Ep. 355: Outdoor Decorating Spotlight

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.4 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

‘Tis the season for all things outdoors! This week, we welcome Kelly Vettraino and Amy Jordan from Ballard’s merchandising team for their expert advice on mixing and matching outdoor furniture and accessories to create beautiful and comfortable outdoor space. They talk about cushions, pillows, rugs, lighting, and planters to complete the look, along with sharing some great tips for incorporating different materials, styles, and textures to define your outdoor space. What You’ll Hear On This Episode: Considerations for using outdoor fabrics like Sunbrella that are stain-resistant and fade-proof. Ideas for incorporating outdoor rugs to define spaces and add texture. Factors to consider when choosing outdoor sofas and seating, like cushion fill and frame materials. What should you look for when it comes to outdoor sofas and seating? Kelly and Amy's perspectives on the pros and cons of mixing collections versus opting for a coordinated set. Entertaining essentials such as outdoor safe drinkware, candles, romantic outdoor lighting, and lovely lamps. Mosquito-repelling drapery panels? Yes, please! Reasons to think about furniture layout in relation to your daily and entertaining needs beyond just aesthetics. Tips for defining spaces with planters. Also Mentioned: Ballard Designs 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.
0:08.9	Each week will help you unleash your inner decorator.
0:11.8	I'm Caroline, and I'm on the marketing team.
0:14.0	And I'm Taryn, and I'm a product designer.
0:16.1	And I'm Liz.
0:16.8	I head up the Ballard creative team.
0:18.4	We're your host. Join the expert team at Ballard Designs for tips, tricks, and tails from interior
0:23.5	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.
0:36.2	So today, we have two special guests.
0:40.8	We have our in-house experts, Kelly Vitrano and Amy Jordan.
0:47.7	And they are both on our merchandising team.
0:50.5	And Kelly, you've been on the show before.
0:52.9	And Amy, you've been on the show before as well. And Kelly, you've been on the show before, and Amy, you've been on the show before as well.
0:55.0	Yes.
0:56.0	And Kelly, you were here recently talking about how to pick the perfect chair.
1:01.0	That's correct.
1:02.0	Because you are our in-house expert on upholstery, but you are also our expert on outdoor furniture. So that's where we're going today. We're going outdoors.
1:15.1	Tis the season. We're all ready. Right. Everything's blooming. Everyone's getting their allergies.
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