Ep. 82: stylist and editor Stacy Kunstel

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Stylist, writer, editor and producer Stacy Kunstel swings by to talk about the fun of adding colors, how she works with interior designers, where she finds inspiration as a stylist and why it call comes down to being different in design. She also discusses what’s new in style and what we can expect in a few years, along with her personal favorite trends. What You’ll Hear on This Episode: Stacy’s attraction to big colors and patterns, and how she mixes it with the traditional. Why tradition doesn’t have to be boring - it can be big, bright and graphic. Color makes people happy! How Stacy picked the colors in her product line that were both on trend and ones she loved that has stood the test of time. Stacy’s encouragement to mix lacquer with natural wood. More about her furniture line, and how it came to be. Why it’s your personality and point of view that makes the space so special and a feature so interesting. Why taking some time to sit and organize ideas and visions is a game changer. What a “drink drop” table is, and why they are so important. A glimpse into Stacy’s job, and the many skills she needs to have to do her job as a stylist. Tips for folks on what to leave on their dining room table. Stacy’s advice to stick to the wedding theme when decorating. Go for something old, new, borrowed and blue. Stacy’s favorite publications to get style inspiration and ideas.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.
0:03.3	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,
0:10.9	sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and also answering your decorating questions.
0:15.3	I'm Caroline, I'm in the Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.
0:18.7	And I'm Terran, and I'm in product design at Ballard. And I'm Karen and I
0:22.5	had a branding at Ballard. We're your hosts. Hello.
0:28.8	We are so excited to have in town today, Stacey Kuntzel.
0:43.3	She is here for the Design Bloggers Conference, and we are excited to talk to her.
0:45.6	She's a stylist, editor.
0:47.4	You have a product line.
0:49.6	You're a producer.
0:55.5	She's written for Better Homes and Gardens, New England Home, House Beautiful, El D'Core, Traditional Home.
0:59.3	And we're very excited to have you here to pick your brain.
1:00.5	Thanks so much.
1:01.1	Great to be here.
1:11.4	I feel like your style, at least this is a style from your product collection called Dunes and Duchess, is very bold, graphic, fun, playful.
1:14.4	Is that also your personal style?
1:20.8	I would say so, you know, I have the opportunity to be in so many different homes, really all over the country, even though I'm based in New England.
1:23.7	But when I look at something on the page, I'm always attracted to big color, big pattern,
1:31.6	really interesting use of scale.
1:34.2	But everything that we do for Dunes and Duchess is also pretty traditional.
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