Inside Kimberly Pirtle's Trinket Box

How do you feel about objects that are both beautiful and practical? 

Kimberly: Doesn’t everyone love these things? I think that objects that are both beautiful and practical are the ideal intersection of items that one should have around them.

Which small items in your life feel essential, and what stories do they carry? 

Kimberly: Small things in my life that feel essential… The first thing that came to mind was the phone numbers of loved ones and friends. Address books, those tiny black books. 

If I could still carry a tiny black book instead of my phone, that feels essential because it would hold the numbers of people who are most important to me. My lip gloss also feels essential. I can’t go anywhere without it—it’s practical, but also essential.

If your office could speak, what story would it tell about its style? 

Kimberly: It would tell a story about how my style is playful. It’s colorful. There’s life in it.

I love flowers, and a part of me is like this little glam nature girl. I always need to have flowers and plants around me. It’s very eclectic. Nothing really matches; it’s just a collection of different pieces of me that come together. That’s who I am.