56: Interview with Frances Schultz
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2015
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Author, blogger and decor expert Frances Schultz's new book The Bee Cottage Story: How I Made a Muddle of Things and Decorated My Way Back to Happiness is the focus of today's discussion. And while the premise of the book is all about how she restored her 1920's East Hampton's cottage, it also part memoir as readers discovery her journey to arrive at the place she is today, fulfilled, content and full of wisdom.
Topics of happiness, meditation, authenticity and yes, even decor are discussed.
In today's Petit Plaisir, I share my top 10 decor tips and ideas from the pages of The Bee Cottage Story by Frances Schultz.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.2 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 56th episode of the simple sophisticated. I am so excited for today's episode. It is something I've been wanting to do for a few months now and |
| 0:55.8 | schedules were able to coordinate and the planets aligned as they say. Anyway, I am absolutely |
| 1:01.7 | thrilled to bring to you today my interview with author and blogger |
| 1:07.6 | Francis Schultz. |
| 1:09.5 | We will be talking about life, about love, about life, love, decor, and most importantly, her new book, |
| 1:17.0 | The Bee Cottage Story, |
| 1:19.0 | How I'd Made A Muddle of Things |
| 1:21.0 | and Decorated My way back to happiness. |
| 1:24.2 | Francis is someone who I have been admiring from afar looking up to as a role model in many ways |
| 1:31.2 | with regards to her column that appeared in House Beautiful which is how I first |
| 1:35.6 | came to know her and as I've gotten to know her more over the last few years she is an |
| 1:42.1 | inspiration to me and how she has lived |
| 1:44.0 | and is living her life. |
| 1:45.6 | And so I will stop gushing because I could go on forever. |
| 1:49.4 | And without further ado, let's get to the interview. I'd like to welcome to the simple |
| 1:54.7 | sophisticated author blogger former New York editor at large of a random magazine |
| 2:00.2 | and contributing editor to House Beautiful, |
| 2:03.0 | Francis Schultz. |
| 2:05.0 | I am beyond tickled to have the chance to chat. |
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