Ep. 72: collector, decorator, and hoarder Nicki Clendening

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Nicki Clendening is known for her eclectic style and ability to incorporate vintage and thrift store treasures into her design projects. Today, she talks about how to weave in old with the new, what she looks for when shopping at flea markets and antique stores, the opening of her design studio Scout Design and online store Beetle, and why blue painters tape should be your best friend. We will also hear some Trials and Triumphs, and get Nicki’s feedback on how to bring a small space together. What You’ll Hear on This Episode: Trials and triumphs including new cookbooks, missing plants, cool performance rugs and more How Nicki’s dreams progressed from being Indiana Jones to working and living in New York, making money doing exactly what she loves to do What shopping for a client looks like, and if Nicki has ever had buyers remorse More about Nicki’s design studio, Scout Design Where she likes to go to shop for both herself and Beetle, and how she finds one of a kind pieces to add to her collection The inspiration her mom had on her in terms of art, creativity and fashion and her family’s love of global travel and collecting special items from all around the world Her top picks for flea markets, and the importance of building great relationships with vendors Functionality is key, along with using the space appropriately based on what your typical activities are (entertaining, reading, pets, etc) How she came up with her online store, Beetle, and curates what is on the site A glimpse into her own apartment, right at the top of Central Park Why we shouldn’t be afraid to paint the ceiling All about the mix of new and old, whether you own your home or you are renting

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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.
0:06.6	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.
0:14.4	I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Design's blog, How to Decorate.
0:17.4	And I'm Taryn and I'm on the product design team at Ballard. And I'm Karen and I'm heading at Ballard.
0:21.7	We are your hosts.
0:22.7	Hello.
0:27.3	Today we have an awesome guest for you that we sat down with when we were in New York back at the end of the year.
0:37.1	And so we are going to
0:38.5	get to her right after we do some trials and trams. Love some Nikki. Yay. All right.
0:45.2	Who wants to go? I mean, I can go or whatever. Go. Take it away. Well, this is sort of a lame one,
0:51.6	but I'm just, we were all sick over Christmas, and it was just disgusting.
0:55.7	We're still, like, recovering from it.
0:59.3	And I feel like everyone is trying to quarantine me.
1:03.2	Yeah, I don't want you near me.
1:04.6	Yeah, that's true.
1:05.3	I mean, it's, anyways, it's just, I had the stomach bug on Christmas Day.
1:09.8	Gross.
1:10.2	It was actually throwing up on Christmas Day. Gross. It was actually throwing up on Christmas Day.
1:11.7	Gross.
1:12.2	No fun.
1:12.8	And now I have this.
1:13.7	You must have been naughty this year.
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