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How to Decorate

Ep. 314: Trials and Triumphs

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.4838 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

It’s a special trials and triumphs episode! This week, you’ll hear about basement woes, rosebush-eating deers, and tips for creating a cozy space when your room is naturally dark. We also talk about creating a gallery wall system, even if you are “non-mathy”, and how to get your pillows on scale with your sofa. Oh, and Taryn’s backyard is on fire, but it turns out fire extinguishers are a good thing to have lying around. Mentioned in This Episode: HAVSTA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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.

0:11.4

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 of Ballard Designs for tips, tricks, and tails from interior

0:23.2

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.

0:28.8

So don't forget to send them to podcast of Ballarddesigns.net.

0:31.9

Yes, we love answering them.

0:33.6

Now on with the show.

0:36.0

Okay, trials and triumphs.

0:38.1

Who wants to go first?

0:39.6

It's been a minute.

0:40.3

I like you last time you started the episode by saying, Taryn, I prepped for this.

0:45.7

Like I had to do some projects in preparation for this trials and triumph.

0:50.2

So I did that too.

0:51.4

Oh, well, then you start.

0:53.4

You're prepped.

0:55.4

Okay. I will start then. All I did that too. Oh, well, then you start. You're prepped. Okay. I will start then.

1:03.0

All right. No, I mentioned last time that I've been kind of working my basement, so I did some basement. I hope to have it further along by now. But as with any, I think, home project,

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