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How to Decorate

Ep. 316: Entertaining Essentials with Carson Kressley

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.4838 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this exciting episode, we are joined by the renowned TV personality Carson Kressley, known for his roles on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, How to Look Good, and as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race. Unveiling a lesser-known side, Carson shares his recent experience taking over Ballard Designs' Instagram and showcases his top entertaining tips. Returning as a special guest, we dive into Carson's love for Ballard as we explore his stunning poolside oasis and dive into the art of entertaining in style. What You’ll Hear On This Episode:  The best parties are when the host and hostess are relaxed and happy. What we can learn from a scary experience with Carson’s flaming chicken thighs. How Carson approaches design in New York versus in Pennsylvania. Great design is all about tension, whether it's an outfit that you're wearing, or a space that you're designing, everything shouldn't be expected and match and be from the same designer or the same period. All about design for his second home, a farmhouse in Pennsylvania. The beautiful touches create a spectacular guest house including sheets, towels, utensils and much more. The pros of using seeded glass. Carson’s Christmas party sounds like the most fun holiday party of the year. Tip - if you entertain a lot, have a rug that you can easily clean. Remember: confidence is key when hosting. Mentioned in This Episode: Ballard Designs @ballarddesigns Carson Kressley  The Holiday House Palm Springs  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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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.

0:08.9

Each week will help you unleash your inner decorator.

0:11.6

I'm Caroline, and I'm on the marketing team.

0:14.0

And I'm Taryn and I'm a product designer.

0:16.0

And I'm Liz.

0:16.8

I head up the Ballard creative team.

0:18.4

We're your host.

0:19.9

Join the expert team at Ballard Designs for tips, tricks, and tales from interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world.

0:26.1

Plus, we'll answer our listener question at the end of each show.

0:29.0

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

0:32.1

Yes, we love answering them.

0:33.8

Now on with the show.

0:36.1

Okay, our guest today is acclaimed TV personality, Carson Cresley.

0:40.1

You may know Carson from his role on the original Bravo series,

0:43.3

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,

0:44.7

as a host for How to Look Good Naked,

0:46.6

or even as a judge on Rupal's drag race.

0:49.4

But maybe what you didn't know is that Carson recently took over

0:52.4

the Ballard Design's Instagram for a day

0:54.8

to showcase some of his best interdaining tips. And if you've listened to the show before,

1:00.9

you might have heard Carson back on episodes 70 and 125 with his good friend Tom Felicia.

1:08.1

It was then that we discovered that you're a big Ballard fan, Carson.

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