Ep. 200: designer Brian Paquette

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is Seattle designer Brian Paquette. He joins us to talk about his brand new book At Home: Evocative and Art-Forward Interiors, as well as his unconventional path to design, his love of art, and why he finds so much inspiration in an earthy palette. What You'll Hear on the Show: His unconventional background into the design field Why it's important to listen when working on a clients design (or your own home) Why he typically favors weaves over patterns in his more permanent pieces We talk about his book (why Karen loved his captions) Sense memory in a room and why Brian loves to speak to a client's sense memory Why Brian creates a signature scent for each of his clients' home Brian thinks listening and inferring information is his super power Why asking about a paint color someone used in their home isn't a smart way to choose a paint color Why he likes a monotone palette for media rooms and bedrooms Why Brian leaves art to chance in his design projects Why a home should age and we should accept and enjoy the aging process Decorating Dilemma: Brian suggests switching your throw pillow inserts to Trillium which is a down alternative. This is what Brian uses for all of his clients! For the rest of the room, own the blue sofa! Add more blue in with two club chairs to coordinate with your sofa -- it could be pillows, some cording on the chairs, or a similar but different blue fabric on the chair. You're almost there. Just two more chairs will tie it all together. Mentioned in This Episode: Brian Paquette Interiors Brian Paquette on Instagram At Home: Evocative & Art Forward Interiors, by Brian Paquette Trillium pillow inserts from PillowFlex

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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.
0:07.6	Each week will 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 the tips, tricks,
0:21.3	and tales of interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world. Plus, we'll
0:25.8	answer a listener question at the end of the show. So don't forget to send them to podcast
0:29.7	at Ballarddesigns.net. I guess we love answering them. And now on the show.
0:35.6	All right. So our guest today is Brian Pauckett of Brian Piquette interiors.
0:40.1	He works primarily in San Francisco and Seattle, but your work has been featured in
0:44.6	Architectural Digest, Dwell, Lux Magazine, House Beautiful and More.
0:48.6	You've got a product line with Lawson Fenning and also a brand new book that we're so
0:53.7	excited to look through. It's called
0:55.5	At Home, Evocative and Art Forward Interiors. Welcome. Thank you. That was quite the introduction.
1:02.4	Thanks so much for having me. We're thrilled to have you. Actually, your background is an artist.
1:07.6	I love that. Give us just a quick little synopsis of how you got into the world of interior
1:13.1	design via art. So, I mean, I've always been a creative kid. My mother would have to take away
1:18.7	scissors and tape and everything from it because I was just a little too crafty for her. I would
1:23.4	cut up my clothes to like make up new clothes, but I would just pin things to the wall and make
1:28.1	sculptures that went through high school. And then I went to college. I kind of did everything in
1:32.6	art, but my focus was painting. That's what I got my BFA in, but a lot of like installation work and
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