fixing things.Ā She is her fatherās daughter.Ā Learned from her dad and uses his tools at times.Ā That resonated with me.Ā How important it is to have a mentor and how it can affect your childās life indefinitely.Ā Her attitude was:Ā just do it and it can always be fixed.Ā All mistakes can be fixed.Ā When designing a spaceā¦.you donāt have to have figured out everything.Ā Start with something you love, a piece of furniture or wall paper and then build around that.Ā Lastly, you donāt have to start and finish the project immediately.Ā Sometimes great to let it simmer, sit with it a while until you realize how you will use the space.
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What I enjoyed was that she is: She was a Visual Arts Therapist, An ABA Therapist, that turned to her hidden talent of fixing things.Ā She is her fatherās daughter.Ā Learned from her dad and uses his tools at times.Ā That resonated with me.Ā How important it is to have a mentor and how it can affect your childās life indefinitely.Ā Her attitude was:Ā just do it and it can always be fixed.Ā All mistakes can be fixed.Ā When designing a spaceā¦.you donāt have to have figured out everything.Ā Start with something you love, a piece of furniture or wall paper and then build around that.Ā Lastly, you donāt have to start and finish the project immediately.Ā Sometimes great to let it simmer, sit with it a while until you realize how you will use the space.