How to Decorate

We want to teach you how to decorate! We'll help you unleash your inner decorator with interviews from interior designers, sharing the trials and triumphs from our own homes, and answering your burning decorating questions. Brought to you from the Ballard Designs team.

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Ep. 43 with designer Rachel Cannon
While in Atlanta for market, Baton Rouge interior designer Rachel Cannon stopped by the podcast to talk brown furniture, waiting for that perfect piece, letting your layout dictate your furniture pieces, and her 'cantaloupe' bookshelf styling trick....
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Ep. 42 with designer Barbara Westbrook
The impossibly talented Barbara Westbrook stops by the podcast to talk antiquing, her book Gracious Rooms, her client work, renovating her homes, and her decorating pet peeve. And of course, we answer your decorating questions! WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ON...
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Ep. 41 with The Peak of Chic's Jennifer Boles
Atlanta native Jennifer Boles of The Peak of Chic stops by the podcast to give us a decorating history lesson, her favorite decor books, and much more. We talk about the origins of her book In with the Old: Classic Decor from A to Z and the concept...
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Ep. 40: with Maison Studios' Anne Scott Shelley...
Okay, when Anne Scott Shelley and Allison Smith of Maison Studios stopped by for this episode of the podcast, we had a serious case of the giggles! Get ready for a fun episode, where the decorating duo behind this 30A interior design firm...
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Ep. 39 with clothing designer Ann Mashburn
We're huge fans of stylemaker, shop owner, and clothing designer Ann Mashburn, so we were thrilled when she stopped by for an episode of the podcast. She tells us about starting her and her husband's stores in Atlanta (which have now spread all...
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Ep. 38: Color 101 with Maria Killam
We've been waiting to get color expert Maria Killam on the podcast ever since we heard about her October color workshop here in Atlanta. She captivated us on day one of her workshop, and afterwards, we sat down to talk paint, color, undertones, and...
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Ep. 37 with designer Jonathan Savage
Ever since we worked with interior designer Jonathan Savage on the 2016 Southern Style Now Showhouse, we've been itching to share his work with you. When he was in town for Discover ADAC, he sat down with us to share everything he's been up to, tips...
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Ep. 36 with James Farmer, decorator, garden exp...
'Jack-of-all-trades' is the only way to describe this week's guest. He is a licensed landscape architect, a gardening expert, a flower arranging expert, host extraordinaire, celebrated decorator, and even a cookbook author. James Farmer does it all ,...
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Ep. 35 with Vern Yip
Our guest today on the How to Decorate podcast needs no introduction. If you've watched a decorating TV show in the last two decades, you most likely know Vern Yip -- from TLC's Trading Spaces, HGTV's Design Star and Bang for Your Buck. We love his...
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Ep. 34 with interior designer William Peace
Before we even published our first episode of the How to Decorate podcast, we had today's guest on our list of designers we couldn't wait to interview. Here at Ballard, we've worked with interior designer William Peace on several projects including...
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Ep. 33 How to Layout a Room with Miriam Leuthold
We want to teach you how to decorate and unleash your inner decorator. Each episode, we'll interview interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world, share the trials and triumphs of my own home, and answer your decorating questions
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Ep. 32 with Rebecca McKelvey, the 'First Lady o...
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.
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Ep. 31 with designer Virginia Cheek
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. Each episode we're interviewing design talents, sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and answering your decorating questions.
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Ep. 30 with House Beautiful's Sophie Donelson
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. Each episode we're interviewing design talents, sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and answering your decorating questions.
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Ep. 29 with artist Andrea Costa
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. Each episode, we'll be interviewing talents in the design world, sharing the trials and triumphs from our own homes, and answering your decorating questions.
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Ep. 28 with Miles Redd, our newest design partner
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. Each week, we're interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world, sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and answering your decora
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Ep. 27 with designer Meg Braff
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. Each episode, we'll interview talents in the design world, share the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and answer your decorating questions.
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Ep. 26 Art 101 with Karen Fleenor
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. Each episode, we'll be interviewing interior designers, sharing the stories of our own home, and also answering your decorating questions.
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Ep. 25 with designer Maggie Griffin
Interior designer Maggie Griffin from Gainesville, Georgia decorates spaces much like her personality, warm, happy, and with classic Southern charm. We loved touring her house and couldn't resist the opportunity to get her on the podcast. If you aren't ye
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Ep. 24 with designer Nancy Braithwaite
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. Each week, we interview interior designers and other talents in the design world, share the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and answer your decorating questions.
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Ep. 23 with the Madcap Cottage Gents, Part 2
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. Each episode, we'll be interviewing interior designers and other talents in the design world, sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and answering your decorating
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Ep. 22 with designer Cindy Meador
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. We're interviewing interior designs, sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and answering your decorating questions.
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Ep. 21 with "The Professor" Phil Lancaster
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. We interview interior designers, share the trials and triumphs from our own homes, and answer your decorating questions.
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Ep. 20 with designer Lisa Mende
Lisa Mende's room in the Traditional Home Southern Style Now Showhouse stopped us in our tracks, so we knew we had to get her on the podcast. Her spaces are bold, jubilant, and inviting, and we quickly learned that she herself is too. If you've ever...
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Ep. 19 with Margot Shaw of Flower Magazine
On Ballard Designs' weekly How to Decorate podcast, we want to teach your how to decorate your home. We interview interior designers, share stories from our own homes, and answer your decorating questions.
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