Dear Alice | Interior Design

In this episode we are going to talk about the misconceptions between being a designer and a decorator. We’re going to discuss what people often think we do vs what we actually do, which is often quite different than people might think. This is an important episode because every once in a while we have a young person come up to us and say they wanna go to college to be an interior designer because of what they’ve seen on HGTV, but they don’t realize how different it actually is compared to what they’re seeing on HGTV. This episode should help you better understand what to expect and look out for if you or a loved one is thinking about going into this field of work. Interior designer vs decorator 8:00 Interior design 9:00 Can interior design be done by anyone? 15:50 Interior design requires technical knowledge? 19:20 Do interior designers push their own vision and not the client’s? 21:30 Do all interior designers have picture perfect homes? 27:05 Is interior design something you can do from home? 31:35 Do you have to be good at sales to be an interior designer? 35:50 Is interior design for modest homes? 39:40 “What I’m so proud of is that we can design this home, everything is finished, approved by the client, we can do all these drawings, put them in a drop box, and send them in the cyberspace and the cloud across the nation to Washington DC, or to wherever and a builder can build off of those documents. That’s the technicality and where we shine.” 20:00 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’ve got a fun one we’re doing on moody spaces, about which we’ve gotten a lot of questions on how you create a moody space, or where to create one. It’s a trend that many people are wanting to understand and incorporate. Many want a more intimate location where you can gather your people, create a scene, and just have a mood to talk or share secrets, so we’re going to go over this type of space and help you better understand what it ought to look like. The purpose of this episode will be kind of a how-to in creating a dark space and to give you courage to do so. When and where to saturate 3:25 Enclosed rooms like powder baths 4:20 How we choose a dark wall color 12:05 Primary bedroom 15:10 Dining room 22:50 Cori’s pink primary bathroom 28:35 “Typically, we’re inspired by the person, so a lot of times we will do a wallpaper and start with that, kinda like a rug in the great room. So I’d start with the rug, be it a witty wallpaper, I want it to feel really dark, so we’re gonna make sure the background or the field color is gonna be deep and moody, and I might be starting with one that’s deep green from porter teleo, and then I might have one that’s more of a Marlow color.” 12:24 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elle Decor does a short list every month and they always feature a different designer or person of interest that’s doing beautiful things in the world, and they give their short list of things they love, like their favorite place to stay, favorite perfume, their favorite drink, fabric, or whatever. We thought it would be fun to give you guys our short list because being in the industry, we might know some things, or even just on a more personal side we can just get to know each other better and get a little peek inside what makes us tick. Join us in this episode as each one of us reveals their short list, which hasn’t been revealed to anyone else on this podcast until now. First favorite thing 8:50 Favorite coffee table book 21:20 Favorite drink 26:20 Favorite sheets 30:40 Guilty pleasure 35:00 Favorite doughnut 40:30 What we’re collecting 41:15 Favorite place to go on the weekend 49:20 Next vacation spot 55:10 Favorite gift to give somebody 56:55 Favorite songs 61:35 Favorite makeup trick 66:30 Favorite perfume 71:20 “I think just trying to find things that are really authentic and lovely, and made by artists, they just add such a soul and spirit, or going to Palm Springs, we usually go like once in the Winter and bring back little treasures.” 45:44 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we are going to debunk some TikTok interior design trends. If you’re a regular user of TikTok, you may notice there are some micro trends happening in the interior design space online of these teenagers who talk really fast and are emphatically opinionated on these trends. We’re just here today to talk about what these “micro trends” are in interiors and whether we agree or not, such as chopping your pillows, whether fluffy beds are in or out, if colored sheets are in or out, and what you should do in regards to artwork in your home. Cottage core and dark academia 3:00 The dark kitchen is coming back again 11:00 Polished chrome and silver 15:50 Mass-produced art 19:20 Chopping your pillows 20:45 White fluffy beds 22:20 Colored sheets 23:20 Cottage core style bedrooms 24:55 Kitchens 27:00 Dealing in absolutes 32:50 Marble veining in countertops 34:10 Living rooms 38:10 “I think if you love design, you should for sure figure out who you are and what color, or if you’re a stain grade, where you are in the stain grade. I will say we’re gonna start seeing the wood floors really warm up. We’ve been in this white oak moment for a really long time, so if they’re still gonna stick with oaks I think they’ll warm up, but I think walnut is always going to be your everlasting in the middle choice where you’ll never regret it. You do it 10 years from now, 20 years from now, 30 years from now, you’re never going to regret walnut.” 31:13 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a listener question that we’re going to do for the podcast today on kitchen space planning. One of our listeners asked us a few questions on this issue and said “I don’t think you can name names when it comes to appliances, but I’m wondering if you could touch on general considerations like how do I know what size range to buy?” We discuss different brands and answer another question about kitchen sink size and what to buy. We had a lot of fun with this one, so we hope you guys listen and enjoy! What range to buy 1:25 The Cafe Stove from GE 10:15 Buying a kitchen sink 12:40 Counter depth or standard refrigerators? 15:00 Splurging on an appliance like an ice maker, steam oven, or in-wall coffee machine 18:20 Microwave placement and matching 23:40 Hood size vs range size 30:00 “I think you know when you’re in a home, I’m in a small kitchen, I call it my camper kitchen because we haven’t done anything to this house, because I wanna tear it down and I wanna build my dream kitchen, so right now I have a small kitchen, so anything larger than a 30” range wouldn’t make sense in my kitchen. It wouldn’t fit, so if you know you’re a small kitchen, you know you’re gonna be a 30 inch range, 36 range, probably not a 48 inch. If you’re getting to a moderate sized kitchen, you can tease with 48 inches.” 1:43 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a fun episode for everyone today. We had an event at Alice Lane that was so fun and we wanted to include you guys in the Alice Lane Galentine’s Spring, Easter party. We did colorstrology, which is where we assign a color to someone depending on their birthday. What we learned from studying this little book called “Colorstrology” by Michele Bernhardt is it’s 100% true to all the people that we’ve read colors to and we probably read over 50 colors. Some were surprised by the colors they were assigned because it’s not always the first color they choose, but often that color would complement the chosen color, so we’ll be talking about color and each of our own colorstrology. Jessica’s colors 5:40 Cori’s colors 10:50 Sue’s colors 14:15 These 7 colors will be everywhere in 2024 and what’s next 19:45 Susanne’s favorite color 28:05 Cool lavenders and lilacs 34:50 Orange 40:40 Mustard 47:40 Rose 51:10 Powder blue 53:50 “We’re not doing gray anymore at all. If you guys are choosing gray today, it’s just such a terrible choice right now because it’s already clotted and we need to get on the bleeding edge because these choices you’re gonna make right now are gonna last the next decade. If you’re doing gray, you’re gonna be feeling like a lagger the minute it’s dried on the walls.” 23:03 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The reason we felt like we should do a sconces episode is because Jess got a text back in December from a good friend in real estate who said that his wife can’t see herself when she’s putting makeup on. Jess asked him for a picture of his setup and when he send over the image, she noticed he had the wrong type of sconces next to his mirror, which was a really beautiful, very elegant sconce, but it had a linen shade on it and one candelabra bulb in each sconce. The window was behind her, so there was no light on her face. Jess told him he had the wrong type of sconces for a bathroom and this got us thinking that there may be a lot of other people out there that don’t know about all the different types of sconces and what they’re used for, how to optimize them for lighting, and where to put them in your home. The bathroom 7:40 Picture light, art light 17:05 Theater or rec room 21:15 Night stand 27:00 Mantle 29:15 Pendants 31:00 “There’s still differences in as-built than the plan and you still wanna eyeball it even though you have it drawn in CAD mathematically correct. It still feels different in person with your eyeballs, with the height of the people viewing it. Maybe the wife is 5 feet tall, maybe the husband is 6 feet tall, maybe the husbands that are married are both 6’8” or something. We all perceive things differently depending on the height and we try to design to that as we have a stick figure of a person their height.” 24:22 –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re talking Spring and we are so excited because we’ve grown tired of this long Winter. There are things we do in the Spring, and things we do in the Fall and Summer, so we just wanted to sort of Martha Stewart our way through this situation and talk about all the ways that we’re doing all our own Spring Refreshes, such as stocking the pantry and letting go of all your junk, or just giving stuff away. We each have different areas that we’re working on, so this should be a really fun conversation. Getting the clean reset 3:30 Giving clothes away 13:30 Decor 15:20 Music 18:55 Smells 25:15 Plants 33:05 Predictions about the marketplace 39:15 “I really do love switching things up in the house. I definitely take some of those heavier feeling Winter pillows down and I bring up the brighter fresh ones that just give me a feeling in my house, which is great. I light a Spring candle in a few different spaces.” 25:00 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re doing listener questions again today, which means we are gathered just to answer your questions that we’ve received in the last little bit. These are the questions that weren’t long enough to make a podcast out of, but were enough that we could give a short answer to. If you have any questions that we haven’t answered yet, just send them to [email protected] and we will answer them here. Floor outlets 5:00 Keep your home from looking like a yard sale 10:30 What pieces should match/coordinate and which ones should contrast? 16:35 Painting the exterior of your house white and painting the trim 22:55 Hiding from the neighbors with art glass 25:50 Organizing mismatched furniture and using rugs 31:10 Renovation and looking for an authentic designer 37:00 The colors in our showroom 39:50 Exterior Christmas lights 40:55 “ I have a handful of friends that have been designers that do this work and I trust them, so ask them ‘If you can’t, can you point in the direction of somebody that would be capable of doing interesting work of just a couple rooms at a time?’ I would just ask people that you respect, ask firms that you respect.” –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we’re celebrating international women’s day. There's a lot in history that women have done and trails that have been blazed that are cause for where you’re at right now. We have the opportunity to go to school, work, and express ourselves, which is a huge privilege, and it’s a good exercise for anybody to think about the women in your own life that have inspired you and just be super grateful for what they’ve done. Join us today as we discuss these amazing women and their accomplishments. The first international Women’s Day 4:32 Viola Davis 6:24 Oprah Winfrey 12:22 Anne Frank 19:53 Carol Kaye 23:15 Mother Teresa 26:00 Martha Stewart 28:30 Anna Wintour 31:30 Julia Childs 35:25 Beyoncé 37:52 Michelle Obama 39:05 Mindy Kaling 41:00 Elsie de Wolfe 47:15 “‘My new motto is when you’re through changing, you’re through.’ I think that that takes great humility and I think naturally women have a lot of humility probably based on where we’ve come from, and I keep saying innate, but I think most women are soft/softer, and they want to adapt, and they want to mold, and they want to become better and there can sometimes be a pride that stops progress and open mindedness, and I think that’s what she was talking about.” 29:14 –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a special guest with us today by the name of John Woodley, who is a real estate expert here in the Wasatch Front area. He runs a company called Woodley Real Estate with his brother, specializing in the high end luxury market as well as class A office space. We felt like it would be a great idea to bring an expert on this show to discuss this market because this comes up in conversation for us socially and in business all the time. We talk about what this market is doing not just in Utah, but everywhere else and kind of where it’s going. Are we headed for a downturn? 2:45 Buyer confidence 5:45 Things that are the most important to upgrade 8:10 Is it better to play it safe, or put some money into it? 12:30 Best ways for homeowners to mitigate equity or value loss during the economic downturn 14:05 Helping clients grow their wealth through real estate and why so many people use real estate to grow their wealth 16:55 The best way to get started in real estate for someone with 100k, 500k, or 1 million 20:45 Tax benefits for making it an investment 23:50 AirBnB 27:20 Annual contracts 29:05 Understanding regulations 32:40 What can previous downturns teach us about opportunities in real estate? 33:35 When the market turned back around in 2020 36:55 The cycle of peak and bottom in the market 39:00 Hottest real estate market right now 40:25 difference between residential and commercial real estate 44:25 Has there been a decline in commercial real estate recently? 48:35 Defining luxury 51:45 “We say make it look nice and classy, or in good taste, and then let whoever buys it put their own personal spin on it. You go spend a ton of money on something that you think’s just gonna knock their socks off, lights out, and they’re looking at it going ‘We’re gonna have to tear that out.’ You’re adding the cost to put in and they’re subtracting that out and adding in what they’re gonna have to put back in.” “They’re gonna have to repaint that cobalt wall.” 13:32 –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re continuing to talk from our last episode about design through the decades. We got you through the 1940s and we’re sitting here in the 1950s, so we’re gonna take you through what it was like, the political climate at the time, and then of course fashion, then getting into interiors and Cori’s going to give us a little bit of info of where music was at during that time too. 1950s fashion, interiors 2:38 1960s 6:46 1970s 14:53 1980s 25:29 1990s 37:18 2000s, 2010s, 2020s 46:20 “Furniture designers, architects, and product designers also began to create work that we now recognize as mid century and modern like we said before. This movement looked to combine sleek lines with organic shapes balancing modernity and naturalism. Bright happy colors were in every room of the house. Popular hues included turquoise, coral, pale yellow, mint green, and light blue. Pink was also at peak. It’s the rainbow you guys, it’s the whole rainbow. In the 1950s you see pink everywhere in kitchens, bedrooms, but especially in bathrooms.” 4:18 –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is something we’ve had on the list to do for a very long time. There’s so much to talk about because we’ve just seen so many things come and go through the ages. We talk about each of the decades and kind of what influenced them to be in fashion at the time. We do this for fashion interiors, and then Cori throws in some things about music that happened at that time and how that relates to fashion or interiors. Your grandparents were likely alive for one of these decades, so you might even be thinking about them at a certain time when we talk about it and remembering grandma’s house, and what it was like. Design through the decades 5:09 Design is an art of situations 9:46 1910s fashion and decoration 12:30 1920s fashion 22:43 1930s 33:42 1940s 40:32 “They would use steel, glass plywood, and plastic in their creations. While unconventional materials at the time, they fit with the Bauhaus, ethos, and practicality. Ultimately however, the 1920s were all about the bling. People craved luxurious components in their lives, whether it was leather upholstered furniture or a lucite clock. The Jazz Age was majority glamor and glitz.” 30:46 –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re going to be talking about those ugly necessities. We’ve had a lot of DMs and questions about how to help disguise some of the things we have to live with that make our lives more comfortable, more easy, but aren’t very attractive. So we thought we would compile them all into a list in one day and just talk about all of them here. If you’ve written us a question in the past, we’re not ignoring you. We’ve been saving it for this moment. A lot of times, we remove those ugly things from the scene when we do photo shoots of the homes that we design, or we have figured out a way to disguise it in a permanent way, so they can still have the convenience, but they don’t have to have the eye sore. Laundry baskets and hampers 4:18 Flat screen TVs on a large wall 9:52 Office chairs and computer monitors 14:51 Chargers and cables 20:38 Wall mounted coat rack entry hooks 23:33 Solutions for shoes 27:01 Air conditioner vents and ceilings, canned lights 28:55 Kids’ toys and high chairs 31:43 Electric toothbrush and CPAP machine 33:20 Toasters 38:10 Baby gate 39:03 “How about air conditioner vents in ceilings?” “What we did in the showroom is just paint them the same color as the ceiling.” “I would say that for anything, and that goes for your vents in your powder room, some of them always have that heavy, bold plastic. You just paint it the same color as the wall, or the ceiling.” “AC returns, same thing?” “Same thing.” 28:54 –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we’re talking about design fails, which is something that happens to everybody in the industry. Jess got a DM from a new designer and she said she had some really bad feedback from one of her clients that said she shouldn’t even be in the design industry. They felt like things went so poorly, so she asked if we ever get discouraged. Boy, if we could only tell you the struggles we’ve had! Our failures have been some of our greatest teaching moments, so we decided to share with you guys about our experiences to help those of you in the design field. Talking about design fails 4:00 Lessons learned meeting 7:00 The delivery process 8:00 A claim 9:00 Designing a whole carpet wrong 15:25 Furniture that doesn’t fit 17:18 Handling everything for the client 20:38 Couldn’t get the furniture up the stairs 25:02 Find people with a sense of humor 28:48 You don’t want be the smartest person in the room 34:34 Use your vendor representatives 40:32 “There are things that are teaching moments that you learn from, and there are some things that logistically, that are out of your control, that unfortunately make you as the business owner look bad, and that’s just with everything. Those to me are the most frustrating things.” “#Covid.” “Yeah, exactly.” 5:38 –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re talking about product development and Jess and Cori are basically the heads of this movement. Cori helps get the stuff produced and Jess is the visionary behind the products. We’ve seen a lot of things go from the beginning stages of just concept, to full development and some of them have really stuck and the reaction that many of our clients, listeners, and supporters have had are very positive. We get into the Lucca Family and the influence they’ve had on what we do and our products. We put Lucca on our website in our website’s infancy, and this thing really started selling, which pushed us to get a new warehouse and changed the whole way we did shipping in order to keep up with the demand. Product development 5:05 The first generation 10:07 Marketing 19:52 600 unique products 21:35 Jess’s side table and what we’re going to produce 23:00 Lucca Pedestal 25:42 The one Lucca thing to buy 28:39 “I read a long time ago an interior designer said ‘You gotta keep your head down, and you just crush it in your own lane, and you do what you do, and you don’t try to do what the other guy is doing.’ and so we just do that. I don’t follow other people in our own space, in our own state because I don’t want to have to be influenced by it. I wanna make sure we stay original to us.” 13:15 –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are taking you into our 2nd half of styling principles and we’ll be going through 5-10. We are talking about styling this elusive white tiger in the sky that is so hard to pin down for so many people and it’s hard to know what the rules are, how to do it, or how to make sure it looks good. The eye often just tells us if it’s good and when to stop. It’s a feeling, kind of inside your stomach and your head. We wanted to break it down so that you guys just have the very best idea of how the pros do it. Lighting 1:26 Organic 8:01 Creating a conversation 11:12 The senses 26:03 Photos 29:50 We love an odd number 38:19 “Trays are a really, really great way to corral a lot of styling and to ground it. It kind of acts like an area rug in the room, and it’s another really great way to kind of put things together. I think kitchen islands can even have a beautiful wicker tray, your cocktail table is a really great place for trays, nightstands, every surface. We love a tray.” 25:22 –https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ –https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ –https://alicelanehome.com/ –https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome –https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ –https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity –News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We always say that the last layer is everything and we do everything from plan conception all the way down to the last bit of styling, and even though it’s all important and critical to a beautiful space, this is the cherry on top, or the soul of the house. This is one of those things that people either have or don’t and it’s really hard to just own your own styling, so you go find inspiration. We get a lot of questions on styling in general, just on how you do it and how one styles because it’s something they teach you in school at all. This is often what separates the good from the great where the good designer might design well, but not style so well, but the great stylists will design and style well. Styling can be hard to grasp 5:19 Edit 10:42 Blank spaces and when to use them 16:04 Focal points 20:44 Shelf styling 32:40 “When we’re trying to put things together that are gonna go on a shelf, if those things look great together, even on the floor, or when we’re pulling things from the show room, we’ll usually load everything onto this console in the design center conference room, if they look great together, they’re gonna look great together on a shelf. No matter where you put them, they're gonna look great in a room.” 14:57 -https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ -https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ -https://alicelanehome.com/ -https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome -https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ -https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity -News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we want to talk about how we like to make our homes feel cozy during these winter months and our favorite layers we like to use to make our homes feel warm and inviting. There are so many warm and welcoming colors to add to your porch, such as pumpkins and velvety plants to match the season. This is the time of year you’re going to get a lot of guests and visitors, so filling up your porch with fun decorations and accessories is a great way to give your home that welcoming, warm touch. We recommend keeping some snips nearby and your eyes open during this season in case you spot some nice yew, or other similar plants to take from nature and enhance not just the visuals in your home, but the smells as well. The porch 1:58 The entry 6:46 Entry hall table 13:10 Layers 15:33 Winter or Fall bed 22:08 “So that entry hall table, I always have some large books as well. Books that can be seasonal, like some entertaining books. I’ve got one on entertaining and the cover is like a silk, and it’s got this beautiful scene on it, and those warm earth tones look so good, especially at this time of year.” 13:11 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ -https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ -https://alicelanehome.com/ -https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome -https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/-https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity -News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode once again we answer listener questions and we go into this episode having no idea what your questions were, so it’s going to be a spicy one. Listener questions are the questions that you guys have sent in, and we compile enough of them until we can put them all into one or two episodes. If you have a specific question you’d like answered on here, send in your question to [email protected] The thrift store in North Carolina: 214 Modern 4:54 What colors we recommend for the outside of your home, specifically brick 6:01 Creating a beautiful and unique home without accumulating too much stuff 8:36 Breakfast nooks and built in bench, table 14:07 Why don’t we like oil rubbed bronze? 21:03 Items to splurge on if you’re on a budget 23:20 Built-in cabinets in place of closets/walk-in closets 28:19 Styling the surface of dining room tables as they get bigger 35:32 Accessories for dining 37:12 Are there circumstances where you don’t need window treatments? 40:05 Having a healthy general contractor/designer relationship 42:43 “I like the light, and we’ve done dark too, on the brick up in Seattle and it was really, really cool.” “Black actually.” “I think it also depends on your neighborhood, it depends on your demographic. Look around and see what blends, but if everybody’s a brown house, you don’t have to paint it brown. Go ahead and do an organic lighter shade.” 8:10 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ -https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ -https://alicelanehome.com/ -https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome -https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ -https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity -News Letter:https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we answer listener questions and we go into this episode having no idea what your questions were, so it’s going to be a spicy one. Listener questions are the questions that you guys have sent in, and we compile enough of them until we can put them all into one or two episodes. If you have a specific question you’d like answered on here, send in your question to [email protected] What is your thought on wooden shades? 3:00 The best way to hang shelves on a grass cloth wall 5:50 2 story great room and what to do 7:40 When to go dark on ceiling vs light 12:39 Ceiling fans 23:37 Large drywall areas 26:52 Balance in a room with two parallel sofas 32:11 How big chandelier should be in vaulted ceilings 33:43 Coffee table books 38:10 “You’re gonna spend a lot of money, first of all, on draperies or window coverings because those windows are two stories tall.” “You’re not gonna short sheet them and just do the bottom layer, you’re gonna go all the way to the top and you’re gonna drape the whole thing.” “Also that means you’re going to get the biggest chandelier you’re going to get and you’re going to get an extended amount of chain rod because you gotta get that down into the first story. It’s not OK to get a light fixture and hang it clear up there on the 2nd story, which we see a lot.” 8:10 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have Angie Harrington whose lifestyle is just so beautiful. She is currently a part time cast member of Housewives of Salt Lake City and talks about how she got into and became an influencer, which is what she’s been able to do to pay the bills as a single mom. We break down her House of Harrington project, which so many people have been waiting to see and know about, and we discuss both what we loved about the project as well as what she loved, and then we just talk about general fashion sense and tastes, so we hope you can tune in and enjoy this lovely conversation we had with Angie. What social media do people prefer? 3:56 The house size 9:01 Angie’s creative process 14:09 Favorite room in the house 19:12 The entry 23:49 Armor vests 25:53 Something that turned out better than expected 27:07 Favorite perfume 30:05 Who’s most inspiring for fashion 30:50 How she makes it all work with her busy lifestyle 32:57 Filming for Housewives 34:35 Favorite makeup brand 36:46 What she’s allowed to say about Housewives 38:49 Always complimenting and interactions 42:27 Defining luxury 44:50 “That table fit so well in that space, so we just took it, painted it white, and then the chandeliers, in order to make them our own, you had someone who put hermes scarves wrapped around them, which was such a cool idea. So we could stick with that age theme. It was cool” 22:09 @angieharrington https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we share our favorite parts from all our top podcast episodes we’ve had this year. Creating a playful children’s space 0:22 Let’s talk color! 1:35 Hardware 2:43 Our favorite guilty household pleasures 3:18 Gallery walls 3:48 Media rooms 4:40 Tips to creating an outdoor kitchen 6:22 Cabinets part 1 8:13 Cabinets part 2 11:37 Party pantry 13:08 Pattern & scale 14:34 Keeping traditional design fresh 15:17 Adam interviews Jess 15:56 Building your forever home 19:19 Top 10 reasons to hire a designer 20:00 Deep dive: showroom 21:05 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we share our favorite parts from all our top guest episodes we’ve had this year. Tune in to enjoy the various advice and tips we’ve received from each one of them. Bedding 101 1:06 Talking Florals with Expert Allison Badley 2:23 Indoor Plants and Trees with Brock Saucier 5:31 Vintage Rugs 8:31 Windows with John Valdez 11:14 Interiors with Kara Mann 12:48 Remaining Unique with Laura Kirar 17:47 Paloma Contreras Interview 20:56 Carrier and Co 21:32 Designer David Phoenix 25:32 Oscar Yague 32:15 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Dear Alice, we share all you need to know about the art of gift giving. Learn a few of our "no-fail" gifts for the practical ones on your list and some luxury gifts that someone might not buy for themselves. It doesn't have to be big or over the top, it just needs to be thoughtful. Happy gifting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re here today to talk about gifts. It’s the season and everyone has started to make their lists and we think it’s a fun dreamscape in our minds to think about what gifts to give, especially when it’s something they wouldn’t have thought to give themselves, which makes it a great gift to offer. People often delight a lot in the wrapping of the gift as much as they do in the gift itself, so you know for them you’ll do a fabulous wrap job. Other people, particularly men, love a bag to simplify things and where they don’t have to deal with all the wrappers. So even knowing how people will react to the wrapping is a big part of the gift as well. We give other useful tips like don’t give holiday themed gifts, such as a Christmas spatula, which you open on Christmas day and can’t even use until the next holiday season. You need time 1:54 One of the worst gifts Jess has been given 2:27 The mindwork behind giving a great gift 4:53 Giving everyone gifts at work 9:12 Thinking historically and using memory points, or emotional connection 10:36 Cori’s perspective on gift giving and receiving 19:03 Gear 22:16 “It really is a gift to receive something that you know you just go nuts over and I think the way to do that is just to really, innately just watch them and understand them well enough that you could buy something for them that they would freak out over…Just buy for the person and don’t buy something that you want to give the person. ” 7:06 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have been renting for 14 years and feel like we want to be able to own our own piece of land and own our future because every space we go to, we vastly outgrow it. We just keep growing into this huge operation with the opportunity presented to us, with a massive 40,000 foot warehouse full of 40 people or so working there where we store all of the things we create as well as all of our client’s furniture and stuff we need to deliver. Our brilliant president said “I still don’t know if everybody in the state of Utah knows who we are, or knows where we’re at.” We feel like if we put ourselves in Draper next to this big furniture row, often where millionaires do their shopping, so if we put ourselves next to them, people will find us and they’ll know who we are. The why behind all of this 2:42 About the building and inspiration 11:23 The fluorescent lights 16:31 What you will experience if you come in 18:19 How things have been divided and spaced 24:31 The process of getting this location 27:34 Last thoughts on when what this has meant to Jess 35:33 “One of the things that we learned about ourselves is that we have in our current show room two massive windows in the front of our store. Any scene that we set in there, if it’s a bedroom, if it’s a dining room, whatever we put in those front two scenes, sells really, really well. Something about the natural light and the feeling in those rooms makes everything look amazing.” 12:40 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we have a treat! We’ve got Oscar Yague with us from Made Goods, which is an amazing brand that is probably one of our favorites at High Point. It’s one of our vendors that we buy from and Jess describes it as the Celestial Kingdom because it’s the most beautiful things on Earth, and somehow Oscar has sourced these things, created them, and we thought you guys would find so much inspiration in understanding more about his back story. We wanted Oscar to teach us how to entertain better and give us all his tips and tricks, so we hope you enjoy this awesome conversation with him today. About Oscar and how he got to Made Goods 2:05 Starting great 11:41 Pigeon and Poodle 14:33 Blue Pheasant 17:03 Nametags 21:15 Tips on entertaining 24:24 Making Thanksgiving more entertaining 26:47 Tablescaping 29:24 Self-serving/buffet setup 31:03 Dishwasher or by hand? 34:14 What influenced Oscar to love this beautiful life of his 35:29 Dessert 37:09 Key things to have on hand at any time 38:57 Favorite playlist to play 40:29 Tukasi 41:27 Defining luxury 45:23 “The experience of eating on a real plate, holding a knife and a fork with the proper weight well balanced, drinking out of proper glassware. It’s part of the experience and again it’s the thing that people don’t understand because they go out of their way to make great meals, but then they fail to set up the table properly.” 20:24 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Dear Alice, we talk about how to be a generous host. From the food you choose, the music you play, the lighting, and even the set up of the furniture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This could be anything, such as your Thanksgiving, your Hanukkah, your Christmas, New Years, whatever it is that you guys believe in and want to celebrate. It’s just a way of making our homes feel more welcoming. For us in Utah, it’s cooling down in December and we’re gathering and getting warmer, and celebrating all these things in these cold months, and so your home obviously follows suit and we get more layers. So we’re going to talk about that and some of our favorite holiday traditions, and ways to just make your house merrier. Favorite traditions 1:34 What kind of trees we have 12:38 The garlands 17:52 Favorite candle 19:41 Evergreen ornaments 21:56 Decorating bedrooms 27:33 Favorite gifts to give 28:27 “One of my most favorite trees that I’ve ever seen is when we went into a client’s home and she had this incredible property and this beautiful, tall, skinny, gorgeous live tree, and it was just white lights and hundreds of these glass crystal ornaments, icicles. And it was just that. It stopped me and my breath.” 23:37 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re talking about the questions you should be prepared to answer your designer when you start a project, or questions you should be asking yourself if you’re not using a designer. You want to prepare your mind and all the visuals, and do the work before sitting down with the architect. You’re gonna save a lot of money if you go in prepared. We’re gonna help you get ready and in shape for these conversations to make sure your vision is solid and prepped for the design process. The first time consultation 6:31 Pinterest board 11:21 What colors are you or aren’t you drawn to? Favorite outfits and why? 13:29 Routines and stories 15:02 Feelings 22:13 Your budget 27:05 Relationships 30:09 Art 33:16 “We like to get into people’s stories. What are their routines? Knowing people’s routines, like the rhythm to the kitchen, how they wake up, do they have coffee? Do they have toast? What’s their kids’ routines? Or what are the messes that are being created that you want to avoid in this next house? What do you love and what do you hate about your current living situation? Let’s fix that.” 15:03 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is not a plug for you to hire Alice Lane, but this is if hiring anybody, or if you don’t, this is going to be the work that you should make sure and do for yourself because it’s not something you should phone in and take lightly. You know yourself. If you’re not a great decision maker, you’re not going to be a good designer for yourself. If you waffle, don’t know what to do, and you get paralyzed, and you don’t want to answer, guess who makes the decision for you? Your builder, based on what’s in stock. So you have to be a great decision maker to go this route. A designer is going to help you figure out who you are, what you want, and ultimately is going to save you time and money by doing everything as efficiently as possible. Why it’s important to hire a designer: you’re going to save a lot of money 3:41 Our knowledge and our resources 8:53 We’re technicians 13:22 Timing 19:13 Creating schedules 21:17 Great decision makers 28:11 Executing the design 29:53 Great vendor connections 31:05 “You guys wanna know something crazy that our Better Builders have been letting us know? We have to have made all our decisions before they even break ground, for the sake of efficiency in ordering things because things are taking so long, not only appliances, but hardware is ridiculous, getting your cabinetry in line with the cabinet shop. You have to be out a long time, and so if you don’t have a designer, and you’re not good at making decisions, this can be really painful to get, like your 2 year build just turned into a 4 year build.” 12:15 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We thought it would be so much fun to kind of lay out what we think are your next steps to turning your home over for the season, for fall, for holidays. We’re entering this new season where we’re gathering again after the pandemic mostly kept us apart from loved ones, but now we can be with them again and we want to feel something. We want to feel that feeling of the holidays and these are things to get our space ready and guide that feeling in these intimate moments. Dopamine dressing 5:50 Cleaning up and grooming your home 11:52 Take your clips with you 15:24 Infusing the Fall into the kitchen 16:47 Trying out various recipes 19:37 A fire pit 23:07 Fashion 25:52 “There was this moment last year, last fall, Jess has this amazing yellow mohair chair in her entry. We were doing a shoot there and my tree was turning yellow in my front yard, our lindon, and we cut all these branches and put them in a big jar on her entry table. And it was everything. It was so, so happy, but it felt like Fall.” 14:46 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are doing a book review today on the top 10 favorite design books. We get asked this question a lot about what our favorite design books are and in projects we’re always installing the most beautiful big coffee table books on their cocktail tables and we try to find out a lot about their interests so that we can align some of these gorgeous, big treasures with what they’re interested in, like if they love rocks, travel, or big cities, and there are always gorgeous big books on them. “It’s safe to say that no two designers, even two that might share a similar aesthetic and sight the same major influences, would ever go about creating the same interior. Simply put, the process is too personal. A client could use the same highly specific language to tell a dozen different designers precisely what she wanted and she would nevertheless get a dozen different results. Each one of them might very well be spectacular in its own way.” 26:04 May I Come in 5:21 Thomas O’brien 9:58 The Authentics 20:29 Thomas Pheasant 24:12 Charlotte Moss 27:54 Vincente Wolf 31:06 See the World Beautiful 34:31 Stephen Sills 39:27 Vogue Living: Country City Coast 42:16 David Collins Studio: ABCDCS 46:37 “It’s clear that he really loves the color blue, he uses it a lot. His blue though has a dot of periwinkle in it, loves whites like Suzanne said, he’s really beautiful at drapery, and Romans, or silk Romans, or even a sheer Roman, which is really foxy in a room, and there’s always something carved, like African and carved or traveled in with all of these really serene, beautiful, ethereal colors, but then there’s something earthy like the carvings in there.” 32:39 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re going to be talking about your forever home, which is kind of the final destination. A lot of the homes we do are people’s forever homes, or what they think it is, and then they have so much fun during the process that they decide to do it again. We love this because it really does just delve into all the options that make life ideal and make your lifestyle really beautiful. We get into all the specifics kind of in each room of what we see and what will make your life easier and more lovely. This gives you the ability to live life in your home and not have to worry as much because it’s put together. It does everything you need it to do so you can concentrate on the things that are really important. The forever home 2:42 Proximity to hot tub 6:14 Everything you need on the main level 9:04 Double vanities 16:41 The tub 23:10 Closets 25:14 Porch pots 31:55 Food storage 36:01 Elevators 43:12 “We had one client, that was her very first request on her forever home. She’s like, ‘when I want to get away from my children, I order dessert from the Olive Garden and I go eat it inside my small closet just to get away from them. Make sure I have a spot to eat my dessert in my closet because that’s my escape.’” 29:30 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we continue our discussion about exteriors and answer many of the questions our listeners have sent in. We have a question about whether you can paint your stucco, and that all depends on the climate in which you live, so if you live in a place like Utah where you get the extreme of all 4 seasons, it’s going to need to be repainted probably within the next 5-7 years. When talking about color, there are a lot of black and white homes out there, which we would say are somewhat overdone, so if you’re going for that look maybe use a more soft white and charcoal black to avoid being so blatant. Color can also be chosen by the environment or other homes that surround it. Can you paint stucco? 2:23 Siding, hardie board, and creating interest 3:15 Can you replace hardie board for a brick exterior? 7:46 Color - Are black and white homes too trendy? 10:59 How many colors to use on an all-stucco house 14:29 Exterior paint color that isn’t black or white 15:19 Landscaping, fencing 19:33 Decking 22:58 Lighting 24:54 Entry doors 26:18 Garage doors 31:23 Exterior remodels 34:32 Gutters 35:47 “Anything done in good taste is gonna be long lasting. People always ask that, like ‘How do I make sure this isn’t gonna be trendy, or tiresome, or classic?’ If it’s done in good taste, like in your personal style, other people are gonna react to it and they’re gonna buy it.” 14:01 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re going to be talking about exteriors and updating the outside of your home. This is a hot topic for Jess because she keeps driving into her neighborhood and seeing one house after the next turning completely white, which used to be Utah tuscan/brown. A lot of repainting happens with homes and we want to talk about the dos and don’ts of painting and what will or will not look good on your home’s exterior. An influx of house updates 5:56 Is black too trendy for windows? 8:22 Paint colors for shutters 10:00 Making minor updates without demo 12:38 Can you repaint natural stone on the exterior? 17:44 Brick and lime washing 23:45 Suggestions on trim and window colors for red brick reno, and painting brick 25:42 Would you rip off all the brick on a home and start over? 29:18 “What we’re seeing is that a lot of people are updating and changing these houses. For the most part, people are entirely spraying their whole house white. The rock, the stucco, the brick, the beams they’re painting black and putting black garage doors on, or something like that. We’re seeing a lot of contrast.” 6:30 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The reason we wanted to do this episode is because celebrity spaces give us this great courage to go bold. In the early days when we were doing presentations, we just were trying to get people to do a colored kitchen because everyone wanted a white kitchen, and many still do, so we would always go to this classic, Cameron Diaz. She had the green kitchen that was always easy to reference back and suggest to people what they should do. We gather a lot of inspiration from various celebrities’ homes and talk about many of those today. The Cameron Diaz kitchen 4:15 Windsor Smith, big kitchen 7:28 Gwyneth Paltrow’s new home 10:37 Nancy Meyer film sets 15:06 Dianne Keaton 17:20 Lenny Kravitz 19:14 Seeing white everywhere, Kim Kardashian 23:00 “People are always asking “How do I get photography in my home?” and I’ve never seen it done better than in [Lenny Kravitz’] home because he’s taking you through, and he’s super relaxed. He has slung furniture, it’s leather worn like his cool boots and his vests and everything, but you see these crisp, graphic images all over the walls, and they’re massive, and they’re black and white, up close, and he talks about how they’re of his mother and his aunt, they just look so editorial, but they’re so personal and I’m like ‘What a beautiful statement to have your family just surrounding you, but in such an artistic way.’” 19:54 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have David Phoenix with us today, who is the most fun we’ve had at Market so far. He has 20 years of design experience and is a master at combining traditional and modern elements. His interiors are thoughtful, well designed, and most importantly they’re livable. He was named one of America’s top young designers by House Beautiful Magazine. His firm, David Phoenix Interior Design has won numerous awards and his interiors have appeared in and on the cover of major national magazines, such as Arch Digest, California Homes, and The Rob Report. David is known for his designs for Hollywood celebrities, public officials, business magnates, and he’s decorated homes for the Kennedy family, former mayors and governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, and the actor Rob Lowe. The type of design that David does 5:00 How he got into interiors 7:10 What’s most fulfilling in interior design 22:25 Interiors vs product 23:14 The most challenging part 25:35 What he’s most excited about right now 26:27 His super power 29:41 What is your favorite thing to collect? 36:17 The meaning of luxury 47:57 “I just thought, ‘I’m not cut out for a cubicle.’ So I went back and I was cleaning out my friend’s room and he said ‘What do you think?’ and I said ‘I’m just not cut out for a cubicle, but thank you very much.’ and he goes ‘I like you and I wanna help you.’ So I said ‘What do you want to be?’ and he said ‘Think big and you’ll be big.’” 12:47 www.davidphoenix.com @davidphoenixinteriordesign https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our podcast today comes from a listener question. She said that she’d love to hear us discuss what the process was like for us personally and what we learned, what we would do differently, etc. when we built our own homes. So today Cory and Jess talk about their process and what they learned just to help you overcome some of the shortcomings that maybe you’ve experienced. Even as professionals, we still experience shortcomings, so hopefully we can help you not have to fall into those same traps. More about Cory 2:11 What we would do differently in building our new home 8:39 Exterior pain point 16:36 You cannot predict the supply chain 22:03 Finding the right people to work with 26:49 Terminology 29:28 “If you like to make a million decisions, build a house because that is exactly what it is. You’re just gonna have to, every day, make 5-10 decisions that you’re gonna have to live with for however long you’re living in the home.” 7:17 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are answering your questions again, which is your favorite podcast and ours. We love knowing what you guys want to know from us and know that we can always answer your questions. Sometimes your questions will require a lot of information to answer and we will dedicate a whole episode to it, but often we get smaller questions that require shorter answers, and so that’s what we’ll be doing in this episode. The art of effing it up a bit 2:22 How to display family pictures 7:45 Achieving a lux look for less 12:15 Find affordable modern chandeliers 16:06 Is backsplash out? Is it all about the slab now? 21:54 Blending styles 28:26 “The one thing that they have in common is scale. Scale makes everything, and scale meaning the size of things, makes everything feel more luxurious, more expensive.” “Err on the larger side of scale?” “Yes for sure.” 12:43 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re so excited to have Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller with us today. They are the great Carrier and Company and have the whole meal deal. If you’re an interior designer, you want to be them. They have collections through Loloi rugs, Century Furniture, Visual Comfort, Lee Jofa, and Soicher Marin. They’re also named on Architectural Digest AD100, Elle Decor’s A list, Deluxe Gold list, and they’ve been published in Vogue, Town and Country, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Oprah, World of Interiors, and many others. These two are married, live in Upstate New York and share 2 children. Working together and their roles in the company 2:24 Their love story 8:21 Where they find their inspiration 17:25 What they find most fulfilling 22:53 The most challenging and most rewarding part of their job 26:50 Favorite thing to collect 32:56 Defining luxury 36:18 “Because life is getting so busy, I really enjoy the fact that we really do a deep dive with our clients and I kind of live vicariously through them, like figuring out what the fantasy is for their home and their property, and when we’re lucky enough to do projects that are vacation homes where I think there’s always an added element of kind of romance or fantasy. It’s I think what keeps it really fun.” 19:03 www.carrierandcompany.com https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’ve got Adam, Jess’s husband on the podcast who will be interviewing her, which we have been wanting to do for a while, but haven’t been able to until now because Sue just had a baby and will be away for a bit. Adam has a very good understanding of construction and the quality of how and why things are made a certain way, and Jess has a great eye for design, so blending them together is always entertaining and some of the secret sauce to everything. What it was like when they started 5:21 Some of the roles played when starting 9:26 Do you recommend working with your spouse? 16:13 The first market they went to 19:00 Who Jess likes to surround herself with 23:51 How the vision has changed 31:09 The hardest part of running this business over the years 36:15 Getting Jess to be the face 38:38 Quick questions 42:18 How has this business affected our family? 48:02 “Something that you really, really latch onto, and maybe the question is ‘where did this come from?’ but it’s your communication skills. Like when you’re working with a client, when you’re with a friend, or whatever, I’m always so impressed by how it goes beyond the surface and you really want to understand their needs and their wants, and how this piece is going to function within their home and not that it just looks pretty. I think a lot of people can build off a lot of pretty things, but will it last over time? And will it continue to be pretty and functional, and serve people’s needs.” 27:52 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a special treat for you. We’ve got Kristina Kellett and Jessica Talbot who are both senior designers at Alice Lane Home. We had a question from one of our listeners about how to keep traditional design fresh, so we brought in the designers to get their opinions, some of the work they’re doing, and some of the risks they take to just update, freshen, or even what our fresh approach is to keep things looking amazing. Kristina’s and Jessica’s expertise 2:18 Where they get their inspiration from 4:44 Paint colors and finishes 9:52 How to keep traditional design fresh 12:40 Some more projects we’re doing to keep it fresh 19:01 Wallpapers 20:43 Tricks for pattern on pattern 22:04 Tile 26:09 Window treatments 29:40 Final advice 33:40 “You’re gonna pair something really geometric with something very flowy. So if you get this really cool Gracie paper, you probably want something more structured on the floor and maybe less opinionated because you want this Gracie paper to shine, but it’s still OK to put a pattern on the floor. It’s still OK to layer a piece of art on top of your Gracie paper, and it’s still great to start layering in mirrors and these sparkly elements that all just add to the story.” 22:11 @kristinakellett @jesstalbotdesign https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have lots of opinions about the trends we think should go, which is very polarizing, so don’t be offended if you have something we don’t like and love it. You do you, but we definitely have some opinions to share. This kind of got sparked in our idea bank when we were looking at an article called “Ten Designers Share What Trends Need to Disappear Forever.” Naturally this caught our eye, and we were curious to see if we agree or disagree. These are some of the greats that we look up to and have all heard of, so we’ll let you know who the designer was, what they thought, and then what our own thoughts are on each item or topic. Ashley Hicks and feature walls 2:58 Drew McGukin on macrame 4:59 Fern Santini and suites of furniture 9:38 Charles de Lisle’s opinion on waterfall countertops 13:32 Caleb Anderson - Barn doors and accent walls 18:22 Natalie Kraiem - Edison light bulbs 20:53 Young Huh - Neon signs for art 22:10 White walls 23:59 “If you are in the price point of a granite and you’re looking for it, there are interesting granites. Don’t get the one that looks like mystery meat. Don’t get the pebbly one because that one is just cacophonous for the eye, but there are ones that just have still some interesting, larger scale veining and we’ve seen some of these pop up, and we’re like ‘What is that?’ and they’re like ‘It’s a granite,’ and we’re like ‘Oh my gosh! Thank the heavens that there’s more than just the one mystery brown.’” 16:14 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re talking pattern, scale, rhythm, and repeats. This is a really important part of design and keeps things from looking too stale, static, or flat. Pattern preference really depends on what kind of person you are and whether you end up wanting something different down the road hinges on if you’re the kind of person that constantly needs to be changing your style (like in what you wear) or if you’re a person who always wears the same colors, jewelry, and generally stick with the same styles. We touch on a lot more with pattern and scale, which you can find below. How to do plaid without it looking like a farmhouse 5:57 Should pillows have different or repeated patterns? 9:49 How to know you won’t tire of a pattern? 11:39 Mixing contemporary and traditional 15:12 Should you repeat patterns to make things cohesive? 18:43 Carpet 19:01 Best pattern for traditional grand millennial nursery 22:17 +1:52 Combining patterns 23:31 One good tip for understanding pattern and scale 28:12 How to decide scale for furniture size vs the room 28:38 Finding scale problems in your room 33:16 Pillow sizes 35:32 Small art 36:33 When to go small 38:02 Living room lamp size 39:45 “I think as you design your home that you should think about what those memory points are gonna be because even though it’s for you, the people that come by will associate those patterns or rhythms of wall paneling or whatever it may be. They might remember your powder bath, but those things are the things that tell your story.” 5:30 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re doing listener questions again because after looking at the data, it shows that these are your favorite podcast episodes. Whenever we answer your questions, everyone seems to tune in, so we always want to make sure we do this for you guys after saving up the questions until we have enough to do one of these. If you have a specific question you’d like answered on here, send in your question to [email protected] Must have item for kitchen styling 2:16 Rug material for high traffic area 7:03 Best color and material for bathroom fixtures 10:11 If lighting is brass, should knobs be brass? 13:28 Vaulted vs coffered ceilings 22:34 Finding quality craftsmen 26:48 Elegant ceiling fan 31:58 How to elevate a cookie cutter or tracked home 35:53 Does Alice Lane offer design service for just one or two rooms? 40:29 Great vintage looking tile that is budget friendly 42:57 The most important thing to update when renovating a room 44:58 Making a shower curtain look chic 46:45 Pocket doors 48:43 Fabric 51:12 Can you put a mirror in the middle of a two window wall? 54:32 “So we have a service, it’s called ‘It’s Furniture Designers’ and it’s free. So you guys, they are going to choreograph and use everything from our showroom and inside of our warehouse that’s ready to go out, they know how to use our website. They just all have really, really gorgeous taste and they’re designers. A lot of them are graduated, they’re using AutoCAD and you’re gonna talk to them on the phone, send them your measurements, Pinterest pictures, and then they’re gonna lay out all the furniture.” 40:44 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are going to be talking about pools and it’s Summer time, we’re all thinking about it, and some of you are planning them for your future homes, so we’re here to talk about everything we’ve learned and all that we can share with you from an interior designer’s perspective. There are a lot of questions we’ve had for different pools and price points, so we want to talk about the different types of pools, and then we get into the one we used most as designers for homeowners that want something really pretty and lovely. The limitations that may come with pools 2:55 Different types of pools 4:38 The anatomy of the pool 8:57 Salt water vs chlorine pools 11:40 Making above-ground pools look beautiful 13:57 Pool covers 19:04 Pool depth/child and safety 20:57 Stone and tile, patio material for cold weather 28:33 Black bottom pools 33:58 Hot tubs 37:44 Beach towels 39:54 “We did this one home down in St. George and they called it a spool… spool is for small pool, and it was just enough for them to get wet, for the kids when it’s so hot in Saint George, but they didn’t have a group of room back there. So spool is great, and he was also saying that where he lived he did a lap pool that was 70 feet by 5 feet, strictly for laps, but you can do a pool to whatever constraints you have land wise. You can get as big as you want, or as small as you want.” 16:25 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’ve got Paloma Contreras who is an award winning interior designer and taste maker based in Houston Texas. Her design is a modern take on traditional style gravitating toward classic silhouettes and timeless pieces paired with a touch of glamour and an infusion of color. Paloma is highly decorated when it comes to being a designer. She’s in the Next Wave interior designer by House Beautiful and has been named on LUXE Magazine’s gold list, the ELLE Decor A List, and she has also been named number 4 on Forbes list of the Top Social Media influencers in the home category. Her book Dream, Design, Live 3:15 How she starts with people who are stumped 9:14 Kips Bay Showhouse 11:47 Paloma’s style 17:27 Sources of inspiration 20:03 Tried and true design advice 23:31 Being a teacher 26:07 What she’s learned from having a showroom 29:38 “You usually get about 2 and a half months from the time that you’re asked to participate until opening night and in this particular case of Palm Beach, we couple that with a pandemic and a global supply chain crisis and it’s not for the faint of heart, but I actually loved that part of it. I loved the challenge and having sort of the satisfaction at the end of it to think ‘OK guys, we pulled this off. We did it.’ And you know, that feels really great.” 14:38 www.palomacontreras.com @palomacontrerasdesign @shoppalomaandco https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is part two on cabinetry. We had 4 pages of questions from you guys and got tired the last episode and quit early, but today we wanted to try and be less wordy with these ones and get through them all as best we can. We talked about a whole plethora of things, such as what tones have become more popular, or what styles will stand the test of time, to which we answered that it depends on you. Know who you are and style so that things represent who you are. Refinishing and changing the style 2:36 Details to watch for 4:37 Affordability 7:46 A shift in tones 10:50 What style will stand the test of time? 15:15 Glass shelving vs wood and clear fronts vs solid 17:06 Lighting a cabinet 19:00 Design layout of the kitchen 20:44 Flat panel drawer fronts with shaker doors 26:35 Storage 27:33 Cabinet must haves 31:51 Island dos and don’ts 41:18 “A lot of homes that we do have what we call a show kitchen, which is the beautiful place that they spread their doordash on, or maybe they’re cooking and they just have this lovely party place, but then behind, like say you have your range wall, you’ll have a big pantry and it’s usually a bit more linear and you have other secondary appliances that you need if you’re like ‘I have to have another double oven,’ you might throw that in there. You’ll usually have another sink back there, you’ll have these spots.” 23:03 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices