Katie is the Associate Editorial Director at RealSimple.com, where she works with a talented team of editors to cover home, food, beauty, and health content—all with the goal of helping readers simplify their busy lives. She has been writing about home decorating and organizing for the past 10 years, and her first home decor book, Embrace Your Space, was published in spring 2023. When she's not writing, you'll find her painting accent walls and planting rose bushes at her 90-year-old Brooklyn apartment.