Decorating Tips and Tricks

Making your living room work for you in a stylish way is what we are talking about today. This is where many families hang out and entertain friends and family. It's the room that typically gets the most use. Even if you call it a family room, let's get this room working for you in a way that looks fantastic!

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Anita found this gorgeous blue and white lamp shade that would be beautiful in a living room HERE

DTT defines BUREAU

Anita's crush is a Kodak slide and scan film and slide scanner that she used to convert family vintage slides to jpeg files HERE

Kelly's crush is this podcast episode on Circadian Medicine HERE

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and Kelly's YouTube channels. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

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We LOVE a beautiful table, and we're sharing our favorite tips for making it an occasion. It's the perfect time to think about your table, since the holidays are upon us.

To see how to properly set a table, you can check in with Emily Post HERE.

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Chargers are a must for an elegant table. We love rattan chargers like HERE and HERE.

Anita's exact chargers are out of stock, but these from William Sonoma are almost exactly the same HERE.

The cabbage salad plates are HERE.

Anita's favorite French flatware that comes in a variety of colors HERE.

Flatware with bamboo handles are HERE.

Anita's favorite water bottles HERE

DTT DEFINES: Windsor chair

CRUSHES:

Kelly's crush is a podcast you will want to tune into - Why Women Grow hosted by Alice Vincent.

Listen on any podcast player or click HERE for more info on the show from the Garden Museum ( one of Kelly's favorite places to visit in London :)

Anita's crush is this set of invisible wall plate hangers HERE.

CONSULTS:

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and YouTube channel. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

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We're talking trends for 2025 today, and it's not that far away! Trend in home decor change slowly over time, but change it does. It's important to see where things are headed, so you aren't left in the dark.

If we could sum up many of the trends for this year, the word is MORE. We are moving away from minimalism and toward maximalism.

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To turn your TV into a slideshow of famous artwork on your smart TV, try this art on a drive HERE

Check out the Benjamin Moore color of the year, cinnamon slate for 2025 HERE.

DTT DEFINES: canape settee

CRUSHES:

Kelly's crush is the wonderful interior design book "The Private House" by Rose Tarlow. Get your copy HERE.

Anita's crush is the Instagram account of the very funny Landon Bryant HERE

CONSULTS:

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and YouTube channel. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

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When should you splurge on something for your house, and when should you save? That's a more complex question and answer than some people realize. We're discussing this topic today, and giving you some links to products we found that don't require a splurge.

Beautiful sofa from Pottery Barn HERE

Our best advice for buying a sofa online HERE

Comfy mattress from Awara HERE

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Blue and white linen pillow cover HERE

Anita's Amazon favorites that are very affordable HERE

Audubon prints HERE

William Morris print HERE

Blue wool rug HERE

Anita's blog post on what she splurges on HERE

Anita's blog post on what she doesn't splurge on HERE

DTT defines Dentil molding

Anita's crush is Weck canning jars HERE

Kelly's crush is the town of Hudson NY HERE

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and Kelly's YouTube channels. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

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**** Note I changed my crush so please remove the links to the Traditional Home Magazine issue in the show notes. You can link to my recommendation to visit the town of Hudson New York.

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We love chintz! And we are sharing the history of chintz and how to use it in your home.

Article Kelly referenced on Nancy Pyne's homes done up in chintz. Read it HERE.

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and YouTube channel. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

Are you subscribed to the podcast? Don't need to search for us each Wednesday let us come right to your door ...er...device. Subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Just hit the SUBSCRIBE button & we'll show up!

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The temperatures have dropped and it's time to change things up at home for cooler temperatures. There is so much we can do to prepare the house and make it cozy.

It's time for animal prints, furry pillows, velvet curtains, and bamboo shades, and so much more.

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Here are some items we mentioned in this episode.

Velvet curtains HERE

cordless lamps HERE

Ikea sheepskin HERE

Amazon “velvet” lampshade 13x10 HERE

Visit Pooky Lighting "cozy cordless" HERE

Listen to this episode about choosing paint colors HERE and HERE

DTT DEFINES Credenza

CRUSHES:

Kelly's crush is a gorgeous animal print fabric. Get a swatch HERE.

Anita's crush is the super delicious recipe for butternut squash fries HERE

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and YouTube channel. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

Are you subscribed to the podcast? Don't need to search for us each Wednesday let us come right to your door ...er...device. Subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Just hit the SUBSCRIBE button & we'll show up!

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Traditional decor doesn't have to look tired. We're here to help you wake it up. Class, traditional decorating can be so beautiful, but it occasionally needs a bit of a refresh and that's what we'll be covering today.

Check out Anita's wallpaper collection HERE.

DTT DEFINES: jardinière 

CRUSHES:

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Anita's crush is this charming mini crockpot to use for your lunch HERE.

Check out Kelly's crush, a watercolor sketch/paint spiral bound book by Emily Lex Studio HERE.

Then get yourself a set of watercolor paints HERE.

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and YouTube channel. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

Are you subscribed to the podcast? Don't need to search for us each Wednesday let us come right to your door ...er...device. Subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Just hit the SUBSCRIBE button & we'll show up!

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We love answering your questions! Today we answer questions about styling glass front cabinets, color wrapping and what to do with extra pillows on the sofa.

Thank you to everyone who submitted questions. As always we are full of opinions, and we don't always agree.

DTT Defines luan

Crushes:

Kelly's crush is the wonderful fact that Virginia has added viewers to their state parks to aid those color blind visitors to see the full spectrum of color. Read the article HERE.

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Anita's crush is this compact dehumidifier HERE.

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and YouTube channel. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

Are you subscribed to the podcast? Don't need to search for us each Wednesday let us come right to your door ...er...device. Subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Just hit the SUBSCRIBE button & we'll show up!

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Anita & Kelly

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We're back from our summer break!!! It was a bit extended because Kelly was helping her MIL and Anita moved her mom to Texas from Oklahoma. Summer is officially over and we are very excited to be back and talking about fall decor!

Our best advice is to go natural and simple. We don't like the idea of spending a fortune of decor that you just use once. If you are going to buy something for the fall, invest in something worth keeping and using every year.

Be sure to check out Anita's Cedar Hill Farmhouse wallpaper collection on the Cedar Hill Farmhouse website HERE.

You can also go straight to the wallpaper site HERE and HERE.

Anita uses these fall dishes every year.

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SPODE WOODLAND DISHES HERE

ROYAL STAFFORD SAG DISHES HERE

SPODE DELEMERE DISHES HERE

Some other fall decor items you might enjoy are listed below with links.

DRIED FALL WREATH HERE

STAUB PETITE CERAMIC PUMPKIN BAKER HERE

AMBER DRINKING GLASSES HERE

PENDLETON YAKIMA WOOL THROW HERE

BLACK CANDLESTICK HOLDERS HERE

BLACK CHECK LAYERING DOOR MAT HERE

DTT defines Georgian style that includes Sheraton, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and Adam style

CRUSHES:

Anita's crush is this gorgeous set of Spode William Morris dishes. Each one is different and they would work so well for fall dishes!! HERE

Kelly's crush is the book NEXT LEVEL by Dr. Stacy Sims. Get your copy HERE.

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and YouTube channel. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

Are you subscribed to the podcast? Don't need to search for us each Wednesday let us come right to your door ...er...device. Subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Just hit the SUBSCRIBE button & we'll show up!

If you have a moment we would so appreciate it if you left a review for DTT on iTunes. Just go HERE and click listen in apple podcasts.

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Anita & Kelly

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This week we're teaching you how to decorate your entry like a design pro. The entryway is so important because you only get one chance to make a first impression. Find out what your entry needs.

Because our 'decorate like a pro' episode was so popular, we're making this a series! This week we're tackling the entryway. I

Here's a great side table you can use in your foyer. It's the Aleyska 63 inches console table HERE

How about a round fun mirror? HERE

We found a lovely blue geometric foyer rug HERE

This is a gorgeous blue and white ceramic umbrella stand HERE

Here's a gorgeous velvet bench HERE

Take video tour of Kelly's entry HERE

The DTT defines word today is CERUSED WOOD.

Kelly's crush - Dr. Laurie Santos's podcast The Happiness Lab & FREE course "The Science of Well Being". Check out the podcast HERE and the course HERE.

Anita's crush is a cute blue and white office chair that's high on function HERE

Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE

Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and Kelly's YouTube channels. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week!

Kelly's IG HERE

Kelly's Youtube HERE

Kelly's blog HERE

Anita's IG HERE

Anita's blog HERE

Are you subscribed to the podcast? Don't need to search for us each Wednesday let us come right to your door ...er...device. Subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Just hit the SUBSCRIBE button & we'll show up!

XOXO,

Kelly and Anita

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