Slow Style Home: Decorating Personal, Meaningful Interiors

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! I realized it would be really helpful if everyone listening to the podcast and everyone who interacted with Little Yellow Couch in any way, had big picture framework that you could refer to when trying to figure out what to focus on when it comes to the design of your home and the development of your style.  So we're going to take a look at...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! If you are a book lover, how central are they to the feel of your home?  In this episode I interview Thatcher Wine, founder of Juniper Books.  Juniper is a very unusual company in that they don't publish new books.  They create covers for books and, more specifically, covers for whole collections.  When you look at the shelves, the book spin...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Lauren Caron is the owner and principle designer of Studio LaLoc, now based in Seattle.  But she started her career working at Tiffany's flagship store in Manhattan working on product display.  From there, she worked her way up at the iconic Bergdorf Goodman's, managing entire floors of the store, creating many, many atmospheric experie...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Sean Scherer is a painter by training and profession, and currently a passionate shop owner and creator of interior environments that envelope you in very particular atmospheres and emotions.  Sean has also written his first book.  In our conversation today, Sean talks about what different elements go into the creation of a home, a room, or even...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Christine Martin of The Good Abode talks with me about her extensive travel history and how she incorporates a mix of different cultural experience into her decor.  We also talk about the power of re-arranging furniture and the universal elements she uses to create well being. Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we&apo...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Marie Flanagan is a designer in Houston, TX and she's just come out with her first book called The Beauty of Home.  I found Marie's chapters to each be a foundational lesson in design that clarifies so much of the intangible elements such as composition, character, palate, depth... and my conversation with her is like sitting in on seve...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Melissa Mary Jenkins is a Canadian watercolor and mixed media artist who also makes her own inks from plant materials she grows or forages on her rural property. In our conversation today, we talk about the art of layering colors, materials, moods...both in art and in our rooms.  Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we&...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! This is a re-released episode from our archives.  Heather French is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  We talk a lot about how that city has influenced her and how to incorporate your surroundings into your home.   Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to publish 1 free episode per month.  If you'...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! This is a re-released episode from 2017.  Interiors expert, Anna Smith, founder of the blog and interior design firm,  Annabode and Company shares her very actionable suggestions when it comes to approaching the development of your own personal aesthetic and making decor decisions over time.   Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Goin...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! This week we have self-proclaimed unashamed maximalist Kimberly Duran of the blog Swoonworthy.  She has truly discovered the design balance of bold colors and tactile fabrics with luxe finishes while still making you feel that you can sit back and put your feet up.  We chat about everything from living in a well designed home with pets to designi...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! This episode originally aired in 2016.  Our guest is Erin Boyle, the blogger behind Reading My Tea Leaves and author of "Simple Matters: Living With Less and Ending Up With More".  For her, a pared down, simple style is not about deprivation but about the beauty she sees in everyday ordinary things.   Subscribe to the show to access fut...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest is floral and interior designer Cynthia Zamaria.  She embodies the soul of this podcast, which is to tie together beauty and meaning, style and substance.  We cover a lot of ground from personal philosophy, to home renovations, to specific suggestions on what flowers to grow and how to build an arrangement.   Subscribe to the show to acc...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest is Jessica Reilly the blogger behind Domicile 37.  She have an incredible eye for design, but here's what I want you to take away from this episode: you have to be willing to try things and fail in order to figure out what you love and how to execute it.   Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll co...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest this week is designer Heather Jorde, who also writes the blog, Restless Oasis.  We talk about design philosophy, moving houses, incorporating sentimental objects into your decor and how to personalize a cookie-cutter new build.  Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to publish 1 free episode...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! I'm inspired by people who are just really good at making their homes their own, without any training.  Tiffany Brown is my guest today and she's the blogger behind My Eclectic Nest, When you hear her talking, the joy she experiences is so infectious, I want all of you to feel the same way in your homes!   Subscribe to the show to acces...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest this week is Sarah Ramirez of Found & Collected Design and her inspiration comes mostly from traveling, taking in the colors, patterns, textures, landscapes of the places she visits and bringing those cross cultural experiences into her work once she's back home in California.  Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Go...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Emma Carole Paradis is one half of the design power-duo, Impeccable Nest.  But her other half in the case, isn't just a business partner or a spouse, it's her mom, Kimberly Carole!  And you're about to hear their story.  You'll also hear us talking a lot about art.  And rugs.  And art.  Because it turns out, both Emm and I bel...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Erica Bauermeister usually writes fiction.  She's the author of novels such as "The School Of Essential Ingredients," "Joy for Beginners," and most recently, "The Scent Keeper."  But she's also just written a memoir about a house.  One she bought quite awhile ago and has been working on ever since.  Or, as...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead met as professional actors in London.  And we talk a bit about their careers in that world, which is really interesting.  But then they made a big life change, together, to enter the world of design.  And their book, Making Living Lovely: Free Your Home with Creative Design is about exactly that.  How to free y...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Today I'm talking with Melissa Parman of The Slower Home .   Her beautiful photographs of simple, every day pleasures drew me and I encourage you to follow her on Instagram and check out her website.  She and her husband live in a small home in north Texas into which, she has brought many practical things made beautiful by the hands that hav...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest today is someone who I can't take my eyes off of when I'm on Instagram.  Designer Natalie Papier of Home Ec has one of the best profiles on IG because her designs are so arresting.  She really does combine things in ways you're not expecting with beautiful results.  I'll share some photos on the show notes page at htt...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! This week is an episode of On The Little Yellow Couch (OTLYC) where it's just you and me.  I'm going to share my Slow Style philosophy, which I've developed as a framework for you to create a beautiful, meaningful home.  I'll explain what Slow Style means to me, and introduce 3 Pillars of Slow Style.  They are: 1. Style Evolve...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! You might know Myquillyn Smith as “The Nester,” or as the author of “ The Nesting Place ,” her first book, and the name of her popular blog. She has long subscribed to the belief that “it doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful,” to which I say, Amen! Well, she’s just come out with her second book, “Cozy, Minimalist Home,” in which she promise...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Hello and welcome to the Style Matters podcast, brought to you by Little Yellow Couch.  I'm Zandra, your host, and I'm so glad you're here but you've caught us during a break!  That doesn't mean you should tune out, though, because during this break, I'm re-releasing some of my all time favorite episodes from the arc...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Today's re-released episode takes us all the way back to 2015, but it is still so good and absolutely relevant right now.  You'll hear the voice of my good friend, Karen Grant, who is no longer co-hosting with me, along with our guest, professional photo stylist, Hilary Rose Walker.  At the time of our conversation, Hilary was writing h...