about - a little kooky

If you’ve ever spent an entire afternoon scouring thrift stores or markdowns at home decor shops with a cart full of nothing-you-need, we’re likely to get along. Hi, I’m Morgan, and I’m obsessed with home decorating. Sometimes I create things (rooms, feature walls, furniture, you name it), and sometimes I contract it out. But I always take it seriously, because I truly love it.

Kuchnia is my maiden name, so achieving “Kook” status via childhood nickname was a given. At least it makes for a fun blog name.

Self-inflicted home decorating obsession aside, I’m a copywriter/creative director by day (see portfolio here), and DIY-er by night and always. I love my job, but I also love a lot of other things. Like where I live—a cute Chicago suburb in a house ripe for reno-ing—my three daughters and creating “stuff,” for lack of a better word. And that’s the reason behind this blog.

I started it mainly as a writing outlet. But also because so many people are always asking me about my home. “How’d you do that,” “Why’d you do that,” “Can you help me do that?” Well, if by “help” you mean “share stories (often absurd ones) of my DIY adventures in the hopes to inspire yours,” then yes, yes I can. So here it is. Documentation of me and my insanity. Or, as my husband likes to call it, uniqueness.