When Lidia Valdivia immigrated from Nicaragua to Minnesota nearly a decade ago, most of the jobs she could find were in construction. But as she refinished floors and cleaned up sites, she fell in love with the world she was thrown into—especially the design side. Now, as the owner of Moonstone, Valdivia helps clients renovate their homes to become places with individuality and character, and she invests in older properties that need work, transforming them into unique spaces that honor her roots (while documenting the often-viral process for her nearly 20,000 followers on Instagram). “My country is extremely colorful,” she says. “I love adding personality to spaces, so it’s not all gray and beige.”