While 2018 was a wonderful year for True Design, we are very excited about the upcoming year. I don’t want to reveal everything just yet but I do have some very exciting news I will be sharing in the coming months. In the meantime, I wanted to share with my readers out there a little bit about me. I have a tendency to keep my business and personal life separate, which at times I feel is necessary but as an entrepreneur trying to sell my services and in turn, myself, I feel it’s time to reveal a bit more about me. So here goes.
Who is True Design?
I am Allyson Buck, an educated, experienced, certified interior designer. You can read more about my credentials in my bio on my website, but just for today, we are going to go a little deeper than the on-the-surface credentials. I am a mother to two beautiful, creative and joyful little girls, Gwyn (8) and Stella (5), and a wife to an awesome, talented, man, Austin Buck. I have a passion for travel and the personal and business growth I gain from my experiences outside of my daily bubble, (not that I don’t love my bubble). I am to my core very loyal and honest. Growing up I could never tell a lie, just ask my mom. My eldest daughter shares this characteristic with me. The kid cannot lie. Which I, of course as her mother, love! My youngest on the other hand, that’s out for debate. Only time will tell.
Gwyn and Stella, my littlest loves, photo credit to Austin Buck @copilotcreative.com.
Let’s take a minute and talk hair. I know that sounds crazy but bare with me, there’s a story there. I noticed my first gray hairs when I was in the 8th grade. I kind of talked myself into it just being sunkissed highlights, but it wasn’t. By the time I was 22 I had people telling me all the time, “wow, you have so much gray hair.” I got really self-conscious and started dying it. I died it for over 10 years. I hated everything about it. The money spent, the time lost and the super stinky chemicals penetrating my brain, (I can be a little dramatic at times). Here’s the thing, I felt like I was lying to myself. I would spend all this time and money changing my hair color and after just 1 week, my gray hairs were back. This was a battle I was never going to win. Ever. So I went back to my roots, literally, and my husband buzzed my hair. I’ve never had short hair, or gray hair but at that time, I had never felt more like myself. My True self. So there you go. I can’t lie and neither can my hair.
Yup. This is us. The Buck Family. Photo credit to Ben Lutze @benlutzephotography.
Why True Design?
I once met a woman named Tru. I couldn’t get it out of mind. I just loved her name. It’s so simple, but powerful. When branding my business adjectives like, Honest, Loyal, Pure, True kept coming up. I’ve never been one to be overly trendy. I do love trends but they come and go so quickly and that is especially true of interiors. Avocado green, say no more. The majority of my work is in existing spaces, whether it is commercial or residential, I do a lot of remodels. I have so much joy in working within existing parameters. Those spaces have stories, years and years of stories. It’s such a joy highlighting some of those stories from the past but also bringing new light and new life into a space. The way I do that is staying True to a buildings roots. That’s not to say that a home that was built in the 60’s must be remodeled to a mid-century home, but rather, tieing in some of those aspects of the era of the home into the remodel. On the flip side of that, it doesn’t feel right to me to take a 1960s ranch house and convert it to a traditional farmhouse interior. So for me, True Design is who I am and now it’s my business too.
Allyson Buck, certified interior designer and local business owner. Photo credit to Austin Buck @copilotcreative.com.
What’s next?
As a human (how very raw of me), I am constantly evolving in my personal and business life. I hope that my mind never remains stagnant. Change is as natural as it gets. So embrace it, cause it’s coming. You will just have to sit tight to the next chapter…..
Stay True,
Allyson