Ep. 73: architect Gil Schafer

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We kick off today’s episode with some talk about our favorite Super Bowl hosting tips, tricks, and recipes. Then, we are joined by the incredible architect Gil Schafer. Gil shares his love of embracing tradition and memory, why we should pursue our ideas with rigor and clarity, and the importance of moving past our comfort zone. We also talk with Gil about simple design using beautiful materials, collaboration, his work with Miles Redd, and how he makes new places feel as though they have a history.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.
0:03.4	We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.
0:06.5	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.
0:14.2	I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Design's blog, How to Decorate.
0:17.2	And I'm Taryn. I'm on the product design team at Ballard. And I'm Karen. I head up branding at Ballard.
0:22.1	We are your host. Today we're excited. We have incredible architect Gil Schaefer on the show.
0:36.8	We sat down with him when we were in New York
0:38.8	right before Christmas and so I think you'll enjoy the episode. But before we do that, we thought
0:44.5	we would talk about the Super Bowl. It's in Atlanta this year, ladies. Are you all just hiding
0:49.5	in your houses? Everyone here is so afraid of the traffic. I mean, yeah, I feel like I'm just not going to
0:53.7	leave. Oh, I'm not leaving my house.
0:55.2	Yeah.
0:55.4	No.
0:56.2	So therefore we have to have great tips for having parties.
0:59.6	Exactly.
1:00.1	And you guys do all your grocery shopping early.
1:01.9	Yeah.
1:02.2	Get your plan together.
1:03.3	Yeah.
1:03.7	That's true.
1:04.9	Are you guys hosting at your homes?
1:07.1	I have no idea what we're doing.
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