Ayn-Monique Klahre is a writer, editor, and content director. She spent over a decade in New York City as a staffer at InStyle, Woman's Day, FamilyFun, and Good Housekeeping magazines. There, she produced stories for print and digital about all sorts of lifestyle topics, including decorating, home improvement, organization, entertaining, and crafting. As a freelance writer, she’s been published in media outlets including Real Simple, Business Insider, Apartment Therapy and The New York Times.
Today, Ayn-Monique lives with her family in Raleigh, North Carolina. She’s been the editor of WALTER, the city’s arts and culture magazine, since 2018.
Ayn-Monique graduated from Princeton University and received a certificate in Publishing from the Columbia Journalism School.
Special thanks to the photographers, crafters and stylists whose talents are featured on this site:
Antonis Achilleos, Lucas Allen, Courtney Apple, Roscoe Betsill, Rubyellen Bratcher, Marian Cooper Cairns, Classy Clutter, Kiera Coffee, Sarah Conroy, Chip Cordelli, Jason Donnelly, Aaron Dyer, Gretchen Easton, Linden Elstran, Dana Gallagher, Matthew Gleason, Alison Gootee, Minette Hand, Stephanie Hanes, Sabrina Helas, Tara Jacoby, Hugh Jernigan, Jerrie-Joy, Biz Jones, Marley Kate, Amanda Kingloff, David A. Land, Jodi Levine, Morgan Levine, Ryan Liebe, Mark Lund, Elizabeth Mayhew, Jacob Mullikin, Lauren Niles, Ashley Page Norton, Blake Ramsey, Lara Robby, Emily Kate Roemer, Eddie Ross, Annie Schlechter, Annie Selke, Kimberly Stoney, Robin Stubbert, Monica Wang, Michael Waring, Caitlin Wilson