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How to Decorate

Ep. 23 with the Madcap Cottage Gents, Part 2

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2785 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

We couldn't pass up the opportunity to sit down with Jason & John, the Madcap Cottage Gents, at their home in High Point, North Carolina. They graciously invited us over for dinner, and before we dug into their spread, we discussed all of the gorgeous details in their home, their upcoming book Prints Charming, and much more. What You'll Hear on This Episode: Taryn shares her trial -- putting toilet bowl cleaner in her dishwasher!Her triumph was successfully getting her dog's drool off her car's leather interiorI share my newest go-to appetizer for entertainingKaren's triumph was getting some new goodies from Etsy for her summer vacationWe talk about Jason & John's upcoming book, Prints CharmingThe guys talk about why you should always talk to the antique dealer to hear the story of the pieceWe discuss many of the details in Jason and John's home -- like the way they hung art in their librarySo many pieces in their home have special details they've customized themselvesWe talk about creating seating areas -- you can likely fit in more seating than you thinkWe talk about the lost art of entertaining and why you shouldn't stressLighting is so important -- you likely need more than you thinkWe talk about the challenges of rentingWe talk about why you should mix styles in your home

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.

0:03.8

We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.

0:07.1

So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world,

0:11.7

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

0:32.3

Who's ready to do trials and triumphs?

0:35.1

As always, mine are solid this week.

0:39.4

Taryn, take it away.

0:40.8

I was really tired the other night and I went to run the dishwasher.

0:47.0

Literally it's like 11.

0:48.6

I don't know why I'm so exhausted.

0:49.8

I put the toilet bowl bowl cleaner in the place where you put dishwasher.

0:57.9

What?

0:58.8

Why isn't even in the same room?

1:01.3

I knew you were going to say that.

1:03.1

Because we have no cabinet in the small half bath off the kitchen.

1:07.0

You need a little picola cabinet.

1:09.9

I have a little bamboo one we used to sell that I really like, but it doesn't have any

1:13.4

closed storage.

1:14.5

And then it's a pedestal sink.

1:16.5

So it goes under the kitchen cabinet, which is very close, but it's the toilet cleaners

1:22.3

in the back of the cabinet, which means I reached over the dish detergent. Okay, here's my biggest concern.

1:30.7

What did you do? Poisoning yourself? What did you just run it again and feel like it's fine?

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