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More Color, More Character: How Grandmillennial Style Is Taking Over · 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, and I'm.
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  Barb, interior designer and buyer.
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  Well, hello everyone, and welcome to the Seated podcast.
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  We are on a new our new Season 2 set today and we're joined by
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  Brittany Pillard. So welcome.
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  To thank you so much for having me.
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  Yes, we're so excited to be able to, I know, to learn from people
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  in the community, 'cause you're Denver local, and just to have
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  some good design conversations from new people's perspectives.
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  So yeah, Brittany, you are the creator behind a lifestyle brand
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  known for romantic, feminine aesthetic and timeless approach.
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  And you've really built a community around classic style,
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  which we appreciate. Your perspective really
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  beautifully captures what people are calling the grand millennial
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  aesthetic and which combines nostalgia and modern living in a
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  beautiful way. So yeah, we'll just have a good
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  conversation about how traditional design is making a
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  comeback and how that transitions to making a home
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  with heart. Yeah.
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  Yeah, I mean, we think we know your style, but maybe you could
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  explain it, you know, to our listeners.
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  Sure what your style is. So I do think it falls within
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  that grand millennial title that so many people are using now.
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  My styles collected and layered. I like a timeless feel, and I
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  would say romantic as well, just with florals and textures.
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  I like a tailored upholstery, lots of draperies, and more than
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  anything, I think I want to create a home with character.
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  I want people to walk in and be able to to tell this is our
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  home. This is they could feel our
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  story through through the space. My husband would probably say
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  that our home is chaotic because we have three small children,
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  but I think most of the time you can tell a lot about us when you
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  walk into our home. It's beautiful it.
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  Is a beautiful home. The photos I've seen Beautiful.
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  Thank you so much. Yeah.
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  Do you have any things that you think of that really informed
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  your design style? Like, was it your upbringing,
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  your grandma? Your mom?
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  So growing up, my mom was really good, I would say, at creating a
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  house that felt like a home. And she and my dad were really
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  into Victorian antiques. That was their passion.
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  They would go searching for these and go to auctions and
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  things like that. And my grandmother was really
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  big on heirlooms and she saved things that were very
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  sentimental framed things, lots of family photos around.
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  And so I think I grew up feeling that those objects could have a
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  lot of meaning and a lot of heart.
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  And they also add to that character that you're trying to
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  create in a home. And we spent a lot of time in
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  England. My dad worked in England when I
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  was growing up. And I think that kind of just
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  expanded my horizons. I was like, wow, you know,
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  pattern drenching and the English florals and mixing some
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  florals and stripes, but having those darker wood pieces.
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  I, I really loved that. And I feel like I might, you'll
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  be able to see in in our home. My style reflects that.
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  That's awesome. Yeah.
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  Well, yeah, let's kind of take a look at your style particularly.
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  And also let's let's define, let's define grand millennial
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  because we've thrown that around enough.
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  Let's define it and kind of look at what that means.
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  I mean, to me, I think Grand Millennial has this kind of
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  nostalgic component. It is traditional style, but
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  there's sort of a softness to it.
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  You notice little things that you might have seen in a
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  grandmother's house growing up, like this little rocking chair
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  or the Shinhwas or details, the framed Prince.
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  It it has a little bit of a softness to it.
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  And I think so many of us as millennials, we did go through
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  the millennial grey and everything just was a little
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  cold. Didn't you go through that?
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  Yeah, I'm curious. Maybe not so much.
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  I think I've always been a grand millennial at heart, and I liked
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  my little treasures and organizing my little trinkets as
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  a child. But there was one period of time
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  we had a open concept house, and that was a real challenge for me
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  to decorate because it didn't really feel true to me.
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  And I leaned a little bit into the Chi and Joanna Gaines a
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  little bit OK, And it felt very off.
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  I could tell right away. I think it's really important to
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  stay true to your style and you'll feel when it's something
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  feels right and, and it just feels comfortable and easy to
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  decorate. Yeah, well, you got back on
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  track. Right.
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  You have to design around whatever space you're into a
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  degree though, like and transform your personal style to
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  that space. So it would be hard to have like
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  a really builder grade modern space translate into grand
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  millennial right away in your mind and it it takes time to
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  grow into so. Were you able to change that
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  home that was an open concept, so did you remodel or anything
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  like? That we didn't do a lot of
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  remodeling. It was kind of bought with the
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  idea that it would be an investment and we would find our
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  forever home later when we had children.
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  Yeah. And so now that we have our
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  forever home, we're doing more renovations and things like
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  that. So it's not an open concept.
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  No, it's all the rooms are closed.
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  It's it was built in the 80s and it has a very traditional, it's
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  a red brick, lots of molding and and details like that.
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  So yeah, it's been fun, I think. That helps too if the rooms are
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  defined spaces to really go in and decorate those up.
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  It's, it is hard when it's an open concept to like create, you
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  know, in a different environment as you move throughout the
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  house. So I think it's coming back.
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  These closed, closed in rooms, you know, the kitchen off on its
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  own, the dining room off on its own.
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  It feels very cozy and each space has an intention behind
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  it. If it's the cozy family TV room
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  where you watch movies or it's a little bit more formal where you
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  host people, I think, I think it feels nice, yeah.
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  I agree. Well, and you can hide things in
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  places if people are coming over, so it's not just like
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  everything's out in the open. Yeah, that was a big thing we
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  noticed. We had our first child, our
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  daughter, in the open concept home, and right away we noticed
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  she would be toddling around and there's just toys everywhere and
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  there's no place to tuck them away or hide them.
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  It was kind of every place was her space.
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  Yeah. So now we have a designated play
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  room and that's the kids area on the main floor.
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  It's kind of a cool way to keep things, yeah, neat and tidy and
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  kind of just organized that way. Do you like how you use your
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  trays and things to keep? You know, like you were showing
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  the picture of Gigi's room? Is it Gigi?
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  Yeah, yeah. Where you put everything like on
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  a tray, so it's not like all spread out.
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  So yes, yeah. How do you keep their toys and
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  things organized? So I love a trinket, I love
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  collections, I love collecting things and it can start to feel
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  a little cluttery. So one thing I've learned as a
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  tray like you have here, I especially like the silver
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  gallery trays with the edge. And if you put a collection on
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  one of those, it just makes it feel contained and corralled and
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  more organized. You can also put one of those
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  like on a bookshelf, on a dresser.
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  If you have a tea tea set, put it on a tray and it feels like
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  more pulled together that way. I love Heron the porcelain
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  animals and they can feel a little messy, but I put them on
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  these little silver trays here and put them in the kids
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  bookshelf or something like that and it feels just like it has
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  more of a purpose. Yeah, yeah, it's almost like
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  that's a great organization tool.
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  And it reminds me of an area rug where every, it kind of contains
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  the space, defines the space into what it is.
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  So it's not just like stuff is everywhere.
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  It's like stuff has a place, yes, so.
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  And organizing groups of things I think helps.
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  You can still have those collections or maybe heirlooms,
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  things like that, but they're on a specific area and it just
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  visually helps organize, keep things organized it.
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  Probably helps the children too, because if you're like, you need
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  to clean your room. They know that these things go
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  on that tray or these things go in this bookcase.
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  Yeah, yeah. You know, because a lot of times
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  they don't know how to. Clean up.
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  Well, these are adorable photos from your home, though, and I
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  kind of want to just like look more examples of how the grand
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  millennial aesthetic plays out in your world.
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  And you mentioned your red brick home.
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  So let's kind of take a look at some examples of your Creator
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  account. I love this house.
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  I love that I taught my kids to ride their bikes in the
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  driveway. I love that I slept with them in
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  tents in the backyard. I love that we carved our
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  initials in the tree out front. This house is warm in the
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  winter, cool in the summer and looks sectacular with Christmas
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  lights. It's a great house, and I never
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  want to move. I love that movie.
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  That audio is so good. Right?
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  Yeah. And I think that's something
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  when I think about this term grand millennial, a lot of us
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  think back to what home is and how home feels warm and inviting
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  and cozy. And so many of us picture the
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  house from father of the bride, right?
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  Yes. And justice, how inviting it
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  looked and how warm and Nina and, you know, it just felt like
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  home. And so I think that's the
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  perfect audio for walking through a house.
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  And our house is, you know, not perfect.
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  We have a lot of renovations to to do and to go.
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  But it's the memories that you make there and those little
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  personal touches that make it feel so warm and special and
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  tell your story. Right.
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  And it's it contains your life. Something else about Grand
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  Millennial that I think we should touch on is it is a
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  lifestyle. Like it's something that you
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  can't just like move in and have it all together.
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  Like if you move into a place that's curated over time.
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  Yeah. So I like that being the
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  expectation that it's almost like you can set the stage as a
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  canvas to paint on overtime. Yeah.
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  So we collected and layered. Mm hmm.
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  Yeah. So I know we had touched on your
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  daughter's room, but I think this is a really good example to
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  kind of exemplify your grand millennial style specifically.
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  And we're looking at just a lot of beautiful floral wallpaper,
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  soft pinks, really antique looking mirrors.
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  Yeah, I think to me, Georgina's room is that grand millennial
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  feel. Like in a nutshell, even down to
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  the color palette, the green and pink, the gilt mirror, the lamp
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  shave. You can see on the edge here
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  there are three little paintings, doll paintings.
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  Those were from my bedroom growing up.
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  The rattan trays. Everything is very feminine and
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  soft. Even the books you've
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  coordinated, the colors in the books, it looks so pretty.
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  Yeah. What a beautiful room.
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  Yeah, that's another tip I would have.
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  If you're liking more of a full look and you don't want it to
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  feel too messy or cluttery. I find that when I stick to a
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  pretty tight color palette, like maybe two colors in Georginae
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  Room, it's mostly pink and green.
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  There's a lot of cream, obviously, but it helps to it to
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  not feel too messy or cluttery. There's a lot going on,
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  obviously, but because we stick to that kind of pink and green
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  color palette, it really helps. Yeah, things together.
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  Good idea. Too.
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  Yeah, just so things don't you can layer a lot of pattern that
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  way without it feeling chaotic if they all have the same color
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  palette. Yeah.
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  Yeah. So if somebody was starting in a
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  room and or like I don't even know where to start, maybe
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  select the three colors and just build on.
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  On that. Yeah, I think that helps.
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  Yeah, yeah. I love this.
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  I love this. Is this like an entrance area?
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  Yeah, yes, this is the entry and I love Christmas.
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  I go all out at Christmas and love it.
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  My favorite holiday. Yeah, yeah.
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  Listeners were looking at a beautiful entryway looking table
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  that's antique. It's white, it's got some brass,
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  or not brass, but like kind of vintage gold.
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  Hardware. Actually not.
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  That's from the front gate. Oh OK, but it looks timeless.
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  It does look. I love that little table.
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  Yeah, it's got. Mixing new with the old?
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  Oh, for sure, for sure. Chair is an antique.
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  So I mean, yeah, I I mix antique and new all the time.
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  Do you reupholster or do you just keep whatever fabrics?
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  On there that had been reupholstered years and years
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  ago. But a lot of the time I keep the
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  fabric if I can, especially if it's a nice antique fabric.
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  I. Want that?
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  Yeah. But we have some that we really,
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  they're in pretty bad shape and they need to be reupholstered.
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  So we're working on that. While we're looking at this, I
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  mean, obviously it's a great place to kind of sit down and
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  like put your shoes on before you leave or just make sure you
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  have everything collected. Is that a shoe basket?
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  So that basket, we have a no shoe house that's and I know
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  that's controversial. I like it.
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  Oh, no, I'm a no shoe. Yeah, yeah.
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  Some people, you know, and if we're having a lot of people
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  over, there's a party, Obviously we, we just kind of let it
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  happen. But, you know, when the kids
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  were little, I grew up, we didn't wear shoes in the house.
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  Yeah. And when the kids were little
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  and they would be crawling all over the floor, it would just
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  kind of gross me out to have people tracking in.
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  Yeah. It's like, you know?
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  Walking downtown and we don't know what's on the ground there.
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  And then you come into your house and what's your plan?
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  Yeah, you know, you're just going to track.
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  That in your mouth. And.
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  So we really, I buy slippers from Amazon and I keep them in
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  the basket. And there's this little sign
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  that my dad gave me that says please remove your shoes.
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  You can ask people. I have booties in there.
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  So if they'd rather put a booty over, they can do that.
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  But if they have like a slipper, they can wear a slipper.
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  If they're like I did not think through my socks.
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  Today and I'm just not ready for pedicure, you know, just put a
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  booty on. Yeah.
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  That is thoughtful. Can we talk a little bit too
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  about your framing, your picture framing?
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  I love those plan you go about that.
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  Antique frames are obviously so lovely.
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  These particular frames are by a company called Elias Art Metal.
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  OK, And they were in the US and now apparently it's a family
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  business that is closing. The kids don't want to take it
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  on, but they are, I think 18 karat gold electroplate.
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  And so they're so beautiful. The little details you can see
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  on the little I don't know, there's ribbons and wreaths.
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  And I am such a hound for these like I will look on eBay and
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  Etsy, Poshmark and I buy them up because you can only get them on
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  the can never get them used. Yeah, used market.
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  So anyway, that's one of my little passions.
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  And if you like a grand millennial look, buying a couple
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  of those from eBay is a great way to start.
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  I think it adds a lot of personality.
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  Yeah, it's almost like you can choose.
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  We've talked about this in podcast before, like if you want
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  to splurge in an area that really makes a statement, you
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  can have like a couple pieces that are really nice and kind of
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  then decorate around that. So maybe it's like this alias
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  looking or true antique real gold frames and then kind of
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  find other frames that comlement that well to go with it.
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  But they will definitely make a statement and and send the
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  message of the style you're trying to create.
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  Yeah. And I think when you walk in and
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  you see like a table or this is actually on our piano of all of
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  the family photos and especially I need to add more like heirloom
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  photos, my grandparents and things like that.
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  It just really gives that feel of this is the heart of the
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  home. This is continuity.
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  This is history, nostalgia. It gives you that feeling right
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  as soon as you walk in when you see a table like.
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  That Well, yeah, I've seen on your account both like as the
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  welcome indoor home thing and in the piano, which is in a central
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  spot in your home. It seems like you have
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  collections of photos, so you're laying out right away.
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  This is what's most important to us, and I think not even to
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  people visiting, but to yourself.
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  It really creates a feeling of home to to see your history and
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  just your family every day. Yeah, I think.
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  Too, you know, a lot of people have moved away from picture
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  frames and, you know, real photographs and it's more
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  digital and there's nothing wrong with that.
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  But I love how this feels and looks and it's right there.
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  And yeah, it's just, it's just really beautiful.
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  I love it layered. Tactile, I think we have in the
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  piano room some photo albums too.
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  And I just don't think you can be a photo album, just sitting
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  down and flipping through a photo album or.
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  I love doing that too because my grandparents still have the
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  actual albums in their house, so being able to like and they're
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  just handy in a sitting room. So if you're kind of just
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  instead of a coffee table book, it's looking through your family
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  history a little bit, which is fun.
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  And yeah, as a kid, we would always be flipping through them
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  and we go home looking through them.
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  Yeah. And it's just you can talk about
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  memories that way. But also with frames, I was
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  going to say that you can have multiple photos in that frame
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  kind of behind each other and maybe swap other ones in
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  throughout the year. Do you move yours around in the
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  house? So I don't always.
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  There's a few that I have that are seasonal that are Christmas
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  photos and. You know, another I really like
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  having photos taken in the fall because we have all these old
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  trees in our neighborhood and that's a nice way to kind of put
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  all the fall color into the frames and it feels seasonal
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  like that. But I do have some that I swap
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  out that are moments at Christmas, the kids with Santa,
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  things like that. When something in the past
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  couple photos that we've seen or rooms that we've seen in your
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  home is there's all these little areas that transition throughout
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  the season. So it's the same general setup
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  and room, but you kind of just judge things a little to make it
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  more seasonal, yeah. Yeah, I love decorating for the
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  holidays and I decorate the children's rooms for the
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  holidays and it all kind of ties in with their the color palette
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  in their room. So it feels, it just kind of
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  flows. It doesn't feel like staged or
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  anything like that. It just kind of little pieces
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  like the pillow, the needle point pillow here with the
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  nutcrackers. It's just like tucked in a
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  little wreath hung on the lamp. They're just little additions
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  that you can add to what you already have going on.
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  But I like how you add these little bows too.
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  Do you like Hand? Or are you talking about on the
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  Garland? Have this and on your lamp here.
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  Yeah, so, so cute. The ones on the Garland I just
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  hot glued. I bought this special ribbon and
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  I waited till it was on sale. I can't remember the name of
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  that ribbon. It's atrocious.
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  I think it's from Neiman Marcus or something.
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  Oi waited until it went on sale after Christmas and saved it for
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  the next year. And I hot glued you know the bow
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  so you lay it a secial way so that your front of your ribbon
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  is showing 2 loops and then you put the loop around the middle
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  for the bow. So it's actually not a tied bow
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  it. Just just looks that way.
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  So it's beautiful. Stay.
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  Here. It's just so simple but.
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  Yeah. And you've tied bows around
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  little table lamps. That's the other through line
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  I'm seeing a lot is your little table lamps.
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  You have those? Yes, in a lot of places
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  throughout the house. I love those lamps.
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  So there's a couple different brands that I've bought them
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  from, but I buy a lot from Amazon and I really feel like I
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  could have 100 in my house. Yeah.
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  Are these the battery powered? OK.
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  Yeah, you just charge them and you can tuck them anywhere.
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  Yeah. And if you want to add that
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  warmth to a space, like you could put one here on the
• 22:37
  Mantel, you could put one on the bookshelf, You can put one on
• 22:41
  the table. I mean they just feel so cozy
• 22:43
  and warm. Yeah, look at that.
• 22:45
  Yeah. Like is this a coffee table
• 22:47
  where you put it on top? Yes.
• 22:48
  So this is on a coffee table, and it's a hard place to have a
• 22:52
  lamp, right? Because otherwise you'd have a
• 22:54
  cord. Yeah.
• 22:55
  Going. This is in the piano room on the
• 22:59
  kitchen island. And one thing you can do, they
• 23:03
  come with like, a kind of cream shade here.
• 23:07
  And I took the original shades off and you can switch them
• 23:12
  seasonally or for holidays. This red and green shade is from
• 23:16
  Misses Alice and so you can just swap the shade and it feels
• 23:20
  festive or fall. Yeah, that's a great tip for
• 23:25
  decorating seasonally. Or just, you know, if you don't
• 23:28
  want your home to feel stagnant, you know, you can always just
• 23:33
  swap out little lamp shades. Right.
• 23:35
  Yeah, even with just your regular lamp.
• 23:37
  Yeah, just change out the shade. Yeah, you can and I don't.
• 23:40
  Have to live with the one that came with it, right?
• 23:42
  Exactly. We always forget about that, but
• 23:46
  that's definitely an option. That's another way to act some
• 23:49
  kind of like texture and layering.
• 23:52
  My mom is like a hot glue queen and she would hot glue, you
• 23:56
  know, some like tassel trim or palm trim on the bottom of just
• 24:01
  like a basic. Yeah.
• 24:03
  And it's a great way to be creative.
• 24:04
  It upgrades. It elevates.
• 24:06
  It yeah, your home really speaks to your creativity and how
• 24:11
  you've brought, you know, every day into a magical arena.
• 24:17
  You know, you've just you've you've really Creativity can go
• 24:23
  really far in different directions.
• 24:25
  A lot of people think like creativity means I'm a painter,
• 24:29
  you know, and, and so they think they're not creative.
• 24:32
  But this is a really good example of how creativity can
• 24:36
  just be part of your everyday. Yeah.
• 24:38
  So anyone can do it and you can. I think people call it different
• 24:43
  things like romanticizing your life.
• 24:45
  Yeah, just making a special spot if it's where you have your
• 24:48
  morning coffee. Making me feel like really
• 24:51
  special and cozy. My parents used to say your home
• 24:55
  is your sanctuary, yes. And so you want to really make
• 24:58
  it a special place. And creating.
• 25:00
  A lot of time there. Yeah, absolutely.
• 25:03
  Especially with your family and creating rooms that really serve
• 25:06
  your family and your guests. I like that you mentioned the
• 25:11
  piano room because, you know, art and music seem like
• 25:15
  something that is central to your home then and or like we
• 25:19
  want to createspace for that. Yeah.
• 25:21
  So why do you think millennials are suddenly drawn to more
• 25:25
  traditional decor? You know, I think we went
• 25:29
  through that period at the Millennial Grey.
• 25:31
  Everything was a little like cold and everything just felt
• 25:34
  boxed to me, like, OK, you're just going to, you know, buy
• 25:38
  this. This is how it looks.
• 25:39
  It's very like cold. Not a lot of personality, right?
• 25:42
  And I do think there's a nostalgic component.
• 25:46
  Like we talked about the house from the father of the Bride,
• 25:49
  right? Just wanting more personality in
• 25:53
  our environment, right? And a little bit more character
• 25:57
  in our spaces. I think there's a desire like
• 26:01
  kind of a yearning for that. And maybe it goes back to when
• 26:05
  we a time when we felt really cozy and protected and safe.
• 26:10
  It was probably with our some of our grandparents right in her
• 26:14
  grandparents home or something like that.
• 26:16
  And so I think it doesn't have to feel stale or old.
• 26:23
  It could just be something that makes you remember that time or
• 26:27
  that space. Maybe it's a needlepoint pillow.
• 26:29
  Maybe it's a your grandmother had a collection of China and
• 26:33
  you have it in your home now. Something that that makes you
• 26:38
  feel, I guess, something that reminds you of your story,
• 26:42
  right? You know, And I think that's
• 26:44
  what a lot of us are looking for in a way.
• 26:46
  Right. Well, for a while I think we
• 26:48
  were so focused on sameness and just blending in and getting the
• 26:51
  box store items because we didn't want to stand out in a
• 26:56
  way that made us vulnerable or like open to critique.
• 27:00
  Sure, But I think we've gotten more as we've gotten older or
• 27:05
  maybe our society is kind of becoming more accepting of just
• 27:10
  people being themselves. We've been more comfortable and
• 27:14
  and needing to to express ourselves more because we
• 27:18
  repressed that for so long with the.
• 27:20
  Expression, I mean, your interior, the way that you dress
• 27:23
  or the way that you right decorate your home is an
• 27:26
  expression of of you and your personality and what you like.
• 27:30
  And if it's a weird little collection, you know, my
• 27:33
  daughter and I love our La Boo boos.
• 27:35
  You have a little drawer in her cabinet.
• 27:38
  Where are the boobies live, you know?
• 27:41
  And it's just fine. It makes us happy and cute.
• 27:43
  It's that whimsy, you know, I think a lot of us are looking
• 27:46
  for a little whimsy in our life. Whimsy things that make you
• 27:50
  giggle. Yeah.
• 27:51
  Luboo boos are the new, are the Furbies of today.
• 27:55
  I always say, yeah, they'd like wake up in the middle of the
• 27:59
  night and start talking to you and you feel like we got to get
• 28:01
  rid of this thing. But Luboo boos don't do that, so
• 28:04
  it's not great. Ours are very well behaved,
• 28:07
  yeah. Well, always got to appreciate
• 28:09
  that. Yeah.
• 28:12
  And I really like to how just Speaking of breaking up
• 28:16
  different rooms in your house, a lot of people, I'm going to
• 28:21
  pivot, don't use their dining room a lot.
• 28:25
  And the dining room is something I do want to make sure to focus
• 28:28
  on because you really use the dining room for all different
• 28:34
  occasions. And so I kind of want to talk to
• 28:37
  you about your journey there of, you know, how you make it an
• 28:42
  intentional place that doesn't just collect dust.
• 28:45
  How did you select the furniture that was going to be central to
• 28:48
  it? Kind of What was your ethos
• 28:50
  behind the dining room? So a lot of people said, oh,
• 28:54
  well, this could be an office. This could be this when we first
• 28:58
  got the house. And no, it's the dining room.
• 29:00
  They're like, you'll love or use the dining room.
• 29:02
  Yeah. And I had this idea in my head
• 29:05
  that, you know, it's, it's a special place, right?
• 29:09
  When you come around the dining table, it's, you know, you're
• 29:12
  celebrating something. Maybe you're celebrating a
• 29:14
  birthday. You're celebrating a holiday.
• 29:16
  Yeah. And it's a, a place where you
• 29:18
  make special memories. And even if you have the
• 29:20
  neighbors over and it's the weekend and you're celebrating
• 29:24
  the weekend and enjoying some wine or something, I think it I
• 29:28
  think it should be used and it can be used.
• 29:30
  And then I'm hoping that someday when my kids look back, they
• 29:34
  remember that dining table as being kind of one of the hearts
• 29:39
  of our home, I should say, where we made a lot of family
• 29:43
  memories. And yeah, we, we, we use it a
• 29:47
  lot. This first photo, I believe
• 29:50
  that's Thanksgiving. And then the middle photo, I
• 29:54
  have my kids little Valentine's Day baskets set up ready to go.
• 30:00
  And so cute. This is like a little
• 30:03
  Valentine's party. We love celebrating in there.
• 30:06
  And you can decorate it, you know, I hang things from the
• 30:10
  chandelier and it's just a special.
• 30:12
  Place it looks like you cut out white paper hearts with like a
• 30:18
  like a scalloped tool and they're hanging from the
• 30:21
  chandelier. And then that's my jadeite
• 30:24
  collection. Yes.
• 30:26
  The plates, my mom and I went around collecting that from
• 30:31
  antique shops when I was little, and that was actually in my
• 30:35
  Playhouse. She let me, she let me have that
• 30:38
  in my Playhouse. And I don't remember ever
• 30:42
  breaking a piece. I was really careful with it.
• 30:45
  And so when we got this house, I called her and I said, do you
• 30:49
  still have that jadeite that we collected?
• 30:52
  I really want that. Yeah.
• 30:53
  And we use it a lot now. The little cups are, I think
• 30:59
  it's actually a pudding cup that those crystal cups, those are
• 31:02
  from Lakash here in town and I think they were like $30.00 for
• 31:08
  the entire set. That's amazing.
• 31:10
  The cash is a great, what would you say an antique store?
• 31:15
  It's like a collection of heirlooms from the past from
• 31:23
  like throughout Denver, and everything benefits the
• 31:27
  Children's Hospital so. Yeah, it's a great version of
• 31:30
  organization. Yeah, it's a nonprofit.
• 31:32
  So. So.
• 31:33
  I tied little bows around the cups and it just felt really
• 31:37
  coming in and special. And then I put a little
• 31:39
  Valentine cake in each one like a petty fork.
• 31:42
  How? Cute.
• 31:42
  Yeah, it was fun. Yeah, getting crystal Ware from
• 31:47
  an antique store or even a thrift store is a great move.
• 31:50
  Oh yeah, because you can find some great stuff.
• 31:54
  Silver like silver flatware collections.
• 31:57
  There you can get a whole set for not much.
• 32:01
  Every city has a version of that.
• 32:03
  And something that we should talk about too with collecting
• 32:07
  and layering is not everything has to be exactly matchy matchy.
• 32:11
  Like you can kind of mix and match as long as things are in
• 32:15
  the same color palette and and vibe.
• 32:19
  Yeah, I would say. Yeah, I think keeping things in
• 32:23
  in a certain like, color palette does help to make it feel
• 32:26
  cohesive and to kind of give it that purpose.
• 32:31
  Yeah, I really like layering. I think that's the key.
• 32:34
  My mom calls it feathering your home.
• 32:36
  Yeah, just slowly adding or feathering your nest.
• 32:40
  Yeah, feathering your nest. Feathering your nest.
• 32:42
  So just adding those little pieces over time, right?
• 32:45
  So that that'll be our new word. Instead of layering, we're just
• 32:49
  feathering our. Nest Yeah, if people are like,
• 32:51
  we're ready to take this photo, guys, and we're on a photo shoot
• 32:54
  set, we're feathering. Yeah, All right.
• 32:56
  Get out of here, love. To do, yeah.
• 32:59
  Yeah. So I feel, I feel like a lot of
• 33:03
  this layering conversation kind of bridges with maximalism.
• 33:08
  We have a lot of the same conversations with maximalism
• 33:12
  and how to create a collection that doesn't feel cluttered and
• 33:17
  it feels intentional still to you.
• 33:19
  Do you feel like there is a similarity between your style
• 33:23
  and maximalism? You know, the layering that I
• 33:26
  like and I like, you know, like I said, I love a trinket.
• 33:33
  I like the bookshelves to feel full and I like a lot of fabrics
• 33:37
  in a space, the slavery and maybe something on the table and
• 33:41
  upholstery. So I think there is a little bit
• 33:45
  of an overlap, but I think maximalism can be more eccentric
• 33:50
  too. I think you could go more modern
• 33:52
  with it and a lot of saturated color.
• 33:57
  And I think Grand Millennial, that style feels a little more
• 34:00
  sweet. There's like a little bit more
• 34:03
  softness to it maybe, I don't know.
• 34:06
  Do you think so? I.
• 34:07
  Think so, Yeah, maximalism is is just a little bit more over the
• 34:11
  top, but you could go way over the top with traditional styling
• 34:15
  and things. But but yeah, I definitely do
• 34:17
  see a bit of difference. I think maximalism is a blanket
• 34:21
  term to describe It could be a lot of different styles, a lot
• 34:26
  of feathering for sure, but it could be maximalist.
• 34:29
  There could be a maximalist version of a lot of different
• 34:31
  styles. That's whereas Grand Millennial
• 34:34
  is like a very specific style, but it does have a little bit of
• 34:38
  a maximalist approach with feathering and layering and
• 34:43
  bringing in all the things that make you feel great in life into
• 34:48
  one space. What is your approach?
• 34:52
  I mean, I know we talked about the trays, but with collecting
• 34:55
  so much to keep things still feeling cohesive, and I know
• 34:59
  you're switching things out for different seasons.
• 35:02
  It's not like everything's there at all times.
• 35:04
  Yeah, that definitely helps. Yeah.
• 35:06
  You know, so the home might like look slightly different in the
• 35:10
  fall. I love fall and the warmth and
• 35:12
  the texture there. And then I do a lot of florals
• 35:16
  and a spring. Yeah.
• 35:18
  But yeah, I think collect, keeping the collections to
• 35:21
  specific areas. One thing I really like is like
• 35:26
  a little cabinet, like the little corner cabinets or what
• 35:30
  do they call them, break fronts, the glass front.
• 35:33
  But they're in the corner. Yeah.
• 35:34
  I mean, I like the the quarter ones too, but they also have
• 35:38
  like. You know the glass cabinets.
• 35:41
  And I think those can be really nice to add some like family
• 35:45
  photos and little heirlooms. Like we have the bell that a
• 35:51
  ring bearer rung at our wedding on the shelf and, you know, like
• 35:55
  the toasting glasses, just like little things like that.
• 35:58
  And you can put the mall in one of those spaces and then it's
• 36:03
  not all throughout your house. It's kind of contained.
• 36:06
  Contained in that. Secial, yes, yeah.
• 36:09
  So that's usually what I try to do with.
• 36:12
  The collections, right? And we see, we do see a lot of
• 36:15
  color throughout your house and you've talked about how choosing
• 36:18
  a couple colors for each room can kind of keep it still
• 36:23
  feeling cohesive. But why do you think color is
• 36:26
  back in a big way? Because I think that's one of
• 36:28
  the biggest things that we're seeing in interior design right
• 36:33
  now is colors packed. Do you think it's just that
• 36:36
  swing from the grey? Yeah, maybe just like all.
• 36:39
  The rebellion towards the grey, yes, Yeah, it's all color.
• 36:43
  And I think what you were talking about people being more
• 36:45
  comfortable expressing themselves.
• 36:47
  Yeah. There's a creator.
• 36:49
  She's out of New York. And she will find things like on
• 36:52
  the street that people have thrown out.
• 36:55
  Wow. And she loves these really
• 36:56
  bright colors. OK.
• 36:57
  And it's just so her. Yeah, You know, I think that
• 37:01
  people are craving that personality in their decor
• 37:04
  again. You know, whether that's you
• 37:06
  like soft pastels like me or maybe you like a bold, bright
• 37:11
  color, you know, I think it's it's really fun to express
• 37:14
  yourself that way. Yeah, people are craving that.
• 37:17
  They really are. And you can use colors as a
• 37:20
  neutral, like in here we're using green as a neutral.
• 37:23
  Yes, Yeah. So.
• 37:24
  I feel like blue is a neutral. Yes, we did some antique Delft
• 37:29
  tile on our fireplace and. Yeah, I saw.
• 37:32
  That feels like a neutral. You know, I really don't feel
• 37:36
  like our kitchen has a lot of color in it, right?
• 37:38
  Just like the blue and white and cream.
• 37:40
  Yeah. And it feels very neutral.
• 37:43
  Well, your guest. Room is a great example of that
• 37:45
  too. We should show that it's very
• 37:49
  blue as a neutral, but you're also layering patterns in the.
• 37:53
  Wallpaper. So I like the the darker wood
• 37:59
  pieces kind of ground. They do the room and then the
• 38:02
  rest of it, even the bedding feels really airy and light and
• 38:06
  you have this blue and white that almost looks like clouds or
• 38:10
  the sky. There's a little bit of an
• 38:12
  equestrian theme I kind of wanted and English countryside
• 38:17
  feel to this room with the gingham and the Browns.
• 38:22
  You achieved it. Yeah, I love this that way.
• 38:25
  I love your little chair here with the Castor.
• 38:27
  Thank you. That's a new chair.
• 38:29
  See, that's a perfect. Example.
• 38:30
  It's where you brought in something that looks vintage,
• 38:33
  but it's new. Right.
• 38:34
  Yeah, right. And I really like just Speaking
• 38:40
  of your guest room, your ideas around making people feel
• 38:44
  welcome and like they don't always need to ask for things.
• 38:48
  I think that's something huge about hosting is giving people
• 38:52
  the tools that they need to thrive in your house without
• 38:54
  feeling like they're needy. So like you've included the
• 38:59
  Wi-Fi password and like the Netflix account passwords all
• 39:04
  framed on the bedside table. Yes.
• 39:06
  So this little frame has our Wi-Fi information.
• 39:09
  And I feel like that's like their first question, right?
• 39:12
  As soon as they get in and get settled.
• 39:14
  Yeah. And you can make these little
• 39:17
  designs on an app or a website called Canva and you can make it
• 39:23
  really cute and make it tie in with your, the rest of your
• 39:26
  space and decide the the size that you want based on the frame
• 39:30
  you have. And I think it's just like a
• 39:32
  nice little touch to have, like you said, the Netflix password,
• 39:35
  your Wi-Fi information. And then I always have some
• 39:41
  little guest slippers on the bed and the bathroom is stocked.
• 39:47
  That's a big thing. Because I feel like if somebody
• 39:49
  wakes up in the night with a headache or a stomach ache, if
• 39:52
  you have everything, they're ready to go for them.
• 39:55
  That's really helpful. They don't feel like they miss
• 39:57
  home. Like, oh, so home I would have
• 39:59
  my headache medicine or whatever, right?
• 40:02
  Yeah, right. They need some water for them.
• 40:05
  And do a carafe. That's Petra Palumbo.
• 40:08
  OK, does these hand painted carafes.
• 40:10
  They're so beautiful and just like a nice little touch.
• 40:15
  Yeah. And is this like a little ring
• 40:17
  dish over here? Yeah, yeah.
• 40:19
  So I have a little ring dish and then a coaster.
• 40:22
  I love it because, you know, people can be really hard.
• 40:26
  Yeah, on the wood surface of the town.
• 40:29
  Yeah. Yeah.
• 40:29
  And then another thing we have, which it's not in this picture,
• 40:33
  but a little luggage rack. Yeah, because so many people
• 40:37
  just put the suitcase on that. When I see that, I'm just like.
• 40:41
  That's like shoes on the floor. Yeah, yeah.
• 40:45
  So yeah, we don't want black Airport wheels.
• 40:49
  Scuffing on your white or. Whatever was on the airport
• 40:52
  floor, yeah, I don't know. No.
• 40:55
  So the yeah, the luggage rack is a good one to have.
• 40:58
  You just have it all set up ready for them.
• 41:00
  So they. Just I just think a tip, and I'm
• 41:03
  sorry if you disagree with this, but people just need to know
• 41:06
  keep your shoes off of the bed and keep your luggage off of the
• 41:10
  bed because you don't want some random person's germs in your
• 41:14
  house. So I'm sorry, that's just APSA
• 41:16
  from I think everybody would benefit.
• 41:18
  I think they would. You got to adopt this.
• 41:20
  So yeah, we just got to, we got to do that, but.
• 41:24
  Here next to the bed, the books with your floral arrangement,
• 41:29
  again, you're using them in your guest room and it creates height
• 41:33
  that creates warmth. And it just, that's an easy way
• 41:37
  to decorate, you know, in a room is adding some books and a vase
• 41:41
  with flowers. Yeah, we have.
• 41:44
  I, I was looking for lamps. We, we now have brass lamps on
• 41:48
  these tables as well, but the books are still there because I,
• 41:52
  I just think sometimes it's nice if somebody can't sleep and they
• 41:57
  haven't brought a book, they can kind of just, you know, read a
• 42:00
  few pages and it just feels inviting and like you say,
• 42:04
  playing with that height. So I have tall skinny brass
• 42:07
  lamps there. And then the flowers on the
• 42:10
  books kind of, I don't know, it makes a nice yeah difference in
• 42:14
  height because. The lamp doesn't take the whole.
• 42:16
  Right. It's really nice, skinny and
• 42:18
  small. And that's another tip for
• 42:20
  things not to feel cluttered is if everything's on the same
• 42:24
  surface, like at the same height, then it can start
• 42:26
  feeling cluttered. But if they're at different
• 42:28
  heights, then it takes your your brain doesn't see it as
• 42:32
  cluttered anymore. That's interesting.
• 42:34
  That's a good point. Just.
• 42:35
  In different places. So I think that's a great idea
• 42:38
  to put things on top of the books.
• 42:41
  Well, let's pivot slightly because we've talked a little
• 42:43
  bit about your kids spaces and something that I really like
• 42:49
  about them is that they don't feel plastic or temporary.
• 42:53
  And I think people struggle with that in their kids rooms because
• 42:58
  they want something that a kid can grow with.
• 43:01
  Yeah, so I didn't want to redecorate my kids rooms every
• 43:05
  three years, you know, and I think people start to think, oh,
• 43:09
  well, it's what the the child wants, just plastic.
• 43:13
  And I don't, I don't necessarily think that's true.
• 43:17
  We we talked about your home feeling like a sanctuary.
• 43:21
  And I think that children's rooms can feel like a sanctuary
• 43:25
  to them. Yeah, really comforting and and
• 43:28
  comfortable. And so this is my son Conrad's
• 43:32
  room. And we did the room and mostly
• 43:35
  Blues and Browns, but you can see you can still add some fun
• 43:40
  pieces like the pillows are playful.
• 43:42
  This was his room decorated for Christmas, and I tied the little
• 43:46
  velvet ribbons around the dogs on his light fixture.
• 43:50
  That is so cute. And then he has some fun things
• 43:55
  in his bookcase. You can see the little stuffed
• 43:58
  animals and books, little collections of things.
• 44:02
  His first birthday crown is in there.
• 44:05
  His little baby shoes, so cute. So I think it can still feel
• 44:10
  youthful and sweet. But it it's a room that we'll be
• 44:14
  able to grow with him and over here that it's actually a saddle
• 44:20
  holder, that metal bin. Oh, this round piece.
• 44:24
  Yes, cool. And there's stuffed animals in
• 44:28
  it now to keep them, you know, out of sight.
• 44:30
  He can dig them out and play with them.
• 44:32
  But over time, I was thinking as he gets older, maybe he can put
• 44:36
  his sweaters in that bin or his blankets, throws, things like
• 44:42
  that. So I really think that you can
• 44:45
  find pieces that that grow with with the children.
• 44:49
  And maybe he'll even use it in his house someday.
• 44:51
  Yeah. Absolutely.
• 44:53
  I love the wood tunes in that room.
• 44:55
  It's so beautiful with the blue and white.
• 44:58
  Yeah, it's really masculine, isn't it?
• 44:59
  Yeah. Well, the dark wood is very
• 45:02
  masculine. And then I just love the way you
• 45:05
  use wallpaper because it's not like a cutesy kids decal, right?
• 45:12
  It's very like a wallpaper that feels like a toddler, but it
• 45:18
  could also feel like a teenager, right, depending on how you
• 45:22
  decorate around it. Yeah.
• 45:23
  So we did the there's dogs kind of English looking hunting dogs
• 45:29
  maybe up on the top portion and then below the chair rail.
• 45:34
  We did. It's hard to see there, but it's
• 45:36
  actually a herring bone and it's kind of like a grass.
• 45:39
  It has a texture to it. It's kind of like a grass cloth
• 45:43
  and so yeah, it just added a lot of personality to his space, I
• 45:46
  think. When I see the hunting dogs in
• 45:49
  the pattern of the wallpaper as well.
• 45:52
  Yeah. So that's kind of a great way to
• 45:54
  have a pattern that's masculine. I love that you put a chandelier
• 45:59
  in your son's room. Yeah.
• 46:01
  You know, a lot of times we have, like, the recessed lights
• 46:06
  or, you know, and it's like, well, you can put a chandelier
• 46:10
  in a bedroom. It doesn't have to be just in in
• 46:13
  your dining room or your entrance hall.
• 46:15
  Right, and I think if you're worried about kids doing things
• 46:20
  to something or damaging from the yes, we did have this
• 46:23
  reinforced just in case 2 little boys we.
• 46:25
  Just don't know what they're going.
• 46:26
  To happen just doing on the chandelier.
• 46:30
  I think that your walls I should knock on wood, Yeah.
• 46:35
  Somewhere are. Pretty safe, yeah.
• 46:37
  You know, light fixtures, draperies, any artwork that you
• 46:43
  put on on the walls are pretty safe around kids.
• 46:46
  It's more they're betting, you know, that they could damage.
• 46:50
  Or the carpet. Oh my goodness, the carpet.
• 46:53
  For sure. So I think as long as you are
• 46:59
  focusing on the walls, you can make it feel more elevated by,
• 47:02
  you know, doing this is an antique.
• 47:05
  That lithograph in the corner, the painting hanging over his
• 47:09
  bed is an old one that my dad had in his office a long time
• 47:13
  ago. So it makes it feel really
• 47:15
  elevated. But it's still safe on the walls
• 47:18
  and on the ceiling. And then just watch out for, I
• 47:22
  would say the carpet and your bedding.
• 47:25
  Make sure it's washable bedding. And just get your carpets
• 47:28
  cleaned over time and have a have a plan there.
• 47:32
  Oh yeah, we have a carpet cleaner.
• 47:33
  Yeah, Ready to go. It's us again.
• 47:38
  Yeah. I love the big cabinet.
• 47:42
  You know, some people inherit like a China cabinet and they're
• 47:45
  like, I don't really want to put that in my dining room or they
• 47:48
  may not have the space. This would be a great idea to
• 47:51
  take a China cabinet and turn it into a bookcase.
• 47:55
  Best storage for kids room because you can put their books
• 47:58
  up there. Like I said, little collections
• 48:00
  of things. Stuffies up on top and then in
• 48:04
  the cabinets on the bottom. I have baskets on shelves so his
• 48:10
  little cars go in there, his little magnet tiles puzzles.
• 48:14
  So they're all organized by what it.
• 48:15
  Is in there, yeah. I mean, it holds a lot.
• 48:18
  That's a great idea to use it a lot of.
• 48:21
  People don't know what to do with their antique cabinets or
• 48:25
  the China. Cabinets, they're like, I don't
• 48:27
  know what I wanted, you know, they may not know where to put.
• 48:30
  Yeah, this is a great option. And then it gives them places
• 48:34
  like we were talking about earlier to put some of the
• 48:36
  things that you know he plays with.
• 48:39
  He knows when you say clean up your room, he knows where to put
• 48:42
  the things and those things go for.
• 48:44
  Him too, because he's he feels accomplished, like he's done
• 48:46
  something, because he knows where things go.
• 48:49
  Yes, it's great. Yeah, we do the little reward
• 48:51
  jar system so they can add their little tokens and save for
• 48:57
  something. But yeah, I think, I think
• 48:59
  there's a lot of storage options with a big cabinet or bookcase
• 49:03
  like that. And like you were talking about,
• 49:05
  that can really grow with them, you know?
• 49:09
  Because he may take that away one day.
• 49:11
  Yeah, you know, to his home. We talk about transformer
• 49:15
  furniture or whatever. Chameleon Furniture.
• 49:18
  That furniture that can go in different rooms of the house.
• 49:20
  Yeah, it doesn't. You know, like we're saying, a
• 49:22
  China cabinet doesn't have to go in a dining room.
• 49:24
  That can go in a bedroom just like we've done here.
• 49:27
  We have a this is a dresser that we're using as Yeah, that's.
• 49:30
  Ascites. Yeah, Well, and it's hard, I
• 49:34
  guess, working for a furniture company and everything's divvied
• 49:38
  up into, like, bookcases. They're under the office
• 49:41
  category. But like, they don't, Yeah, they
• 49:44
  don't have to be in an office. They could be, yeah, really.
• 49:48
  Anyway, they could be in your bathroom and be somewhere that
• 49:51
  you put all of your beauty products, you know?
• 49:53
  And little canisters having everything like decanted nicely,
• 49:57
  that would be really pretty. That would be another thing I
• 49:59
  like in children's rooms are is like a big trunk or chest.
• 50:05
  And my daughter used it again, kind of like him, like with the
• 50:07
  stuffies. And then now she has like a
• 50:10
  little poof and she likes to color and draw and do like her
• 50:15
  little crafts on it. And again, I think someday,
• 50:17
  eventually it'll be sweaters and blankets and things like that.
• 50:21
  Yeah. But something I like about this
• 50:24
  is it looks like you've created safe spaces for them and they
• 50:27
  probably feel good about welcoming their friends into
• 50:30
  their rooms. And it's a place for them to be
• 50:33
  creative with their school friends.
• 50:36
  And now that school's back in session, just like having a
• 50:39
  place that you can entertain your kids, friends as well.
• 50:42
  Yeah, I always want it to feel cozy, you know, I don't want it
• 50:45
  to feel too precious, like they can't flop on the bed if they
• 50:48
  want. Or, you know, take some coloring
• 50:52
  up and color on the floor or something.
• 50:54
  Yeah, you know, not on the. Floor.
• 50:55
  Yeah. But like, you can, you can, you
• 50:59
  know, color in a coloring book on the floor without being,
• 51:02
  like, yelling at your friend because they're getting too
• 51:05
  close to. Yeah.
• 51:07
  It's like we still have a relaxed vibe in this house even
• 51:10
  though we have meant to be. Homes are meant to be lived in
• 51:13
  you. Know exactly too yeah so many
• 51:15
  people say I can't have nice things but I think you're
• 51:18
  showing that you can and it can still be lived in yeah and and
• 51:21
  the. Children grow up that way.
• 51:23
  They're used to it, so they know how to treat, you know, their
• 51:27
  surroundings. Right.
• 51:28
  Yeah. And I think when it's not,
• 51:30
  people used to be shocked if I would give my daughter like
• 51:33
  little real tea sets to play with.
• 51:38
  But I think when they're used to it, it's not something different
• 51:42
  and they don't go to it and, you know, bang it on the floor or
• 51:45
  something. They kind of are used to
• 51:46
  handling it and they know just got to be careful with that.
• 51:49
  And yeah, like you did with your dishes, the.
• 51:52
  Oh yeah, the Jada. Yeah, you're very careful with
• 51:54
  it. You knew it was special and now
• 51:57
  it's in your adult. Home.
• 51:58
  Yeah. Yeah.
• 51:58
  From the Playhouse to the home. To the real house, just.
• 52:01
  Like what you're saying, there's all these things that you have
• 52:03
  taken from your childhood and that they you're setting your
• 52:06
  kids up to do the same. And it is good to teach them
• 52:10
  that there are certain things that you should be careful with
• 52:15
  and other things that you don't have to worry about as much, you
• 52:18
  know? But like, there are sacred
• 52:20
  things in life to just be like, oh, this is nice, you know?
• 52:24
  And it doesn't mean we have to keep it away and never use it,
• 52:26
  but just treat it with care. Right.
• 52:28
  And it's kind of sustainable, right?
• 52:30
  A lot of this, you know, going antiquing, adding antique
• 52:35
  touches to your space is really sustainable.
• 52:38
  You know, instead of buying tons of plastic for your children,
• 52:41
  you know, yeah, they can learn to to play with a real tea
• 52:45
  setter or something that's an antique.
• 52:48
  And the quality furniture that you have, you know will last for
• 52:52
  many years. Yeah, nice.
• 52:54
  Not twice. There you go.
• 52:56
  Yeah, a lot of. People to like really look at
• 53:01
  our kids rooms, you know, and, and invest in those you know you
• 53:07
  have and it's absolutely beautiful and it is sustainable
• 53:10
  and they will have it for a very long time so.
• 53:15
  Yeah, when people get intimidated by buying a piece
• 53:18
  that's going to last a long time because they're like, how do I
• 53:21
  even, you know, make that happen?
• 53:25
  Like where do I even start? It gets to be like decision
• 53:27
  overwhelm to a point. But I think people just need to
• 53:31
  remember that a lot of times the timeless basics that are just
• 53:34
  good quality, that's all you need to look for.
• 53:37
  What do you like now? And that will transition with
• 53:40
  your style as time goes on, so. Right.
• 53:43
  I mean, I think the guest room furniture is a good example of
• 53:47
  that. You could easily change that
• 53:49
  bedding, you could change everything around it and it
• 53:51
  could become something different.
• 53:53
  But it's just, you know, like a good basic, good solid basic
• 53:57
  that we could put in really any bedroom.
• 53:59
  Same with your dining room. You know, the dining table is a
• 54:02
  good solid basic that you can have multiple holiday looks
• 54:06
  throughout the year around and it's still it complements all of
• 54:09
  those different aesthetics well. Totally.
• 54:11
  It's your base. Yeah, but yeah.
• 54:15
  So do you feel like comfort is the new luxury or how do you,
• 54:21
  how do you think comfort is the new luxury?
• 54:25
  Because I feel like you're going to say yes.
• 54:27
  What is the new luxury? Yeah.
• 54:30
  I think, you know, we were talking about sustainability a
• 54:32
  little bit and having a, a space that's, you know, you've like
• 54:37
  curated, you've feathered your home and it really shows your
• 54:40
  personality. And I think that's kind of
• 54:43
  something that I see happening a lot lately, people talking about
• 54:47
  that and how to to give a space like its own personality, its
• 54:53
  own character, whether it's color or some collections
• 54:58
  they've curated or some heirlooms they have.
• 55:01
  That's what I see. That's what I've noticed, you
• 55:03
  know, just that lived in space with a lot of personality.
• 55:08
  Right. It makes you comfortable, makes
• 55:11
  your guests comfortable knowing like who you are, but it also
• 55:16
  gives you a place to be where you don't feel like you need to
• 55:19
  leave. Like I can stay in the comfort
• 55:21
  of home and feel like I have what I need on most days.
• 55:24
  Like everybody needs that third space once in a while.
• 55:27
  But but I think having your home ready to welcome in your life
• 55:31
  and to live your life in is comfort.
• 55:34
  Don't you think people are hosting a little bit more?
• 55:36
  Yeah, I. Definitely.
• 55:38
  Think people are hosting more, you know, having dinner at home
• 55:42
  and I almost wonder if it's I don't know if anybody in your
• 55:47
  circle or maybe you have gotten into sourdough and things like.
• 55:51
  That. Yeah, I see people are like
• 55:54
  making these custom coffees at home and things.
• 55:57
  I feel like people are really getting into that and inviting
• 56:00
  people in, like let's grab a coffee and then we'll go on a
• 56:03
  walk together or. They're just celebrating life,
• 56:06
  yes, and just, you know, enjoying their friends.
• 56:09
  Gives you a sense of accomplishment.
• 56:10
  It speaks to the creativity that you uniquely have when you're
• 56:14
  able to create that treat for yourself.
• 56:17
  I know. Yeah, a lot of lot of sourdough
• 56:20
  in my circle. For sure.
• 56:24
  It's great. Yeah.
• 56:24
  It's like, it's great. Yeah.
• 56:26
  Yeah. And.
• 56:27
  Maybe, too, you know, during the pandemic, nobody could come to
• 56:31
  your house. I mean, yeah, they could.
• 56:33
  But most people were off in their homes.
• 56:35
  And so now we're just like, you know what?
• 56:37
  I want to have my friends over. I want to just have tea.
• 56:40
  And I want to, I have that in my dining room, so.
• 56:44
  I mean, like those special moments, yeah.
• 56:46
  I think that's a luxury in and of itself.
• 56:49
  It's creating special moments. That's right, 2026 should be all
• 56:53
  about special moments and using your dining room.
• 56:57
  Yeah, yeah. Maybe so or whatever space that
• 57:00
  you don't use enough or or China or pieces you don't use enough
• 57:04
  the. China bring out to go.
• 57:07
  It doesn't need to just come out once a year.
• 57:08
  Yeah, bring it out to eat a sandwich.
• 57:10
  On you know, I was recently at a lunch and someone said she was
• 57:14
  talking about using her silver, the silver flatware that she had
• 57:18
  gotten from her grandmother or something.
• 57:20
  And I said, but isn't it such a pain to clean, you know?
• 57:23
  And she said I just throw it in the dishwasher.
• 57:26
  Ohh wow. She said.
• 57:26
  I think cleaned. Up.
• 57:28
  She is my hero. Yeah, she's like.
• 57:30
  You know I want to. Use it.
• 57:31
  It makes me think of my grandmother, and I'm gonna throw
• 57:33
  it in the dish. Yeah, because that's what works
• 57:36
  with my life. And I'm not going to be so
• 57:37
  precious with it because then I'll never use it.
• 57:40
  Yeah, I think that's great. No, me too.
• 57:42
  And just like, kind of creating, like, what are the things that
• 57:48
  people can look forward to? Like almost like an activity
• 57:51
  when people come to your house. I think you did a great job.
• 57:54
  And a lot of those photos of just having a theme and
• 57:57
  something people can connect to. One of my things to this year is
• 58:00
  asking better questions. So yeah, just like creating a
• 58:05
  space for people to connect is. Great.
• 58:08
  I like that. There's those like or like
• 58:11
  little cards that have the questions right on it you can
• 58:14
  put out on the table and like people can go through with glass
• 58:18
  of wine or something or mahjong. A lot of people are playing
• 58:20
  bridge and. Mahjong.
• 58:22
  I've seen that game, yeah. Games are a great way to
• 58:25
  connect, and we've talked a little bit about just creating a
• 58:29
  space. When you invite people to your
• 58:31
  home, instead of impressing them, focus more on welcoming
• 58:35
  them. Yeah, I think that's.
• 58:36
  A huge part of it. Yeah, because then people are
• 58:39
  going to feel comfortable to relax and have good conversation
• 58:43
  and connect and make memories instead of being like, what can
• 58:46
  I touch and what can't? Yeah, you know, so.
• 58:50
  You've done a really good job of creating this beautiful
• 58:53
  environment, but it's also very warm and welcoming.
• 58:57
  It's not. It's not standoffish.
• 59:00
  So one of our favorite ways to close out conversations is just
• 59:05
  rapid fire, just quick questions and you give a quick yes or no
• 59:11
  answer. So floral sofas, are they
• 59:15
  timeless or risky? Timeless, timeless Mario Buada
• 59:19
  chin's like, I love that vibe, OK.
• 59:23
  Skirted sinks yes or no? 100% I love a skirted sink.
• 59:27
  Yeah, exactly like a nice stripe.
• 59:31
  Exactly like a nice stripe though.
• 59:34
  Or a gingham. It's so nice to add such a nice
• 59:37
  softness to a space. Can hide things?
• 59:39
  Can all these spaces antiques splurge or save?
• 59:46
  Both, I think, I think you can go both if maybe you find like a
• 59:50
  nice like 4 poster bed that's a really great piece and it's a
• 59:54
  little spendy, but that's well worth it maybe.
• 59:57
  But also one thing that my husband and I have done, we look
• 1:00:01
  for antique auctions that they market to antique shops.
• 1:00:06
  So the prices are fantastic, right, because they have to mark
• 1:00:11
  it up to sell anyway. One of.
• 1:00:14
  Our favorite things to buy is artwork at an antique auction
• 1:00:18
  like that. One of my husband's favorite
• 1:00:20
  pieces is this oil painting of Marseille.
• 1:00:23
  And it was right after we had gone there and we found it at
• 1:00:26
  this auction. It's meant to be, I want to say
• 1:00:28
  it was $150.00. This giant gilt frame, like,
• 1:00:32
  beautiful. It's a great point.
• 1:00:35
  Yeah. So save and splurge.
• 1:00:37
  Yeah. Yeah.
• 1:00:38
  Pattern mixing? Is there a rule you swear by?
• 1:00:42
  I think as long as it's in that same color palette, you can
• 1:00:45
  really go crazy. Do like a stripe, do a gingham
• 1:00:49
  or a check a floral. As long as it's in the same
• 1:00:53
  color palettes, it looks really nice.
• 1:00:55
  OK. What's 1 design element every
• 1:00:58
  home needs? Oh my.
• 1:00:59
  Goodness, I would say something floral, but but I would say, you
• 1:01:07
  know, a nice rug, yeah, is really great.
• 1:01:10
  That's a great place to start, I think.
• 1:01:12
  Truly. Literally.
• 1:01:14
  Grounds things, yeah. Yeah, we have some nice rugs and
• 1:01:18
  the rest of our furniture, like some of the pieces that need to
• 1:01:21
  be upholstered, they kind of, you know, you don't really
• 1:01:25
  notice it as much because you have a great rug.
• 1:01:28
  Like a piece of art. Yeah, sets the stage.
• 1:01:30
  Yeah, art. Also, is 1 art a great rug
• 1:01:33
  right? Just knowing where to save and
• 1:01:36
  where to splurge. Yeah, well, it's been so fun
• 1:01:39
  talking to you today. I think we've gotten so many
• 1:01:41
  good takeaways. There's something for everyone
• 1:01:45
  in this conversation about how to make their house a home and a
• 1:01:49
  place that they love, so we're just really glad that you were
• 1:01:53
  here to. Contribute for having me.
• 1:01:55
  I'm happy to be here, it's been so fun.
• 1:01:57
  Where can people find you going? Forward I'm on Instagram
• 1:02:01
  Brittany Pillard and also on TikTok.
• 1:02:03
  I'm just kind of starting to experiment with TikTok a little
• 1:02:06
  bit, aren't we? All yeah, it's a never ending
• 1:02:10
  experiment. Yeah, it's a very addictive,
• 1:02:13
  though. I find myself getting lost on
• 1:02:15
  there more than anywhere else. Yeah, yeah, same in Pinterest.
• 1:02:20
  Pinterest yeah, that definitely well can take some space, but
• 1:02:25
  you're good at incorporating your own style and still, yeah,
• 1:02:29
  not just making it overly Pinteresty yeah, I.
• 1:02:33
  Think so? Well, I can't wait to see your
• 1:02:34
  mud room that you're designing. Yeah, we'll have to.
• 1:02:38
  Yeah. Yeah, we'll have.
• 1:02:39
  To see photos in the future, do a little follow up.
• 1:02:43
  The piano room with the re upholstered chairs that's on the
• 1:02:47
  list. My husband said I can't go
• 1:02:49
  another Christmas with the same chandelier and UN upholstered
• 1:02:54
  chairs. So I'm I'm on a time so.
• 1:02:56
  I get to see that, yes. Good.
• 1:02:59
  That's great he gave you an assignment.
• 1:03:01
  Yeah, very specific. I have a timeline.
• 1:03:03
  Yeah, that's I kind of like that with creativity.
• 1:03:06
  I need a timeline and an assignment.
• 1:03:09
  As a Pisces, I can kind of just kind of be like a little dreamy.
• 1:03:13
  Like I had these swatches of fabric.
• 1:03:17
  Yeah. Laid out on the chairs that
• 1:03:19
  needed upholstered. Yeah.
• 1:03:20
  For months. Yeah.
• 1:03:22
  And I just kind of forgot about it.
• 1:03:23
  I was just like, oh, it's just how it is now, you know?
• 1:03:26
  And my husband, he's a Virgo. Yeah.
• 1:03:28
  That really stresses him out. So like, the dreaminess is kind
• 1:03:32
  of he's like, we need a concrete date.
• 1:03:34
  Let's. Let's work on this.
• 1:03:36
  Yeah. I'm with you.
• 1:03:37
  I'm a Pisces too. I need guard reels or else I
• 1:03:40
  could just. Yeah, hopefully I just, that's
• 1:03:43
  my weakness is getting lost in dreamland.
• 1:03:45
  You know, I'm just, my imagination is too colorful.
• 1:03:50
  Yeah. Which I'm sure you can relate
• 1:03:52
  to. Yeah.
• 1:03:54
  Again, so glad you were here and so glad everybody got to get
• 1:03:57
  this wisdom from our great grand millennial conversation.
• 1:04:03
  Thank you for having me. Yeah.
• 1:04:05
  Appreciate it. See everybody next time.