Slow Style Home: Decorating Personal, Meaningful Interiors

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! How do YOU define your style?  Today on the show, I'm going to dig into our new Style Mash Up guide where you can finally, once and for all, forever put to bed that annoyingly difficult question to answer: What is your style???  Download the guide.  Play the game.  Have some fun and hopefully a lightbulb will go off when you need some direct...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Michelle Ogundehin is a leader in the interior design world.  Most recently, her first book, called "Happy Inside: How to Harness the Power of Home for Health and Happiness" has just been published.  The  interview you're about to hear is one of the most substantial conversations I've ever had about design, on a personal scale...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest today is going to come at the question of how to design our homes from a very different perspective than what you're used to hearing on this show.   Susan Weis Bohlen isn't a designer.  She's a chef and author and practitioner of Ayurveda, an ancient Indian holistic approach to life.  Susan gives us a quick intro to the ba...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest today is Ariel Garneau who is known for her bold, colorful, quirky, somewhat retro, mash up of styles.  I wanted to know where it comes from, how she defines it and how it's evolved over time.   Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to publish 1 free episode per month.  If you'd lik...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! David Supple is the founder and CEO of New England Design & Construction.  Schooled in architecture and trained in carpentry, David is about to explain how the profession of architecture has come to be and how it has estranged itself from its roots where craftsmanship and design went hand in hand.  Now, David has a great personality so,  he&a...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest today is Mehaz Khan.  She's a color psychology specialist and talks with us today about choosing color from the perspective of how it will affect our behavior, via our emotions.  She's very much invested in her client's mental and emotional health, and understands the connection between those aspects of who we are and the...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Bertille de Lestrade is an artist and her Instagram account is called Cette Maison Bleue, where she showcases her paintings of private interiors so we talk about the connection she makes between art and interior design.  But this conversation turned out to be a whole lot more than that.  We also talk about coming through to the other side of depr...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Today, I'm asking Sarie Taylor about 4 of the biggest sources of conflict between spouses or partners when it comes to our homes.  They are: money, time, self expression (meaning what to do when the two of you are clashing over what colors and styles to use in your home), and sentimentality,  Subscribe to the show to access future episodes!...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Sara Bird is my guest today, and along with photographer Dan Duchars, she's just come out with a new book called Home For The Soul: Sustainable and Thoughtful Decorating and Design.  Let's hear what she has to say about the direction the sustainability movement is taking inside our homes.   Subscribe to the show to access future episode...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! In this episode I address several listener dilemmas by first showing how they all have to do with battling the feeling of overwhelm.  When I asked you what your biggest struggle was when it came to your homes, you said not enough time, loads of clutter, and too many choices!  Not to mention a lack of confidence.   Today, I talk about three ways t...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest this week is interiors photographer Alyssa Rosenheck.  She's just come out with her first book called "The New Southern Style: Interiors of a Lifestyle and Design Movement."  To define this new movement, she casts a wide net across the south, sharing the homes of activists, designers, chefs, and other creatives.  The focus...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Today I'm talking with Katharine Earnhardt, founder of the art advisory firm Mason Lane.  She is going to crush any mental blocks, hesitations or insecurities you may have when it comes to buying art.  And she does this by being incredibly approachable.  Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to p...

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...