Ep. 268: Creative Ways to Change Your Aesthetic with Amanda Brooke Interiors

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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We are joined today by Houston-based designer Amanda Holliday. Amanda opened her firm, Amanda Brooke Interiors, in 2019 after working commercial and residential design for many years. Her approach is a balance of contemporary and vintage, architectural and organic, and she is an expert in experiential storytelling through your space. Amanda shares with us all of her tips, tricks, and creative ways to change your aesthetic. What You’ll Hear on This Episode: Where can you start when you are getting sick of your home? What are your options for changing your aesthetic if you can’t change things structurally? What swaps make the biggest impact in changing a room? How plaster can be used to transform a space. Why Amanda likes to break the rules when it comes to artwork and accessories. How does Amanda like to style bookcases? Some of Amanda’s tips to revitalize and repurpose furniture. How to use accent lighting to completely revamp a room. The many nuances of and versatility of lampshades. Options for changing out fabrics. Amanda’s instant tips if your room is feeling too dark and heavy. What if a room is not feeling layered enough? How to freshen up non-modern and antique pieces. How to scale a room up. Why Amanda challenges everyone to create their OWN artwork for their space. Mentioned in This Episode: Amanda Brooke Interiors Amanda Brooke Interiors on Instagram Amanda Brooke Interiors on Facebook Amanda Brooke Interiors on Pinterest Ep. 43: with designer Rachel Cannon Petite Acrylic Easel Kalklitir Urban Grace Interiors on Instagram The Schwartz House Find all of the show notes on our blog, 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.
0:11.6	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 of Ballarddesigns.net. Yes, we love answering them. Now on with the show.
0:35.9	Okay, so today we have Houston-based designer Amanda Holliday on the show.
0:40.3	Amanda opened her firm in 2019, Amanda Brooke Interiors, after she'd been working in commercial and residential design for many years.
0:49.3	Her approach is a balance of contemporary and vintage, architectural, and organic. And today we are going to be
0:56.2	talking about creative ways to change your aesthetic. So welcome to the show. Amanda, thanks for
1:00.7	joining us. Thank you. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited. So I am excited about today's topic
1:05.5	because we all have Instagram. We've all got Pinterest. and I feel like it's very easy to sort of get
1:14.1	tired or to fall out of love maybe with your home a little bit or the furniture items,
1:20.3	I guess not to fall out of love with your home, but fall out of love with the furniture
1:23.3	items that maybe you've picked in the past.
1:25.9	And maybe you're looking for ways to update your
1:28.9	room's aesthetic or your room's sort of vibe. And we're going to talk today about how to do that.
1:34.8	Yes. I'm so excited for my own personal reasons. I need you to help me. So I hope you're ready.
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