Ep. 209: designers Mark Williams & Niki Papadopoulos

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Our guests today are Mark Williams and Niki Papadopoulos, partners at Mark Williams Design. They share with us their thoughts on how homes are changing with their clients' changing needs, how to approach design challenges, and more. What You'll Hear on Today's Episode: How Mark and Niki got their starts in the design industry How homes have been evolving over the last couple of years Why it's important for your home to bring strength and optimism to your life Challenges their clients' have had that have influenced their architectural and design choices Why it's important for all of us to look honestly at our daily lives and address challenges with design How Mark and Niki work antique pieces into their clients' homes Show Notes: Mark Williams Design Mark Williams on Instagram Niki Papadopoulos on Instagram 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.
0:08.7	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.
0:18.2	We're your host. Join the expert team at Ballard Designs
0:21.6	for tips, tricks, and tales from interior 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. So don't forget to send them to
0:30.0	podcast of Ballarddesigns.net. Yes, we love answering them. Now on with the show.
0:36.1	Well, welcome, and thank you so much for listening and all that jazz. Liz is going to do our
0:41.2	actual intro and try to be Caroline for the day. Today we're talking to Mark Williams and Nikki Popidopoulos
0:47.1	of Mark Williams design here in Atlanta. Their work has been featured in Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles,
0:53.0	Southern Living and other design magazines.
0:55.4	They've participated in designer showhouses, including the 2021 Kipps Bay Decorator Showhouse in Palm Beach.
1:02.2	They've won numerous industry awards and were the finalist for the 2020 Southeast Designer of the Year Award.
1:08.2	Mark is trained as an architect and brings his technical lens to the process
1:12.1	of interior design. Nikki is an incredible interior designer and has been working together with
1:16.8	Mark since 2004. Welcome to the show Mark and Nikki. Thank you. Are all those facts correct?
1:25.2	Please. They are. They are correct.
1:28.3	Excellent, excellent research.
1:30.3	I want to know both your backgrounds is how I want to start, because I think that helps, like,
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