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How to Decorate

Ep. 62: designer Kendall Simmons

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2018

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest hails from the music city! We loved chatting with interior designer Kendall Simmons, who talks the Nashville scene, her mix of fun and spunky with timeless pieces to create her own signature style, and why our home should be unique to us - no matter what our mothers may think. What You’ll Hear on This Episode: When looking for new a new lamp, bring yours physically in to the store so you can make sure the shade fits perfectlyCaroline’s recent find in New Orleans, Nadine Blake, and what items she feels shouldn’t be missedThe super important steps to take when you have the feeling of wanting to throw everything out in your houseKendall's journey from Kentucky, to New York, to back south in NashvilleKendall’s work with Campion Platt, and how it helped inspire her to blend modern elements with classic buildingsHow Kendall developed her own aesthetic and continues to keep developing and growing her tastes and proclivitiesKendall’s own personal projects in Nashville, including a loft in a converted factory building, and short term rentalWhy her beautifully designed short term rental is so popularEven if you don’t have a huge budget, Kendall feels it’s very important to have as many local art pieces as you canKendall’s “no rules” rules for gallery walls and her favorite artists for you to Google right awayHow Kendall uses spatial and verbal descriptions when working with clients to help them understand the impact their decor choices will have on the roomThe perfect condition for having different color trims and themes throughout the houseThe criteria for painting a room dark and what to expect when you paint it in high glossKendall and her husband’s commitment to travel and some of the interesting life perspective they have learned along the wayKendall's advice for what to collect on your travelsHer top three shopping spots in the entire worldKendall’s top secret insider information about flea markets in ParisThe weirdest things Kendall has bought throughout her travels, and what landed her to get questioned in the airport security lineKendall’s high / low mix that allows for her clients to stay within their budget, yet splurge on some forever pieces

Transcript

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0:00.0

Terran, we have something really cool. I'm going to tell you about. Yes. What is? Do you have an Alexa?

0:05.0

I don't have an Alexa. You're a loser. Okay. I have an Alexa, so I'm cool and you're not. But hey, guess what? You can now listen to the How to Decorate Podcast on Alexa.

0:14.2

So you could be like sitting in your kitchen being like, I hate this wall or I want to redo and just say, hey, Alexa? Yeah. Yeah. So first, though, you have to set it up.

0:22.4

You have to go to Alexa.com and there's like a skills tab. You go on there and you search for

0:27.9

how to decorate and you enable the skill. You have to say, hey, I'm down with how to decorate on

0:32.7

Alexa. Then it's ready to go on your Alexa and you can just say, hey Alexa, listen to the How to Decorate

0:38.1

podcast.

0:39.0

Oh my gosh, I love it.

0:39.8

So when you're at home and you're hating something about your house, you just ask for us.

0:44.3

And you can say, hey, I want to listen to Episode 52 or stop, rewind, play it again or things

0:48.7

like that.

0:48.9

Turn it up.

0:49.3

Turn it down.

0:50.1

Mute Taryn.

0:51.3

Put Karen on loud. You would say that when you. But it's fine. I'm excited.

0:56.6

That's awesome. Go home and buy an Alexa right now. Oh, we can just buy it right now on Amazon.

1:00.8

Yes.com. All right. Welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.

1:06.4

We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator. So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world,

1:14.2

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

1:19.0

I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Design's blog, How to Decorate.

1:22.5

And I'm Terran, and I am on the product design team of Ballard.

1:26.4

And I'm Karen, and I head up branding at Ballard.

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