Maddy Hague
Maddy is a full time art director and graphic designer based out of the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Originally New York, she graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Graphic Design and a Concentration in American Studies. Maddy is also the former author of the wedding blog the Inspired Bride™ and had served as the co-editor-in-chief and founder of the online-only wedding publication Nonpareil Magazine. Her long list of obsessions include AMC’s Mad Men, the New York Yankees, baking, craft time, and bruschetta (ideally with balsamic glaze!). She and her husband welcomed their first child, a daughter named Aurora, on March 10, 2012.
Devon Hague
Devon, Maddy’s husband, is also a full time art director and graphic designer. They met at Rhode Island School of Design on orientation day and started dating a few months later. He helps out around here with some spiffy retouching skills that make Maddy’s photos look even better than they normally do.
Marlowe and Jocko
Marlowe (left) and Jocko (right) are two very spoiled Bengals that live with Maddy and Devon. Their favorite activities include being very naughty, eating wet food, laying in the sun, meowing at uncalled for hours of the morning, and looking cute.
Somewhere Splendid™
Somewhere Splendid™ began on August 11, 2010 after we purchased our first home in St. Paul, Minnesota. This lifestyle blog covers home renovation and decor, entertaining, and cooking. Maddy, the primary author, designed and coded the entire layout.
Columns
Styling Studio: Published on Mondays, this column provides quick, simple tips on how to plus your party.
Hunt & Gather: Each Tuesday, this column scouts for great vintage and unique pieces on Etsy and Ebay.
Recipe of the Week: Published on Wednesdays, tasty treats across all recipe types are featured.
Party Palettes: Published on Thursdays, unexpected color palettes are featured to inspire your next event.
Friday Favorites: A week in review column that pulls the best of the web in recap.
Five for Friday: Five top picks in a single category, featuring either Home or Party favorites.
Blog Policies
Image Use: Photography on this blog is always credited to the best of my knowledge and is used under the Fair Use Doctrine of U.S. Copyright Law. If you own the rights to an image and would like it removed from the blog or would like to request a change to a credit, please contact me privately. Somewhere Splendid™ reserves the right to request proof of copyright ownership in either case to ensure changes are accurate.
Content and Advertising: Somewhere Splendid™ is a blog of daily editorial-only content. Purchasing ad space on Somewhere Splendid™ does not guarantee or influence coverage. All posts involving advertisers, whether compensated for or not, bear a full disclosure statement at the end.
Comments: Your thoughts, opinions, and suggestions are always welcome, appreciated, and respected at Somewhere Splendid™. While I do not have the time to respond to each comment I receive (I wish I did!) I do monitor what is being said on the blog. Please be respectful of the companies or individuals that are featured on Somewhere Splendid™; any comment that I consider rude, disrespectful, mean, or otherwise offensive will be deleted. If you have a complaint with a company that is featured, please remember that it is a private matter and Somewhere Splendid™ is not a venue to air your grievances. Any comments that are clearly designed only to promote a company or website will be marked as spam.
Privacy: Your privacy is incredibly important to me. While Somewhere Splendid™ implements tools on this website to help understand its traffic, readership, and site usage, no information is collected that is personally identifiable. Any readership demographic information may be shared with potential advertisers but is not otherwise distributed. Somewhere Splendid™ serves ads from third party ad networks that may employ their own cookies to track user data as it relates to their own advertising effectiveness (or for other reasons explained in their respective privacy policies), but we have no control over this.
Press
Here is a sampling of the press coverage we’ve been fortunate enough to receive. Any links go directly to the feature.
| 2011 12.31 | The TomKat Studio 12.30 | Craftzine Blog 12.28 | Huffington Post’s Stylelist Blog |
