FEEL FREE magazine curates a space where readers can feel the freedom of expression and a freedom from perfection. Joyful, elevated and funky, fun and undone, FEEL FREE magazine breaks down interior design and artistic processes, and gives them back to the people. In the premiere issue, we feature Leanne’s favorite artists and inspirations, including the iconic house Fallingwater, a “hand-drawn home” that Leanne designed, artist Heather Chontos’ gorgeous home in France, and a nun that screenprints. FEEL FREE will show how creative people live and work, how artists play, and how the reader can do the same. FEEL FREE aims to encourage the reader to confidently bring what they love into their own homes with a “Choose Your Own Adventure” style of call to action. The first issue includes before and after shots showing the power of paint, how-tos like collage, clay and screen printing—straight from the artists’ mouths, fresh ideas (see drawing on furniture), “recipes” for fail-proof decorating (charcoal on painter’s canvas), decorating tips, quizzes, a playlist, and even some free art that readers can tear out to hang on their walls. FEEL FREE magazine will give the reader the rules and the confidence to break them all!
My HEROS have always been cowboys.
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Free $.99 • (“Free, ninety-nine.” Get it? Freezy.)
Jackie, Oh! • “It is a life of ideas, of curiosity, of exploration; but ALSO…”
“We have NO ART. We do everything as well as we can.”
HEATHER CHONTOS • If you have ever longed for an elusive place where you feel you belong but have never found, then you understand the concept of the Welsh word hiraeth,* which is what drew author Hilary Robertson to this artist’s home.
Nothing is safe • Since when did drawing on furniture get such a bad rap? The key is for you (and the kids) to know when and where to stop… or not.
the house as a canvas • Natural materials, texture, and a whole lot of hand-drawn magic.
Workbook • WHITEWASHED WARMTH
ROUND & ROUND • In his own words, ceramist Philip Soucy explains his exploration of pace and time through layering.
HYDRANGEA CLOUD
Falling hard • A lifelong love affair with Fallingwater.
Workbook
Who inspired… FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
THE ART OF COMMERCE
Art is a feedback loop • “The desire to create a space for connection became spiritually imperative.”
Things in bowls • Use what you have to make your art
For the love of white paint
BRICK WEEKEND WARIOR QUIZ
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Free and clear • Ever since I was a kid, my taste in art has… well, let’s just say, I have champagne taste on a beer budget. Since I could never fully afford the art I wanted, I would buy old art books to rip the pages out and hang on the walls. So here you go, free and clear, eight of my favorite artists, kind enough to share their art with you.
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