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I'd love to what you bring as far as toiletries/makeup. That's always the hardest for me, especially when carrying on.

Thank you. Going camping tomorrow for a week and mentally you're video helpen me not overpacking!!

Looking at the clothes spread out on the bed, it makes me so happy! All the patterns and colours, yet somehow cohesive. Enjoy your trip!

love hearing a bit about your education and work, thank you for sharing! :)

Love hearing your strategy laid out! It's so easy to fill the cart at the thrift store and feel overwhelmed when the pieces come home.

It is super interesting, thank you

love Your style and content :)

I love your measured systematic way of speaking and laying out your points, it's so refreshing. These are such solid tips!!

You're tattoos are amazing

“I’ve been looking for this.” 😂

Omg, I can so relate to bouncing around projects, but I found myself forgeting and/or not finishing my projects🫠 starting my chanel helped with that🫶🏻 I love your videos, your voice is so relaxing🥰 I’m curious, do you embroider with your chainstitch machine? I have one on my ultimate sewing bucket list!

Hellooo Rachel, this video was so relaxing, I really liked the tip about the tags, never thought about it but it makes perfect sense! I kinda recently reignited my inner fire with upcycling. I work in retail and always had an uniform and also struggled with how huge portion of my closet is taken by black and dark blue clothes that have to follow certain dresscode. So i try to be very intentional about all my other clothes and how I try to make them unique and long lasting.. thank you for your YT content, I originaly found you on IG and you inspired me and shifted completely my thinking about color combos. Love your style 🫶🏻

Hi Rachel! Thanks so much for this video, it was really inspiring! Eventhough I was already thrifting most of my stuff and clothes, this makes me even more motivated to invest in fun clothes that fit me that are second hand/vintage. I appreciate it that you also point out the part of overconsumption, but I also feel like you appreciate every piece that you buy, and treat it the right way. You only buy what you feel like you would wear or make you really happy and if after a while you don’t wear it, you sell it or give it to another person that will be happy with it; instead of throwing it in the bin. Just wanted to let you know that I think you are being an amazing human being, a lot of people can learn from you, and I hope you keep up the good work ♥️

Good luck with your writing and best wishes with what you are choosing to read. I'm currently at page 951 of the Count of Monte Cristo. Still got some page to go. Happy reading.

Loved this! Started The Artists Way last year but lost track about halfway through… aiming to go back to it when my uni term ends! I’m 46 and have a guilt factor around my creative play… like I should be doing something else but like yourself I’m single and childfree so my life is very much my own… it’s crazy how much social conditioning affects how we think!

I’ve been working on my own little non traditional life for a few years now but am currently in that agitated depressed funk… thank you for sharing your thoughts on curiosity and reminding me that I only have to make small changes to make my life bigger again 🤍

You should make stuff and sell it! I’m obsessed with that checkered bib you made!

Love how you've decorated everything you're definitely decoration inspo!

I really love your style! And good advice. I never had a word for it but I always imagine all these outfits I am going to wear and I end up never wearing them. Too aspirationally is a good way to put it! 1 fancy outfit probably is enough for most trips, I'll keep that all in mind!

You could attach a curtain rod to the wall and hang anything you'd like! I think I'd do a floor to ceiling graphic print that ties your room together.

I love the rug idea - I have a rug hanging behind my bed. It hangs from a dowel attached to the back of the rug with an eye screw on either side and a piece of picture-hanging wire. All of it is invisible when the rug is hung up, and it looks great! I also thought of another option if you have extra curtains or other large fabric around, you could just hang a curtain over the part of the wall with the a/c. I've seen some cool images of curtains behind beds on pinterest!

I really like the rug idea, i think it would provide the most visual interest. other than the ceiling you could also get a curtain rod to hang it. The first thing I thought tho, was to put a really chunky canvas over the top. I have a few that are really thick and stick out from the wall a lot. It seems like you could just rest it on there. maybe add some adhesive but not have to bother with the ceiling hanging or having the gap

Personally I love the rug idea! I think it goes the best with your other artwork and colors. I went through the exact same thing in my home with those dang through-wall air conditioners! They are so hard to decorate around. I love the solutions you've come up with!

Could you attach it directly onto the aircon… an perhaps but as of led light behind it to give a glow from behind the picture so it look more intentional as to why it is off the wall and not flush to be wall like the others?

I really like the picture frame ideas. I think the striped fabric has my top vote. A couple of things that came to mind as you noodled: 1. you would still see the AC from the pillow when you look up. Could you also create depth on the side of the frame to cover the AC completely from visibility? I know this is a me thing and wouldn’t necessarily translate to a you thing, but still being able to see that when laying down would bug me. Maybe almost shadowboxing the frame could also help you hang it directly on the wall around the AC instead of from the ceiling. 2. I also really love that rug in the room with what you have updated, but it might add a lot of weight back to a space that you’re trying to lighten- both literally and visually. I think it would be absolutely lovely to layer on top of the new cream revival rug you have! That’s such a West Elm aesthetic thing, but those two rugs would layer so well if you still wanted that in the room.

I would try out the striped fabric option first, as it already ties in with the room.

You always inspire me. I’m slowly but surely working on my self care. I’ve been a mom for my whole adult like. Now in my early 40s I’m figuring out that I matter also.

Thank you for the reminder to let my creativity flow with my clothes! absolutely love your instagram and now this channel for longer form content!

Realizing that societal norms that I was chasing weren’t serving me was huge for my self-fulfillment. Your talks like this always leave me feeling inspired. 💜

I really enjoyed this! I love your instagram so this was cool to have pop up in my recommended. I also just got back from a 4 day trip with a strict hand luggage allowance only and I also am a shopper while I'm abroad so it was interesting hearing your experiences from someone not looking to just create the bog standard capsule wardrobe, and who goes away knowing it's likely they'll be accumulating a few things while they're away.

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okay, a lil off topic but where are those shelves from? Do you recommend them?? Thanks!

I resonate SO MUCH with this talk about curiosity! Thank you for the reminder to let my creativity show up in multiple ways 💕

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This is such a useful video!!! I’m going to Germany/The Netherlands this month, so I really appreciated how to talk through bringing cohesive pieces. I especially liked the reflection afterwards - that’s something I need to start doing lol

Loving your long form content! Your home of beautiful, and I love hearing stories of how people decorate so intentionally

I’ve been working through an office refresh and struggling to try to make my office “cohesive” with the rest of my house - specifically when it comes to art and textiles. Thank you so much for the reminder that our spaces can be reflections of different facets of ourselves. I’m going to really work on letting go of the idea that the whole house has to be cohesive. You’re such a light, thanks for sharing with us. ☀️

Love the video. Your Instagram has inspired me numerous times whether it’s fashion or your home style.

I'm so excited you're on CZcams! Not gonna lie, I though the floor squeaking underneath you was you tooting at first. Gave me quite the giggle.

Girl, thank you so much! It was really inspiring to see. 😊😊

Loved the video! Also liked the reflections you guided us while packing - it helps understand where those style choices are coming from. I noticed in the first part that you were packing aspirationally, so later, when you said comfy clothes are better, i was reassured i because it was my thought exactly. Thank you! ❤

Really enjoyed this! If you do a packing/reflection video again, I'd love to see photos of what you wore each day - to be able to visualise the outfits, and how the items you packed all worked together. Looking forward to more videos!

Loved this video and really loving seeing this longer format from you! 😌 I’m more of a CZcams girlie at heart, so while I came from your IG content, I looooove being able to put on a longer video of someone talking about things they love. Can’t wait to see what else you end up making on your channel! It was also great to hear your insight about how you’ve been collecting textiles, where you look, and your overall approach to styling in your home. I’m looking at possibly having a place of my own sometime soon, and it’s so inspiring to see how you transform your space into a reflection of yourself. Thanks for that! 💛

Really enjoyed watching this! I'm planning (probably overplaying) what I'll take for 12 nights in Japan. Really trying to plan mindfully, like you, so this was fun to watch.

Where are your gold hoops from?

Welcome to CZcams! So excited to see you diving in here 😻 love the long form content and all the packing tips!

Yay!! So excited you are here 😊 welcome to CZcams!

I can't wait for more videos! I'm so stoked you're on this platform now.

The little cat!! She is also ready to go!! 💖💖 really nice video, first time I saw how do you packing helped me a lot with my clothes!

Congrats on your first CZcams video, Rachael!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Love the post- trip reflections! I'm certainly an ambitious packer as well, so this was very helpful 🤗 So happy to see you on this side of the internet 💕