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The opposite wall is home to Boatright’s own inspiration boards, which feature random ephemera, including fancy high-school glamour shots of her sister. “I have a hard time throwing things away, especially weird pieces of paper and drawings,” Boatright says. “Somewhere on the top board there’s a coaster I found in a bar years ago that has a message written on it: ‘Pool hall down the street — she was restless.’ And in a different handwriting underneath: ‘Fair enough.’”