Ep. 30 with House Beautiful's Sophie Donelson

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

When we were in New York for Miles Redd's launch party, we got the chance to stop by the House Beautiful offices and have Editor in Chief Sophie Donelson on the podcast! She tells us what makes a home beautiful, what projects make it into the magazine, and we test her interior design knowledge! What You'll Hear on This Episode: We play a little pop quiz where I test Sophie, Taryn, and Karen's knowledge of design and interior designersWe talk about editors' letters and how Sophie writes hers. Does she wait until the last minute?We ask Sophie what in her mind makes a house beautiful?Why a house does and doesn't make it into the magazineWhat the House Beautiful team does to a home when they come to shoot itWe talk about how purple is making a comeback -- yes, purple!Sophie tells us what she thinks has changed about the way people decorate their homesWe talk about paint colors and how to pick them

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.
0:03.8	We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.
0:08.0	So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world,
0:12.9	sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and also answering your decorating questions.
0:18.1	I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Design's blog, How to Decorate.com.
0:22.6	And I'm Terran Schwartz, and I'm on the product design team at Ballard.
0:25.6	And I'm Karen Mooney. I'm a little hoarse this week, but I had a branding for Ballard. Hi y'all.
0:45.4	Hi.
0:46.8	We have a very special guest today.
0:49.3	We're here in New York in the office of Sophie Donaldson.
0:53.0	It's very devil wears Prada.
0:55.1	I'm sorry, interrupted. Keep going.
0:57.3	No, it is. You're right. It totally is.
1:00.3	I partially expected to see Merrill Streep, right?
1:04.5	Right. So tell us who Sophie?
1:06.6	Sophie is the editor-in-chief of House Beautiful,
1:09.4	and she is sitting in the cutest pink chair ever.
1:14.1	A ballard chair.
1:15.1	That's right.
1:15.7	Welcome.
1:17.1	And we're so grateful that you made time for us.
1:19.8	This is great.
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