Today we’d like to introduce you to Rebecca Atwood.
Hi Rebecca, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I have been an artist for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Cape Cod, surrounded by the salty tumble of the ocean, the collected treasures and antiques in my family’s 200-year-old barn, and the homey bustle of my parents’ restaurant, I was raised to appreciate the sensory pleasures of living amongst nature and beauty. My goal, ever since, has been to recreate those pleasures in my designs, inviting others into her world by offering them a piece of it.
I received my BFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design and has worked with various major retailers as a trend forecaster and design consultant prior to owning my business. After eight years of running my studio and showroom in Brooklyn, NY, I have moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where I live with my husband, daughter, and two cats.
My hope is that my designs invite feeling. The way a certain painting or song can evoke a memory or sensation. There’s a way to evoke happiness or calm or groundedness through the way you make your world, whether it’s the patterns on your walls or the colors of the bed you crawl into every night.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It’s been an adventure filled with learning and steady growth. I didn’t set out with a business plan and so a few years in, I had to sit down and take stock of where I was at and what I wanted for the future. Once I got clear on my vision and values for the business making decisions became easier as I had a clear idea of what I was creating. But there are always challenges and struggles — that is what it is to be in business. We focus a lot on education, growing at our own pace, and talking transparently with our team and customers.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I am an artist and designer. I create patterns for the home, particularly wallpaper and textiles. My vision is to inspire living landscapes that reflect and shape our inner worlds, promoting harmony and connectivity between the self and its surroundings.
My designs are both expressions in themselves and invitations for new ways of being and feeling. By layering our living spaces with meaning and beauty, we can create a “natural habitat” that inspires profound feeling states — expansion, warmth, buoyancy, and comfort. These feelings then radiate even farther outward — like ripples in water — to our families, our communities, and our visions for the world.
Almost all of my designs originate in my sketchbook. Using watercolor, gouache, or simple pen and ink, I record the beauty I discover in daily life or simply make gestural, meditative marks that often become the building blocks of my patterns. Though my days are packed with the various aspects of running a company, I am disciplined about setting aside time for art making. The sketchbook is a place for play, experimentation, and joy. Inside of it, the process becomes fluid. Being in a flow can feel like diving into the water. You’re weightless, floating. You’re easeful. It’s calm.
I am proud of the artistry, thoughtfulness, and details we put into the product from the first sketch to production, and even how we handle the business operations. We work very collaboratively with interior designers and I’m proud of the relationships we have built.
So, before we go, how can our readers or others connect or collaborate with you? How can they support you?
We sell our fabric and wallpaper collections exclusively through our website: www.rebeccaatwood.com. I have written two books Living with Pattern and Living with Color which are wonderful resources for learning more about color and pattern and how to incorporate them into your home and tell your personal story.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.rebeccaatwood.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccaatwooddesigns/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaAtwoodDesigns/
Image Credits
Laura Saur Blake Shorter Tory Williams Genevieve Garruppo
