{"id":17777,"date":"2021-07-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roomandboard.com\/blog\/?p=17777"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:54:35","slug":"qa-and-office-reveal-with-food-blogger-lexi-davidson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roomandboard.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/qa-and-office-reveal-with-food-blogger-lexi-davidson\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A and Office Reveal with Food Blogger Lexi Davidson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lexi Davidson is the voice behind Lexi’s Clean Kitchen<\/a> (soon to be Lexi’s Clean Living), the go-to food & lifestyle blog for clean and delicious recipes that shows readers that living a healthy lifestyle can be simple, fun and above all satisfying.<\/p>\n

We recently teamed up with Lexi at Room & Board Boston<\/a> to help her create a cozy modern office for her growing team. Read on to learn more and see the colorful space.<\/p>\n

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We first met you at Room & Board Boston when you lead a conversation with Teri Turner during her No Crumbs Left<\/em> book tour. Tell us about that experience.<\/b><\/h2>\n

Oh I loved that night so much. For one, I had never met the amazing Room & Board crew (who are truly some of the kindest people around), and I had not yet been to the Room & Board Boston store<\/a> (guilty)! That alone was fun and I wanted to take home everything, haha.<\/p>\n

Secondly, Teri<\/a> is a true gem of a person in every sense of the word. She just lifts you up! We had a lot of fun. Teri and her team and everyone in the audience were just so awesome, engaged and excited to be there. We had amazing conversations both on stage and afterwards privately, and it was a total blast!<\/p>\n

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What sparked your interest in cooking? <\/b><\/h2>\n

I have ALWAYS loved to cook. As soon as I was tall enough to reach the counter, I loved being in the kitchen and helping my mom prepare dinner. During my art career in college, my work subconsciously evolved around food (seriously, I only painted candy for a long time). Simply put, food was always my thing. And it still is today.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until after graduate school when I started thinking more intentionally about diet and exercise, and paying closer attention to how I was feeling\u2014physically, emotionally, and mentally. I began to exercise more regularly, but my gastrointestinal issues were worse than ever and started affecting  my daily life. I didn\u2019t want to go out or do things because I was so bloated and felt sick all of the time. I\u2019ll spare you the details, but it was escalating and something needed to change.<\/p>\n

At that point, I learned the ailments I was experiencing were gut related, so I decided to research foods that cause inflammation and prevent proper digestion.  I decided to cut out gluten and dairy. Guess what? Fairly instantly, I started feeling pretty good. Not amazing, but I began seeing improvements across the board. I slowly began to eliminate other trigger foods from my diet, such as grains, soy and refined sugars. From that point on I started to see a dramatic change in my health. I began working with the right doctors to get to the bottom of the issues, I was going to the bathroom regularly, I wasn\u2019t bloated all of the time, I was feeling confident in my body and I started having more energy.<\/p>\n

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When did you decide to launch your blog Lexi\u2019s Clean Kitchen?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Once I started to feel better and had more energy, I became more creative in the kitchen, excited to make delicious meals with the clean ingredients to fuel my body. I began to realize there were likely many people out there struggling to heal various ailments or just wanting to be healthier, which I\u2019d come to realize could be done through eating real food. This motivated me to reach out and share my clean eating experiences, hoping they could be help to others. Lexi’s Clean Kitchen evolved from there! It is a place where I can help others create an approachable and realistic cleaner lifestyle, create and test delicious recipes, share cleaner and safer products, and interact with readers on a daily basis. I couldn\u2019t be happier and more grateful for this little corner of the Internet that I have since built.<\/p>\n

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How do you relax and unwind at home?<\/b><\/h2>\n

I love this question, because honestly sometimes as an entrepreneur it can feel hard to unwind! I call myself an extroverted introvert, because as much as I thrive in a crowd, nothing speaks to me more than being home. A relaxing night where I unwind can look like either…a night binge watching a good show, lighting a fire (in the winter), and putting my phone away and being present with my husband. It can also look like: Making a really yummy dinner, having a glass of wine or a big mug of tea, and diving into a good book!<\/p>\n

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What was most important to you in creating a productive office space?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Before going into the design meeting in Boston, there were a few things I knew I wanted for a productive space for us to work in:<\/p>\n