How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

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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Mar 27, 2018 · 58 min
Ep. 47 with antiques dealer Shane Robuck
This past Fall, Karen met antique dealer Shane Robuck of Robuck & Co on a buying trip to Europe, and we couldn't pass up the opportunity to chat with him about antiques, travel, and his love of furniture. Shane travels the world looking for the...
Mar 13, 2018 · 1 hr 9 min
Ep. 46 designer Laura Walker Baird of Verde Home
Atlanta interior designer and owner of Verde Home on the Upper Westside Laura Walker Baird joins the podcast to talk about antiquing overseas, why Europeans rarely hire designers, and her own major home renovation. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ON THIS EPISODE: ...
Feb 27, 2018 · 1 hr 3 min
Ep. 45 with designer Paloma Contreras
Design blogger and interior designer Paloma Contreras stopped by the podcast while in Atlanta to talk about her upcoming book, the ten year anniversary of her blog, and how important it is to enjoy living in your home. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ON THIS...
Feb 13, 2018 · 54 min
Ep. 44: Performance Fabrics 101
We've gotten lots of questions from listeners about performance fabrics. What are they? Why are they so durable? Are they safe to use in our homes? We thought we'd answer all of your questions, so we went straight to the source. Kimberly Peoples and...
Jan 30, 2018 · 1 hr 14 min
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....
Jan 16, 2018 · 1 hr 5 min
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...
Jan 2, 2018 · 1 hr 16 min
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...
Dec 19, 2017 · 58 min
Ep. 40: with Maison Studios' Anne Scott Shelley and Allison Smith
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...
Dec 5, 2017 · 1 hr 9 min
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...
Nov 21, 2017 · 1 hr 14 min
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...
Nov 7, 2017 · 55 min
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...
Oct 24, 2017 · 1 hr 8 min
Ep. 36 with James Farmer, decorator, garden expert, and author
'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 ,...
Oct 10, 2017 · 1 hr 14 min
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...
Sep 26, 2017 · 1 hr 5 min
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...
Sep 12, 2017 · 1 hr 18 min
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
Aug 29, 2017 · 1 hr 2 min
Ep. 32 with Rebecca McKelvey, the 'First Lady of Ballard'
We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.
Aug 22, 2017 · 1 hr 1 min
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.
Aug 15, 2017 · 50 min
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.
Aug 8, 2017 · 56 min
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.
Aug 1, 2017 · 31 min
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

How to Decorate

Ep. 47 with antiques dealer Shane Robuck

Ep. 46 designer Laura Walker Baird of Verde Home

Ep. 45 with designer Paloma Contreras

Ep. 44: Performance Fabrics 101

Ep. 43 with designer Rachel Cannon

Ep. 42 with designer Barbara Westbrook

Ep. 41 with The Peak of Chic's Jennifer Boles

Ep. 40: with Maison Studios' Anne Scott Shelley and Allison Smith

Ep. 39 with clothing designer Ann Mashburn

Ep. 38: Color 101 with Maria Killam

Ep. 37 with designer Jonathan Savage

Ep. 36 with James Farmer, decorator, garden expert, and author

Ep. 35 with Vern Yip

Ep. 34 with interior designer William Peace

Ep. 33 How to Layout a Room with Miriam Leuthold

Ep. 32 with Rebecca McKelvey, the 'First Lady of Ballard'

Ep. 31 with designer Virginia Cheek

Ep. 30 with House Beautiful's Sophie Donelson

Ep. 29 with artist Andrea Costa

Ep. 28 with Miles Redd, our newest design partner