Welcome to Lauring Notes

Tips, tricks, and tools for all things travel, weddings, interiors, and fashion - plus a little bit of "just" life.

Firstly, hello and welcome! My name is Maria Reed-Lauring, now of ‘Lauring Notes’. I’m a newlywed (to the man of my dreams), eldest sister of four crazy, but wonderful, people, 32-year-old Dane Living in London. I’ve got a bit of roaming traveller wild streak, but mostly I’m a settled, happy human, trying to figure out this wild thing we call life.

Why am I starting this substack? My sister told me “Maria, in my wedding speech to you, I would’ve said that you have great taste”. I thought that was such a wonderful compliment because, while I know my taste isn’t for everyone, I do have thoughts and musings about many things aesthetic-related and I realised, besides my family, who bear with my many opinions, I don’t have anywhere to share them. Hence, the substack (and instagram). I’ve also come to a point in my career (in entertainment marketing) where I’ve hit some forks in the road and it has got me rethinking where I actually want to get to in the future.

Where do I want to be? Eek, the big question in life. Who actually has an answer to this (who isn’t religious or psychic)? If you do, please ping me. I certainly don’t. But, I do know that I’d love to be working with something creative, I want to travel, I want to grow my family, friendships and community, and one day, if I’m lucky, I’d like to start a small business (or help my dad with his furniture and crockery business). So, to get near those goals, I’ve started this substack.

Here I’d love to share tips, tricks and tools for all the things I love - travel, interior and fashion. I also just got married, and boy did I learn a lot from planning that, so think a few posts will come alive from this experience as well. Besides that, who knows where this journey will take me or if anyone is even interested. Here’s hoping, as I’d love to create, share and be a part of a community in the same way I have found inspiration from so many before me (hi India Cardona , Lucy Williams Jessica Skye Sai De Silva athena calderone Emma Grede Tori Simokov Kirthanaa … the list goes on).

To kick us off, I will share in my next post, my favourite hotels in Tuscany… Stay tuned (soon will come posts for tips on Argentina, Mexico, Denmark, planning your dream wedding and more). If you made it to the end of this post, a huge thank you. I hope to see you on the next one.

Big love,

Maria Lauring (@lauring.notes)