Ep. 181: designers Barry and Amanda Lantz

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On the show today we have father and daughter design duo Barry and Amanda Lantz of Lantz Collective in Carmel, Indiana. We talk about Barry's art collection, why art is the perfect starting place for color, their new fabric collection with Kravet, and how their aesthetics differ. What You'll Hear on the Show: The unique paths they both took to interior design Why color is the perfect starting place for your home's palette How to use color and contrast to create drama in your room Why it's important to struggle in the design process (or any creative process) Symmetry and asymmetry and why your room needs a little of both How their new fabric collection came about Show Notes: Farrow & Ball's Sulking Room Pink Follow Me Art Brie Channel Bed Suzanne Kasler Mathes Sofa Barry's Serena Fabric Find all of the show notes at howtodecorate.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome to How to Decorate from Ballard Designs, a podcast all about the trials and triumphs of decorating and redecorating your home.
0:07.7	Each week, they'll help you unleash your inner decorator.
0:10.6	I'm Caroline. I write the How to Decorate blog.
0:12.7	And I'm Taryn, and I'm a product designer.
0:14.6	And I'm Karen. I head up Ballard's branding team.
0:17.0	We're your host. Join the expert team at Ballard Designs for tips, tricks, and tales from
0:21.4	interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world. Plus, we'll answer a listener
0:26.4	question at the end of the show. So don't forget to send them to podcast at ballarddesigns.net.
0:30.9	Yes, we love answering them. And now on with the show. Okay, I think we should do some trials
0:36.7	and triumphs. Okay, can I go first? Because I'm really excited about it. Yes. Okay. I think we should do some trials and triumphs. Okay, can I go first? Because I'm
0:39.6	really excited about it. Yes. Okay. So I don't, I have mentioned this to Karen and Taryn. We've
0:46.1	talked about it a little bit. But back in summer, I started feeling very discontent with our black
0:52.4	room, our den. It's where our TV is. And I actually
0:57.4	really liked the wall color. And I didn't even dislike it in there. But I really don't decorate
1:04.4	that much with black. I mean, I know the outside of our house is black, but inside, like, I don't
1:08.4	really use black finishes, no black frames. I don't even have very many black accessories. Like, it's just not really a color. I, like, I don't really use black finishes, no black frames. I don't even
1:12.4	have very many black accessories. Like, it's just not really a color I use a lot. And so, long
1:19.7	story short, I just felt like that room, the black room or TV room was, did not flow with
1:26.3	the house.
1:28.9	Everything else is like a lot more, you know, kind of muddier colors.
1:33.3	And that was like a very just like stark black.
1:36.1	And also that room, it's, you know, it's hard to tell.
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