the Wylderwoods Journal 

the Wylderwoods Journal 

A place to explore design concepts in their earliest, loosest forms. Fragments of thought, tone, colour & texture gathered without pressure. No strategy, no polish, nothing forced. Just a quiet corner where ideas can settle, shift or dissolve.

Perfection isn’t the aim. Presence is. Noticing what wants to emerge. Letting a concept breathe before naming it. A space for the beginnings that shape the work long before they become work.

A place to explore design concepts in their earliest, loosest forms. Fragments of thought, tone, colour & texture gathered without pressure. No strategy, no polish, nothing forced. Just a quiet corner where ideas can settle, shift or dissolve.

Perfection isn’t the aim. Presence is. Noticing what wants to emerge. Letting a concept breathe before naming it. A space for the beginnings that shape the work long before they become work.

Welcome to the journal

Design concept #2: Field Notes from a Quiet Ridge.

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Design Concept #2

Some landscapes speak in undertones, the kind that settle slowly into the chest before the mind catches up.
Colours gather from ridge & river, muted yet sure of themselves, shaped by weather & the patient logic of terrain.
Birds skim the boundary between earth & sky, unhurried, their plumage echoing the soft mineral shades below.
The land folds & unfolds, a long inhale, a quiet exhale, an unbroken line of memory stitched with lichen, stone & the faint scent of rain.

Maps distil the wild into something that can be touched, yet nothing is diminished.
Contours rise like old stories.
Valleys pool with a gentle green that hints at shelter.
A small marked point becomes an invitation rather than a directive, a reminder that presence matters more than destination.
The palette keeps close to the language of the place, hues lifted from shadowed hillsides, worn bark, the cool underside of a river stone.

It becomes a study in attentive seeing.
A way of noticing how colour settles into the world when it has nothing to prove.
A way of honouring the quiet insistence of land that holds histories beneath its surface.
A reminder that stillness is not absence, but depth.

flat lay interior design journal design concept canada backroad mapbooks dome creek purden lake british columbia
Design Concept #2

Some landscapes speak in undertones, the kind that settle slowly into the chest before the mind catches up.
Colours gather from ridge & river, muted yet sure of themselves, shaped by weather & the patient logic of terrain.
Birds skim the boundary between earth & sky, unhurried, their plumage echoing the soft mineral shades below.
The land folds & unfolds, a long inhale, a quiet exhale, an unbroken line of memory stitched with lichen, stone & the faint scent of rain.

Maps distil the wild into something that can be touched, yet nothing is diminished.
Contours rise like old stories.
Valleys pool with a gentle green that hints at shelter.
A small marked point becomes an invitation rather than a directive, a reminder that presence matters more than destination.
The palette keeps close to the language of the place, hues lifted from shadowed hillsides, worn bark, the cool underside of a river stone.

It becomes a study in attentive seeing.
A way of noticing how colour settles into the world when it has nothing to prove.
A way of honouring the quiet insistence of land that holds histories beneath its surface.
A reminder that stillness is not absence, but depth.

Brandi Wyldewood is the founder of Wylderwoods Lighting & Design. Based on Salt Spring Island, she is a lighting-led interior designer who creates interiors that foster connection with companions, explores creativity through her design concept journal, and experiments with colour, texture, and small moments of discovery. Her design concepts use recycled interior design samples and celebrate the analog, hands-on nature of the craft.

Learn more about Brandi Here.