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How to Decorate

Ep. 17 with Domino Magazine's Jessica Romm Perez

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.4838 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2017

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

We recently traveled to High Point, North Carolina for their Spring Market and had the chance to sit down with some of our favorite tastemakers. This week, we're sharing our interview with the Editor in Chief of Domino Magazine, Jessica Romm Perez. She's worked at some of our favorite magazines -- Martha Stewart, Food & Wine, and Elle Decor just to name a few -- so we loved chatting with her about what trends she's seeing at market, her recent home renovation, and how her team dreams up such a gorgeous issue! Of course we couldn't end the episode without her answering your decorating questions! WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ON THIS EPISODE: We're in High Point Market in North Carolina interviewing interior designers and editorsWe talk about why we love market and what it isKaren's triumph is the new bed she put in her guest bedroomHer trial is that her guest bedroom closet won't close because of the bed!We talk about how everything in Karen's house is from Ballard but why it doesn't actually look like our catalog or storeTaryn's trial and triumph is a new console table she got from the Ballard outletMy triumph is that I took a macaron making class with my mom and now I'm a macaron expert!My trial is that I missed my rose bush blooming while I was in London, and it won't bloom again until next year. So disappointing! Also the saying about roses that I couldn't remember is, "First it sleeps, then it creeps, then it leaps."We talk about her favorite part of market, how her editorial team decides which trends to feature in the magazine, and what is exciting her right now at marketShe shares her best tips for decorating with kids, including organizing kid's toys in her small New York apartmentHow systems are a crucial part of her decorating and organizing strategyHow she stepped into the role of editor in chief at such a beloved brand and magazineWe talk about our favorite recent features in the latest issue of Domino, like the crudite platter Karen recently triedJessica talks about their focus at Domino which is focusing on real, attainable living by real people. It's not just about a fantasy, everything they share is attainable.Jessica shares her rules for mixing metals in your home -- just go for it!She shares her most recent home purchase and talks about her home renovationWhat colors she's gravitating toward and why color impacts the mood of your home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast, brought to you by Ballard Designs.

0:05.2

We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator, so we will

0:10.2

be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world, sharing

0:15.4

the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and also answering your decorating questions.

0:21.3

I'm Caroline McDonald and I run the Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com.

0:26.4

Which by the way is awesome, jumping in here to say, everybody go to our blog.

0:31.5

Caroline's got some really good stuff on there.

0:33.9

Okay, sorry, go ahead.

0:35.9

I hope I get the same show. No. Okay, sorry. Go ahead. I hope I get the same shout out. No. Okay. I'm Taryn Schwartz and I'm on our product

0:44.2

design team. Okay, you get a shout out. So Taryn is a really talented artistic girl who paints

0:52.1

original stuff for us to print on fabric, draws furniture.

0:57.1

I don't know.

0:57.9

You're always sitting around doodling amazing stuff and it makes me mad and jealous.

1:05.6

This is a very sultry voice.

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I know.

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We have these new headphones and I can really hear myself. I'm going

1:12.8

to try not to do that anymore. Okay. I'm Karen Mooney. I'm in charge of Brand at Ballard. And

1:21.5

apparently Sultry is on brand. Just kidding. It's not at all.

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Welcome.

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Welcome.

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Thank you all so much for listening.

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This is episode 17.

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