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How to Decorate

Ep. 32 with Rebecca McKelvey, the 'First Lady of Ballard'

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2785 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're talking with the 'First Lady of Ballad' Rebecca McKelvey. Since she's married to our president Ryan McKelvey, we thought she needed to stop by talk about how she owns two of every product we've ever made, the river cabin they're currently building, and a wealth of Ballard insight she has to share. Plus, trials and triumphs are back for another round! What You'll Hear on This Episode: The three of us share our trials and triumphs -- including several 'oops' momentsKaren's trial involves slipcovers and cowhide rugsMy trial involves several inches of water in our kitchenTaryn's trial and triumph involve a painting projectRebecca explains the curious nickname she calls her husband, our president Ryan McKelveyRebecca tells us about their home's style and how she approaches decorating her spaceRebecca talks about their 'no shoes' policy in the houseRebecca tells us about how she needed a bathroom cabinet, so Ryan designed our Miranda Corner CabinetWe start bribing Rebecca to help us get our product ideas madeWe talk about Ryan's obsession with the floor planner and how he used it to design their river cabin, new build house, and even their daughter's dorm roomShe shares her tips for new construction -- it's all in the builderRebecca explains why she travels with her vacuum cleanerRebecca talks about the carpet debate she and Ryan had when they were building their houseRebecca tells us about how she and Ryan collected all of their oriental rugsWe talk antiques and how Rebecca and Ryan blend new and old in their homeWe talk entertaining tips, how Rebecca seats Thanksgiving for 26 people, and the idea of a 'payback party'Rebecca talks about her go-to entertaining entree -- standing rib roastWe talk about funny Southern words that we'll define for you

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs. We want to teach you how to decorate

0:04.5

your home and unleash your inner decorator. So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other

0:10.3

talents in the design world, sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and also answering

0:15.3

your decorating questions. You're burning dilemmas. I just haven't said it until long I had to say it.

0:23.8

I'm Caroline.

0:26.6

I run the Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com.

0:29.9

I'm Terran Schwartz, and I'm on the product design team.

0:32.3

And I'm Karen Mooney, and I head up branding for Ballard.

0:35.4

Before we get started, we have a little housekeeping to do.

0:40.8

We said at the beginning of the summer that we would share an episode every week, but now that the summer's over, we're going to drop down to every two weeks.

0:43.7

We're exhausted.

0:45.0

So don't be mad at us.

0:47.2

But the good news is that we have some really good guests coming up.

0:51.2

I think the two weeks will be worth your weight.

0:53.2

Don't be sad.

0:54.4

If there's not one publishing next week, it'll be the week after that. Okay. Awesome. You're going to love it.

1:00.4

All right. It's time for trials and triumphs. We're back at it again this week. We took a little break.

1:19.1

I've been assembling my stellar trials and triumphs. I feel like every time I've seen you, Karen, you've been like, I've been working on my trials and triumphs.

1:25.6

Well, I haven't ever known for trials and triumphs.

1:28.5

That's really smart.

1:29.7

I know.

1:30.2

Log them all in.

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