Ep. 278: Flower Showhouse: The Powder Room with Nellie Jane Howard Ossi

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This episode kicks off a special series we’re doing highlighting the FLOWER magazine showhouse here in Atlanta. Ballard Designs is proud to be one of the sponsors of the house, and we are so excited to share all the gorgeous spaces with you. Each day this week we will interview a different designer from the showhouse to talk about the room they designed, their inspiration, trends throughout the space, and much more. Our first designer, Nellie Jane Howard Ossi of Mrs. Howard Design Firm walks us through her powder room design for the house. She’s a lead designer, a domestic expert, and has a tabletop line coming out next year with Dillards. If you’d like to visit the house in person you can purchase tickets here, and also follow along with the podcast series whether you can see it in person or not! What You’ll Hear on This Episode: How did Nellie get the chance to work on the showhouse? What was Nellie’s inspiration for how to begin the powder room design and what is the theme? How do you account for no natural light when choosing design elements? Why did Nellie choose blue trim for the powder room? Nellie shares last-minute dilemmas while working on showhouses. What are the most common delays still happening in design, decorating, and building? What are some must DOs when designing a powder room? Why the powder room is a great place to do something bold–like wallpaper on the ceiling! Lighting is one of the most important elements of a powder room. Nellie’s tips for getting it right. What are some must DON’T’s when designing a powder room? How antiquing has influenced Nellie’s design (and her personal life!) All about growing up in a design family and how it influenced Nellie’s style. Why accessorizing is expensive but can’t be overlooked. It’s what finishes a room. Will Nellie continue to do showhouses? How kids have impacted Nellie’s design; for better or worse! Mentioned in This Episode: Nellie Howard Ossi on Instagram Nellie Howard Ossi Mrs. Howard Andrew Howard Interior Design Visual Comfort Lighting Pioneer Linens Made Goods

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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	Surprise. We've got a new episode in your podcast app today, plus every single day this week, where we will be talking about the Flower Magazine Showhouse here in Atlanta.
0:46.6	Flower is one of our favorite shelter magazines, and we are sponsors of the showhouse this year.
0:51.5	So we thought, what a great opportunity to share some design inspiration and talk to a couple of the show house this year. So we thought, what a great opportunity to share some design inspiration
0:55.2	and talk to a couple of the incredible design talents that are working on rooms in the house.
1:02.3	So we're talking to a mid project, hearing all about their inspiration for their rooms.
1:06.7	And then at the end of the week, we will do a recap of everything that we saw at the showhouse,
1:13.2	trends we're seeing, details we loved, spaces we want to move into.
1:18.3	So look forward to that on Friday.
1:19.9	So if you want to visit the showhouse, check out flowermag.com slash showhouse for tickets.
1:25.0	It is open now through November 27th. So let's get to our first guest.
1:30.7	Today, we will be speaking with Nellie Howard Osie of Mrs. Howard Design Firm in Jacksonville, Charlotte,
1:37.1	in Atlanta. She is a lead designer at Mrs. Howard and loves cooking, entertaining. She's a domestic expert, and she also has a tabletop line
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