Welcome to Dear Alice, a lifestyle approach to interior design. Hello and welcome to Dear Alice.

Today's going to be another fun episode.

We've got your listener questions we're answering today with the help of Corey and Suez and myself.

So buckle your seatbelts.

Hopefully we'll say your name today.

We have our anniversary going on at Alice Lane, which is so wild. It's kind of endearing. Happy anniversary. Thank you. Yeah. We opened this time 17 years ago.

2008. That's crazy. Yeah. That was before my time here. I came in early 2013. Yeah. And a little naive, Jess, over here was just so naive, had no idea what was going on in the housing market of 2008. If you guys want to think back, it's crazy that we're still here. I feel so blessed to have you guys here. And just to see like where we've come, like how far we've come in it. And yeah, it's been awesome. And just, yeah, this our friendship, I mean first, you know, thinking back to the old like Orm Design Center days, that's those were, yeah, those are the best. The best, the best. Yeah. I don't know what it is about doing something hard with people together, but it really bonds you in a way that I feel like will always be in each other's lives. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's really fun building something together and fun. Honestly, just feel to sit down and reflect on it all and talk about it around this table. It's like, I don't have time to journal, but this feels like my journal. Exactly. So if I'm ever wondering what happened in my life, I'm going to go back and listen to Dear Alice for cues that I was alive back then. Proof of life. Yeah, and feeling things. So thanks for joining us, you guys, and thanks for being a part of our story. It means so much to us. The website is going to be doing an awesome sale for the anniversary. It's up to 25% off all of our exclusives. That's over 700 items. So go to the website. Get yourself something really nice. It's a great time to buy it. And yeah, hopefully, hopefully you don't

miss out. So anyway. Should we jump into questions? Let's do it. Okay. We don't know any of these

questions, BS. Yes, off of the cuff. Yeah. The first one is from Taylor, who's from Ontario.

Yeah, friends up north. Nice to me, Ontario.

Yeah.

I'm assuming that's Canada, I guess.

Yeah.

It's Ontario, California.

It could be that too.

Still a cool place.

But she wrote in and asked, I would love to hear your advice on how to mix wood tones in a home,

flooring, cabinetry, and furniture pieces for an intentional and cohesive

look. Is there an ideal or maximum number of different tones to have in one room or throughout

the whole house? That's a great question. That is a great question. I think so too, especially where

we're starting to see just kind of the return of staying great

furniture instead of everything being paint grade so yeah how much is too much how to mix it

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