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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Decor and the Single Girl was, for eight minutes, a blog post. It came to me at a time when I struggled with the next move in my career and as I teetered between producing a book about something I care about versus what some readers and publishers care to read. I scratched that blog post the moment I named it Decor and the Single Girl, knowing I’d happened upon something special and very necessary. I’d like to thank my publishing partner, BenBella Books for understanding my vision and finding this guide as necessary as I do—for single girls everywhere and for me.

I was running out of time to find a new photographer and videographer after parting ways with my previous media men. It was at my friend Omarosa’s birthday/Super Bowl party that I met Qasim Clarke of Aristocrat Film. It took me about a month to figure out he was just the guy I was looking for and shortly after, we shot the cover for Decor and the Single Girl. I am grateful for him and his ability to see the big picture and for sharing my belief that it is more important to build relationships than to simply work together.

It was quite by happenstance I paired up with Jeff Vioski of VIOSKI Furniture for the cover of Decor and the Single Girl. Actually, it was Twitter. I was looking for the perfect showroom, one that was open uncluttered, modern and timeless. I needed color and clean lines and I needed it all in a matter of days. I was running out of time to create a cover when I received a follow from VIOSKI on Twitter. Two days later, I met Jeff and his energetic, insightful team and one day after that, we were shooting! They saved my hide and I made some pretty cool friends that day. I am so grateful. I’m looking forward to working with VIOSKI over and over again, personally and professionally.

It took a village to pull this guide together and I look forward to creating more guides like this for years to come. Thank you to everyone who supported this project and helped it along. It’s more than a decor and dating guide to me—it’s the beginning of sharing my passion, my knowledge as a Certified Interior Stylist, and my view on male/female interpersonal relationships with my readers. This book is a slice of my real life coinciding with my life as a writer and I am thankful to be able to conjoin the two. Finally.