DARE TO MIX FRESH WITH DRIED
BLOOMIST COLLABORATOR HILARY ROBERTSON IS A FEARLESS MIXER OF FRESH AND DRIED BOTANICALS. HERE SHE TELLS US HOW AND WHY TO MAKE A NATURAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM BOTH.
Find Art In Nature
“CARVED WOODEN CHAINS AND HAND-WOVEN BASKETS BLUR THE LINES BETWEEN ART, NATURE, AND DESIGN” - Hilary Robertson, stylist, author, Bloomist collaborator
“Interiors photoshoots involve a unique set of challenges”, says stylist Hilary Robertson. “A primary one is art. Stylists often can’t use copyrighted artwork in photoshoots, so we turn instead to natural elements”, she explains. “I call it, “art that isn’t art.”
SECRETS TO A NATURAL SHELFIE
WITH THE HELP OF MOTHER NATURE, INTERIOR STYLIST AND BLOOMIST COLLABORATOR HILARY ROBERTSON CREATES SIMPLE, BEAUTIFUL, PHOTOREADY VIGNETTES AND TABLEAUX FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Irreverent By Nature
STYLIST, AUTHOR, AND ROVING CREATIVE DIRECTOR HILARY ROBERTSON BRINGS HER IRREVERENT ENGLISH EYE AND GENIUS TO A NATURE-INSPIRED COLLECTION FOR BLOOMIST.
Hilary Robertson met Bloomist co-founder Alex Bates for coffee after a fortuitous Instagram post, and they’ve been waiting for a chance to collaborate since. “We immediately started finishing each other’s sentences”, explains Alex. “We were well matched from the start”.
Hanging With Corie Humble
WHEN THE CALL CAME FROM BLOOMIST TO ADAPT HER GEOMETRIC BRONZE AND BRASS MOBILES FOR AIR PLANTS AND SUCCULENTS, ARTIST CORIE HUMBLE WAS PREPARED.
“I have nine plants in the room I’m sitting in right now—I think it’s actually nine plants per room, in a one-bedroom apartment,” she says from her Circle + Light Studio in Austin, the day before she leaves to lead a leather-crafting workshop in Ethiopia. “I’m surrounded by them!”
ALL IS SIMPLE, ALL IS NATURAL
EDITORIAL STYLIST, BLOOMIST COLLABORATOR, AND COMPULSIVE REARRANGER HILARY ROBERTSON BRINGS NATURE INDOORS TO CREATE A CALM, PEACEFUL RETREAT AWAY FROM THE TINSEL AND NOISE.
Foraging For Beginners
OUT OF THE HOTHOUSE AND INTO THE FIELD! FORAGED FLORA PIONEER AND BLOOMIST COLLABORATOR LOUESA ROEBUCK TAKES US FORAGING FOR NATURE’S ABUNDANCE.
My Dad’s family is from the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Like many families of his generation, he was part Scottish and part Cherokee. Both deeply pantheistic lineages. He taught me how to observe and really see — just a deeper level of observation, of being still.