Interior Design with Kandrac and Kole

As the Director of Color Marketing at Sherwin-Williams, Sue reflects on her early beginnings choosing bridge colors, to now creating some of her favorite colors included in the 2022 color palette, titled MODE. We also discuss the 2022 Color of the Year! MODE is a collection of 40 trend colors, with each color hand-selected to welcome a truly wondrous transition.  Described as the 'queen' of Sherwi...

In today's episode of Inside Design with Kandrac & Kole, we are answering your design questions! Listeners have sent in their design dilemmas and we are going to help them with how to handle their tricky spaces, paint questions, and much more. Tune in to learn more on this episode of Inside Design! IN THIS EPISODE:  [02:07] Suggestions on window treatments to cut down glare and temperature in a li...

In today's episode, we're talking to Rochelle Porter, the Founder and Creative Director of Rochelle Porter Design. Rochelle is an amazing inspiration for everyone thinking about quitting their corporate jobs and following their true passions. Sometimes, you need to keep doing what you like, and things will come to you. Rochelle also shared her experience with building a responsible and sustainable...

Navigating the High Point Market for the first time can be very overwhelming. In today's episode, we chat with returning guest Linda Holt about The Insiders Tour organized by Esteem Media in partnership with the High Point Market Authority. Linda, Kelly and Joann will all be tour guides for the upcoming Fall 2021 Market. We'll discuss how we make the most of our time at High Point, which events we...

It all starts with an invisible idea. In today's episode, we're discussing the importance of showing up, having dreams and letting the universe do the rest. Our guest is Caroline Hipple, President of Norwalk Furniture. Caroline shares an amazing history that started with opening one furniture store and led to managing hundreds of employees today. You will also hear how she expertly gives her teams...

Shay Geyer, designer and owner of IBB Design joins us in this week's episode. IBB Design is a full-service fine furnishings boutique & design firm with a 90,000 sq. ft. showroom. Shay works on extensive residential and commercial projects around the country and is a Style Spotter Advisor at High Point Market. Style Spotters are home fashion leaders who showcase the top new styles of each High Poin...

Jill Seale, an artist, designer, and author, joins us in this week's episode. We met Jill at a design event a couple of years ago, where she was one of the guest speakers. She shared the journey of her "marbling" work and set up a mini marbling workshop for attendee participation. Jill is a talented and driven designer, winning numerous awards and accolades in the gift and home industry.  A-list c...

In this episode, we talk about our recent trip to the High Point Furniture Market we attended June 5-8. This event is the largest home furnishings industry trade show in the world, with over 10 million square feet and 2000 exhibitors. Combined, the two of us attended almost 50 markets! We break down the most popular trends, designs, and furniture featured at High Point Furniture Market and touch o...

This week's episode continues our previous conversation about our favorite design furnishings, accessories and options from different retail and online stores. This is an important aspect of our business as we offer a Design for a Day Service where we sit down and pick out design options for clients, that includes a complete retail and online shopping list with items and links for them to purchase...

In this week's episode, we are joined by Yash Ranga, a Conscious Luxury Evangelist and Stakeholder Engagement Partner for Jaipur Rugs. We were honored to hear Yash speak recently at the Design Influencers Conferences and were blown away by everything we learned about rugs and especially the compassionate and uplifting initiatives Jaipur Rugs is taking on within the rug industry. At Jaipur Rugs, Ya...

The Spring High Point Market is almost upon us, and we are organizing our famous must-see list of manufacturers, speakers, and functions to attend in June. We thought it would be a perfect time to share with you our guest today, Lauren Clement, an award-winning, Charlotte-based Interior Designer who has a lot going on with the Market this year. Tune in as Lauren reveals the details behind the LN S...

We've been in business for 16 years and are fortunate to have acquired many wholesale furniture accounts, as well as having an arsenal of talented artisans that we purchase for both our residential and commercial projects. There are times though that we turn to online sources and catalogs for certain items.  Our wholesale sources may be out of stock, a client has specifically requested something o...

As we discussed in our last episode about renovating vs. buying, Joann and I have spent the better part of the previous ten years making selections for renovations and new builds. Finishing touches are a daunting task when you aren't in the business, so we thought we'd share some of our wisdom by chatting with Stacy Wray, our rep extraordinaire at ProSource Wholesale Marietta, Ga. Stacy talks abou...

Stay at home orders have left Kandrac and Kole swamped with an incredible amount of work this year designing remodels and new construction. We all know that many homeowners now place a high value on making their homes more beautiful and functional. However, for some homeowners, selling can be a much better option – tune into this episode to figure out which one is right for you. In This Episode: ...

We are happy to introduce Katerina Rothman to our show today. She is the founder of Beflax Linen which offers 100% pure linen bedding and home décor products for bedrooms, kitchens, and bathrooms. Katerina talks about the importance and benefits of linen, how to choose a suitable fabric for your home, and styling tips using linen. In This Episode:  [02:10] Katerina speaks about the inspiration beh...

The Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) is North America's largest trade show dedicated to all aspects of kitchen and bath design. It's how we see the latest products and innovations, as well as hearing from industry leaders. Since we could not attend, we reached out to our design colleagues to fill us in on trends and new introductions. Due to the technical problems this year's virtual event ha...

We are celebrating our 100th Episode with a very special guest that we are honored to have on the show - award-winning actress, author, activist, and consummate hostess, Marlo Thomas. Marlo serves as the National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and is launching a collaboration with Williams Sonoma - Pottery Barn for an exquisite new tabletop and barware line.

After reviewing our podcast analytics to see which episodes are the biggest hits with our listeners, one of our top requests is to open our hearts and minds to all design-related questions and dilemmas you all have. In this episode, we are answering questions on floor plans, brands, lighting, making mistakes, and more. Tune in as we answer our listener's questions.

The infamous Robert Rufino, Style Director of House Beautiful Magazine, joins us for an exceptional episode of Inside Design. Robert opens the show explaining how Covid inspired him to reach out to designers and do something extraordinary for them. So, Robert started doing thirty-minute portfolio sessions; he gives designers the gift of time. Then, Robert speaks about why professional photography...

Today we give you ten tips on how to set business goals and achieve them. We are so glad that 2020 is over, and we have big aspirations for 2021. Hopefully, the vaccine will turn things around, and we can get back to normal. Because our 2020 goals were sidetracked, our 2021 goals are more critical than ever. One way to ensure you have a great chance of accomplishing your goals is by making them SM...

Let's put 2020 in our rearview mirror, shall we? Before we do, we thought we'd take some time to review the blessings, the fantastic projects, the podcasts, and the people we met along the way!  The most exciting thing that happened in 2020 was our rebranding - a labor of love to revamp our entire website and service offerings. Come March, we started to realize that all of our exciting internation...

What we are going to talk about today is the "science" behind paint, the applications and the many options available. We'll try to keep it light and not make it sound like a science class! We are excited that our paint representative Rachel Moeller is with us today to share her expertise as she comes with years of experience in the "technology" of paint and coatings. We think you will be surprised...

As you know from listening to our podcast over the last three years, you know that we run a very successful interior design firm in Atlanta that is now over 15 years old. We have invested a substantial amount of time and money to continue our education over the years to keep improving our operations, sharpening our design skills and expanding our design knowledge as it pertains to trends, products...

As the holiday season is upon us, Kelly and I are putting together gift ideas for our families, friends and our amazing team at Kandrac & Kole.  We are also researching ways we can do something charitable to those in need.  We've been very blessed this year and it is in our hearts to give back. We've given many interesting and thoughtful gifts through the years and will share those as well as some...

We were two of the brave few who attended the Highpoint Furniture Market this Fall. Because of this, we had many peers as well as industry fans watching our every move anxious for all the news about trends. In case you missed many of our social media postings, we wanted to bring you the trends right here on the podcast. We have to give a huge shout out to the entire Highpoint Market team of showro...