Ep. 25 with designer Maggie Griffin

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.4 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2017

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Interior designer Maggie Griffin from Gainesville, Georgia decorates spaces much like her personality, warm, happy, and with classic Southern charm. We loved touring her house and couldn't resist the opportunity to get her on the podcast. If you aren't yet following her on Instagram, then you're gonna want to start. We talk about decorating with kids, how to build a gallery wall, the deal with decorating around the TV, and other decorating 'don'ts' like ceiling fans. What You'll Hear on This Episode: Maggie shares the unique way she built up her first clientsShe talks about how she and her husband love renovating and movingShe tells us about counseling James Farmer while he was building his house, FarmdaleWe talk about how she starts a room -- either a rug or a special keepsakeMaggie's always moving things, and she shares how art is the way she keeps things freshMaggie cleverly treats all of the TVs in her home, and she shares her best tips for decorating around themWe discuss the dreaded ceiling fan -- is she for or against the ceiling fan?She tells us about redecorating her husband's bachelor pad once they got marriedShe talks about decorating her sons nurseries and how to decorate your child's bedroom with pieces that will endureHow she manages all the kids toysShe talks us through laying out a room -- where to startMaggie gives us a lesson on wallpaper and shares her favorite white paint colorWe talk about building a gallery wall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.
0:04.0	We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash an decorator.
0:07.0	So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world,
0:12.0	sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and answering your decorating questions.
0:18.0	I'm Caroline McDonald. I run the Ballard Designs blog How to Decorate.com.
0:22.5	And I'm Terran Schwartz and I'm on the product design team at Ballard. And I'm Karen Mooney
0:26.7	and I head up brand at Ballard. Hey y'all. We are so excited this week to have as our guest, Maggie
0:32.8	Griffin, who's home we recently shot. She's an interior designer in Gainesville, Georgia, and she graciously let us come take photos of her beautiful house
0:42.4	and share them on our blog,
0:43.5	and we thought we'd have her as a guest on the podcast this week.
1:02.4	Thank you. All right, let's do our trials and triumphs.
1:04.6	Karen says she has a bunch, so she's going to go first.
1:08.9	I usually like to go last so I can mock yours.
1:12.2	We're going to make my notes as I go.
1:14.5	We're going to judge yours if they're not good enough.
1:15.2	All right.
1:15.8	Well, all right.
1:17.1	Let me try to pick a good one.
1:20.5	Okay, here's one you can mock for sure.
1:22.8	This is easy fodder.
1:25.7	I, this weekend.
1:30.1	I decided to color code all of my shoes.
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