How to Decorate

Ep. 154: designer Tish Mills


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Tish Mills is known for creating peaceful yet livable spaces that reflect the homeowners personality. She joins us this week to talk about her love of construction, how a great design team makes the whole thing seem effortless, and ways we can create peace and harmony in our busy homes and lives. We also reminisce about the showroom we worked on together in 2014, and draw from that how to take pieces and customize them in a beautiful way that is meaningful to you.

What You’ll Hear On This Episode:

  • Trials and triumphs on good neighbor relations when it comes to painting, a fun pastel door color, the wrong sized curtains (take two), and a few of the best options for good ergonomics when working from home until who knows when.
  • The difference between console and desks in terms of height and surface working area.
  • Why Tish used the word “peaceful” when it comes to her design, and examples of projects that fit this description perfectly, including a home with fluted kitchen cabinets.
  • How a great team in design can make a project seem effortless.
  • More about Tish’s love of construction, and how it’s like a mix to go through labor and to therapy when doing a major remodel.
  • Tish’s dad was one of the four major developers of Hilton Head, so construction is in her blood.
  • Why planning ahead and knowing our traffic patterns can help make the best decisions in every aspect of design, as early as we can.
  • How Tish works with her clients to use pieces that are personal and meaningful that they collect over time, rather than feeling like they need to furnish and decorate in a hurry.
  • How we can use earth tones correctly.
  • More about the Not Your Average Downsize project which boasted a 30,000 square foot incredible home.
  • Using metals as the base for your interiors, and options that you may not have otherwise thought about.
  • More about the showhouse we did together in 2014 at the Atlanta Symphony Showhouse, and what we can learn about taking objects and customizing them to make them feel like your own.

  • Mentioned In This Episode:

    @tishmills

    Tish Mills

    Carin Console

    Rachel Cannon - Ep #44 Forward Thinking with Ballard Designs


    Decorating Dilemma:

    We love this question, and love that you are up for a change. Tish agrees 100% that the bed facing the fireplace is too expected, and doesn’t feel that you need to move the chandelier. Do some floor to ceiling panels, and weight the treatments slightly more to equalize the windows. Do complimentary tables on the side, and they do not have to match. The part of the door to the right of the fireplace that you don’t use, the mirror feels a little out of place, so you could find another place for it. You can also put a nice comfy chair there and create a seating area or cozy reading nook. Art is important in this space, and Tish would float a piece of art over the headboard. There are also some “lazy” options that we suggest, and we won’t tell anyone if you decide to go for them!

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