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Home. It is one of the few concepts whose definition changes shape from person to person. For some, it’s a place. a location on the map. For others, it’s memories, smells or people. For Careful Dorville, Dominican-American content creator and mother of three, home is a feeling. “Home is warmth,” he says. “Home feels good when you sit on the floor — I feel comfortable if I’m on the floor in your house.”
Over the years, Dorville residences and aesthetics have evolved with every move. Like many New Yorkers, she bounced from one tiny place to another—a basement space and then a small studio, both shared with her first daughter—before settling into her current 1,250-square-foot apartment in Ridgewood, Queens. in 2021. which gave her the room to breathe to bring her most authentic vision to life.
As a young mother, she worked as a photographer, and her home, small as it was, doubled as a photography studio—a plant-filled, white-and-beige space she described as “simple, but with flavor,” that worked well for shoots. But when her life and priorities changed, so did her interior design style. “I met my husband, we got married and I got pregnant again,” she explains. “I started sharing my pregnancy journey online and became an ‘accidental’ content creator…then came this spacious new apartment that I’m so grateful for.”
With a whole new space to make to her liking, she felt called to her Latin roots, with colors (earth tones like blues, browns, greens and oranges) and textures (comfortable mixed woods and finishes) typically found in Dominican Republic homes, which allowed her to feel grounded and more connected to her culture. “My life became more colorful and everything around me reflected that,” she says. “I identify with my family and upbringing now more than ever. The spices in our food, eating dinner together, the colors and textures we brought into our home – they remind me of my mom, my grandmother, my country.”
Like any thoughtfully curated home, Dorville’s is a work in progress. the process was never really completed. She had slowly decorated her space with items she loved, and now that her third move-in anniversary is approaching, she felt it was time to make some updates to her favorite room: her open living room and dining room.
She started by facing the corner of the monitor that was nestled behind her dining room table. By playfully stacking a colorful assortment of the IKEA EKET cabinets, created a modular floating gallery wall. “I liked the colors because they bring warmth and vibrancy, a brightness without overpowering the rest of the room,” she says.
This wall is now a space dedicated to displaying the family’s emotional charisma. You’ll find a vintage rotary phone from the ’70s — a first anniversary gift from her husband — along with a photo of her grandmother and the plants she loved, among other things. It’s a nostalgic focal point that lives close to family during dinner — older memories that serve as a backdrop for new ones.
“Eating at the table is a big deal,” says Dorville. “When I make dinner, I want everyone to come and sit down. I love that I can create these new, beautiful memories. I do what my mother did, I cook and we all sit together as a family.”
Of course, a home can’t be all beauty and no function—we’re talking about a party of five here, so functional organization is must. As a mother of twin toddlers, keeping toys, arts and crafts, and other bits and pieces organized isn’t easy. The solution: IKEA FLISAT Children’s Tablea practical arts and crafts table cleverly designed with under-table storage that allows everything — from crayons to clay — to stay organized and hidden, with two accompanying IKEA SUNDVIK chairs. Place also the interior with IKEA TROFAST storage bins for further classification and organization.
“I wanted them to have the space and the ability to do what they want. they’re two-and-a-half, so keeping them busy is a huge part of my day-to-day life,” she says. “They’re always home with me, so it’s convenient to have a table where they can color, eat and play.”
Bigger toys are more of a challenge – they have a way of spilling out of the bedroom. But the IKEA FLISAT toy storage — a wheeled bin that rolls smoothly to different areas of the room — has proven to be the game-changing answer to easy cleaning. “They’re perfect for when I need to clean up quickly,” she says. “At night, we bring the living room back so it’s a welcoming space with no clutter the next day.”
She knows her new methods of organizing the living room are working, too, which is reflected in the ways her family is drawn to the space. “My daughter has her own room, but she’ll take her things out and do her hair in the living room,” says Dorville. “I love that my kids feel comfortable doing something like that. This has become the room where we spend most of our time together.”
Watching her family find solace and grow in this home gave Dorville a chance to reflect on her early journey as well. “When I was younger, I was busy too [my first child and I] they were alone. I wasn’t grounded,” he says. “Now my home is the most important thing to me, not only because of how it makes me feel, but also because of how my family feels.”
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