Design Your Home

Ep12:   Kitchen refreshes are a smart way to update and transform your dated kitchen without as much stress, construction, or costs that you'd have with a full kitchen remodel.

By changing a few important parts of your kitchen, you can make some exciting changes that'll help you love your kitchen and have your friends and neighbors green with envy.   

What to listen for in this episode:

• What exactly is a kitchen refresh
• What are the 5 levels or options you can do in your kitchen refresh
• What contractors do you need to hire when upgrading your kitchen
• Flooring...should you change it or not
• How to choose between a kitchen refresh and full kitchen remodel
• How much does a kitchen refresh cost
• Kitchen Refresh 101-Everything you need to plan and complete your kitchen refresh

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Ep 11:   What are the latest home design trends that you could be using in your home in 2022?  After returning from a trip to the summer design show in Las Vegas I’ll fill you in on the latest and greatest in home decorating and design.  You'll discover what colors are popular, what furniture is hot right now, and how to effectively use them in your home.  And lastly, we’ll talk about the most important question…should you follow the latest design trends or not?

What to listen for in this episode:

• What colors are trending in interior design in 2022
• What materials are really popular this year
• How to use these trends in your home
• How much of a trend you should embrace, if any
• How does your own personal style impact the trends you follow

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Ep 10:  Should you wait to design and decorate your home if you have young kids or pets?  Would it be a waste of effort and money since kids and pets can be a little messy?  

Well, think again because it doesn’t matter if you’re a parent of children or furbabies, you CAN create a beautiful kid-friendly and pet-friendly home that you can enjoy for years. If it sounds too good to be true then keep listening for design and decorting tips on how to create a kid-friendly AND pet friendly home.

What to listen for in this episode:

• Should you wait to design and decorate your home if you have young children
• What the Ugly Room study taught us about the spaces we’re in
• How letting your kids touch the fragile things might be a good thing 
• Being realistic about how you use your home
• How to choose materials that can hold up in a busy family
• A material in rugs I avoid at all costs
• How the Ben Franklin quote “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” applies to your home
• What I put on rustic furniture to protect it and help keep it looking new

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Ep 9:   Have you ever moved into a new place and had to design and decorate it from scratch?   You basically have to take your room or space from the bare bones and transform it into something functional, livable, and hopefully beautiful.   Starting from the beginning in our homes might feel stressful.

Did it feel overwhelming?  If you’re like most people, it probably did.  But, if you start with a Starter Piece, it makes everything move faster and is so much easier.  Wondering what a Starter Piece is, then tune in and listen to this episode. 

What to listen for in this episode:

• Moving into a new home can feel very overwhelming, but how can we look at it in another way
• What is a starter piece and what are examples of some
• What should you do after you find your starter piece
• How trying too hard often leaves us empty handed when shopping for our homes
• How analysis paralysis impacts us and our designs. And what we can do instead.

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Ep 8:  Deciding what rooms or spaces to update in your home first is a big decision.  Are you making the best ones?  What 5 spaces should you start with first in your home to make the biggest impact and give you the dream home you want.  And which updates make sense for your wallet and design budget?

Designing and decorating your home doesn't have to be hard.  Let's get some clarity and direction so you know what to start with first.  Are you ready?

What to listen for in this episode:

• How many spaces you should update at one time
• What room is the clear winner to update and design first
• Overlooking this one important space will leave your end result lacking
• You likely have more than one of these rooms so which one should you focus on first
• This room is one of the most used in your home and there are ways to make it look it’s best
• This space is simplest to update which makes it a good place to start and stretch your design muscles.  
• Some of these spaces are easier to update, while others take more planning.
• Always take your time and plan for any design updates.

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Ep 7:  Be sure to listen to Part 1 (Episode 6) BEFORE this episode for the first 6 common design and decorating mistakes you might be making.  I share the mistake, and the fix so you can get the best results in your home.  

Mistakes happen, right?  But many of them don't have to if you listen to this two-part series.  

What to listen for in this episode:

• How size matters and what going small does to your design
• What I think about themed rooms
• The critical first step often missed with our home design.  It may not be the fun part, but skipping it leads to problems down the road
• The design trend that went WAY too far and has run it’s course
• What lighting you need to consider for your home
• How your age and your home design levels should coordinate

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Ep 6:  Are you making any of these 12 common design mistakes?  In this two-part series, I break down all 12 design mistakes.  Some of these you might not be too happy to hear about, but I'm not doing you any favors if I hide them from you.  And the first one surprises everyone!

Everybody makes mistakes, right?  They're part of the learning process.  But, design and decorating mistakes are extra frustrating because they waste your time and money.  In this episode I'll share the mistake AND what do instead so your home looks it's best.

Part 1 shares the first 6 mistakes, and Part 2 shares the last 6 design mistakes

What to listen for in this episode:

• How overwhelm impacts our home designs
• We don’t know what we don’t know.  And first knowing it’s a mistake helps us correct them and end up with a better result
• The paint color mistake almost everyone makes
• Why matching isn’t the way to go
• How much furniture is too much
• The all too common drapery mistake everyone makes
• Why your art isn’t working in your home

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Ep 5:  How do rooms styled by designers look so good?   You look around the room and everything just seems to just flow and feels balanced.  It’s perfectly styled and accessorized and everything is placed in just the right place. 

You’re probably wondering what they did to make it look that way so when you style your home it looks just as put together.  The good news is, your house can look that good, like it was professionally styled…if you follow this really important design rule.  

What to listen for in this episode:

• The problem with “Show and Tell” designers online
• What the Rule of Three is
• Why our brains like things in groups of three
• Symmetry and assymetry in design
• How to use the Rule of Three with color in your home
• How to use the Rule of Three with accents and accessories
• Easy style tips that you can try today

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Ep 4:  So many design mistakes can be avoided by knowing (and DOing) a few simple, yet important, DIY design tips.  And even though they might seem so simple, I see people miss these tips all the time. 

Once you know these simple DIY tips, you can confidently move forward when designing and decorating your home.  

What to listen for in this episode:

• How patience is your friend when it comes to home design and decorating
• The famous saying that will save you money and help you avoid bad decisions
• My "dead body" trick for buying furniture for your home
• How knowing your design style can help you
• Store clerks aren’t the only ones who should take inventory.
• How your home habits impact your design
• What to do when you’re over your head

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Ep 3:  This is one of the BIGGEST issues many of my clients have when it comes to designing and decorating their homes.  They feel stuck with their design and can’t figure out why they aren’t able to get the results they want on their own.  

And it comes down to emotional attachments to furniture or pieces in their homes.  But, once we work through this, they break out of their design rut, and we create the perfect space for them. 

You might not even know that these 3 emotional attachments are the problem, so we’ll tackle them so you can finally move forward with your dream design. 

What to listen for in this episode:

• What we can get emotionally attached to in our homes
• The three types of emotional attachments that stop us from getting the results we want in our homes
• An easy method to help get over money attachments to furniture
• Actionable steps to break difficult emotional attachments
• I share my own emotional attachements and how I let go of them
• What to do with furniture and items when you’re finally ready to let them go.  (That you’ll actually feel really good about)

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