Megy Karydes

Megy Karydes is an experienced home improvement writer and expert in both interior and exterior. She’s written for publications such as Architectural Digest, Building Stone Magazine, Cottage Style, House Beautiful, and more. 

She loves to share ways to incorporate more calm into our spaces, whether in our living room or outdoor living areas. Her forthcoming book, 50 Ways to More Calm, Less Stress: Scientifically Proven Ways to Relieve Anxiety and Boost Your Mental Health Using Your Five Senses, explores different ways each of our senses can help bring more calm into our lives, including creating beautiful living spaces.

She also recently underwent a recent bathroom remodel. When she’s not writing about home and design, she’s trying to find better ways to declutter and organize.

• Published author of “50 Ways to More Calm, Less Stress,” teaching homeowners how to use your home to decrease stress

• Contributing writer to Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, and more. 

• Recently completed a bathroom gut rehab and remodel 

• Certified Master Gardener (2022)

• 50 Ways to More Calm, Less Stress: Scientifically Proven Ways to Relieve Anxiety and Boost Your Mental Health Using Your Five Senses (Coming December 2023)

• These Designers Leveraged Digital Design Work to Start Their Own Firms, Architectural Digest

• The Country's Most Gorgeous Botanical Gardens, House Beautiful

• Using Locally Sourced Limestone to Add Structure and Strength to Historic Preservation Projects, Natural Stone Institute

Master Gardener (2022)