DISCO QUEEN

Whether she’s decorating her home or building a small business, Abbey Eilermann does it with joy.

- VERONICA THEODORO

Abbey Eilermann built her house around joy. Her bedroom closet is organized by color (“It brings me so much joy,” she says.), and the living room fireplace is surrounded by pinwheel-inspired tile with the apt pattern name Oh Joy! by designer Joy Cho. She begins all of her projects by amassing photos onto Pinterest boards that spark the emotion in her. “Then, I see what the common pieces are and what connects them,” she says.

The color pink is one such common denominator. Her front door is pink and so is her kitchen décor. “I spent what feels like days and days of my life searching for a pink sink,” she says. (She found one at The Home Depot for $250.) From blush to fuchsia, shades of pink are sprinkled like sugar around the house and in the backyard, where Eilermann has set up an inflatable pink pool and striped beach umbrella. She recently replaced a pink sofa with a blue one from online retailer Joybird: “I knew I was never going to get a baby pink sofa again. I tried to be more mature about my couch decision, but I still wanted it to be fun.”

The entirety of Eilermann’s house on The Hill