Interior Design with Kandrac and Kole

Kelly and I are big proponents of original art and know how it can elevate a space and create a truly unique and custom design.   We recorded podcast (Episode #53) entitled "Why Buy Original Art" a couple of years ago.   We talk about the importance of art in design as well as how we were originally intimidated by art galleries and how meeting our guest, Donna Krueger, turned out to be a wonderful...

Welcome to one of our favorite topics with one of our favorite guests – Sue Wadden, the Director of Color Marketing for Sherwin Williams.  This is Sue's third appearance on our podcast – we could listen all day to her insights about trends, world events, fashion etc. and how they relate to color.  Before we get started, we wanted to let you know that Episode 90 is sponsored by Helser Brothers hard...

For those of you not in tune to what is happening in the interior design world, get ready.  Everyone in our industry is busier than ever before and having trouble keeping up with the demand.  Contractors can only take on so much work and it's getting to the point that most people will have to wait until Spring to have a renovation done.  It's not surprising with the recent pandemic and people bein...

We are honored to have Franki Durbin as our guest on the show today. We were introduced to Franki by Cheminne Taylor-Smith who did some coaching for us as a referral to create our new website.  Franki works with high-end creative service providers, entrepreneurs, influencers and luxury brands to build memorable and rockstar quality brands.  Her unique "POSITION FOR PROFIT" approach ensures you bec...

We've been in business for 15 years now and still consider it an important part of our jobs to educate our clients on what things actually cost. It seems like everybody is wanting to improve their homes after being cooped up for long during this pandemic, so we figured this was the perfect time to don our teacher hats and have the discussion about WHAT THINGS COST. Before we dive in, we wanted to...

We're excited to be doing another podcast where we answer questions from our audience related to interiors or challenges they face in their home. There's a lot of information at our disposal with shelter magazines, Houzz, Pinterest, and Interior Design blogs but sometimes there might just be a little something nagging at you that you can't seem to find an answer to. Well, here we are! Before we ge...

Today we are thrilled to bring a new guest to you. She is not only our friend and industry colleague but a woman we have learned a lot from over the years. LuAnn Nigara began her career more than 30 years ago as a co-owner of Window Works, an award-winning window treatment and awning retailer in NJ. Now she's also the host of the top-rated interior design podcast called A Well Designed Business, i...

One of the best parts of our job is meeting and working with a lot of wonderful people. In our 15 years in business we've accumulated a large list of clients and projects. Newlyweds, couples with small children, couples with children going off to college, newly single people as well as empty nesters. We've done big spaces, small spaces, an entire first floor, an entire house, and lots of remodels....

This episode of part II of a two part series about the One Room Challenge and the complete transformation of our Podcast Studio. We encourage you to go back and listen to Episode 82 but in quick summary, The One Room Challenge is a virtual design event in it's 17 th season where 20 chosen influencers around the country are asked to transform a space with the help of ORC Sponsors. As chosen designe...

1. INTRO We were honored to be asked to participate in the One Room Challenge. Twenty design influencers were selected from around the U.S. to take the challenge of transforming a room and documenting the process and sharing their sources and professional advice over eight weekly posts. The One Room Challenge™ is currently in its seventeenth season, a highly anticipated bi-annual event held every...

Today is Part II of a super interesting conversation we started on Episode 80 with our friend and design industry guru Veronika Miller-Eagleson.  To bring you up to speed on Veronika,  she is the CEO of Modenus Media, a comprehensive online resource for design professionals and design enthusiasts, whether its client to designer, manufacturer to consumer, or blogger to fellow blogger, Modenus works...

We have some interesting topics to dive into today and invited Veronika Miller-Eagleson as a person "in the know". She is the CEO of Modenus Media, a comprehensive online resource for design professionals and design enthusiasts, whether its client to designer, manufacturer to consumer, or blogger to fellow blogger, Modenus works daily to grow and enrich our design community. She is also Founder of...

We are many weeks into the COVID-19 Quarantine at the time we are recording this so we thought we should have a light-hearted show today. We hope you don't mind if we use this opportunity to have a little more fun than usual this week! We thought we'd share some funny stories about us as individuals, our company and our projects. Before we get started we wanted to let you know that this episode of...

We met Linda Holt at "Design Camp" in Atlanta in 2013. She was new in the design business and now has a beautiful portfolio of work and an extremely well written and interesting blog. Besides being a talented interior designer, she has now created an interesting new offering – assisting people on how to improve their cell phone photography with some impressive and easy tools. - This Episode is Spo...

WOW these are unprecedented times we are in right now with CO-VID 19 ruling our world. We thought that since the vast majority of people around the world are sequestered in their homes now would be the perfect time for us to lend a helping hand – virtually that is.   If you are looking around your home and feeling the need to improve your surroundings, we've got lots of tips for you today. SPONSOR...

This Episode is Sponsored by Helser Brothers Hardware. Helser brothers are a fully custom manufacturer of drapery hardware.  It is run by Brothers Jay and Mark.  Jay was an expert independent drapery installer and designs new products that are install friendly and engineered for strength and Mark, a talented metal worker with a mind of an engineer, has been regarded as a mechanical genius by all w...

1. Intro  Today we are super excited to sit down and chat with long-time friend and CEO of the infamous lighting brand Currey & Co. Brownlee Currey. Currey & Company ( https://curreyandcompany.com ) is a wholesale manufacturer of not only lighting but furniture and accent pieces as well. Their innovative furnishings can be found around the world in residential, contract and hospitality spaces. Cel...

We are happy to introduce our guests this morning Peter and Holly Ranney.   They are the founders of "Sunshine on a Ranney Day" which is a non-profit organization that renovates homes for children with special needs here in Atlanta.   Through partnerships and donors, they provide, at no cost, wheelchair accessible bathrooms, dream bedrooms and in-home therapy rooms. A. The history: 1. When was it...

Shelly Rosenberg has been a luxury interior designer in Dallas for 20 years.   As a mother of 3 children with learning differences and special needs, she has dedicated her profession to creating and designing adaptive spaces towards what she calls the "differently abled".   We met Shelly several years ago at an interior design industry design event.   She has joined us on several trips to Guatemal...

1. Intro We get a lot of resumes from wanna be interns as well as inquiries from kind people saying they'd love to work for us. To be honest, they don't teach these kids in school the real-world stuff. I guess that's what internships are for. Since people are always curious about what we are busy doing, we thought we'd share what we are up to as 2020 unfolds. You might not believe it… Project #1 –...

Intro: We are excited to have Jay Helser as our guest today.   We were very honored that Helser Brothers was our very first "podcast sponsor".   It's so nice to do business with nice people who not only have a lot of pride in their company but do so many things right! 1. A Bit About Helser Fully custom manufacturer of drapery hardware sold to the trade Their customer service agents (called the "Ro...

This podcast is sponsored by dowel furniture - https://www.dowelfurniturecompany.com 1. INTRO If you missed our VERY engaging and worthwhile Episode 67 podcast you might want to rewind before listening today. We had so much fun spending time with brand strategist and world-wide speaker Phil Phalen that we quickly invited him back for Round 2. 2. A LITTLE BACKGROUND We have worked with Phil in a va...

Intro – We are thrilled that Sue Wadden, the Director of Color Marketing for Sherwin Williams, agreed to join us again, this time to discuss the Colormix 2020. Discusses her working career and how she landed at Sherwin Williams and became Director of Color Marketing Sue Wadden's background: Mantra Heart Alive Play Haven Colormix Forecast 2020 – What it is, how the collection was built and why thes...

1. INTRO  We weren't able to make it to the October High Point Furniture Market show because we had just returned from our adventures at the Roundtop Antiques Fair and had to get down to business.  Good thing we have lots of talented and knowledgeable designer buddies who would fill us in on the latest and greatest trends. We asked them to call in and give us their top finds so that we could share...

1. This podcast is sponsored by Helser Brothers Hardware Helser Brothers is a fully custom manufacturer of drapery hardware.   It is run by brothers Jay and Mark.   Jay was an expert independent drapery installer and designs new products that are installer friendly and engineered for strength and Mark, a talented metal worker with a mind of an engineer, has been regarded as a mechanical genius by...