Slow Style Home: Decorating Personal, Meaningful Interiors

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Michelle Rohrer-Lauer owns the design firm Michelle's Interiors in Chicago where she creates luxurious homes that meet her standards for sustainability, health, and wellbeing. Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to publish 1 free episode per month.  If you'd like to have access to the othe...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Chanae Richards is the design genius behind Oloro Interiors, and don't worry, we cover what that name means in the conversation!  Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to publish 1 free episode per month.  If you'd like to have access to the other 3-4 episodes each month, please click on the...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode!  My guest today is Kellie Sirna, co-founder of Studio 11 Design, which specializes in specialty hotel design.  Kellie has led global projects across boutique and renowned nameplates such as Caesars Entertainment, Hyatt, Starwood, Thompson Hotels, and many more and she oversaw the recent launch of two new side projects within Studio 11 Design, one...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! In this episode, you're going to hear one of those stories where someone starts making something in their kitchen and turns it into a mini-empire.  These stories sometimes feel a little unbelievable in that...how many people have tried this thing, never to have it come to anything?  Chrissy Fitchl is the founder of Apotheke, a scent company...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Peter Walsh is the author of many books and a TV personality who on several hit design shows.  He takes a soul-searching, tough-love approach to getting rid of our clutter so that we can live a more abundant life. In this episode we talk about the particular challenges of downsizing for ourselves and our elderly parents. Subscribe to the show to...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! If you've ever dreamed of what a perfect beach cottage, lake house or home in the woods would feel and look like, you're going to love this episode. I was delighted to see a book come out called "The Maine House" and it fulfilled all of my hopes and expectations for what beauty comes out of composing a home aligned with where...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! The interview you're about to hear ended up being very personal.  Not only does designer Beth Diana Smith talk with us about healing from the death of her mom and how she had to become a full fledged adult when most of us are still clueless 20-year-olds, but we also talk about her work with the Black Artists and Designers Guild, which opened...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! You've probably heard of my guest this week, Cortney Novogratz because she and her family of 7 kids, alongside her husband and business partner, Robert Novogratz, have been in the spotlight for quite a long time.  Maybe you remember her from one of her TV shows, "Design By 9" on Bravo, or "Home By Novogratz" on HGTV.   Su...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Have you wondered what it's like to renovate an old home?  Not just renovate, but actually live in an hold home while you're working on it?  And what about moving into an old home that needs work, where you're raising kids, AND that's on the National Register of Historic Places?  Any trepidation there?  I found today's gu...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest today is the perfect example of someone who has taught herself how to train her eye and create a signature style.  Ariene Bethea is the owner of the antique shop, Dressing Rooms Interiors, in Charlotte, NC, which has been getting a lot of attention from interior designers and magazines.   But her home is just as compelling as the shoppin...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! When I first saw Philip Mitchell's book, "Collected Interiors: Rooms That Tell a Story," I knew I had found a master of the mix. He's created my very favorite kinds of homes... those where every detail is fully considered and every composition and pairing of objects tells an arresting or unexpected story.  Subscribe to the sho...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Melissa Penfold is a well-known Australian journalist in the field of interiors and she's just come out with her first book, "Living Well By Design."  We talk about developing your confidence, creating a sense of place, the missing wow factor ingredient in many homes... hint... it's about scale... and of course, why style matt...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! "On The Little Yellow Couch" where it's just you and me.  In other episodes like this, you've heard me go over the principles of Slow Style and the path or phases you'd go through to apply this approach to decoration and design.  Today, I'll give you some concrete ideas about what exactly a Slow Style home looks like...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode!   We're going to hear about the beauty of Cheryl's natural environment, feng shui, her artwork and the importance of art overall when it comes to creating a home that gives something back to us.  Here's Cheryl.   Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to publish 1 free episode per month....

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode!  I've wanted to interview many Australian designers but haven't been able to make the difference in time zones work.  Until now!  You're about to hear my conversation with Jen Kingwell, fabric and pattern designer, quilter, and now author.  She's just written a book called Quilt Recipes, and I fell in love with the gorgeous ph...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! I'm very happy to have Marian Parsons open up this new season of Style Matters for us.  You may also know her as Miss Mustard Seed, which is what she called herself when she started a blog over 10 years ago.  From the blog came other business pursuits such as creating a line of milk paint, creating fabric and product designs, and selling her...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Melissa Parks is a hunter and seller of vintage goods just outside of Chicago, Illinois.  She's also a regular contributor to the digital magazine, Lived-In Style and wrote for the print publication Flea Market Style before that.  You may know her as "Megillicutti," which is the name she uses on Instagram where she has over 26k fan...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Jamala Wallace shares her many room and furniture transformations through her personal blog, Viva La Vintage.   In this conversation, we really zero in on the idea that beauty comes from the act of finding and creating it, rather than acquiring it. Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to publish 1 fr...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Emmy Ellison, founder of de Maroc.  Her mission is to bring the beauty of handmade woven rugs from Morocco into all of our homes.  I'll let her tell you her story, starting with her wandering around Morocco, following the trail of the centuries-old tradition of designing, weaving, and dying these beautiful, soulful pieces. Subscribe to the s...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! People often ask me which episodes they should start with if they're new to the podcast. And so I thought an interesting way to answer that question would be to go over some of the best eye-opening perspectives that I have heard from my guests over the years. We'll cover a few things such as how do we really define a personal style in t...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Today, I'm talking with designer Rachel Fowler who's out with a new book, "My Happy Place: healthy, sustainable and human design for life and work."  She's going to get the ball rolling here in that the bulk of what we talk about is the big picture of what's really going on with how we purchase, consume and dispose o...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! "House Story: Insider Secrets to the Perfect Home Renovation."  I talk with Jasmine on the Style Matters podcast about the questions, mis-steps and small victories won when going through a home renovation. Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to publish 1 free episode per month.  If you&apo...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! I'm delighted to share this episode with you.  I'm having a conversation with one of my favorite fabric and wallpaper designers, Mally Skok.  And she's also a really fabulous interior designer.  Originally from South Africa and now living in the States, near me, in Boston, as it turns out, Mally has just written a gem of a book.  I...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest today is one of my favorite interiors photographers and she's also an accomplished, sought after designer. You'd never guess that her life was kind of in shambles a decade ago. I'll let Carley Summers tell her own story. Let me just say that I'm so happy to have met her and been introduced to her work. Along with her...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Today I'm talking with Aldous Bertram about his first book called "Dragons & Pagodas: A Celebration of Chinoiserie."  He traces hundreds of years of the development of the Chinoiserie style, into what reads like a novel.  And then gorgeously illustrates all of the major motifs under the Chinoiserie umbrella.   Subscribe to the...