Hi, I’m Emily Grosvenor, an independent journalist and author of the design book Find Yourself At Home: A Conscious Approach to Shaping Your Space and Your Life (Chronicle Books).
My byline has appeared in places like The Atlantic, Good Housekeeping, Sunset, The L.A. Times, Today.com, and Salon. From 2017-2025, I edited Oregon Home magazine.
My Substack newsletter, I would do it differently, delivers weekly emails on designing homes for personality and creativity, as well as spatial shifts to improve your life. I also wrote a beloved children’s math creativity book, Tessalation!
I’m obsessed with A-frames.
I would do it differently is a once-a-week, reader-supported, trending design newsletter on Substack by journalist and book author Emily Grosvenor. Each week, Emily sends out a single post with stories about personalizing spaces, home design trends, book recommendations, and essays.
“I loved this book. Find Yourself at Home is elegantly written, emotionally intelligent, and endlessly inventive. Emily Grosvenor's humane, gentle approach guides us to a better understanding of our homes and ourselves.”
— Rebecca Atwood
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“The design of our homes has tremendous power over our mental health, for better or worse. Emily Grosvenor has created a must-read guide on harnessing this power for good.
— Kelli Lamb, Rue Editorial Director and author of Home with Rue
