Ep. 43 with designer Rachel Cannon

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

While in Atlanta for market, Baton Rouge interior designer Rachel Cannon stopped by the podcast to talk brown furniture, waiting for that perfect piece, letting your layout dictate your furniture pieces, and her 'cantaloupe' bookshelf styling trick. Definitely don't miss this one! WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ON THIS EPISODE: First things first, we get a lesson in how to say 'Baton Rouge'Rachel talks about her first room and the most important decorating lesson her mom taught herRachel talks about why your room dictates your furniture layout and the pieces you needRachel tells us her number one piece of dream furnitureWe give Rachel all our Scott's Antique Market tips and we talk about AmericasMart in AtlantaWe quiz Rachel on her tips for dressing up a space while keeping it comfortableWhy paint color isn't necessarily the best route if you want a colorful homeRachel shares her favorite paint colorsWe talk bookshelves and how to fill all that space without it being clutteredRachel's 'cantaloupe' trick for bookshelf stylingWe ask Rachel who about her designer inspirations -- Suzanne Kasler, Kelly Wearstler, and Phoebe Howard

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.
0:03.5	We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.
0:07.0	So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world,
0:11.0	sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and also answering your decorating questions.
0:15.5	I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com.
0:19.3	I'm Terran Schwartz, and I'm on the product design team at Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com. I'm Terran Schwartz, and I'm on the product design team at Ballard.
0:22.4	And I'm Karen Mooney, and I head up branding at Ballard.
0:25.2	You do.
0:25.5	Wear your heads too.
0:26.5	Hey, y'all.
0:45.6	Yeah. All right, guys, it's time for some trials and triumphs.
0:46.3	Yay.
0:47.7	She's excited.
0:50.5	I'm always excited to complain.
0:53.6	Just kidding.
0:57.4	Okay, I had a really heartbreaking trial this past week.
0:58.6	Yeah, and heartbreaking.
1:00.4	They're usually like giggle-worthy.
1:01.4	Keyword on the breaking.
1:02.9	Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
1:08.9	Okay, so I got this wild hair on Saturday that I wanted to reorganize our hutch.
1:15.4	So I have like glassware and pottery and books all mixed together on the hutch in our dining room.
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