#Hashtag | Feb. 2024
#HASHTAG: JODI MORTON
By Dustin O’Regan
ILLUSTRATION BY TOM BACHTELL
Evanston-based interior designer JODI MORTON has been renovating and flipping homes for her own family for more than 25 years. That passion led her to open her own interior design firm, 2to5 Design, more than 14 years ago. The name reflected her and her husband’s shared passion for design and hospitality and the growth of their family from a couple to a family of five. Over the years, Morton has worked with countless families in Chicago and on the North Shore, creating interiors that are beautiful and functional and highly reflective of the unique lives inhabiting them. As she moves into the next stage of her life as an empty nester, she is feeling energized with a renewed focus on her growing design business which bears a new name: Jodi Morton Design.
#ON MY NIGHTSTAND
My Anglepoise Type 75 task lamp is my favorite lamp to read by and it takes center stage on my bedside table next to a rotating pile of design magazines, coffee table books, poetry, and novels. Current reads are David Netto’s monograph David Netto whose work is a constant inspiration for me, Mary Oliver’s poetry collection Dream Work, which I’m reading for the 100th time, and Transit from the Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk, whose work is profound.
#ON MY MOBILE
My transcendental meditation app gets daily use. I started transcendental meditation about 8 months ago and it has been a transformative practice for me. I am a total Instagram addict so It’s hard to play favorites, but I’m a big fan of The Socialite Family, which gives you a peek into the painfully chic lives and living spaces of young Parisian families. For travel, it’s Pugliaglam, because Puglia forever has my heart. And we wouldn’t eat in my house if it wasn’t for Smitten Kitchen and her amazing recipes. Her Green Angel Hair with Garlic Butter is perfection.
#IN MY EARBUDS
I have music in my ears all day at work unless I’m in a meeting. Favorites are anything by my son Max Morton, who just released a new single called Soda Can that I listen to on repeat. Other favorites are singer-songwriters including Nick Drake, Leif Vollbekk, Ray LaMontagne, and anything by Simon & Garfunkel. The On Being podcast is a weekly listen as well. On Being with Krista Tippett is great and her guests are so incredibly insightful and inspiring.
