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How to Decorate

Ep. 39 with clothing designer Ann Mashburn

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2785 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

We're huge fans of stylemaker, shop owner, and clothing designer Ann Mashburn, so we were thrilled when she stopped by for an episode of the podcast. She tells us about starting her and her husband's stores in Atlanta (which have now spread all over), raising 5 girls, decorating their homes and retails shops, and she shares some outfit ideas for holiday parties. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ON THIS EPISODE: Ann tells us about how they started their shops Sid Mashburn and Ann MashburnShe tells us about her real life Devil Wears Prada experienceShe talks about how the interior design style of her stores reflects the style of their homesShe talks about her philosophy when it comes to buying furniture -- buying what you love and not necessarily things that 'go together'We talk about lots of pieces that used to be in their homes ended up in their storesShe tells us the story of the iconic horse painting in Sid's flagship Atlanta storesAnn talks about why each store they open has an inspiration board in itAnn and Sid's living room was featured in Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles years ago, and if you've been on Pinterest you've likely seen her pair of hot pink roll arm sofasWe ask Ann about her daily 'uniform'Ann and Sid raised 5 girls all of whom have great, unique styleWe ask Ann about dressing for the holidays and her go-to outfits for holiday parties

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.

0:03.3

We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.

0:06.9

So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world,

0:10.8

sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and also answering your decorating questions.

0:15.6

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

0:19.8

I'm Karen, and I do branding for Ballard.

0:23.8

And we're your host.

0:24.6

Well, what about Taryn?

0:25.5

Taryn's under the weather this week, you guys.

0:27.3

She's not here.

0:28.3

We miss her.

0:29.0

I know.

0:29.4

So I have to be extra nice because she's usually the nice one.

0:32.8

Hey.

0:33.1

I'll be nice. No, no, no, you're nice too, but she's way nicer than us. She is. She's. We miss her. Okay.

0:52.8

All right. We're going to do our trials and trials. We really missed Erin, but Karen and are going to hold down the floor and we're going to do our trials and trials.

0:55.1

We really miss Karen, but Karen and I are going to hold down the four, and we're going to do just the two of us.

0:59.6

I'm going to talk extra long.

1:02.5

Do you want to go first?

1:03.5

Yeah, I'm literally pressuring you into doing trials and trials.

1:06.3

Because I'm so excited about a couple of my triumphs and my one trial.

1:11.9

I have many trials, but I'm going excited about a couple of my triumphs and my one trial. I have many trials,

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