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Add a Little Whimsy: Simple Ways to Spark Joy in Your Space · Seated with Furniture Row

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  Hi, and welcome to the Seated podcast with Furniture Row.
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  I'm Jessa, creative director and design extraordinaire.
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  And I'm Barb, interior designer and buyer.
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  Hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Seated
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  with Furniture Row. Like we said, I'm Jessa.
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  I'm the creative director. She's Barb.
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  I'm Barb, interior design extraordinaire.
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  Yeah, and today we're talking about whimsy, which is actually
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  very pervasive in society today. It is.
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  I love your tea cup, that's very whimsical.
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  I feel it makes me feel whimsical for sure.
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  But yeah, we're gonna talk about why we're seeing it and culture
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  a lot, where we're seeing it kind of where we've seen it in
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  the past, what it looks like today, and then actionable
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  things for you guys to be able to incorporate it into your
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  homes in a fun and whimsical way.
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  And I think that everybody's perception of whimsical may not
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  be exactly what Whimsie actually is.
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  And you might find that whimsies a little bit easier to
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  incorporate than you think. So we're going to go through all
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  those differences, but let's start with why are we even
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  having this conversation today? What?
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  Well, we're seeing it everywhere in some form or fashion.
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  We're seeing whimsy in home decor, clothing, shoes,
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  advertising. It's all about whimsy.
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  And I think what it is, is it's sparking joy.
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  You know, when you see things that appeal to you, and even if
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  it's just a color or a shape, you know, it sparks joy.
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  It it brings a little happiness to your life.
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  Yeah, exactly. I totally agree.
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  And it's just been impossible to ignore.
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  Like you're saying, we actually do a lot of traveling to buy
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  furniture and accessories and see trends and it is just
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  pervasive everywhere like. Whimsy is everywhere.
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  High Point Market, we were seeing a ton of whimsy.
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  They're definitely bought in. I was just in New York both last
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  fall and this spring for different interior design
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  occasions. We both went to the same store
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  there we did, and we saw whimsy. 10 both times.
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  Yeah, yeah. And yeah, whimsy was definitely
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  pervasive there. And what is surprising to me is
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  that it's at such a high level right now, like the highest.
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  Because we need joy, we need happiness.
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  We need things that spark happy. Exactly, but also the like high
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  end fashion is really buying into whimsy, both in home and in
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  furniture. But I think it.
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  Starts there, it starts high end and then it.
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  Most. Trends to the masses, yeah.
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  Most usually a. Fashion, though it starts in
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  fashion. That's.
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  So true, yeah. But I think that there are a lot
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  of really accessible ways to bring whimsy in, too.
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  Right now I almost feel like maybe the culture is being
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  shaped by the high end, but the mainstream, it's almost an equal
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  opportunity for high end and mainstream as far as who can buy
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  into it, because there are a lot of mainstream examples of
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  whimsy. I just think how far we can push
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  the envelope is being dictated by some of these high end
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  brands. But definitely like the really
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  like the Walmarts and the targets of the world have
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  definitely bought into whimsy as well.
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  So and the home good. Address at Walmart and I would
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  say it's whimsy. It has like embroidered flowers
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  all over it and it's just very playful.
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  That's the other thing, Whimsy is playful, like different
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  colors put together, which we saw in High Point.
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  We saw some crazy color combos that were super cool.
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  Yeah, that, that like worked well unexpectedly.
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  Yeah, we saw like a periwinkle or lavenderish color mixed with
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  a deep burgundy. I it just, it was so great
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  together. Yeah, that cool.
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  Blue and burgundy combo is really popular and like color
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  combos is a great way to bring up whimsy too because.
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  Very inexpensive. Like if you just want to paint a
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  room and then, you know, use those colors together, you could
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  even create like lines around the room or scallops around the
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  room with a different color and incorporate two different colors
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  together. Right.
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  But having like a really fun color with like a more grounding
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  color and more natural color is something I saw a lot and a way
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  to kind of, yeah, it doesn't always.
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  Have to be, you know, different types of colors.
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  I mean, it could be, you know, soft neutrals, but done in a
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  whimsical way or a whimsical pattern tainted on your wall.
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  Totally, Yeah, yeah, the Chartreuses and the nature
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  colors and the periwinkles and the Burgundies and the oranges.
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  It was so fun. It was so So that was fun to see
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  as far as color didn't. You feel energized after you
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  left those spaces always, but in a good way.
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  Not like good. So we got to get out of here.
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  It was just like very energizing creatively.
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  I just felt so, so wonderful after I left those spaces.
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  It's almost giving us license to have a childlike sense of wonder
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  in our everyday life for sure. Like still be our feet are on
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  the ground, we're down to earth. Like getting the things done,
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  being an adult. But in the midst of the chaos
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  and the stress of our days and all the responsibilities we
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  have, like there are things that make us smile and.
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  Bring a little playfulness to the day.
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  Exactly. Culture is giving us a license
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  to do that. And a lot of these places we
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  visited, I wanted to say too, are places that are really like
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  the trend predictors like High Point Market or I went to the
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  International Contemporary Furniture Fair and I saw.
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  Some of the pictures from that it.
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  Was really cool and and so we're seeing where trend is right now
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  and it's all definitely there. The other thing that we pay
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  attention to a lot is Pinterest. Funny enough I know for a lot of
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  people it seems like Pinterest was back in the early 2000s or
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  mid 2. Thousands.
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  But it's having a huge resurgence.
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  Yeah, it's having a huge resurgence as a search engine
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  for younger demographics for sure that are trend setting and
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  they what do. You find is is better to look at
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  Instagram or Pinterest for those things.
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  I think Pinterest is much more targeted toward getting
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  inspiration. So if I'm like, give me
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  whimsical spring ideas or like whimsical ideas for a spring
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  party, you'll get a lot more back on Pinterest for sure.
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  I think haphazardly you end up seeing cool things on Instagram,
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  but it's harder to search for as a search engine.
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  So I think that's where people are using Pinterest a lot is
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  because they're like, I can have this board of inspiration I can
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  just refer back to and it's just like a digital vision board,
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  which is great. But anyway, a lot of younger
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  generations are using it and it comes out with predictions every
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  year as far as what they think are going to be the most
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  trending things of the year. And so in 2026, they're
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  predicting a lot of whimsical trends, which we'll get to later
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  in the episode. But they're also their spring
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  report was saying we're in our more joy, please era and like
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  just really embracing that childlike sense of wonder, like
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  what we were saying. And that's where kind of this
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  idea is kicking off for me too. And they're giving examples of
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  what they mean, like embracing, jumping into a pedal, you know,
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  going outside when it's raining without like, your rain jacket,
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  like mismatched manicures, things like that.
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  So. Do you think, OK, we're saying
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  whimsy is a trend, but truly throughout history there's
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  always been whimsy. It just seems to be so prevalent
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  right now. It's embraced right now for
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  sure. So but that is a good question.
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  I'm not sure, like if whimsy would be considered a trend as
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  much as it's just a lifestyle and sometimes people embrace it
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  more than others, or sometimes we embrace it more in culture
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  than others. Like sometimes it's a time to be
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  really just like we're coming out bold and we're being the
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  biggest version of ourselves, which is great.
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  But like, if we take ourselves too seriously, that can be sad
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  sometimes it can be overwhelming, you know, like to
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  take yourself too seriously. And so just having those little
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  reminders. Maybe we've just taken ourselves
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  too seriously for a long time, and now it's just like, OK,
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  let's relax, let's wear shoes with lettuce on them, Yeah, you
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  know. Speaking of which, yeah, you
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  were showing me that example of the lettuce shoes.
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  From I love those. Oh my gosh, I don't know where
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  I'd wear them. Where would you?
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  Wear these. I feel like I would need to be
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  in like London or New York or or Paris or somewhere that's like
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  big fashion to wear those. And I know that it may not be
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  practical, but I don't think in that way.
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  I'm just like I'm make it. Practical.
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  Yeah. Maybe I'll just sit up my desk
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  with these fun little lettuce shoes on.
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  Yeah, for sure. I'd love those.
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  They're meant to be seen, that's for sure.
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  For. Sure.
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  And they have a little snail. On I know a little snail walking
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  through the lettuce. Where else do you find whimsy in
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  life? Oh, I find whimsy in a lot of
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  things. You know, in nature, even just
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  birds, I think birds are so funny sometimes.
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  Me too. I'm they can be whimsical.
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  There are the these Blue Jays that are just constantly flying
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  around my house and they just, to me, they're whimsical.
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  Yeah. Yeah, they can be loud too.
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  Yeah, they like have the funniest cause herpes.
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  What does that say on Jess? I, I don't know, it might get a
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  little loud in here if I try 'cause they're loud.
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  Yeah, they're like. Even squirrels.
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  I mean, if you're talking. About animals.
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  They are still fluffy tail. I know the big you know how
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  whimsical is that? So we are seeing whimsy in
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  nature. We're seeing it all around us.
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  We. Really, it's always been around
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  us. I find whimsy a.
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  Giraffe. Think of them big long necks.
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  That's the most whimsical thing. For an you know what nature.
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  Wants us to smile. I find whimsy in birds too.
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  My mom's chickens, she'll put an apple pinata in the chicken coop
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  because they need, they need stimulation.
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  They get bored in there. So it's like 2 apples that are
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  dangling from a string on like a stick and they're all pack at it
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  and it's just the funniest thing.
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  You should post that. I know I I feel a lot of fun,
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  but that you can't be like having a serious time and watch
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  that. It just makes you smile.
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  And then flowers always make me feel whimsical and creative.
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  There's different kinds of whimsy too.
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  So like I feel creative with flowers because I get to arrange
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  them in different ways in my house.
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  Like I just found this fun hack for my Trader Joe's candles
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  where I try and put them in a different container or like
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  antique dish or something to make it look a little bit more
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  elevated. But there was space around the
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  candle, like between the dish and the candle and so.
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  Are you just talking about a plain pillar candle or?
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  No, like a just like a little like short candle that you would
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  burn and it's scent to have there.
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  Yeah, but it's it's in a tin and it says like the name of the
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  scent. And so instead of featuring the
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  tin, I'm like, let's elevate this because I love my Trader
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  Joe's candles. And so I put greenery from a
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  flower arrangement I had around the candle and then put water in
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  the container. So it's just like this living
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  greenery around the candle in this little container.
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  And so, and it made me feel so creative.
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  And every time I look at it, I feel like I'm in a creative
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  space. So kind of like, I don't know,
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  having fun with nature and just natural things.
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  Oh goodness, I I am the same way.
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  I mean, little things like that just bring me joy too.
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  And I'm so glad that, you know, I'm made that way, right?
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  That you can find joy in just the simplest things.
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  It makes you have a better life, I think for sure.
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  For sure. You know, one of the places I've
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  seen whimsy throughout my life that I've always been enamored
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  with is anthropology's window displays.
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  That's another place where I find.
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  Have you followed the one the girl that does all of their
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  wins? Started sewing her yesterday.
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  She's. Amazing.
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  Like she makes things out of like nothing.
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  I want to be your friend. I want to have your job some
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  days. But yeah, I mean, like the, I
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  think the first one that really spoke most to me was the
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  marshmallows that look, it looks like snow for it was a winter
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  display. And I think in art school I did
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  something to kind of copy that a little bit or I played off of it
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  with marshmallows are my favorite thing.
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  They're the most whimsical. They're just like fluffy and
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  they're just happy. Oh my gosh, they're so fun to
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  eat. Marshmallows are so whimsical.
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  And for those who are vegan, they actually make marshmallows
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  that are vegan, so. That's good to know.
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  Yeah, so you don't. I've seen them at health food
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  stores. Or Whole Foods has them.
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  What are those called? I forgot the name, we'll have to
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  find them. Something something like that.
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  They're totally vegan. Well, that's cool.
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  So everybody can enjoy the marshmallow marshmallow.
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  But the other thing is they, they just found things in nature
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  and repurposed. They're not in looser.
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  No, not in nature. They found things that were
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  cluttering nature like water bottles and or, or, or things
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  that were just already there. Found objects like water bottles
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  or plastic bags or paper or old book pages where the books were
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  falling apart. And the ostriches.
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  Yeah, and they and they repurposed it into different
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  things, whether it was like in store displays or window
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  displays. But yeah, the the recycled water
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  bottle flowers was definitely a hit.
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  And yeah, but that and then sacks also did.
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  They weren't as like recycled or upcycled as anthropology, but it
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  was also very whimsical with I. Love the little.
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  Yeah, just to really convey summer, and this is probably in
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  New York, but. And the umbrellas, they're just
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  so cute. We saw this in Paris, like this
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  whole alleyway filled with umbrellas.
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  They're. So whimsical.
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  They're the most whimsical things.
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  So it's been around and I think there's brands that are just
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  really winning that are embracing whimsy and have been
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  for a long time. And I guess maybe we haven't put
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  our finger on why we love them so much, but.
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  You know why? Why?
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  It's because somebody said yes, yeah, do it.
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  Yes, make a difference. You know difference.
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  Do something fun. We.
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  Trust the artist. Yeah, yeah, just go do your
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  thing. I totally agree and.
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  Creative people should just do their thing, you know, Just let
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  them do it. I think that happens a lot where
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  people have a really good idea and then it gets corralled in by
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  like the numbers and the shareholders, and then it gets
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  watered down. And I think they're definitely
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  asked to be parameters. But I really like when companies
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  just say yes to creativity and they're not like, well, what's
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  the cost of these found objects and how is it going to benefit?
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  That gal that does all of those designs, her budget is really
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  low. Yeah.
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  I mean, plastic water bottle bottles, marshmallows.
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  I mean, it's more about how you can be creative.
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  Exactly. And not spend a ton of money.
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  But they're not analyzing like well, if we're selling a high
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  end. Product should we be able
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  Thousand marshmallows Yeah, in this window.
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  Why are we using marshmallows to sell a high end product?
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  You know, and I've just seen so many it's.
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  Cool. It's fun, it makes people happy
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  at. Any price point?
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  Yeah, so, but yeah, those brands are definitely winning and it's
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  cool to see them embrace whimsy. So yeah, I feel like we've
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  talked a lot about how whimsy is bringing us joy, how it's like,
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  you know, just the childlike wonder.
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  But let's define define what whimsy is kind of as far as
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  interior design and like, yeah, what what would you say
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  describes whimsy well from an interior design standpoint?
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  I mean things that that make you smile, things that bring joy,
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  spark joy, make you happy. Like you said, childlike
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  attitude towards it. You know, years ago.
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  I'll just tell you something I did in my home many, many years
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  ago. I found this giant like Cut out
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  Lion and he has a top hat and a cane and he's smoking a cigar.
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  That's probably not a good thing, but.
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  He's a lion. He's a lion and he's in like a
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  coattails type jacket and little britches and fun little shoes.
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  Yeah. And you just hang him on the
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  wall. Yeah.
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  And he's been in my family room forever now.
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  And every to this day, when I see him, it brings joy.
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  And I would say that's very whimsical.
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  I mean, who has a lion on the wall?
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  But I mean, some people might have a real life.
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  But anyway, just things that bring you joy and spark
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  happiness, yeah. Yeah, I can't talk amidst the,
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  you know, beautiful design. You need to just have a
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  reminder. Like, we're not taking ourselves
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  too seriously, though, right? Exactly.
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  But I think a lot of people confuse it.
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  Like how is one of our Co workers asked when we were
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  talking about this episode yesterday?
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  Like how is whimsy different than eclectic interior design?
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  I think eclectic could be whimsical.
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  Exactly. Yeah, Eclectic's more just about
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  gathering different things that you love and, you know, putting
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  those things together. But I think whimsy could be that
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  as well. Yeah, I think eclectic is like a
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  mix of different styles, whereas whimsy is like a principle that
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  could apply to any style. Yeah, I guess you're right.
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  Take this lamp behind me, for example.
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  To me that's whimsical, you know, And it's it's in this room
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  with a traditional style wallpaper and Plaid.
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  So it's mixed in. It's just fun.
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  It's happy. Yeah, exactly.
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  And like maximalism and whimsy get confused because maximalism
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  is so like, I don't it's like really investing the whole room
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  into a style, I would say, and going all out with something.
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  And you could do that with whimsy.
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  You could have a. Whimsy go zero to 100 or you
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  could go zero to 10. It's just what percentage of
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  that do you want. So, for example, sorry to
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  interrupt, but for example, we just did a room at at a home in
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  Colorado Springs and in in the bedroom, this was like a teen
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  room. We did a bed that had that faux
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  fur. The whole bed is faux fur.
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  So I call that whimsical. And then we did A and we could
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  probably add these at the end to the show notes so people know
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  what we're talking about and show a picture of it.
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  But we also did a mirror with herbs all the way around it or
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  like a nice scallopy look. Squiggle, squiggle not.
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  Scallop. Yeah, that's a whimsical word.
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  And then these pieces of art above the bed that light up.
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  Yeah. And then the bedding was pretty
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  neutral. But then we put in this other
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  bedding that had a simple white background with little mushrooms
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  on it. And then there's a little
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  mushroom pillow. All these things you can find in
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  our store. But that in itself was very
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  whimsical. But the whole room wasn't a
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  maximalist, you know, whimsical look.
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  It was just arts and pieces in the room.
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  Yeah. So it just depends on how much
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  you want to do or if you just want to do a little bit.
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  Yeah, yeah. And I think people think of
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  whimsy and they think the whole room is going to look like Alice
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  in Wonderland or it's going to be very.
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  If you want it to. If you wanted to, if that's your
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  version of whimsy or like I have friends that got these adorable
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  little mushroom outdoor light features that are solar powered
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  and they're like nice blown glass and they're colorful and
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  they're pretty. Can you show us those?
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  Yeah, we need a picture. I gotta see.
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  Them, I mean, they're from I love.
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  Mushrooms. Yeah.
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  And so and those are great, but but I think a lot of people
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  think to have whimsy, it has to be that like mushrooms, frog,
• 22:40
  whimsical fairy forest, you know, fairy land it.
• 22:46
  And it doesn't always have to be that way.
• 22:48
  It can be whatever brings you joy and makes you laugh.
• 22:51
  Yeah, yeah. Whatever you find that you're,
• 22:54
  you know, want to add to your room, that just sparks joy.
• 22:57
  Yeah, exactly. So I feel like that is helpful
• 23:02
  for people to just remember, like it can be very personal.
• 23:06
  Personal as far as what kind of whimsy you bring in.
• 23:12
  Whimsy could be like we were talking about earlier in paint.
• 23:15
  It could be color combinations, or it could be a color.
• 23:18
  You know that feels whimsical, right?
• 23:21
  Yeah, so it doesn't just have to depend on novelty items like,
• 23:27
  you know, a duck wearing rain boots piece of art or something.
• 23:33
  It could be. Might be a little more kitschy,
• 23:35
  yeah, but. Or.
• 23:36
  What's the difference between kitschy and whimsy, do you
• 23:39
  think? Well, some people might disagree
• 23:41
  with this, but I'll just tell you my opinion, my opinion only.
• 23:45
  But I feel like kitschy and it's definitely a thing, but it's
• 23:49
  it's a little more garish. It's a little bit more just
• 23:54
  think dogs playing poker like that's kitschy.
• 23:57
  So that could be a little garish, right?
• 24:01
  Or it could be really cool. It depends on how you display
• 24:04
  that. So I would say that kitschy is
• 24:08
  more mass produced. More things like dogs playing
• 24:13
  poker or little cherubs doing silly things versus whimsical.
• 24:19
  That's more, I guess they both make you smile.
• 24:23
  So yeah, they both could be a little whimsical.
• 24:26
  Yeah, but you can achieve a room with just paint that looks
• 24:32
  whimsical, I think. Yeah, like there's murals.
• 24:35
  I think there was an example we saw of somebody that just
• 24:39
  painted their walls like a Lily pad lake.
• 24:43
  Oh yeah. And for sure, Yeah.
• 24:45
  And I like with Koi. I think what takes this to the
• 24:48
  next level are the Lily pads on the sea ceiling.
• 24:52
  Like they didn't forget about the 5th wall and it just most
• 24:57
  people are probably like why would I paint something on my
• 25:00
  ceiling? Well, look at it, it's so fun.
• 25:04
  Because it doesn't if if you leave the ceiling white, it
• 25:07
  interrupts the illusion. Yeah, and and the space you're
• 25:11
  trying to create. Yeah, here you're you're in the
• 25:15
  water, looking up at the Lily pads.
• 25:18
  Yeah. That's what the fish see.
• 25:20
  So it's not just like a garish or whimsical accessory
• 25:25
  necessarily. Like there's so many different
• 25:27
  ways to be whimsy and there's a lot of ways to be whimsical
• 25:33
  without looking chaotic. Like if we look at a couple of
• 25:37
  the other room examples we have, there's a lot of the wall
• 25:44
  hangings, but they all go together and there's like a
• 25:48
  theory behind it. Like I think it's the
• 25:53
  differences in size coming together.
• 25:55
  If you have like a lot of accessories and wall hangings,
• 26:00
  having them different size really helps in order to make it
• 26:04
  not look as cluttered. So I'm looking at this room.
• 26:07
  I'm I'm definitely seeing what you're talking about.
• 26:10
  Yeah. I'm seeing the whimsy in that
• 26:13
  pink color on the wall and that it goes up to the ceiling.
• 26:17
  I'm seeing Whimsy and the orange chair with the little fluffy,
• 26:23
  fluffy pillow and the squiggles in the rug.
• 26:28
  Yeah, it's just that it's a fun room.
• 26:30
  Yeah. But how could you not be happy
• 26:32
  when you walk in there? Exactly.
• 26:34
  But there's accents of traditional.
• 26:36
  It's a bedroom with just a gallery wall full of not just
• 26:41
  photos but like a Candelabra and a band hanging parts and pieces.
• 26:46
  Yeah, and there's definitely like a traditional bedspread.
• 26:52
  But it does look modern I think because of the color drenching
• 26:56
  of the wall and the painting of the ceiling I think.
• 26:59
  I think that little striped pillow brings some whimsy to the
• 27:02
  room as well with the ruffle on it.
• 27:04
  The one in the bed, Yeah, yeah, it's, it's definitely more like
• 27:07
  cottage whimsy, which I feel like you could have a whimsical
• 27:12
  cottage core style, but they are like, like cottage core isn't
• 27:16
  necessarily inherently whimsy. It has to include things that
• 27:19
  make you smile. Yeah.
• 27:25
  Yeah. And then, you know, I think
• 27:28
  there are a lot of ways to make things look whimsical without
• 27:31
  chaotic. Like if you look at, we're
• 27:33
  looking at a dresser that has stripes and it's like red and
• 27:37
  pink stripes or like tiling in a bathroom that's checkerboard or
• 27:43
  WAVY. I like this example of whimsy
• 27:48
  because if somebody is listening and they're like, OK, how can I
• 27:51
  incorporate whimsy right away in my home?
• 27:54
  Paint for sure, but also check stripes and squiggles.
• 28:00
  I mean that's, I mean think those things because that's
• 28:02
  usually what's found in whimsy. Exactly.
• 28:04
  And it doesn't have to be on your walls.
• 28:06
  And these examples, it's like somebody painted furniture.
• 28:08
  Tile like this little that way coffee.
• 28:11
  But it, yeah, it could be an accessory or it could be like a
• 28:15
  painting that is hung above the dresser is of a man with a giant
• 28:20
  pink cowboy hat and he's wearing a blue suit.
• 28:24
  And that man, he does not take himself too seriously.
• 28:26
  I don't know that. And he's not garish, but he is
• 28:29
  whimsical. He he looks refined or just like
• 28:34
  the pink tulips. Like have pink tulips in a, in a
• 28:38
  green vase instead of just white tulips in a vase.
• 28:41
  In a glass vase. Yeah.
• 28:43
  Or, or glass, Yeah. And then in kitchens.
• 28:46
  Even. And if you have a glass vase and
• 28:47
  you're like, I'm not going to go out and buy one, just spray
• 28:50
  paint it. Yeah.
• 28:52
  You can do wonders. It really can.
• 28:54
  Yeah, you could even put little squiggles on your glass vase and
• 28:58
  spray paint it. I love this.
• 29:00
  Yes, I love that paint kitchen with red tile and pink walls and
• 29:05
  it's. In.
• 29:07
  Yes, pink. Pink is very wet.
• 29:09
  We're seeing pink. A lot lately.
• 29:11
  Pink is fun and it's light and like, I don't know, it's.
• 29:15
  Playful. It is.
• 29:17
  It's the most playful color. It and it's not even truly like
• 29:21
  on the light spectrum of color, you know, pink is it's, it's
• 29:27
  it's own thing. Mm hmm.
• 29:29
  And there's so many different versions of it, and you can't be
• 29:32
  like, like, I wouldn't come into work and fire somebody wearing
• 29:36
  pink. What are you saying, Jessa?
• 29:40
  You have Pink on today. I know, but I just don't think
• 29:42
  people. I think it's just too fun and.
• 29:45
  Playful like it really is. You're fired like it's not.
• 29:50
  People are going to come in the next day, everyone.
• 29:52
  You won't be. Fired.
• 29:54
  They're going to come in the next day because you're not
• 29:57
  going to. They're going to be like, you're
• 29:58
  so fun, you know well. Getting fired is not whimsy.
• 30:02
  Definitely, which is why I think pink, like pink is whimsy.
• 30:07
  And so it's just it's happy. And if you paint a wall pink, I
• 30:11
  feel like it's fun or just have the accessories or pop of pink
• 30:16
  is a great way to bring whimsy in.
• 30:18
  But this kitchen looks like it's actually decorated for
• 30:21
  Christmas. So that's something else I
• 30:23
  wanted to point out. There's the stocking and there's
• 30:26
  like Snowflake. Oh yeah, I do see the.
• 30:29
  Garlands, but it's, it's subtle, but it's festive and whimsy can
• 30:34
  come in, not just in the spring. Like, I think people think of
• 30:37
  whimsy and they think of spring flowers, and it can be.
• 30:41
  We'll look at, we'll look at the hardware on the cabinets.
• 30:46
  Very whimsical. Yeah, there's quickly easy way
• 30:49
  if you want to change out your hardware on your cabinets to
• 30:52
  create some whimsy. Yeah, I I think you're right.
• 30:55
  These ones are a little elevated 'cause they're gold and like a
• 31:00
  bar. And so from far away you can't
• 31:02
  really see that they're, but when you look close up, they're
• 31:05
  squiggly. So things that are like elevated
• 31:09
  with a little like chuckle. To them little chuckle.
• 31:13
  Yeah, I like the glass faces. Yeah, yeah, they are very fun.
• 31:17
  They're like green and pink and there's like orb stoppers in the
• 31:22
  top, so fun. So open shelving can be a great
• 31:27
  way to bring in whimsy too, if you have it.
• 31:29
  Do you still like open shelving? I do.
• 31:31
  You do? Yeah.
• 31:32
  Because like, you can display all of the things you collected.
• 31:36
  And I am an expert collector. I'm an expert gatherer.
• 31:41
  Is that I would say. So I want to show off the things
• 31:44
  that I gathered, like cute little graphics or little crafts
• 31:50
  or beans in a jar, I don't know. Just all of those things bring
• 31:55
  joy. Yes, they do.
• 31:57
  You can bring out the things that bring you joy a little bit
• 31:59
  more. And these people also brought a
• 32:02
  curtain into their kitchen under the sink.
• 32:07
  There's a lot of sinks that maybe they didn't come with a
• 32:11
  cabinet, or maybe you take a cabinet out and you just put a.
• 32:13
  Curtain on that little sheared curtain.
• 32:16
  I think soft shapes and textures can definitely add whimsy as
• 32:24
  well. Whether it be curvy like you're
• 32:26
  saying with the squiggly lines or like fabrics definitely bring
• 32:32
  in some whimsy. Be an easy way to add a little
• 32:35
  bit in your room. Like think of the bucket hat.
• 32:39
  That hat people were are wearing bucket hats a lot now and that's
• 32:43
  definitely whimsical. I gotta see this bucket it.
• 32:45
  Looks like a bell on somebody's head and it's just, it's not a
• 32:49
  pointy hat at all. It's the opposite of a pointy
• 32:51
  hat. It's like curvy and it's relaxed
• 32:54
  and it's hot. Some of them are fluffy.
• 32:56
  I kind of want a fluffy bucket hat anyway, but I think that
• 33:01
  would definitely bring whimsy. But yeah, and there's a lot of
• 33:05
  interior designers that have been incorporating whimsy to
• 33:09
  throughout history. So we'll look at a couple.
• 33:15
  I think it's been iterated a lot of different ways, but it's been
• 33:20
  around like you're saying. We just haven't fully like
• 33:25
  acknowledged it for a while maybe or not everybody.
• 33:28
  We haven't bought in mainstream like we are right now.
• 33:32
  They were, maybe. We just needed more joy in our
• 33:36
  lives. Yeah.
• 33:37
  And this is the way to to add that we need.
• 33:40
  Visual reminders of the joy in our lives, not just on our
• 33:43
  phones. We need visual reminders in our
• 33:46
  space and in what we wear. Yes.
• 33:50
  So yeah, I one of the my favorites is I'm totally
• 33:58
  blanking because. Are you thinking of Dorothy
• 33:59
  Draper? Well, Dorothy Draper's great,
• 34:02
  but I you know, when you try and think of somebody's name, it
• 34:05
  usually doesn't come to you on the spot, so.
• 34:07
  So Dorothy Draper is quite the whimsy.
• 34:11
  I mean, look at this bedroom below with the stripes on the
• 34:14
  ceiling. It looks like a little circus.
• 34:16
  I love that one day I'm gonna paint stripes on my ceiling.
• 34:19
  Right. I think why am I waiting?
• 34:21
  And I just think it's cool that like it's saying 1889 to 1969
• 34:27
  was either was that her lifespan?
• 34:30
  OK, that was when she lived, but she was alive during a time that
• 34:35
  is very, you know, people were maybe a little bit more serious
• 34:39
  mainstream. And so this was more specific or
• 34:44
  niche of a style, but she wasn't afraid to be herself and embrace
• 34:52
  with. She called.
• 34:53
  Yeah. Yeah, she brought whimsy
• 34:55
  everywhere. Yeah, what I like too about her
• 34:59
  designs is everything was exaggerated.
• 35:03
  It felt like it was exaggerated and like florals and stripes
• 35:07
  together. And like, if you look at this
• 35:09
  one picture from the green, I think that's the Greenbrier,
• 35:11
  which is in White Sulphur Springs, WV.
• 35:15
  Very cool. But look how small the sofa
• 35:18
  looks with the. Stripes on the wall, but it's
• 35:21
  almost intentional. It's totally intentional.
• 35:23
  Yeah, she wanted the furniture to look small hair to the rest
• 35:27
  of the room. Or she just wanted this to be
• 35:30
  very exaggerated. And I don't know if that was a
• 35:32
  Dorothy Draper design there because Carlton Varney took over
• 35:39
  for Dorothy Draper. So he.
• 35:40
  Definitely has influence. Oh, sure, sure.
• 35:43
  And to this day, I mean, the Greenbrier is very much Carlton
• 35:46
  Barney. Dorothy Draper.
• 35:48
  Yeah, the collab, yes, we took over the Dorothy Draper company,
• 35:54
  but it's very much her style and his style of these stripes and
• 35:59
  pattern mixes. OK, Yeah.
• 36:01
  Yeah, and here I, I feel like her whimsy is a lot more of a
• 36:06
  similar to whimsy like she's going on in here.
• 36:09
  Oh yeah, it's, it's stunning. And if you were, imagine if you
• 36:13
  were being presented with this and you're seeing like, look at
• 36:18
  the carpet with the pattern on the sofa with the stripes and
• 36:22
  then this big clock and somebody had to say yes to that.
• 36:27
  They're like, OK, we don't understand it, but we know it's
• 36:30
  going to be great. Just go do it.
• 36:31
  Either they were like let the designer do the designer thing
• 36:35
  or they were also very eccentric hotel or business owner or
• 36:39
  homeowner. But either way it came out
• 36:42
  great. So that's kind of fun to think
• 36:44
  about. There's also Alessandro Medina,
• 36:48
  I think is his name, Medini Medini.
• 36:51
  And he was also a pioneer of whimsy.
• 36:55
  It's it's a different type of whimsy, but he definitely
• 36:59
  brought joy into his spaces. We're seeing again the pink
• 37:04
  walls and floors and like. I love the little.
• 37:09
  Is that a bookcase? Little?
• 37:10
  Yeah. Around gold, like yellow gold
• 37:15
  bookcase that's looks like an egg.
• 37:18
  And is that is that a painting above the door to look like a
• 37:22
  window? It might be.
• 37:24
  Let's just say. Yes, because I think that is a
• 37:28
  really cool move. Like a.
• 37:30
  Really. Cool illusion.
• 37:32
  If you don't have a window above your door and you want to feel
• 37:35
  like you have more windows in your space, you can manufacture
• 37:38
  them with a canvas. Or if you're in an office
• 37:42
  building and you don't have a window to the outside, there's
• 37:46
  things you can do to make it feel like the outdoors.
• 37:48
  You could do something like that.
• 37:50
  Yeah, canvas blue and hang it there.
• 37:54
  You go somewhere where a window should be and put a border
• 37:57
  around it. But yeah, then it looks like
• 38:00
  there's a a gallery space where there's just a giant yellow man
• 38:05
  and pixelated chair that would be like a royal throne look.
• 38:12
  So yeah, just. And he, I mean he.
• 38:14
  Doesn't take his self too seriously.
• 38:16
  Look at him. Yeah, I mean, he's dressed in a
• 38:18
  suit, but he's sitting in a bright orange chair.
• 38:21
  So I love high, low. I do know I love.
• 38:25
  Where the contrast the push pull.
• 38:28
  Yeah, where you can see like this should be taken seriously
• 38:33
  in the sense that like it's elevated and it's, you know, it,
• 38:39
  people have it together, but they're intentionally having
• 38:42
  fun, you know? And then my other favorite is
• 38:48
  Jonathan Adler, and he's very current, so there's some
• 38:53
  pictures of his spaces that he's done if you want to tune into
• 38:58
  the video portion. But if not, it's just a lot of
• 39:04
  bright colors in the paint in a lot of cases, or white paint and
• 39:09
  then bringing in bright colors in the furniture like the.
• 39:13
  Bedroom picture. That would be, you know, if
• 39:17
  somebody didn't want a lot of bright colors in the room and
• 39:20
  wanted a pretty neutral background.
• 39:22
  That's a great example of that. Like just the.
• 39:26
  Pop of colors, the art and the two chairs.
• 39:29
  A couple great examples there and I think there's a couple,
• 39:35
  you know, like residential projects, but then also a couple
• 39:39
  like spaces that are hotels or restaurants included in here.
• 39:44
  But it seems like the client wanted whimsy, but they didn't
• 39:49
  always want to go like crazy all in.
• 39:52
  And so I think there's a lot of great examples of how to bring
• 39:56
  whimsy into a balanced space or bring whimsy into a space in a
• 40:01
  balanced way where it's there. But like the top left photo is a
• 40:05
  mid century modern living room but choices to paint.
• 40:10
  The fireplace orange because it's already a huge feature or
• 40:15
  have. It brightens up the corner.
• 40:17
  It takes a very dull plant. I mean, that's a pretty simple
• 40:20
  room. Yeah.
• 40:21
  Is that ship lap on the wall? Looks like it, yeah.
• 40:24
  White Ship lap. Yeah.
• 40:25
  So that's a pretty basic room. Yeah, but he made it non basic.
• 40:30
  I know he did. And there's nothing basic about
• 40:33
  it, actually, once he got through with.
• 40:35
  It and the major artwork is of I think it's like a vintage photo
• 40:39
  of a woman kite surfing it looks like she's got a parachute
• 40:45
  behind her oh OK yeah and then also there's a kite surfer in
• 40:49
  the bedroom art so something about that we.
• 40:54
  Should look that up. Wonder why that is?
• 40:55
  Surfer, what is that? Paragliding paragliders.
• 40:59
  Sorry with the parachute. And then there's a room that
• 41:04
  looks like a, you know, traditional drawing room, but
• 41:07
  there's a big chandelier that looks like a ship.
• 41:11
  It's like fully the crystal ship, The crystal ship, So many
• 41:15
  people. Knocked that off.
• 41:17
  Really. Yeah, I'm obsessed with it.
• 41:19
  I saw it and I was like, we got to feature that.
• 41:22
  But then there's like a more maximalist room that has bright
• 41:26
  teal walls, but then everything else in there is a little bit
• 41:29
  more neutral toned. Like the furniture, the couch is
• 41:33
  white, the chairs are. They're a very whimsical.
• 41:36
  Shape, but there's little squiggles on the side.
• 41:39
  Yeah, but they're like a rattan or like wooden, bendy wooden
• 41:45
  material that's. Just like a rayon or something.
• 41:49
  Yeah, and the little egg. Swinging egg.
• 41:52
  Chair so they're fun shapes, but they're neutral colors to play
• 41:56
  off of the extremely bright teal wall.
• 42:00
  So that's just it's a he's a great modern example of how to
• 42:04
  balance whimsy in a space where it's it looks really tasteful.
• 42:10
  Looks great. You have it.
• 42:12
  Yeah. So we're let's get back into
• 42:16
  where we're seeing whimsy in kind of like our travels and our
• 42:21
  day-to-day lives and when we're shopping.
• 42:26
  Now that we've kind of seen it in the past, what does it look
• 42:29
  like in 2026? I want to bring it to people.
• 42:32
  And I think the examples we just looked at are a good example of
• 42:39
  modern whimsy. But I was, well, we were both at
• 42:44
  High Point Market recently and we saw whimsy everywhere we did
• 42:49
  and we saw it just in little trinkets like we saw these
• 42:54
  houses that. 1st. They were so cute.
• 42:58
  We, we ended up having like this whimsical adventure where we
• 43:02
  walked into this space kind of through the back and we didn't
• 43:05
  know what we were going to find and.
• 43:06
  Not only did we find whimsical things, the whole adventure was
• 43:11
  whimsical. We made it a whimsical
• 43:13
  adventure. Yeah, that was nuts.
• 43:15
  Yeah, We went through what we were.
• 43:18
  I don't even know how we got in there.
• 43:19
  I think we went through like a a back dock or something.
• 43:23
  Yeah, like a loading dock through this door.
• 43:26
  Yeah, you were. And then we headed that
• 43:28
  operation. But I didn't know where I was
• 43:30
  going. Yeah.
• 43:32
  And then we ended up like seeing all of these amazing little
• 43:36
  booths. And then we turned a corner and
• 43:40
  it was this super cool, like coffee bar or something.
• 43:46
  It was just. Whimsical, crafty space.
• 43:48
  It was in this building, I think it was like the 313 building or
• 43:52
  something. And it was just like, everything
• 43:55
  was so whimsical. Yeah, those little houses that
• 43:58
  were painted fun colors and they were like a key holder, but they
• 44:02
  looked like vintage little houses.
• 44:04
  And then I'm trying to think of some other good examples, just
• 44:08
  like floral arrangements that people did were so whimsical.
• 44:13
  Like there was that place that we went and they had flowers and
• 44:17
  the tea cups. Oh yes, I remember that.
• 44:19
  That was like a leather company. Yeah, out of the.
• 44:22
  Fabric company. Yeah, what was that called?
• 44:26
  I have to look that up. I think it was like eastern
• 44:29
  accent. It's the one with kites.
• 44:31
  Yeah, Eastern accents was. No, sorry, Jess wasn't.
• 44:36
  Eastern asks. Oh, I know what you're talking
• 44:38
  about. Eastern Accents was the bedding
• 44:41
  company. I thought you were talking about
• 44:43
  the place with the kites. Oh.
• 44:45
  Well, that that. They had some cool stuff too.
• 44:47
  Yeah, so the Kite Place it was, yeah, that high end leather
• 44:51
  company, super high end leather, but they're showcasing leather
• 44:55
  in pink and like fun colors. And they were.
• 44:57
  Like the finish on it was so different.
• 45:01
  It was super soft. It was almost a little bit
• 45:03
  shiny, but in a good way, not cheesy.
• 45:06
  Yeah, but they mixed that with like fluffy either fabrics or
• 45:12
  yeah, they just mixed it with. Fluffy.
• 45:13
  They took themselves too seriously.
• 45:15
  They did not take themselves too seriously.
• 45:18
  And then I was like, oh, I love kite display.
• 45:20
  And they're like, yeah, we just had extra leather from what we
• 45:23
  were making and we were like, let's make them into kites.
• 45:26
  And I think that decision on a high end level really signifies
• 45:31
  where we're at with whimsy. We're seeing a lot of animals
• 45:36
  kind of represented throughout. Whimsical animals.
• 45:42
  Prints so tigers repeated kind of like as an icon as.
• 45:48
  Not your typical tiger. Yeah, like the tiger would be
• 45:51
  like this little tiger. Yeah, like it's, it's an
• 45:53
  abstract. It's like a tiger.
• 45:56
  And it's got like elevated colors like terracotta and brown
• 46:01
  and tan. Playful.
• 46:03
  It's a playful tiger, and it's a pattern.
• 46:06
  Not a mean one with the teeth, right?
• 46:08
  Yeah, and then people are really like that dog pillow kills me.
• 46:15
  I feel like people are showing photos of either their dogs or
• 46:21
  other dogs or cats just doing things that they don't normally
• 46:26
  do or depicted kind of in an abstract way.
• 46:31
  And this is just like a very regal Cavalier Charles King
• 46:35
  spaniel or whatever they're called if.
• 46:37
  You have like little fringe on his neck, He.
• 46:39
  Does it's like 3D fringe? I don't remember this picture,
• 46:44
  was that upmarket? Yeah, was that worlds away?
• 46:47
  Oh, I like that showroom. Yeah, they're very whimsical.
• 46:51
  Let's. Talk real quick about these
• 46:53
  florals that's at Eastern Accents.
• 46:56
  So what I loved about it is it was collected little old China
• 47:03
  tea cups and saucers and they were all mix and match.
• 47:07
  They weren't matching. No, not at all.
• 47:10
  But they brought a cohesive feel to it with the floral colors.
• 47:16
  And this is an amazing way to do a display on your table without
• 47:21
  spending a lot of money. Yeah.
• 47:23
  You could go to a thrift store and get China or in.
• 47:27
  Your favorite store, Trader Joe's for flowers and make some
• 47:31
  arrangements. 100%. Such a great idea.
• 47:37
  Trader Joe's or you could even like forage some things in your
• 47:40
  yard, like do you have a flower that popped up that there's like
• 47:44
  lilacs or or whatever seasonal irises you?
• 47:48
  Could roses right now? Yeah, roses are great.
• 47:52
  So you could totally just do that in an inexpensive way and
• 47:58
  then bringing in like a whimsical table runner is really
• 48:02
  fun. It looks like it's almost like
• 48:04
  quilted patchwork table runner. Yeah, that was a beautiful
• 48:08
  space. Yeah, they did a good job.
• 48:10
  Definitely granny chic. We're seeing that playing and a
• 48:14
  whimsy and and cottage. But I feel like like China, like
• 48:18
  this isn't very gramma anymore. It's like elevated fun.
• 48:24
  Sprightly, I mean delight. If you're holding that, I mean,
• 48:27
  think how special it feels to hold this beautiful little
• 48:31
  teacup. Yeah, it's, yeah, it's, I think
• 48:34
  I was saying this recently, the quality of glassware, I feel
• 48:39
  like I can tell by the thinness of it.
• 48:41
  The thinner, the more high end it is.
• 48:44
  And this is definitely like thinner thin, but yeah, so I
• 48:49
  feel. Like China, right?
• 48:50
  Yeah. It's quality, but you can find
• 48:53
  like more casual China too, and it still looks great.
• 48:59
  And then yeah, just like photos like this.
• 49:03
  Yes, they're great because it's like antique photos, but they
• 49:07
  have fun frames that are just bright and colorful and the
• 49:14
  antique photos are redone too to look more bright and colorful.
• 49:18
  And there's so many ceramics is the other thing that's fun that.
• 49:22
  Was a fun space too. Ceramics are having a crazy time
• 49:27
  right now. Ceramicists are having the most
• 49:29
  fun, I think, out of almost all the artists because, yeah,
• 49:36
  they're just fun things. And then the other things I was
• 49:39
  going to say is whimsy doesn't have to just be things you see.
• 49:42
  It can be like things you hear. So I like that sea glass.
• 49:48
  There was a sea glass wind time, and they're like, we sourced all
• 49:52
  the sea glass or we made it for the sound to sound just that
• 49:56
  perfect little time. And it was so whimsical.
• 50:02
  And then, yeah, this is another great example of ceramics being
• 50:06
  whimsical. This is actually a mix, as a
• 50:08
  side note, between High Point and that store that we both went
• 50:12
  to in, yeah, New York for Tom. I have to have those pancakes.
• 50:16
  Yeah. I love those the.
• 50:17
  Pancakes with syrups. It's just a tchotchke, but it is
• 50:23
  fun. And then there's the egg fried
• 50:26
  egg with the peas. Food ceramics are definitely
• 50:31
  popular right now. Like.
• 50:34
  Taking everyday situations and turning it into art.
• 50:38
  Yeah, but why do I have to put my spoons in a boring container
• 50:42
  when I can put it in a tomato container like these are?
• 50:46
  We're looking at a vase that has a bunch of 3D tomatoes, like all
• 50:51
  effects onto the vase and and then there's a garlic version
• 50:56
  that's the same thing. And then we went into that
• 50:58
  little shop and there were like fish, like koi fish that were
• 51:05
  mugs and their tail was the handle.
• 51:08
  Love that koi fish. Very whimsical.
• 51:11
  I feel like it just inspires whimsy to look.
• 51:13
  I know I actually got a little it's it's made out of some sort
• 51:18
  of ceramic and it's a little koi fish that you can put in your
• 51:25
  bird feeder or, you know, not a bird feeder, a bird bath like
• 51:29
  your garden. Yeah.
• 51:31
  And it actually like floats and it looks real.
• 51:35
  So it entices the birds to come and or it maybe scares them.
• 51:39
  Maybe that's why you have so many Bluebirds.
• 51:40
  Well, I have had a lot of birds out in my garden lately, but I
• 51:44
  did remove that fish and I put it in a bowl to make it look
• 51:49
  like it was a real fish and a whimsical.
• 51:52
  Yeah, I. Love that.
• 51:54
  Yeah, I use them one of our displays or designs.
• 51:59
  Was that at the house recently? I yeah, I saw the fishbowl and I
• 52:03
  was like, did you bring muffins? I didn't bring muffins.
• 52:06
  Is at home OK? Good.
• 52:07
  I wanted muffins to be safe. Muffin is now in Muffins third
• 52:11
  home, OK, and it is quite the home for Muffins.
• 52:15
  So, well, and it was a whimsical decision on set for you to bring
• 52:20
  in a little fish one day. You were like, you know what
• 52:24
  would look good with this room as a fishbowl?
• 52:27
  And you just showed up with a Betta fish and we had to name
• 52:30
  it. And I was you came.
• 52:31
  Up with the name? Well, we had all.
• 52:33
  Sorts of name ideas, but but he didn't look like the name ideas
• 52:38
  we had, so we had to just think on our feet on muffins.
• 52:41
  Muffins, he looked. Like a muffins for sure.
• 52:43
  So I. The muffins is whimsical because
• 52:48
  I'm telling you every day, I every morning I go turn on the
• 52:52
  little light for his fish tank and I feed him and he swims up
• 52:56
  and just brings me joy every morning.
• 52:59
  Can be like living art too. So they can definitely be
• 53:02
  whimsical and you can just have a little bowl and be as involved
• 53:06
  as you want to be. But yeah, muffins very whimsical
• 53:12
  and I think that kind of speaks to our ability to bring in
• 53:17
  whimsy on set without it looking to either girly or spring season
• 53:25
  or cluttered, you know, like it's it's those little decisions
• 53:31
  like buying a beta fish the night before your photo shoot,
• 53:35
  right, and bringing them to set and being like this paprika
• 53:38
  colored sofa needs. That colored fish, yes.
• 53:43
  Right and. And you know, I was looking at
• 53:46
  every color of fish and he was specifically.
• 53:50
  Looking at the photo, the product and looking at the fish
• 53:53
  and comparing, yeah, he he did go well, he's like kind of a
• 53:59
  orangey beige color and he plays off.
• 54:03
  Gotten a little bit darker, I think.
• 54:06
  Yeah, he's less orange. He's now he's more like a deep
• 54:11
  burgundy color now and his. Goodness.
• 54:13
  His fans are all like. Well, you know, Burgundy's in.
• 54:16
  He heard Burgundy was in and he was like, I'm adapting.
• 54:19
  So beautiful, I love him so much.
• 54:21
  Muffins. Yeah, little muffins.
• 54:23
  Yeah, so little things like that are just great And you know
• 54:28
  what's interesting back to the ceramics that got us thinking
• 54:32
  about fish is I found in my grandma's trying to cabinet.
• 54:40
  I said cabinet because I was she lives in Wisconsin and so
• 54:44
  anyway, for little my accent came out, but she had salt and
• 54:50
  pepper shakers that look like tomatoes and they're on a plate
• 54:54
  of lettuce leaf and they're cute.
• 54:56
  They're antique, so. And they you take them off and
• 55:00
  yeah, OK, so then it's like a little plate that's lettuce.
• 55:03
  Yeah, that's lettuce. And then the salt and pepper
• 55:05
  shakers. And I'm like, this is the cutest
• 55:07
  thing I've ever seen. And I think I have a photo of it
• 55:09
  somewhere. No, my mom has a handle on them
• 55:12
  and she's not giving that up. She's like, these are mine.
• 55:16
  So. Yeah.
• 55:18
  Because they're adorable. But the point being that this
• 55:21
  kind of whimsy ceramic work has been around for a long time, and
• 55:27
  now we're just bringing it back and we're embracing it more than
• 55:29
  ever. We're repeating it.
• 55:31
  Yeah. So I would say if you want a
• 55:35
  little bit more happiness and joy in your life, just add some
• 55:38
  whimsy. Get a fish or some ceramic
• 55:41
  pancakes or some ceramic tomatoes.
• 55:44
  Or some fake fish. Or fake fish.
• 55:46
  Yeah, yeah. But I was seeing a lot of whimsy
• 55:51
  also when I went to, it was like a couple of weeks ago, I went to
• 55:57
  the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York.
• 56:01
  So aside from High Point Market, you know, I came back and I was
• 56:06
  like whimsy's everywhere. But this definitely solidified
• 56:09
  that for me because both in the lighting.
• 56:13
  I love those mirrors. Yeah, the mirrors are bordered
• 56:18
  with ceramics that are twisty and layered and, and they are
• 56:24
  different colors and that's fun A.
• 56:28
  Friend of mine has a sculptural piece on her wall that's those
• 56:33
  just like those mirrors, but it's it's a sculptural piece.
• 56:36
  It's not in like a black and cream stripe.
• 56:39
  I don't know who the artist is. Do you know who it is on this
• 56:42
  or? Beginner surveillance, I think.
• 56:46
  I I don't know. But anyway, very cool.
• 56:50
  Yeah. And then sub material on the
• 56:53
  right, they were making all of these pieces of art that could
• 56:57
  double as like sound absorbing. So whether you have like, you
• 57:03
  know, a place where your band practices in your house or.
• 57:07
  Or in like an open office concept.
• 57:09
  Yeah. Or like a your apartment is
• 57:14
  above or you own a restaurant in your there's apartments above
• 57:18
  the restaurant and you want to design the restaurant space in a
• 57:21
  way that's considerate. These are great interior design
• 57:27
  solutions that are whimsical because they're like all these
• 57:30
  fun. The blue, the blue one, there is
• 57:32
  that thing. Yeah, it's like an art piece.
• 57:34
  It looks like bright Blues. And then they had like a mirror
• 57:38
  that was lined with felt as well, like blue felt.
• 57:41
  Felt on the blue one. Yeah, it's felt.
• 57:44
  And they had all these different colors of felt, and then the
• 57:47
  walls were cork. And then what do you think of
• 57:52
  those lamps on the left? I think they're a lot of fun.
• 57:55
  They look a little bit like Mackenzie Childs.
• 57:57
  Yeah, Which, you know, I love. I know you love her.
• 58:01
  Is this vase? Uh huh.
• 58:02
  Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's.
• 58:05
  Actually a a little coffee for tea well.
• 58:10
  That's the one that you put flowers in.
• 58:12
  See, that's whimsical to repurpose a teapot and make it a
• 58:17
  flower pot instead. But yeah, these lamps are all
• 58:23
  stained glass, and they're so many colors.
• 58:26
  Stained glass, I thought those. I thought it was like fabric.
• 58:29
  No thin glass fun. And yeah, there's just a lot of
• 58:33
  different colors and textures going on there.
• 58:35
  So they definitely they're statement lamps and it's a play
• 58:39
  on like Tiffany lamps, I think, but just modern contemporizing
• 58:44
  it. Then there's these like square
• 58:47
  lamps and they are they battery powered?
• 58:51
  I think some of them are, some of them are wired though, but
• 58:54
  they're they look like Rubik's cubes, but they're all one
• 58:58
  color. And yeah, they're you can either
• 59:01
  have sconces or table lamps, but they're bright colors and they
• 59:05
  will definitely infuse fun into the situation.
• 59:08
  So just like lots of contemporary fun things.
• 59:14
  Oh, and then we have to go back to High Point though, because
• 59:19
  this was a really good example of whimsy in the mainstream
• 59:25
  every year at High Point in the main.
• 59:28
  Hall Yes, they have those designers.
• 59:31
  There's like a designer that they choose.
• 59:33
  I feel like that really speaks to what the style is now that a
• 59:39
  lot of the different vendors are bringing in.
• 59:41
  And I thought they did a good job with this designer because
• 59:48
  it's really bringing whimsy space and there's a light up
• 59:53
  apple or tomato as like an accent on the couch instead of a
• 59:58
  pillow. There's a disco BLOB coming on
• 1:00:03
  SO. My friend that I told you has
• 1:00:05
  that swirly sculpture. She also has that.
• 1:00:08
  Disco BLOB, yeah. She fell in love with it.
• 1:00:11
  She bought it a couple years ago, and it literally like when
• 1:00:14
  the light hits it in her house, it's like sparkle, sparkle,
• 1:00:16
  sparkle. Yeah.
• 1:00:18
  And I think the BLOB's fun because again, it's like
• 1:00:20
  circular and like. It's a lot of fun.
• 1:00:22
  Like whimsical and fluid. It's not like pointy.
• 1:00:27
  And the rug. If you look at the rug, it looks
• 1:00:30
  like stripes, and we were talking about stripes earlier as
• 1:00:32
  part of a whimsy look in your room.
• 1:00:34
  Yeah, this has that feel to it. And that cabinet with the
• 1:00:39
  scalloped? Yeah, pink cabinet and love it
• 1:00:42
  and the seal and chartreuse, the teal sofa with the kind of
• 1:00:47
  greenish mossy chartreuse pillows.
• 1:00:51
  It's just a lot of color mixing. But this is a perfect example of
• 1:00:55
  you were saying we saw all these colors mixed together that
• 1:00:58
  normally you didn't think would go well together.
• 1:01:00
  They do that here. And then there was the other
• 1:01:04
  side of it that's a little bit color drenched.
• 1:01:07
  Yeah, it's more color drenched. It's like burgundy walls and
• 1:01:13
  like a terracotta dining chair. But like a really deep
• 1:01:17
  terracotta. Exactly.
• 1:01:19
  And it's more elevated of a lot, but or you know, more, not
• 1:01:24
  fancy, but just get more elevated.
• 1:01:26
  I don't know. It's less playful, but it brings
• 1:01:29
  in playfulness with the shape of the chairs and the flowers that
• 1:01:34
  really speaks to like having fun with florals.
• 1:01:36
  And they're all like springs of single flowers and different
• 1:01:41
  colors. But.
• 1:01:42
  All kind of big. Shade, yeah, and like little.
• 1:01:44
  Cute. I love those little rooms, I
• 1:01:46
  always look forward to seeing them.
• 1:01:48
  Yeah, so that's fun. We should show some of our
• 1:01:54
  furniture that we think is whimsical or could go whimsy.
• 1:01:59
  Yeah, yeah, we should. I think that if we're wanting to
• 1:02:05
  tie it back to how to bring whimsy into your home room by
• 1:02:09
  room, we have some great examples, I think.
• 1:02:14
  And it could just be a piece. It doesn't have to be your whole
• 1:02:16
  room, unless you want it to be your whole room.
• 1:02:19
  Yeah, yeah, exactly. So like in the living room, how
• 1:02:24
  would you bring whimsy in? I think this is like a place
• 1:02:27
  that's super public and so people are a little worried
• 1:02:31
  about bringing in too much whimsy.
• 1:02:35
  You know, it could be something as simple as a piece of art, or
• 1:02:39
  it could be a rug. I mean, it could really be
• 1:02:42
  anything, a mirror, a chest, but a really easy one would be a rug
• 1:02:49
  because you're going to get, you know, the style of the rug and
• 1:02:54
  maybe start with that. Where do you want to start?
• 1:02:57
  Yeah. I mean, I think the style of the
• 1:02:59
  rug is a great place to bring whimsy in.
• 1:03:02
  And then you can kind of because that could have like the bolder
• 1:03:06
  pattern and then you. Could then you just play off of
• 1:03:08
  that? Yeah, you could pull from like 1
• 1:03:11
  color in the rug and bring in like a sofa that's that same
• 1:03:16
  color potentially or paint the room a color in that rug.
• 1:03:21
  Absolutely. I think it's about starting with
• 1:03:23
  one piece or like say you already have a sofa that you're
• 1:03:28
  like, I love this sofa and it's paprika colored or it's green
• 1:03:36
  and I want to play off of that in the room.
• 1:03:40
  So maybe with the paprika you could just add like a little
• 1:03:43
  periwinkle or, yeah, lavender pillows or a throw on it.
• 1:03:48
  Yeah. What was the other color you
• 1:03:51
  said? Just a green.
• 1:03:52
  Green Yeah, green is so popular as like a statement piece.
• 1:03:57
  To maybe with that one, like we saw the picture, just do the
• 1:04:00
  reverse and do like the teal pillows with it.
• 1:04:03
  Yeah, yeah, that would be fun. So like kind of I think it's a
• 1:04:12
  good idea. And what I'm like hearing from
• 1:04:14
  this is if you want whimsy, but you don't want to let go crazy,
• 1:04:20
  like maybe you have a really fun color, but then you play off of
• 1:04:24
  that color like to like and choose something from the same
• 1:04:30
  color family. So the colors are less all over
• 1:04:32
  the place, but it's a fun color, you know?
• 1:04:35
  Yeah, maybe maximalize the brighter color.
• 1:04:39
  Yeah, exactly. For whichever color you want to
• 1:04:42
  use. Yeah.
• 1:04:43
  And then lighting is a great way to bring whimsy in, whether it's
• 1:04:46
  the shape or like the lights that we have here in the studio.
• 1:04:51
  Easily. Just like circular.
• 1:04:54
  Well, it looks like a sculpture. That's what I like about it.
• 1:04:57
  It's it's a source of light, but it also looks like a sculpture
• 1:05:01
  in your room. And like the picture you showed
• 1:05:04
  of the fireplace, that orange fireplace in the Jonathan Adler
• 1:05:07
  room. This could take, you know, a
• 1:05:10
  corner and turn it into a wild moment.
• 1:05:13
  Yeah, I agree. I agree.
• 1:05:16
  And then I think little case pieces like whether you have a
• 1:05:21
  cabinet or a side table, maybe those are a place that really
• 1:05:28
  are a pop of color because there's a lot of fun or.
• 1:05:31
  Pop of whimsy in the shape like the console table.
• 1:05:35
  I think it is it the Bali table, I'm not sure the name of it.
• 1:05:38
  We'll have it in the show notes, but a piece like that, because
• 1:05:43
  of the shapes and then the layered wood that's on it, is
• 1:05:47
  very whimsy. Basically tree trunks or or like
• 1:05:52
  wood sections. We have a picture of it, but
• 1:05:56
  it's just like pieces of wood. Yeah, there it is.
• 1:06:00
  Oh, the Reed. This one here.
• 1:06:02
  Oh, the Bali. Yeah.
• 1:06:04
  Yeah. So something like that could go
• 1:06:07
  whimsical. And it's a it's a nice piece to
• 1:06:11
  have because you can use it behind a sofa.
• 1:06:14
  You could use it in an entrance hall.
• 1:06:16
  You could use it pretty much anywhere that you want to add a
• 1:06:20
  table to. That's great.
• 1:06:22
  And it's not just like a standard table, it's like
• 1:06:25
  woodwork and creative woodwork. And that when you said put it
• 1:06:29
  behind a sofa, that's another good living room idea.
• 1:06:32
  Yeah, if you want to. Win the sofa is if you float a
• 1:06:35
  sofa and you don't want it to look like unintentional.
• 1:06:39
  If you ground it with a sofa table, that's a great way to
• 1:06:43
  make that decision look intentional and I think floating
• 1:06:46
  sofas make it seem like you have more space in your space and it
• 1:06:52
  is just kind of whimsical. Yeah, it's different.
• 1:06:54
  I like how it just finishes the back of it with something else.
• 1:06:58
  Yeah, I agree. Yeah, I like the blue cabinet.
• 1:07:02
  The color is whimsical. I think the cabinet is a pretty
• 1:07:05
  standard basic lifting cabinet, but the color makes it
• 1:07:09
  whimsical. Right.
• 1:07:10
  But it's that good mix and match of, you know, we have a bright
• 1:07:15
  color, but then we have a more buttoned up shape or like more
• 1:07:20
  streamline shape. So that way it's like not crazy
• 1:07:25
  wild. I love the little end table with
• 1:07:29
  the brass legs on it and the stair step effect.
• 1:07:33
  Yeah. It's a little whimsy.
• 1:07:35
  I agree. And the other thing about your
• 1:07:37
  living room and people being nervous about bringing in too
• 1:07:40
  much playfulness or it looking wild and it's somewhere
• 1:07:44
  everybody's going to see is it's really disarming for your guests
• 1:07:48
  to see that you're having fun with things.
• 1:07:51
  Like I think it's going to make your gatherings better and your
• 1:07:54
  conversations better. Because when people walk into
• 1:07:57
  the space, they're not like, you know, I got to keep it together.
• 1:08:01
  They're like, let's have fun. It was it somebody, it was a
• 1:08:05
  designer, was it Elsa de Wolf or someone will have to check it,
• 1:08:10
  but said always put a red chair in a living room or in in a room
• 1:08:15
  because it makes people that are a little bit more shy or
• 1:08:19
  bashful, like set them in there. So the person who's a little
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  nervous to talk, put them in a red chair.
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  Yeah, They'll be a little less bashful.
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  That's I think that's some more ease.
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  That's a great idea. Yeah.
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  I don't know if it was Elsa Dewoof.
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  I don't remember who it was, but.
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  Said that. Somebody said it, maybe, I know,
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  but yeah, to add a little red chair.
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  So going into maybe a space people see less but is just for
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  you, like your bedroom. A lot of times I think
• 1:08:52
  everything out there is your bedroom should be an Oasis, you
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  know, which is true for a lot of people.
• 1:08:59
  I can also have whimsy to it. It's.
• 1:09:01
  Also totally have whimsy and we have a lot of pieces that show
• 1:09:04
  that. And it could be subtle or it
• 1:09:06
  could be more in your face, but for some people it's like, I
• 1:09:11
  just want a touch of whimsy in this Oasis, calming, relaxing
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  atmosphere. And for other people, they're
• 1:09:18
  like, I don't spend much time in my room other than in the
• 1:09:21
  morning when I'm getting dressed and I want to be inspired.
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  So like, I don't need it to be as much of an Oasis.
• 1:09:27
  I want it to be like a fun place, you know?
• 1:09:30
  It can be fun and an Oasis at the same time.
• 1:09:33
  I think you're so bright. And again.
• 1:09:35
  An easy way to add whimsy. And if you, you don't, you know,
• 1:09:40
  you want it to be more subtle. Yeah.
• 1:09:43
  Sheets. Your bed sheets.
• 1:09:45
  You can do some fun, whimsical bedding.
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  And then, you know, you're pulling back the duvet cover or
• 1:09:53
  the comforter, and then you have these sponge sheets.
• 1:09:55
  Yeah, I totally agree with that. I had that once.
• 1:09:59
  It was like I just had a grey but then or like quilt, but then
• 1:10:04
  my sheets were like floral and crazy.
• 1:10:07
  And then, yeah, when you pull it back, it's like in the pillow
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  cases, it's just the right amount of whimsy in the paint,
• 1:10:14
  like you're saying again, and more like curvy shapes.
• 1:10:18
  Let's look at some of the furniture that we have for
• 1:10:22
  bedrooms specifically. And these are all things you can
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  find at Furniture Row or or online at Furniture Row.
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  Yeah, they're just good examples, like 1 is Gray and it
• 1:10:34
  has WAVY put outs. It's the La Vida.
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  It's a fun bed because you can use that in an adult room or
• 1:10:44
  even in a kids room. It comes in multiple sizes, but
• 1:10:47
  that's a great piece, right? I love the little squiggles as
• 1:10:51
  we call them. Squiggles.
• 1:10:53
  Yeah, and I like this, this fabric bed.
• 1:10:57
  It's it looks like just pillows because the headboard.
• 1:11:00
  Yeah, it does. But that's a neat piece.
• 1:11:03
  I think that could be very whimsical.
• 1:11:05
  Yeah, it's like this white fabric bed with two big pillows
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  as the headboard, and it's just soft and cozy.
• 1:11:12
  And low to the ground it. Reminds me of a marshmallow.
• 1:11:15
  It does it. Does.
• 1:11:16
  Yeah. That's why it feels whimsical to
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  me, because it totally reminds me of a marshmallow and the
• 1:11:23
  color of the year cloud dancer. You know that can't, despite
• 1:11:27
  your views and beliefs on Cloud Dancer it is.
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  Clouds are whimsical. Well, they're very whimsical.
• 1:11:36
  Yeah, for sure. I mean, think about it.
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  You look at cloud formations in the sky and sometimes you see
• 1:11:43
  like an animal in it or a face or, you know, whatever it is so.
• 1:11:47
  And. Then you have like an example of
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  a bed set that's like really, you know, contemporary and just
• 1:11:57
  like a normal wood tone, like light wood tone color, but it.
• 1:12:01
  Wouldn't have to use all those pieces together.
• 1:12:03
  You could take pieces out of it and mix it with something else.
• 1:12:06
  Yeah, but like the pieces that it offers bring in whimsy.
• 1:12:11
  I'm thinking because of the curves.
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  What's your thought process? I think you're right, the curves
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  definitely add that whimsical touch to it.
• 1:12:19
  I love the mirror. I love the shape of that.
• 1:12:23
  Yeah. I think the the night stands to
• 1:12:26
  that group. Do we know the name of this?
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  Contempo. Is yes, contempo.
• 1:12:31
  That's what we used with the furry bed in the girl room,
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  yeah. OK.
• 1:12:37
  So that's going to be fun and a photo to look at.
• 1:12:39
  Yeah. And then, OK, so going back to
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  entertaining dining, it's the year of the dining room for you.
• 1:12:46
  The year of the dining room Have you switched from your floor to
• 1:12:50
  a dining table yet? I mean, I do throughout the week
• 1:12:53
  always, but you know my preference.
• 1:12:55
  It's always. Either the floor or the sofa.
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  Yeah, yeah, I think the Japanese got it right with those floor
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  pillows and below tables. I just think it's awesome.
• 1:13:06
  But but yeah, like. I love all of these pieces.
• 1:13:10
  Love them. Oh my gosh, so much whimsy here.
• 1:13:14
  You've got a. Lot of cut outs.
• 1:13:16
  Yeah, for sure. But this one table, again, I
• 1:13:21
  apologize, I don't know the names, but we will put them up
• 1:13:23
  for you. The black table with the white
• 1:13:28
  and black chairs. I love the shape of those legs
• 1:13:31
  on the chair. I feel like that's so whimsical.
• 1:13:34
  It actually has a bit of a Cubism look to it as well, but I
• 1:13:40
  think that's so whimsical. I love the yellow swivel chair.
• 1:13:44
  It's so fun. It is.
• 1:13:47
  Do you have a favorite up here? Well, the Nash that the like the
• 1:13:53
  kind of Tulip tables that you have, you've got all sorts of
• 1:13:57
  fun. That's what they're called,
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  right? Tulip shaped tables.
• 1:14:03
  Pedestal. Yeah, a little pedestal it.
• 1:14:05
  Looks like like a glass turned upside down.
• 1:14:08
  There you go. But anyway, I think that shape
• 1:14:12
  in itself is very whimsical and paired with some colorful
• 1:14:16
  chairs, I think you can have a lot of fun in a dining
• 1:14:18
  situation. And again, you want to have good
• 1:14:20
  conversations round. Tables.
• 1:14:23
  Round tables are great because nobody's sequestered at the end
• 1:14:29
  of a table. Yeah, they're not sequestered.
• 1:14:32
  No way. They're in the conversation.
• 1:14:35
  And it's just, you know, when you bring in fun, playful
• 1:14:39
  things, people are going to feel more excited about the
• 1:14:43
  conversation you're having. I like this little white fear
• 1:14:47
  with the swirls on it. Yeah, I think that could mix
• 1:14:49
  into a lot of looks like with that rainforest table.
• 1:14:53
  Yeah, those would be fun together.
• 1:14:55
  Yeah. It doesn't all have to be, you
• 1:14:57
  know, super modern it you can add this other look to the space
• 1:15:03
  but still give off whimsy. Exactly.
• 1:15:06
  Whether it's more of like a nature whimsy or more of a
• 1:15:11
  modern whimsy, I think you gave some great examples of just how
• 1:15:16
  people can practically put it into their lives.
• 1:15:20
  And the other thing before we kind of wrap things up is they
• 1:15:23
  just want to touch on the differences in different types
• 1:15:27
  of whimsy. Like we talked about how you can
• 1:15:29
  have maximalist whimsy or eclectic or, you know, whatever,
• 1:15:34
  but maybe whimsy isn't like the same look for everyone.
• 1:15:39
  Maybe it's like like the Pinterest trends, for example,
• 1:15:44
  there's a lot of focus on circus aesthetic.
• 1:15:50
  Like I think search results for circus like vintage circus
• 1:15:55
  aesthetic went up so much. And that doesn't always have to
• 1:16:00
  be bright, no. And whimsical.
• 1:16:02
  Look what they've done there. It's very circus.
• 1:16:06
  But there's an American flag on the wall.
• 1:16:08
  Yeah. What is this?
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  Where is this? So this is a place in New York
• 1:16:12
  that I went that has live music. They it's it's a just a very
• 1:16:16
  whimsical establishment overall. They.
• 1:16:18
  Called, you know. I think it's called Frank's, but
• 1:16:21
  they only serve hot dogs for food.
• 1:16:23
  Only hot dogs? Yeah.
• 1:16:25
  And so. But anyway, they have really
• 1:16:30
  good quality live music. But as I was sitting there, I
• 1:16:33
  was noticing this room is circus themed, but it's not circus
• 1:16:37
  themed like somebody would just think in the bright colors.
• 1:16:41
  It's circus in the shapes of the ceiling.
• 1:16:44
  Lights on the stage. Yeah, the lights on the stage
• 1:16:48
  going around the border of the ceiling of the stage.
• 1:16:53
  It's in the pole that's in the middle of the room that makes it
• 1:16:57
  look like a circus tent. And it's striped.
• 1:16:59
  But yeah, it's all like darker colors.
• 1:17:03
  And then there's an American flag as the backdrop that's kind
• 1:17:06
  of like, you know, tent material.
• 1:17:09
  So that was fabric. It was Fabric I.
• 1:17:12
  So fun it. Looks like like one of the maybe
• 1:17:15
  like sacks of grain, like grain sacks or something that it's
• 1:17:20
  made of. You can see some logos on the
• 1:17:24
  fabric. So it looks like grain sacks to
• 1:17:26
  me. But anyway, it doesn't have to
• 1:17:28
  be like circus as in like ha ha like fun like.
• 1:17:33
  Animals. Animals like, yeah, this is like
• 1:17:36
  vintage. I love that, love it.
• 1:17:39
  And it's kind of darker but dark.
• 1:17:42
  You can have dark whimsy for sure, and it can be a Moody or
• 1:17:46
  whimsy look, like that dining room that we saw from Market
• 1:17:49
  with the dark Burgundies, or like a room like this, a little
• 1:17:53
  brighter. Yeah, like nighttime, Lindsay.
• 1:17:57
  There's little candles in the middle of every table.
• 1:17:59
  And then the chairs at every table are like wire chairs.
• 1:18:05
  They're like twisted wire chairs.
• 1:18:07
  They're like cafe tables. So how?
• 1:18:11
  Fun. Anyway, where the Franks good?
• 1:18:14
  Yeah, yeah. And then where the hot, where
• 1:18:19
  the hot dogs are eaten. I was at those tables for sure.
• 1:18:23
  How fun. Yeah.
• 1:18:24
  But then, you know, you could have like a more bright circus
• 1:18:29
  aesthetic, for example, like circus interiors.
• 1:18:33
  The it's trending up. Restaurant at Printham.
• 1:18:36
  Yeah, it's a It's the coffee shop at Printham.
• 1:18:38
  I love it. In New York and it's like got
• 1:18:42
  this fabric green bright ceiling and it's lined with the lights
• 1:18:47
  and it's a very daytime circus bright, happy aesthetic.
• 1:18:51
  And it's very elevated though with the fabrics that they
• 1:18:54
  chose, the patterns. And then on the floor it's like
• 1:18:57
  marbles that are these like round shapes, oblong, they fit
• 1:19:03
  together, lots of greens anyway. So you're just showing like the
• 1:19:09
  two different color combos, ones Moody, ones light and airy.
• 1:19:13
  So it really depends on what you want.
• 1:19:15
  Exactly like circus is a whimsical trend that is
• 1:19:19
  searching or that is trending in search.
• 1:19:24
  But it can be. Yeah, it can be executed 2
• 1:19:28
  completely different ways. And then the wunderkind trend is
• 1:19:35
  the Wilderken trend is the other like really popular thing that
• 1:19:40
  is more traditional whimsy. What is flower outfit men?
• 1:19:45
  Yeah. So people are searching flower
• 1:19:47
  outfits for men, that is the search results are going up for
• 1:19:52
  that bug jewelry, deer aesthetic.
• 1:19:55
  Deer aesthetic we definitely saw definitely like on prints for
• 1:20:00
  pillows and napkins, just like kind of that spotted full print
• 1:20:06
  or not full. What's a baby fawn?
• 1:20:08
  Fawn. Fawn Yeah, yeah.
• 1:20:10
  We were seeing the actual deer and then we were seeing the.
• 1:20:14
  Spots. Yeah, the spots on quite a bit.
• 1:20:16
  And you found like this, I don't know, like a stick with
• 1:20:20
  butterflies all over it that could go in a vase as a piece of
• 1:20:24
  art. And they looked like a real
• 1:20:27
  butterflies that were just taxidermy.
• 1:20:30
  And there's like that centerpiece at the same leather
• 1:20:34
  place that had the kites we have.
• 1:20:36
  To find that leather place name because it was so cool.
• 1:20:38
  It was, but they brought in all these pots of plants rather than
• 1:20:43
  having like a vase in the middle of the table, they.
• 1:20:45
  Just it was. Just had a collection of pots of
• 1:20:47
  plants and taper candles. Terracotta pots.
• 1:20:50
  So this is something you could do at your own home too, totally
• 1:20:53
  easily. And terracotta pots are super
• 1:20:55
  cheap. Like if you go to Home Depot or
• 1:20:58
  Lowe's to get them, they're so inexpensive.
• 1:21:01
  And you could plant like if you're doing a dinner party, you
• 1:21:04
  could do like fresh herbs in them and then.
• 1:21:08
  Like the Basil OH. Yeah, yeah.
• 1:21:10
  Or Rosemary or whichever. So now you have the fragrance of
• 1:21:13
  that as. Well, and you can just put from
• 1:21:15
  it when you're cooking exactly. So it's and it's like a
• 1:21:18
  centerpiece that will last longer.
• 1:21:20
  So and there are mushrooms brought into interior design,
• 1:21:24
  but it's more like elevated in some places like that lamp,
• 1:21:29
  there's a bunch of. Mushrooms.
• 1:21:31
  Do you remember that room we went into that they were having
• 1:21:34
  the dinner party and the whole table?
• 1:21:36
  It was like the Super long table, yeah.
• 1:21:40
  Did you end up putting together of that?
• 1:21:42
  I did, I got a few photos before I was asked to leave but.
• 1:21:47
  We weren't invited and it was very clear.
• 1:21:50
  It was, yes, it was so beautiful.
• 1:21:53
  But it was so beautiful. We had to just get a photo and.
• 1:21:56
  A picture up. Yeah, it was whimsical of us to
• 1:21:59
  adventure in there and, and just meet the people and.
• 1:22:03
  They had two entrances. Do you remember the first one?
• 1:22:06
  They were like, oh, sorry, this is invite only.
• 1:22:09
  So we left and we went outside and around like, oh.
• 1:22:13
  Look, another entrance. Yeah.
• 1:22:16
  You were asked to leave there too.
• 1:22:17
  They were more polite. They were nice in the back
• 1:22:20
  entrance area like they were just to.
• 1:22:22
  Leave. They were just like, oh, you
• 1:22:23
  know, you can come back tomorrow.
• 1:22:24
  Tomorrow when it's open to the public.
• 1:22:26
  Yeah, but we, while they were towing us leave.
• 1:22:29
  We're just taking photos because we're like, this is the most
• 1:22:31
  whimsical table we've ever seen in our lives and we need to know
• 1:22:35
  about this interior designer. Yeah, so all of that to say,
• 1:22:41
  there are so many different ways you can take whimsy trends right
• 1:22:44
  now and make it your own, your own style.
• 1:22:48
  If you're more bright and happy or dark and Moody, like whimsy
• 1:22:52
  is what makes you smile. So we.
• 1:22:55
  Should probably like, again, go through some of the things to
• 1:22:59
  instantly add whimsy to a room, yeah?
• 1:23:02
  Stripes what's what's a good like gateway whimsy item would
• 1:23:07
  you say for each room? Like a vase or what do?
• 1:23:11
  What do you mean by that? Kind of like, like what are the
• 1:23:16
  things of whimsy? Small ways you could bring
• 1:23:19
  whimsy into any room. Just like if somebody's looking
• 1:23:22
  to get started. Yeah, I mean, definitely vases
• 1:23:25
  and things like that or a, you know, floral arrangement or a
• 1:23:30
  rug. But if you just want to talk
• 1:23:32
  about, you know, motifs, it could be checkerboard stripes,
• 1:23:39
  squiggles, scallops, textures like a rug that is high, low
• 1:23:47
  sculptural type rugs. We're seeing that a lot.
• 1:23:50
  And that's definitely a whimsical thing as well.
• 1:23:53
  We saw it in that one example of High Point where we saw it
• 1:23:59
  looked like a stripe drug, but it was like pieces.
• 1:24:01
  Like subway tiles? Almost.
• 1:24:03
  Yeah. So that was carved.
• 1:24:06
  So yeah, I would, I would start there.
• 1:24:08
  So add a stripe pillow immediately.
• 1:24:11
  Yeah, immediately. Yeah, immediately.
• 1:24:13
  Get off your phone or your computer, whatever you're doing,
• 1:24:17
  just go find one. Find a little stripe pillow.
• 1:24:20
  It could even have a saying on it if you want.
• 1:24:22
  Or yeah that would be cute. Or like these velvet pillows in
• 1:24:28
  a fun color like this green color is great.
• 1:24:30
  It also comes in a Marigold color that's incredible.
• 1:24:34
  Yeah, I love that color. It's like a brighter orange.
• 1:24:38
  Yellowy color, so you know something like that.
• 1:24:43
  And paint. Paint is such an easy way to
• 1:24:48
  add. Or peel and stick wallpaper.
• 1:24:51
  Peel and stick wallpaper, yeah. Paint though, is pretty
• 1:24:54
  inexpensive. I mean, you can't get a lot of
• 1:24:56
  inexpensive Wallpapers as well, but if you're.
• 1:24:59
  Renting and you don't want to damage your walls.
• 1:25:01
  That's the only reason I say that.
• 1:25:02
  Yeah. But but yeah, sometimes the
• 1:25:05
  landlord might like your paint choice better, so that's true.
• 1:25:08
  Could always just ask for forgiveness later.
• 1:25:13
  Or ask yeah first. We don't ask.
• 1:25:16
  Or don't. Yeah, we're more asked for
• 1:25:18
  forgiveness. People.
• 1:25:19
  Yeah. Determined.
• 1:25:22
  OK, well, I'm excited for people to just get on their whimsy.
• 1:25:27
  Journey. Whimsy Train.
• 1:25:29
  We will follow up with a blog post just so people can if
• 1:25:36
  you're like, that was a lot to digest.
• 1:25:38
  I need to like come back to these principles like once in a
• 1:25:43
  while there's going to be a lot of photos and titles where you
• 1:25:46
  can kind of just be like, oh, right, OK, sure.
• 1:25:49
  So that'll be up on the Furniture Row website have.
• 1:25:52
  Blog links to furniture that we sell that they can little ones
• 1:25:57
  you were. Giving an example of how to
• 1:25:59
  bring whimsy into your life. We didn't show sofas, so we
• 1:26:04
  could probably show that. Yeah, in the blog.
• 1:26:06
  There'll be sofas in the blog, don't worry, and that are
• 1:26:10
  whimsical. And then yeah, I guess there's
• 1:26:15
  the blog and follow us on social cuz we'll have all the little
• 1:26:18
  fun whimsical clips. Yeah, of places we're seeing
• 1:26:21
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• 1:26:43
  great and whimsical conversation and we hope that you bring some
• 1:26:47
  joy and whims whimsy into your life.
• 1:26:51
  It was whimsical to spend time with you all.
• 1:26:53
  It was very joyful. Yeah.
• 1:26:56
  Go add some happiness to your life.
• 1:26:59
  Yeah. Bye.
• 1:27:01
  Bye everyone.