Feels Like Home

In this episode, we’re diving into all the ways you can create an inspiring, visually soothing, and functional home office. With COVID, many of us are working from home, and also dealing with many more family members at home while we’re trying to work, too, which can definitely make things tricky!

One of the best things you can do is to create privacy and separation between your work space and your personal “home” space—so if you’re able to have your desk in a separate room that’s not used as often (like a guest bedroom or a formal dining room), that’s reallllly helpful. And if you don’t have that option, creating a sense of separation through a beautiful room divider or a backless bookshelf can help with creating boundaries around the working area, too.

In terms of functionality, having comfortable seating is a MUST for an office. Nowadays we spend so much time sitting in front of our screens in chairs, that we really need to make sure we’re getting the support our bodies need. But you don’t have to sacrifice aesthetics for it, either. Covering an unattractive chair with a linen slip cover can make a huge difference!

Having some greenery around will also lift your mood and make the space feel more vibrant, light, and happy. Even if you don’t have a lot of light, there are houseplants like “snake plants” that do great in low-light situations and add a ton of beautiful green foliage to your space. And if you’re working out of a windowless space, like a walk-in closet, fake plants are totally fine, too! There’s lots of realistic-looking faux succulents out there that look really rad in glass terrariums.

Art and photographs will also help add beauty to your space, and give you comfort on those tough work days. Having family photos around can remind you of why you’re working and help with motivation, and just reminding you of the folks you love. And artwork is a great way to bring in your own unique style and tone into your space. Sam and I both definitely have a tendency towards curio/ old anthropology museum vibes with lots of glass cloches and scientific sketches of flowers and honeybees, and that’s reflected in our workspace, too. So definitely have a think of the types of images + spaces you love, and how you can incorporate that into your work space via artwork.

And lastly, the biggest visual impact you can create within your home office is through color. The color palette of your space has suuuuuch a big influence on how you feel while working in it. Do you want bold bright energetic tones? Or do you prefer soft and soothing pastels? Or do you want neutral walls and furniture so the art work and photos in your space really pop?

• Snake Plants (low light houseplant)
• Room Dividers

Swarnika asks: How do you create an illusion of a rustic interior that’s also bright + airy?

Allfoodalldrinks asks: What should I grow in this narrow strip on the side of my building?

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Today we’re joined by the deeply resourceful + knowledgeable landscape designer Mulysa Melco of Resilience Design. Mulysa is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to plants, habitats, and garden design—she focuses on a deeper, relational approach to land use + tending, growing food, and supporting habitats through whole-systems thinking, permaculture, and mindful landscape design.

In this episode she’s sharing her expertise on the subject of starting a vegetable garden, which was THE most listener-requested episode topic. There’s nobody who would be better to cover this than Mulysa, Eva has been working with her about long-term forestry management and landscaping for her 29-acre future homestead for the past several years, and Mulysa truly is a wealth of helpful, practical, and sustainable gardening knowledge. Get ready to turn your thumb green in this fascinating interview!

• Resilience Design’s Website
• Resilience Design’s Online Seed + Plant Shop + Seed CSA
• Design Your Own Yard Workshop on February 1st-22nd
• Mulysa’s Instagram

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In this episode, we dive deep into Laura Muthesius and Nora Eisermann’s eye for design and renovation process. Laura and Nora are the married design duo behind the Design Tales instagram account, and their gorgeous blog Our Food Stories.

They share about how their love for design began, how they work together to design a space, and what goes into remodeling an old interior. All of their design work has been on older pre-existing buildings, and that has meant a lot of adventures and unexpected twists and turns to their various design projects. Strap in and enjoy the ride as they share their tips, insights, and design process in this fascinating interview!

• Design Tales Instagram Account
• Food Stories Instagram Account
• Nora + Laura’s Blog
• Their *INSANELY* gorgeous Schoolhouse renovation, before here and after here and here.

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Welcome to our very first episode! This has been a long time coming, and we are beyond excited to nerd out about interior design, garden, and all things home with you in the coming weeks, months, and (possibly) years. We’re diving into a little background here, so you have some context for who we are and why we started the podcast.

It helps to say who “we” are— Sam Struck of StruckSured Interior Design, and Eva Kosmas Flores, a stylist + photographer. Sam is an incredibly talented interior designer who works out of Hood River, Oregon, with her team of 4 designers at her own interior design studio. Eva is a photographer, stylist, cookbook author, blogger, and general plant nerd. She teaches online courses about photography and the like, and is based in Portland, Oregon.

We started this podcast because we wanted to dive into the connection between your home’s exterior and interior, and also highlight sustainability within the design realm, which is often overlooked. There’s nothing like getting cozy in a room that makes you *feel* good to be in, and have a lovely view out of the window of a lush little garden, too!

Over the coming episodes, we’ll be interviewing experts in interior design, landscape design, and sustainable building + design practices. We’ll also have some cozy episodes that are just the two of us diving deep into one particular subject, dishing up the most helpful advice + insights possible.

We’ll also be answering listener mail in every episode, diving into one interior design and one garden question, so make sure to send those over to us with pictures 🙂 We can’t wait to talk more with you!

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