Welcome to How to Decorate from Ballard Designs, a weekly podcast all about the trials and triumphs of decorating and redecorating your home.

I'm Caroline. I'm on the marketing team. And I'm Taryn and I'm a product designer. I'm Liz. I head of the creative team.

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

Plus, we'll answer your decorating dilemmas at the end of each episode.

We love answering your questions, so don't forget to email us at podcast at balauredesigns.net.

Now on with the show.

Welcome back to the show. We've actually got two special guests today to introduce, but before I get to that, I want to make a little announcement. Our beloved Taryn is dealing with a few personal things right now. We're not going to share too much on the show because we want her to be able to share in her own time. But she's going to take a little time away from the podcast for a little while.

And in her absence, we have invited a couple of special guest hosts who are going to fill in for her be a third voice on the podcast.

So they're all Ballard folks, Ballard talents, and I'm excited about it. They'll have a, you know, different

perspectives, some fresh questions and insight into each episode. So our first guest, our first guest

host today is Jamie Corona. She's on our merchandising team. So she works on outdoor decorative accessories, upholstery, outdoor collections.

She's kind of like our in-house expert on all things outdoor and all of those categories.

But you've also actually worked on lots of different categories too.

So you have a lot of insight.

And you also have a beautiful little girl who's, I think, about 18 months.

16 months. Yes. Named Gillian. I do. I'm excited to be here. Yes. So welcome to the show.

And then, of course, our guest today is Kate Figgler. She's a Nashville and Connecticut-based

interior designer. She's known for creating layered and timeless interiors.

Her work has been featured on Southern Living, The Wall Street Journal, Homes and Gardens.

She was also recently recognized as one of Nashville's Upencoming Designers by Nashville Lifestyle

Magazine. And today we're going to talk about how regional styles influence design,

emphasizing practicality, even in a beautiful space,

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