and now she's taking you on a journey around the world, to the one place most tourists never visit:
the inside of other people's houses
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Ash
OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES is like if BILL BRYSON decided to stop roaming the world with a backpack and start roaming through strangers’ living rooms instead—but instead of delivering his usual wholesome, PBS-adjacent travelogue, he got nosy, opinionated, and maybe slightly overserved.
It's an addictive, voyeuristic-yet-intelligent brand that explores the world through the intimate, often-overlooked lens of the home. It’s part travelogue, part anthropology, part design porn—with a sense of humor and a streak of cultural mischief.
Ash Ambirge is the creator of OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES, a delightfully subversive new newsletter series that explores the strange, smart, and wonderful ways houses are built, designed, and decorated around the world, and the CEO of the coolest new start-up wallpaper brand ever, WITPAPER (forthcoming!). Her Substack newsletter, YOU DON'T LOOK STUPID, offers irreverent advice for building a creative career you're madly in love with, and her flagship book, THE MIDDLE FINGER PROJECT (Penguin Random House) is a cult favorite for anyone who’s ever wanted to burn down their cubicle and start over doing something creative. An internationally published author, long-time blogger, and 15-year digital nomad, Ash has spent over a decade writing about identity, reinvention, and the weird and wonderful ways we can find meaning with our work—often from makeshift desks in places with questionable plumbing.
carmenere (I SPENT YEARS LIVING IN CHILE!)
LONDON,
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THE FARROW & BALL
DECORATING BOOKS (NERD!!!!)
fixing my FARMHOUSE IN RURAL AMERICA (AND WRITING ABOUT IT, OF COURSE)
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From how we build to how we decorate to the quirky objects we use in everyday life, this newsletter will make you laugh, cry, think, dream, gawk awkwardly at your ceiling, and see the world in a whole new way. Because if you want to understand a culture, don’t look at its temples—look under its sink.
ash's classes
Ash is developing a new series of fun workshops designed to help new homeowners learn how to do it all, from home maintenance, to DIY and tools, to paint color & wallpaper, to decorating with style and more—all with her signature irreverent twist.
Caitlan Hester, backroad weekly
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I'm lucky to have had my work, words & ideas featured in some really cool places over the years. Now if only I could get my hair to curl nicely...
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