From Family Fairways to Wallpaper: The Story Behind My Clubhouse Collection

Some collections begin with a trend.

This one began with my family.

Golf has been part of our lives for years. My husband and I love playing together. My youngest son and my son-in-law are both avid golfers. My daughter plays too, and while my daughter-in-law isn’t as interested in keeping score, she loves spending the day outside with us. Even our grandchildren have already been introduced to the game with trips around the Par 3 course at Hampton Cove, the golf course just down the road from our house.

Some of my favorite family memories have happened on a golf course. It’s where we laugh, catch up on life, and spend time together across three generations. When I decided to create a golf-inspired collection, those memories were what I wanted to design around.

I wasn’t interested in creating a collection that screamed “golf.” There are already plenty of fun, novelty golf prints out there, and they absolutely have their place. That just wasn’t the direction I wanted to go.

Instead, I imagined wallpaper that could live in a beautiful home. A masculine office. A golf clubhouse. A basement golf simulator room. Maybe even a guest room for someone whose favorite weekends are spent on the course.

I wanted golfers to notice little details that everyone else might overlook.

Almost like finding a Hidden Mickey at Disney.

If you’ve ever searched for Hidden Mickeys, you know exactly what I mean. It’s that little smile you get when you recognize something that was quietly placed there just for people who know where to look. That’s the feeling I hoped to capture throughout this collection.

Ironically, the collection didn’t begin because I was thinking about golf at all.

It began because my husband was recovering from knee replacement surgery.

He had one of those particularly difficult days where the pain was getting the better of him. He’s my rock, so when he hurts, I tend to carry some of that stress too. Over the years I’ve learned that one of the best ways to quiet my own mind is simply to start drawing.

That evening I opened Procreate with no real plan. During one of my brainstorming sessions I’d written “golf scorecard” on a list of possible ideas, so I decided to see where it would take me.

I started drawing lines.

Then more lines.

Then every number by hand.

As the scorecard came together, I found myself researching real golf courses, comparing yardages, par numbers, and layouts. Eventually I created my own fictional course, carefully filling in every space until it looked like a vintage scorecard that had been tucked into a golfer’s bag for years.

When I finally turned it into a repeating pattern and watched it come to life, I knew I had found the hero of the collection.

One of my favorite details almost didn’t happen.

Originally every line was perfectly crisp and mathematically precise. They were technically correct, but they didn’t feel right. They looked too digital. So I softened the lines with a slight blur and even changed the eraser brush I normally use to wear away little pieces of the printing. Suddenly it looked less like something made on an iPad and more like an old scorecard printed decades ago.

I carried that same vintage texture into several of the coordinating patterns.

One of my favorite hidden details is in Greenskeeper Stripe. At first glance it looks like a simple stripe, but the spacing and texture were intentionally designed to remind golfers of the freshly mowed fairways they see every time they step onto the course. It’s one of those details golfers notice immediately. Everyone else simply sees a beautiful stripe.

The color palette was another intentional decision. Before I ever started drawing, I had already selected several greens, navy, cream, dusty blue, and even a soft pink. Interestingly, the green I expected to use never made the final collection, and the pink was reduced to just tiny touches hidden inside a few of the blender patterns.

I kept pulling colors back because I wanted the collection to feel timeless instead of trendy. The quieter the palette became, the more elegant the collection felt.

When I picture these patterns in the real world, my dream would be to see them hanging inside a golf clubhouse. Maybe in the restaurant, the locker room, or the lounge where friends gather after eighteen holes. Realistically, I’d also love seeing them in someone’s office, golf-themed guest room, or even a basement golf simulator. My husband has already suggested that last one a few times. I have a feeling that wasn’t a subtle hint at all.

Looking back, I don’t think I designed this collection just for golfers. I designed it for people who love something enough that it becomes part of who they are. For my family, that’s golf. For someone else it might be sailing, gardening, the beach, or another place that holds years of memories.

That’s really what I hope my artwork does. Not simply decorate a room, but help someone create a home that quietly reflects the things they love most. See the complete Clubhouse Collection.