Ep. 41 with The Peak of Chic's Jennifer Boles

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Atlanta native Jennifer Boles of The Peak of Chic stops by the podcast to give us a decorating history lesson, her favorite decor books, and much more. We talk about the origins of her book In with the Old: Classic Decor from A to Z and the concept for her next book coming out Fall 2018. What You'll Hear on This Episode: Jennifer tells us about her book obsession and how she started The Peak of ChicJennifer shares the five big names in decorating that you need to have in your design education -- Elsie de Wolfe, Dorothy Draper, Billy Baldwin, Albert Hadley, and Nancy Lancaster and John FowlerJennifer tells us about how Dorothy Draper's Decorating is Fun was the impetus for her study and obsession with decorating historyWe talk about how Jennifer almost worked at BallardWe talk about decorating books and which ones Jennifer says we have to have in our librariesJennifer talks about one of her favorite new decor books -- ArdrossanWe talk about working old things into your home so it doesn't feel outdatedJennifer talks about how her first book In with the Old: Classic Decor from A to Z came about The one thing that immediately dates a roomWe talk about classic pieces and how they come in and out of fashionWe talk about where you should spend your decorating dollars

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs. We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.
0:07.4	So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world, sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes and also answering your decorating questions.
0:16.2	I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com.
0:20.1	And I'm Taryn, and I'm on the product design team at Ballard. And I'm Karen Mooney. I run the Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com. And I'm Taryn, and I'm on the product
0:22.1	design team at Ballard. And I'm Karen Mooney. I head up branding at Ballard.
0:42.2	All right, so we're going to do some trials and triumphs.
0:49.0	I'm going to start because my triumph is that I fixed my sofa cushion, which was my trial last time.
0:49.5	Your double-sided holey sofa cushion because of your dog.
0:51.9	Darren, you were here.
0:53.0	So you know how Annie licked a hole in, remember?
0:56.1	Remember how Annie looked a hole in her sofa cushion?
0:57.9	Yes, I remember. Yes. And I was like, don't flip it.
1:00.7	Keep that hole. Guess what I did?
1:02.6	I flipped it.
1:03.9	No, you didn't. And she licked another hole.
1:06.8	She flicked holes in fabric.
1:09.3	Yeah. Karen warned you.
1:12.5	I'm pretty sure I told you that. You both warned me, but I am hard-headed and I did it.
1:16.0	You learned.
1:16.8	So Will was like all in a tizzy about it.
1:22.2	And we had it.
1:22.8	We have an annual Christmas party every year.
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