Ep. 240: designer Gail Davis

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Interior designer Gail Davis joins us today and gives us a glimpse into her unique journey and style. For 15 years, Gail has transformed her clients’ houses into homes using her eye for colors, textiles, and traditional styles. After leaving a career in fashion, Gail studied at the New York School of Interior Design and interned for two New York design powerhouses; Bunny Williams and David Kleinberg. Her work has been featured in House Beautiful, AD PRO, Domino, as well as many more publications. She also hosts her own podcast Design Perspectives. We discuss how Gail’s background in fashion heavily influences her design, how she creates spaces that are elegant but livable, as well as her love of layering, fabrics…and dogs! What You’ll Hear on This Episode: How did Gail switch careers to become an interior designer? Why is the job of a designer much more logistical than creative? How supply chain and delayed lead times due to COVID are impacting designers. What is the biggest change in design Gail has seen this year? How does Gail’s process begin? How does Gail define “the wow factor”? How Gail’s fashion background impacts her design process. How does Gail choose her color palette for a room? Why Gail wants a space to be enjoyable and livable; especially for people with dogs! How did Gail add femininity to the traditionally masculine home office? Mentioned in This Episode: Gail Davis Designs Gail Davis Designs on Instagram Design Perspectives The Kaleidoscope Project Her Office

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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.
0:11.6	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 at Ballarddesigns.net. Yes, we love answering them. Now on with the show.
0:35.8	Our guest today is Gail Davis.
0:38.2	For 15 years, Gales transformed her client's homes with her eye for color, textiles, and
0:43.1	traditional styles.
0:44.6	She originally studied at the New York School of Interior Design, an intern for two New York
0:49.5	powerhouses, Bunny Williams and David Kleinberg's design associates.
1:00.0	Gail's work has been featured in House Beautiful, AdPro, and Domino Magazine, just to name a few. Gail's also the host of her own podcast design perspectives, which I personally have been
1:06.0	binging on.
1:07.0	It's a great design podcast, so give it a listen.
1:09.0	Gail, welcome to the show.
1:11.1	Thank you for having me, and I'm going to apologize at the top of the show because I have three dogs and the barker is next to me, and he can hear everything.
1:20.0	So, sorry about that.
1:22.1	If everyone could see him, they would, yeah, he's super cute.
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