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Denise Joy Hart

Growing in popularity across all social media platforms, Denise Joy Hart, founder and creator of the Furaha Design Method, is spreading joy in enclosed patios, home offices, cozy nooks, and backyards. Denise Joy thoughtfully creates joyful custom spaces with the look and feel of a destination — all on a budget.

It’s hard to believe that moving from one place to another as a child, growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, laid the foundation for this design maven’s budget-friendly approach to style for the home. Denise Joy often reminisces on the amazing temporary spaces, created on a shoestring budget by her mother, that still transports her to a time and place where love and great design was overflowing.

Denise Joy learnt at an early age how to quickly set up a space and create a special spot that made you feel happy and at home. Using very little money and an abundance of creativity, she mimicked her mother’s good taste and exquisite style. She credits her mother and the exposure to the artistry of creating feel-good spaces as some of her most informative design influences. “The reason my mother is such an inspiration is she always managed to make very little look fabulous,” reflects Denise Joy.

In 2019, Denise Joy’s passion for design was ignited after giving her niece’s home a major refresh — the spark inspired her to start her own design boutique firm and began sharing her design adventures entitled “Thrift Fly DIY with Denis Joy” with her new online audience.

Denise Joy describes her distinctive design as Afro-boho minimalism, a little retro chic and modern vintage. It’s the blending of newly acquired pieces, items filled with love and legacy or re-purposed pieces together with rich bold patterns and texture that bring joy.

Listening with creative intent, this online tastemaker listens, transforms and re-imagines living spaces. Denise Joy said she crafts environments, listens and gives her clients what they don’t even realize they need — a feel-good place where anyone can look at their space and their lives with new eyes.

Denise Joy invites anyone interested in transforming their space to create an “oh, that’s good enough list.” These are unfinished projects, impulsive purchases, or broken items that we simply don’t want to put any effort in to fix. So, we settle. This syndrome robs us of our positive energy. “Quit settling for “that’s good enough for now” — commit, within the week, to fix everything on your list.” She says the amount of energy that will be released back into our lives will make us feel like a brand-new person. Now that’s joy. Z

Crystal Phipps is one of Hope’s newest contributing writers and when she’s not obsessing over throwing the perfect party, you can find her preparing a mouthwatering meal, reading or watching the news.