Ep. 206: comedian Heather McMahan & designer Jared Hughes

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We've got a hilarious duo for you today -- comedian Heather McMahan and designer Jared Hughes. They're longtime friends, and they recently made over Heather's bedroom using Ballard Designs products. Today, we're talking about mixing styles, adding traditional elements to a modern design, and more. What You'll Hear on This Episode: Why Heather designed her whole bedroom around our animal print Robbie Chair Animal print inspired the whole room How Jared took Heather's style to the next level and helped her learn what decorating rules to follow and which ones to ignore Why painting every wall white isn't always the answer How Jared really reigned in his bold style to ease Heather into the room design How important is it for your room to look big? Why a small room isn't necessarily a bad thing We talk about Heather's mom and how much of a say she has in the design Show Notes: Heather McMahan's Tour Schedule Heather on Instagram Jared on Instagram Jared Hughes Design Robbie Chair in Serengeti Fabric Giselle Bed Acrylic Console Table

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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.
0:08.7	Each week will help you unleash your inner decorator.
0:11.3	I'm Caroline, and I'm on the marketing team.
0:13.7	And I'm Taryn, and I'm a product designer.
0:15.8	And I'm Liz.
0:16.5	I head up the Ballard Creative Team.
0:18.1	We're your host. Join the expert team at Ballard Designs for tips, tricks, and tales from interior
0:23.2	designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world.
0:25.9	Plus, we'll answer our listener question at the end of each show.
0:28.7	So don't forget to send them to podcast at Ballarddesigns.net.
0:31.8	Yes, we love answering them.
0:33.5	Now on with the show.
0:36.5	So we have two very special guests today, comedian Heather McMahon and designer, Jared Hughes.
0:42.5	Heather is a comedian and actress.
0:44.1	She's got a podcast called Absolutely Not.
0:46.8	Jared is an interior designer in Atlanta, Georgia.
0:49.6	His work has been featured in traditional home, Atlanta Magazine, House Beautiful, and more.
0:55.8	And the two of you recently teamed up to makeover your bedroom, Heather, and we sent you some custom items to help
1:02.9	pull the space off. And it turned out so beautifully that we wanted to chat here and share
1:08.4	the whole kind of story and space with our podcast listeners. So welcome
1:12.9	and thank you for chatting with us. Thank you for having us. You know, just a little backstory.
1:17.0	Jared and I are old friends. We met each other how long? Five years? Five years. And I adore him.
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