Are You Over Decorating? Find Out! Summer Classic

Decorating Tips and Tricks

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Design, Arts, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.2 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Are you over decorating your home? Does it look stiff and just a little too perfect? Do you have just too much stuff? Yikes - does it look like you are trying too hard? If so you are over-decorating. We discuss how to avoid over-decorating today.

Kelly mentioned the episode on how to work with patterns (episode 15) and you can listen to it ⁠HERE⁠

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0:45.8	She's in over her head and head over heels.
0:48.5	Listen to Rich Girl Summer, now on Audible.
0:51.2	Go to audible.com slash rich girl summer.
0:54.0	Summertime is in full swing, and now it's your chance to catch up on DTT episodes from the archives.
1:01.6	Anita and I are taking a little break to enjoy family, friends, and travel.
1:05.5	And we hope you're doing the same.
1:07.3	And then you'll take us with you on your trip, to the beach, in the garden, or just
1:11.8	chilling with a cool drink. Enjoy the rest of the summer, and we'll be back soon. And until
1:17.5	then, remember, we are here to inspire you to create a beautiful home. Let's get started with
1:24.4	today's episode. There can be too much of a good thing.
1:36.4	Hi, this is Anita Joyce here with Kelly Wilkins, and this is decorating tips and tricks.
1:41.3	Today's episode is about overdecorating. And the question is, have you over decorated?
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