Hi, I’m Carrie Shores Diller. I’m a licensed architect, I’ve run my own firm since 2003, and by day you’ll find me at Inspired ADUs designing buildings, drawing floor plans, and running the business. Seeing how a space can work is my superpower, and I’m grateful every day for my work, my team, and my clients.

I also know how this sounds: the woman who designs homes now needs a hobby to feel inspired. Yes. Exactly that. The practice of architecture is wonderful but the creative moments are a small part of the overall project that includes budgets, timelines, permit sets, and plan check comments.

Add in my early fifties and the aging-parents chapter, the one our multigenerational-home clients kindly warned me about, and I’ve learned that perspective doesn’t just show up. You have to make time for it. In the grand scheme, my life isn’t hard. But everyone’s hard is real, and this is mine.

Here’s the thing: no matter how fast I’m moving, I always stop to notice things. The light on a lake. A wall someone patched by hand. A bear who couldn’t care less that I was fishing in his river. What I’ve rarely done is go back and look at what I saw. This site is a gallery for those moments.

So I’m making time. Meditation is on the list, but like the runner’s high, it eludes me. For now my meditation is the Finlay Flock: small cardboard birds I fold and paint one at a time. And I’m getting better with a camera, slowly and stubbornly.

I have lofty expectations and a terrible memory for my own wins. Going back to look is how I’m learning to notice those, too.

I’m also a wife, daughter, mother, sister, and friend.

Thanks for stopping by. Stay inspired.

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