Ep. 28 with Miles Redd, our newest design partner

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Celebrated New York decorator Miles Redd welcomed us to his home for this week’s episode of the podcast. With the launch of his new collection, we couldn’t resist the chance to talk with him about his inspiration for the pieces and how he envisions them living in people's homes. What You'll Hear on This Episode: We all share the best thing we’ve done to our homes, and also our biggest regret or mistakeHe talks about his home, and how he longs for wide open spacesHe shares how he went about designing the pieces for his collection, nearly all of them in his own homeHow his experience as the Creative Director for Oscar de la Renta helped inform his Ballard Designs collectionWe ask him about his favorite pieces in the collection — the dining table and the Kidney Accent TableWhy juxtaposition is so important in decoratingWe talk about drama, and why Miles doesn’t necessarily see his collection as being ‘dramatic’He tells us the story of how he custom built his Miles BookcaseWe talk about how his Fire Island home is all beigeWhat color would he pick if he could pick the 2018 Pantone Color of the Year

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.
0:03.3	We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.
0:06.8	So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world,
0:11.5	sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and also answering your decorating questions.
0:16.3	I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com.
0:20.7	And I'm Terran Schwartz, and I'm in the product design department.
0:24.7	And I'm Karen Mooney, and I'm Handup Branding for Ballard.
0:27.5	And I'm Miles Red. I'm an interior decorator, and I've just launched a line with Ballard Design.
0:31.8	Welcome, Miles. You're our special guest.
0:34.1	I'm excited to be here.
0:49.8	Music special guest. I'm excited to be here. We're so happy to have you.
0:52.0	I think he's having us over because technically we're at his home.
0:55.0	That's true.
0:55.5	That was weird.
0:58.0	You know.
0:58.8	My house is your house.
1:00.7	We're all one big happy family.
1:02.5	Good, because I went through your drawers.
1:05.9	They're pretty organized, right?
1:07.7	You were impressed.
1:08.7	I'm impressed.
1:16.5	So we are this week launching Miles' first collection with us. We're excited. Last time we talked to you, it was like a big secret. We had you in the
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