Cheap and Easy Design Tips for a Bright and Cheery Home

The Minimal Mom

Dawn Madsen

Self-improvement, Education:how To, Education, How To

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

What are some of the biggest design mistakes? What is the #1 design tip? How can you avoid making this $10,000 design mistake? Today Dawn visits with Melanie Zaelich, an interior designer and owner of Home Stylist - a company that uses the power of design to bring more happiness to people. Melanie shares insights on how to avoid the biggest design mistakes and how she got started in design after being on HGTV. IN THIS EPISODE: 1:18 Melanie's start on HGTV 3:37 Conventional vs. unconventional design 4:48 Biggest designs mistakes 5:00 #1 Design tip (get rid of your stuff!) 5:43 Save $10,000 with this one tip 12:21 Bring life into your space 14:58 Architectural Design vs. Minimalism 18:24 How do I discover my own style? 23:35 Get an outside perspective 24:05 Newest design trends Resources Plant watering globes ABOUT MELANIE: Melanie is the owner of Happy Place Interiors. She loves seeing people light up when they enter a space that has been transformed. Melanie believes that your environment impacts your well-being and it can bring joy to your life and allow you to spend your time and energy on the things that are important to you — like, life. Happy Place Interiors puts a fresh spin on what you’d expect from an interior design company. Rooted in the belief that everyone deserves a happy home, our flexible and collaborative consultation-based, à la carte business model keeps high-quality interior design accessible. Learn more here: https://www.homeismyhappyplace.com/

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0:00.0	Melanie, so fun to get to visit with you.
0:01.9	I've shared before, I love interior design,
0:04.5	but it's such a balance when you want to keep your house simple.
0:07.3	But if we can learn some of the principles, the tricks,
0:10.5	it makes everything come together.
0:11.9	Because I know you've experienced that feeling
0:13.4	when you look at something, you're like,
0:14.6	it's not right.
0:16.4	Why isn't it right?
0:17.2	Why does everybody on Pinterest get it and not me? And so I'm so excited for you to share your wisdom with us today.
0:23.6	Welcome to the Minimal Mom podcast. Dawn reaches a million women each month with practical tips to simplify your home.
0:30.6	Today, Dawn is joined by Melanie Zalick, an accomplished award-winning interior designer, known for her down-to-earth approach and creativity.
0:39.3	Melanie and her design work have been featured in regional publications like Midwest Home and Axios Twin Cities,
0:46.3	as well as national platforms such as apartment therapy.
0:49.3	As an interior designer with a consult-based, Dalekart business model, Melanie is transforming the way people experience interior design.
0:58.0	So what got you interested in interior design in the first place?
1:02.0	Well, I spent most of my career in advertising, doing TV commercials, and different things like that.
1:08.0	So I've always been working kind of with sets and
1:12.5	designs and storytelling in that sense. And what really got me was in 2007, I was on HGTV as a
1:21.2	homeowner. So really? It was so fun. It was so fun. It was called Freestyle. And it was kind of one of their like
1:29.4	design on a dine shows. And I wasn't the designer. I was the homeowner. It was the first house that I
1:36.0	owned. And they, um, the production company put out, uh, kind of a call for entries. And they chose me in my little Minneapolis home.
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