Decorating Tips And Tricks

Do you know your decorating style? Let's talk about several of the popular styles. We think it's important to know a bit about what your particular style is, so you will have some direction when you are shopping for new things.Here are a few of the styles we discussed are COUNTRY FRENCH, SHABBY CHIC, COASTAL, MODERN, CONTEMPORARY, TRADITIONAL, TRANSITIONAL, MINIMALIST, GUSTAVIAN, AND ECLECTIC.Contains affiliate links.Kelly is crushing on SUPERTHRIVE HEREAnita is crushing on the green tea mints at Trader Joes and the gluten free ice cream cones HERENeed help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HEREHang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and Kelly's YouTube channels. Links are below to all those places to

We love the idea of using - really using and enjoying - your living room daily. There are some hot trends to discuss, suggestions we have and so much more. So get a 'coffee or a cocktail' and settle in to get the scoop on all things living room. Statement ceilings - dark colors are bold and lovely. Lucerne Blue by Ben Moore is a color listener Jen W. used to great effect on one of her ceilings. The living room is a place for statement art. Make it big & beautiful. June at Art Tide on Etsy has a wonderful selection of hand painted art in a variety of sizes. Visit ArtTide HERE. Re-examine your fireplace. Use black high heat paint to spruce up the firebox. Get a can HERE. We participate in the Amazon Associates program so if you buy an item after clicking thru the links we may receive a small fee from Amazon. This in no way increases or effects the price you pay. Remove the mesh curtain or metal door and the faux logs and opt for glass firestone. See a colorful assortment HERE. Have a look

Today we talk about lessons that will make you a better decorator. We love learning, and sharing all we have learned about making your home beautiful. Here are some of our favorite lessons. Take a picture of the room first. When you look at the photo, you'll notice things you didn't notice standing in the room. And then as you make changes you'll have a before photo. Be sure to take a photo after you make changes too! Make sure your layout works for your room. Sliders for moving furniture on wood floors are found HERE and HERE for carpet Find Anita's book is HERE Find Kelly's book is HERE Aim for a timeless look when you are buying big ticket items. Add some black to every room. Add layers to your home Add some living plants Buy a solid color sofa for it to be in style for the long haul. Listen to our sofa episode HERE Try to buy lamps in pairs. Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layo

We all want to be happier, and did you know that your home can go a long way to helping you feel happier? We want you to walk into a room with fresh eyes, and to see, really see what is in the room and how it is making your feel. Do you avoid being home? Do you dread walking in the door? You experience a room with your senses. We participate in the affiliate program with Amazon and other retailers. We may receive a small fee for qualified purchases at no extra cost to you. Kelly is crushing on the utility/garden tote from Steel Canvas. See it HERE. Anita is crushing on this phone cover that protects you from the radiation from your phone HERE Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE Hang out with u

Something always lies right beneath the surface ... In the case of neutrals what lies beneath is the undertone. Listen in & learn about undertones & you'll crack the code of neutrals in your decor. Neutrals we love: Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray Ben Moore Revere Pewter Ben Moore Gray Ben Moore Huntington White Sherwin Williams Natural Choice Farrow & Ball Blue Leaning Gray Ben Moore Barrista Two grays Kelly swears by and not about ( no undertones here! ). Read about these paints HERE. Crushes: Anita - Tri Nova for doggie accidents - HERE. Kelly - Twister Lily of the Nile plant by Monrovia - HERE. Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE Hang out with us between episodes a

Accent chairs add so much character to a room and can help make it feel cozy. Picture a comfy chair sitting by a fire or a window. Inviting isn't it? Add a small table, a book or magazine and you have the perfect destination. To help you find your perfect accent chair we are sharing our favorites. Anita's favorite chairs are below. Nightingale settee HERE Heritage young armchair HERE Swedish rococo chair HERE. kubu chair HERE Louisa bergere chair HERE Shephard armchair HERE Lyster armchair HERE Kelly's favorite chairs are below. Anatasia tufted chair ( one In Kelly's kitchen ) HERE. Rattan is hot again and this chair has all the good vibes rattan can give. HERE. Buffalo checks are classic & so it the style of the wing backed beauty. HERE Secretly recliner lover? Check out the Brooke recliner by Ballard Designs noone will ever know! HERE This is simply a very cool chair. HERE The black chaise Kelly added to her living room is HERE. Kelly is crushing on Sezane HERE Anita is crushing on

You asked for this episode ... so here it is! "How to Photograph you Home" Whether it is for your Instagram, to share with family & friends, to promote your home on Air BnB or VRBO or to sell by owner. Learning how to take beautiful photographs is useful, creative & can be a hobby that lasts a lifetime. Listen in for all the tips & advice. Click below for the specific items and things we reference. We participate in the affiliate program with Amazon and other retailers. We may receive a small fee for qualified purchases at no extra cost to you. Get a tripod HERE. How about a tripod for your phone HERE. Terrific starter DLSR camera HERE. Shoot Fly Shoot photography classes HERE. Kelly's book with many iphone photos HERE. PicMonkey HERE. Photoshop HERE. Crushes: The book: Tender to the Bone The book: Comfort Me With Apples The Instagram: We Rate Dogs HERE. Stair treads HERE. Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to

Do you know what a demilune is? How about chinoiserie? What is the difference between welting and piping? I love to learn, so this is a fun episode for me. It's always good to know decorating terms, so when you hear them, you'll know exactly what is being said.  Caution, you'll be graded on this test! Just kidding.  Anita is crushing on the Overdrive app that is great for borrowing audiobooks for free from your local library. The files download directly to your phone!  Overdrive app HERE Kelly is crushing on Van Leeuwen delicious ice cream! Yum!!! HERE Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and Kelly's YouTube channels. Links are below to all tho

Fantastic tips & advice for entertaining on any scale from an impromptu get together to a full fledged affaire! This episode is inspired by our long time listener turned friend Darcy H. Thank you Darcy!! We are celebrating a milestone too - we recently surpassed 200 hours of podcast episodes. That's a lot of talking! Welcome to all the new subscribers who have come over from Kelly's YouTube channel. Join her there by clicking HERE. Listen in for all the tips & advice from what to remove to what to add, what to serve, where to serve it and what NOT to have in the bathroom during a party... Here is the source for gorgeous paper goods that Anita mentioned - click HERE. Kelly's crush is a podcast - Revisionist History hosted ny Malcolm Gladwell. Tune in HERE. Anita's crush is a travel duffle that you can actually attached to the handle of your wheely suitcase. Check it out HERE. A new listener, Nadia, when wondering where to start when tuning into DTT, asked what are our top 3 episodes?

Let's talk how to know when you've got the real McCoy! Is it real? Is it fake? Is it worth anything? We're talking about some of our favorite antique pieces and what we look for when we're shopping. How do you know when the silverware is French? Can you tell if a dish is ironstone? Listen in.We participate in the affiliate program with Amazon and other retailers. We may receive a small fee for qualified purchases at no extra cost to you.If you want to study American silver hallmarks, try Kovel’s American silvermarks HEREIf you want to study English silver hallmarks, try Jackson’s Guide to Hallmarks HEREAnita is crushing on the audiobook Eliza Hamilton: The extraordinary life and times of the wife of Alexander Hamilton HEREKelly loves these rose pruning gloves. Click HERENeed help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll als

Summertime and the decorating is easy... Easy when you listen to DTT ! Summer decorating might just be more about what you take away than what you add. Remove and store away any items that say winter. That is includes the beloved furry monogolain pillows! Maybe you take down drapes & let the room bask in even more sunlight. If you are adding for summer, how about: A straw hat casually hung on a hook or from a chair back; HERE We are a part of the Amazon affiliate program, and if you make a purchase we can earn money. That saffron yellow Kelly loves; HERE Demi John bottles in seaglass colors; HERE Ticking pillows; HERE A rattan chair; HERE. Striped cotton rugs; HERE Market baskets; HERE A big bowl filled with lemons; HERE Wicker trays; HERE The versatile cloche; HERE Bud vases for every room; HERE and do plant some Sweet Pea seeds for next year! HERE Kelly's crush is the Join Us In France podcast. Listen HERE. Anita is crushing on a podcast too - Style Matters: The Little Yellow C

We are loving wallpaper. It's such a great way to add pattern to a room, and there are so many gorgeous papers available. There are also exciting things happening in the industry, with new products to make our lives easier. There are wallpapers that can be used on uneven walls. There's also wallpapers that are easily removable. sources for removable wallpaper hygge & west chasing paper walls need love west elm wall candy arts wallternatives ebay is a great place to find wallpaper on clearance Graham and Brown has a clearance section that often has wallpaper marked 75% off etsy is a great place to get vintage and custom wallpaper Here are Anita's wallpaper favorites. Lepidoptera HERE Ottoman HERE Honey bee HERE Strawberry thief HERE Hornbeam HERE Tente stripe HERE Renaissance HERE St Antoine HERE Elle Decor wallpapers HERE The Spruce modern wallpaper on a budget HERE Anita is crushing on the Ford Ranger HERE Kelly is crushing on this fabulous quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a French poet, writer, ari

Your ceiling - the "5th wall" presents an opportunity to add great style to your decor. Sure ... ceiling white is fine - but why be fine when you can be FABULOUS! This episode is brought to you by Diane James Home. Click the box below for a chance to win a $150 gift certifictae to Diane James. In addition to the chance to win, everyone entered will get a discount for 15% your purcahse at Duane James Home. Soooo many opportunities for ceiling enhancement: Paint Metallic paint Repositional wallpaper Traditional wall paper Beams Coiffered tiles HERE. Tin tiles HERE. Planking HERE. Listen in on the details for each of these ideas & more! Crushes: Anita's crush is cashew ice cream. Taste it ( well sorta for now ) HERE. Kelly's is a Metal foldable wine rack ( yes it holds 54 bottles ). See it HERE. We are a part of the Amazon affiliate program, and if you make a purchase we can earn money. Anita's Amazon favorites are HERE Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized con

We all have a budget, and it's so hard to stick to it. Today we're talking about how to not blow your budget, and we've got some of our favorite tips to share. Staying on budget means that you need to think about the long haul, and not about instant gratification. Sometimes you have to wait for that special thing. Don't fall into the trap of buying filler pieces that you don't don't really like. It's okay to have empty spaces in your home. Be sure you know what items cost, then you'll know it when you see a good price. We've done a few other episodes on budget decorating that you can find below. Fresh budget decorating ideas HERE Budget decor with style HERE Best budget ideas HERE Champagne taste on a beer budget HERE Anita is crushing on this site for a custom ipad case HERE (affiliate link) Kelly is crushing on the book At Home in the Garden HERE We are a part of the Amazon affiliate program, and if you make a purchase we can earn money. Anita's Amazon favorites are HERE Need help with your home?

It is said that design is in the details. Well, we think it is everywhere big & small, ... but the details definitely separate a nice room from a fabulous room. Details give personality, charm & style to your decor.Today we give you several simple ideas for adding details that will easily make your rooms fabulous!Use Kelly's idea for hanging mirrors or art.Hardware can be a wonderful detail that enhances your decor. Listen ot the hardware episode HERE.Add sprigs in bud vases all over your house. Just about any small container that can hodl water can be a bud vase or get a set HERE. Finials!Switch to wooden spoons etc. HERE.Pump bottles for shampoo & conditioner HERE.Listen to our Detox Your Home Episode HERE.Wireless is a Lie episode HERE.Kelly's crush is the show "For the Love of Dogs with Paul O'Grady". Check it out HERE.Anita's is an extension cord that has a dimmer toggle on it!! HERE.We are a part of the Amazon affiliate program, and if you make a purchase we can earn money. Anita's Am

We've talked about creating your own signature style HERE But you know what's just as important? We think it's developing your own signature color palette. It's important to decide what colors you want to use. Limiting these colors to your signature ones, will help your home to feel cohesive. It helps when you want to move things from one room to another, and it makes it easier when you are shopping for decor. Try to stick to 3-5 colors for your palette. We mentioned the episode about china cabinets. Take a listen if you want to go topless HERE You'll also want to listen to the episode about the color rules HERE Take a listen to our episode all about using complementary colors HERE We are crushing on... Anita is so excited to find Reason to Bake HERE They bake delicious gluten free goodies and employ people with intellectual disabilities. Kelly is in love with the March/April 2019 issue of Veranda magazine. It's available at the usual places like Barnes and Noble and maybe your grocery store. We are a

House plants literally & figuratively breathe life into your decor. They clean the air, fill akward spaces and give height. Do you have any in your home? Well, you should! Don't tell us you have a brown thumb. We don't believe in those or green thumbs for that matter. Choose the right plant for the right spot and follow some common sense advice and you'll be growing like a pro! Add spanish moss to a potted plant for a finished look and to help retain the moisture. Get a bag or two HERE. Add a few drops of THRIVE to your watering schedule & your plants will definitely thrive! Get a bottle HERE. Kelly has an idea to add a shelf for plants under the window sill in her DINING ROOM. Kelly loves these cement pots. Check them out HERE. Here is a list of easy to grow house plants: Peace Lily Spider Plant Cast Iron Plant Pothos Philodendron Snake Plant English Ivy Shamrock Plant ZZ Plant Our crushes: Kelly's is a rambling rose. A Lady Banks Rose to be exactly. Learn more about hem HERE on he

We want you to create or hone your own signature style! Do you already have a signature style! Let's talk about refining it. Don't have one yet? Let's talk about getting started. It's all about creativity, expressing your personality and having fun. Check out Anita's signature style in her Instagram feed HERE Check out Kelly's signature style in her Instagram feed HERE Did you hear that we were the #2 design podcast in Finland? We love you Finland!!! We use affilate links. DTT can make a small fee from qualifiying purchases. We are crushing on... Kelly has fallen for this long this versatile zinc or rose gold planter. See it HERE. Anita loves this seeded eucalyptus leaf wreath HERE We are a part of the Amazon affiliate program, and if you make a purchase we can earn money. Anita's Amazon favorites are HERE Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room ne

Wake up your bedroom with our terrific tips! Easy, inexpensive & moreover, effective. After listening to this episode you will be well on your way to the bedroom sanctuary of your dreams! For ideas for art over your bed listen to our recent wall art episode. Click HERE. See Kelly's bedroom & furry bench HERE. Watch Kelly's bedroom sanctuary VIDEO HERE. Have a look at Anita's latest bedroom project HERE. Anita's crush this week is from fellow Francophiles. Click HERE for a French Frye in Paris and HERE for a French Girl in Seattle: Kelly's crush is closer to her home. Click HERE for a tour of Rose Story Farm located near Santa Barbara. We solved our listener question of the OG of bee's wax sprays. Aptly called The Original Bees Wax Spray. Get a can of it HERE. As Anita says, if you don't have it you need it! ( Kelly just used it on all her leather purses - fabulous!! ) We are a part of the Amazon affiliate program, and if you make a purchase we can earn money. Anita's Amazon favor

There are two pieces that you CAN love again! Today we are talking about refreshing china cabinets and light fixtures. We have so many terrific ideas to update these decor pieces to give them new life. This episode was inspired by Donna M. Thanks Donna - great episode idea! Connie F was thinking along the same lines & sent us gorgeous photos of the china cabinet she transformed. Way to go Girl!!! One thing you can do is change out the lampshade on your lamp for a fresh look, or you can spray paint your chandelier. You can change the chandelier light sleeves, find them HERE Anita redid a chandelier on her back porch HERE You can also remove the top of your china cabinet. Anita mentioned her vacation home in North Carolina. Here is a link to the buffet/hutch she has there HERE Update your china cabinet with new hardware from our friends at D Lawless Hardware HERE We are crushing on... affiliate links Miranda, the TV show HERE 500 Hidden Secrets of Paris, the book HERE We are a part of the A