Remember that book from when you were a kid called "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie?" Well, the same concept can be applied to furniture. I explain in this doozy of an episode. Also, I trash talk a particular furniture brand. 

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https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

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It's a quick solo episode this week, giving you a huge reality check on buying furniture right now. I get into the decorating woes everyone is dealing with, my own projects, and current bad decisions. Then I talk about something my mom told me about buying furniture, which is "Don't let perfect get in the way of good," and why everyone currently decorating or renovating needs to listen to this advice. 

Forbes article about supply chain issues.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2022/05/27/what-supply-chain-issues-heres-where-you-can-buy-furniture-right-now/?sh=7eedf671670d

Connect With Amanda Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

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I start the episode with a life update so if you aren't interested (TOTALLY OKAY), please skip to 17 minutes in.

Home Sort joins me today for an interesting conversation about their line with mDesign, how they started their business, their show on The Design Network and so much more. We had way too much fun! 

Forbes Interview:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2022/06/03/heres-why-home-sort-is-the-next-big-name-in-home-organization/?sh=63e83aaf7772

Connect With Home Sort:

https://homesort.org/

https://mdesignhomedecor.com/home-sort/

https://www.tdn.tv/sort-it-out

Connect With Amanda Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

https://twitter.com/AmandaLauren

IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I MISS YOU! BUT I'M BACK!

I start the show with a life and IVF update (skip to 18 minutes in for the interview with Shay). Then I interview Shay Holland from HGTV's Unfinished Business. Shay takes about the crazy way she was cast, filming the show, DIYs gone horribly wrong, interior design, and so much more.

Forbes Article With Shay:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2022/03/15/no-you-cant-renovate-a-bathroom-for-1000/?sh=a48932a5b3d6

Connect With Shay:

https://www.instagram.com/shayhollandofficial/

Connect with Amanda Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

https://twitter.com/AmandaLauren

Olyasha Novozhylova aka NotBasicBlonde joins me for a fun chat. The creator talks about moving to US from Ukraine (it's actually a funny story) being an immigrant, how she grew her Instagram to 1.6 million followers, what she did before Instagram, why she's just as smart as she is beautiful, and so much more. 

Connect With Olyasha:

https://www.instagram.com/notbasicblonde_/

Use Olyasha's link to help people in Ukraine:

https://linktr.ee/RazomForUkraine

Connect with Amanda Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

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I am completely obsessed with Molly Borman Heymont's chic AF wallpaper line Housewife Essentials. She joins me today to talk about being an entrepreneur, how she turned her late grandmother's Chanel jackets into wallpaper, founding Just Nips, the challenges of social media, interior design, NFTS and so much more.

Please subscribe, rate and review this podcast. It's good karma! 

https://housewifeessentials.com/

https://www.instagram.com/housewife.essentials/ 

Connect with Amanda Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

https://twitter.com/AmandaLauren

I've decided to do IVF and I'm bringing you all on this journey with me. I share a bit about my decision, some of the things I've been through, and why I'm excited to work with Dr. Ghadir in the intro. Then I interview him about fertility! What do you need to know about your fertility? What is IVF? Can you do anything to make yourself more (or less fertile)? We talk about his journey to becoming a doctor, why he loves his specialty, how he works with a lot of different types of families including the LGBTQ+ community, and so much more! We laugh, cry and learn so much in this episode. 

Thank you so much to Dear Media for recording this interview. 

Connect With Dr. Shahin Ghadir:

https://drghadir.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/drshahinghadir/

The Fertile Life Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fertile-life-with-dr-shahin-ghadir/id1558042643

Don't miss my interview on his podcast!!!!

Connect with Amanda Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

https://twitter.com/AmandaLauren

Today we have one of my favorite cooking show hosts and entrepreneurs, Ree Drummond AKA The Pioneer Woman on the show. She talks about her new bedding and bath line at Walmart, why she loves prints, how she designs her products, why accessibility is an important part of her brand, how her Food Network show will change in the future and so much more. She is HILARIOUS and we had sun a fun conversation. 

The beginning of the episode is me talking about my holidays, where I'm going with my fertility journey and my current bedroom project aka disaster. 

SKIP TO 18:10 FOR THE REE INTERVIEW!

Thank you so much to the team at Walmart for setting this whole thing up!

Forbes article:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2022/01/20/pioneer-woman-ree-drummond-talks-about-her-new-bed-and-bath-lines-at-walmart/?sh=4557a9b33acb

Connect with Amanda Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

https://twitter.com/AmandaLauren

It's almost Christmas! Get it together! I share my personal philosophy on gift gifting, why I'm happy this year was over, how to buy gifts, why I miss Bloomingdales, department stores in general, makeup counters, and some of my favorites from my Forbes Gift Guide!

Here are links to the gift guides and products:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2021/11/26/holiday-gift-guide-2021-best-gifts-for-the-home-under-100/?sh=7712276b7e83

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2021/11/19/holiday-gift-guide-2021-best-gifts-for-the-home-over-100/?sh=5582d9924419

Connect with Amanda Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

https://twitter.com/AmandaLauren

HGTV, Discovery +, and Freeform's Allison Holker-Boss joins me today to talk about working with Pottery Barn, decorating for the holidays, her family's holiday traditions and so much more. I talk about my own holiday traditions and plans in the intro. 

Forbes article:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2021/11/29/allison-holker-boss-talks-pottery-barn-and-the-holiday-season/?sh=4f2e8ad97243

Connect with Amanda Lauren:

https://www.instagram.com/itsamandalauren/

https://twitter.com/AmandaLauren