Welcome to my cozy little corner of the internet, where history, creativity, curiosity, and a healthy amount of controlled chaos come together.
I’m Caitlin, a history lover, DIY enthusiast, former wine and spirits professional, and ADHD fueled serial hobbyist with a weakness for old houses, beautiful details, and projects that inevitably become more complicated than originally planned. I live in Northern Virginia with my husband and our two mischievous Ragdoll cats, Rocco and Remy, who supervise every project while contributing very little to the actual labor.
After spending a decade in the wine and spirits industry, I realized I wanted to create something that felt more personal, fulfilling, and entirely my own. Anthemion Aesthetics began as a creative outlet and a place to document the things I was making, learning, cooking, decorating, and occasionally getting spectacularly wrong.
Today, I’m on a mission to trick our suburban Northern Virginia colonial into believing it’s an English country manor. Please don’t tell the house. Along the way, I share old world inspired interiors, approachable DIY projects, elevated entertaining, recipes, thoughtfully collected finds, and all the beautiful mistakes made in between.
My background in history shapes much of what inspires me. I like to think of a home as a kind of museum to everything we have ever loved, filled with objects, memories, interests, and pieces of the people we have been along the way. I’m drawn to rooms that feel layered rather than simply decorated, celebrations filled with personal details, and objects that seem to have lived a life before finding their way into mine. I love mixing antiques with accessible pieces, using the good china on an ordinary Tuesday, and finding ways to make everyday life feel a little more storied.
This journey has been anything but linear. I’m still learning, experimenting, rearranging rooms for the tenth time, and beginning new hobbies before I have technically finished the last ones. Some projects turn out exactly as I imagined. Others involve emergency trips to the hardware store, questionable decisions, and the discovery of what I will absolutely do differently next time.
But that is part of the point.
Anthemion Aesthetics is not about creating a perfectly curated home or performing a perfectly polished life. It is about embracing the process, trusting your instincts, trying the recipe, hosting the dinner, starting the project, and giving yourself permission to make something beautiful while learning as you go.
Here, you’ll find practical ideas and inspiration for creating a home and life that feel collected, meaningful, and distinctly your own. I hope you leave with a project you’re excited to try, a recipe you want to make, a new skill to learn, or simply the encouragement to use the beautiful things and celebrate the everyday moments.
Thank you for being here and becoming part of the story!
The word anthemion comes from the Greek anthos, meaning “flower,” and originally referred to the floral motifs adorning ancient Greek and Roman architecture.
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Also known as the palmette, this intricate decorative element features a fan-shaped design inspired by palm leaves, honeysuckles, and lotus blossoms—natural motifs that have influenced art and architecture for centuries.
Its origins trace back to ancient Egyptian
art, and as it spread across Eurasia, it became
a hallmark of classical design, embellishing temples, ceramics, manuscripts, jewelry, and more.
At Anthemion Aesthetics,
the anthemion motif represents a deep appreciation for history, design, and creativity—bringing its timeless beauty
and craftsmanship into contemporary
spaces and everyday
life.
an·the·mi·on • Greek • ανθέμιον
(n.) a flat ornament of floral form consisting of a number of radiating petals
From the Greek word anthos: a flower