Slow Style Home: Decorating Personal, Meaningful Interiors

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Christina Fluegge of Greige Design has turned her focus specifically toward pattern design for fabrics and wallpaper, which you can find at Greige Textiles.  I was really drawn to these products because of her points of inspiration, which are mainly travel and nature.  Today, we're talking all about her wide range of work as well as how she...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest today is Philadelphia based interior designer Maria Viola.  She's been heading up her own team for about 15 years and her award winning firm, Viola Interior Design, while being active on several boards in the city.   We dive into lots of reasons why good design is essential... in other words, why style matters!   Subscribe to the sh...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest today is Bari J Ackerman, artist, maximalist, floral enthusiast, and now, author.  Her first book, Bloom Wild, A Free Spirited Guide To Decorating with Floral Patterns showcases Bari's own work on walls, fabric and furniture while teaching us how to mix patterns, even crazy, wild patterns, in ways that are joyous rather than chaotic...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode!  My guest today is the General Manager of The Spruce, Melanie Berliet and we're going to talk about her perspective on how we've been living in and using our homes over the past year and thinking about what we can look forward to for the rest of 2021.  Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue t...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest is Geraldine James, a prolific author of design books, including the very popular "Creative Walls" and "#shelfie."  These are the two books I wanted to talk about with her in particular because buying art as well as displaying collections are two things I think we should all be embracing.    Subscribe to the show to a...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Heather Ross is my guest this week and she's been living a multi-passionate life, for sure.  She's an artist in several mediums, she's been a boutique owner, and the author of a gorgeous and thoughtful design book, The Natural Eclectic.  In our conversation today, we  re-examine what we mean when we say we're decorating with n...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest this week is Debbie Mathews, a well established antiques dealer in Nashville, who has also moved into the design arena because so many of her customers have recognized her exquisite taste, her eye for detail and her ability to mix antique pieces with contemporary ones in ways that make a room feel relaxed and welcoming.  Subscribe to the...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Maxwell Humphrey is out with his first book. It's called Modern Americana and in it, Max takes us through all of the pieces that signify his particular outlook, which tend to be classic, nostalgic, and very American. Think vintage boy scout handbooks, Teddy Roosevelt on horseback and Hollywood's wild west. His aesthetic is laid back, ve...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Cara is the woman, the carpenter, the visionary behind Never Skip Brunch where she is on a mission to empower women to hold a drill as easily as you hold a handbag. 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 e...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! My guest is Carmen Rene of Aquilo Interiors. She's baed in Oakland, CA and has worked on everything from hotels, restaurants and bars to private homes all across the Bay area. Carmen's aesthetic is pretty wild, very bold and unlike a lot of other work done by traditional designers, which is what drew me to her in the first place. Be sur...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! Ki Nassauer is a repeat guest on the Style Matters podcast and I'm so happy to have her back.  Ki has been rolling up her sleeves and digging in to all things vintage for many years.  This time, I wanted to talk with her about her newest venture, an online magazine called Lived-In Style.  When I first met Ki, she was the editor in chief of F...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! I'm talking with the one-and-only Marlo Thomas.  She has recently collaborated with Williams Sonoma on a 10 piece entertaining collection.  We talk about how this all came about and the inspiration behind it, but of course, I had to also ask her about her acting career and her work as an activist.  Subscribe to the show to access future epis...

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode! You may know my guest this week from the seemingly boundless energy she shares on her HGTV show, Good Bones.  Mina Starsiak Hawk is the real deal when it comes to construction and renovation.  With her mom, she started the Two Chicks & A Hammer construction company.   Mina has continued to be an integral part of the communities in which she l...

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...