My House Was Featured On Washingtonian - Check It Out
Photo By CCMK Portraits
It’s weird! You never know where your blessings are going to come from, but when they come, always be grateful and try to act surprised.
I was really surprised on March 13th when I got a DM from Mimi Montgomery from Washingtonian! She found me on Instagram (I think through a repost by my home decor idol, @dommdotcom) and asked if I wanted to be featured on Look Inside My Home. Naturally, I was floored, excited and I really had to pee (this is a reoccurring theme, btw). Trying to play it cool, I replied, “OMG. Yass”, just 36 minutes after the request came in.
Screenshot by Imani Keal
About a week later, I was typing up my answers to Mimi’s questions and scheduling a photoshoot with my mom/photog/accountant/business analyst, CMK Portraits. Let me tell you: I worked so hard on those answers and my photographer slayed!. Trying to be funny, relatable, and grammatically correct is freaking hard, but I wanted to make Mimi’s job easy, so I gave details, anecdotes and plenty of quotable moments.
After gathering the photo release, my job was done and all I had to do was wait… and wait… and wait somemore…
The wait wasn’t that long, tbh! Like a week. But when you’re getting your big break, a single day can feel like an eternity…
Finally, on April 8th, I got the email that my story was live and the first thing I did was close the phone. I wanted a genuine reaction and I needed to capture it on film. (I had just watched Amanda Gorman’s Vogue cover revel and I was inspired.) I grabbed my phone, my mom, and my bladder and recorded my reaction. IT WAS GLORIOUS!
To see my name, my apartment, and my talents on the big stage… WHEW CHILE, I just couldn’t believe it. I must have read that article a thousand times. Hell, I’m pretty sure all traffic was from me reading it on different phones and laptops.
I’ll never forget this moment because it was the push I needed to know that Imani At Home was valuable. It showed me that other people would care about what I do, and that I could really make a go at making a name for myself.
Forever indebted to Dom & Mimi,
Imani
