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Create a cozy, comfortable home on a budget! * Do you spend hours on Pinterest pinning beautiful images? * Do you go over to a friend’s house and have decor envy? * Do you wonder where to start when it comes to decorating your house? * Are you frustrated every time you walk into your house because you haven’t taken any action on decor? * Do you wish you could create a cozy home on a budget? Friend, I’ve been there... This podcast inspires REAL moms with REAL homes and REAL budgets to transform their houses into homes they love. You will learn affordable and practical decorating tips, tricks, DIY tutorials, and more. I teach home owners how break through the barrier of what’s keeping them stuck in their home design, while also encouraging them to tell their home’s story from within by living a life of intention with the people they share their home with. My mission is to equip you with all the how-tos so you can decorate a home you love walking in to; a home you are confident in, that feels cozy and comfortable; a home that feels cohesive and put together. Hey, I’m Dani - a former First Grade teacher turned home decorator. Going from a dual income to a single income so I could stay home with my babies meant budget - like Ramen eating, Goodwill shopping budget and I learned a few things along the way: how to bring BIG style to your home without breaking the bank. And I’ve put it all together in this podcast so you know where to start, what to buy and where to hang it! If you’re ready to break free from the Pinterest perfect trap and decorate your home with style by making confident decisions (all without taking out a second mortgage) - this podcast is for you! So put down that sledgehammer, grab your paintbrush and let’s get started! `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Let’s Connect: * Community: https://bit.ly/design101group * Website: https://www.figandfarmathome.com * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/ Let’s Learn: * How to paint furniture: https://bit.ly/paintingfurniture101 * How to style a bookshelf: https://bit.ly/bookstyleguide * How to find your style: https://bit.ly/pinning101 Free Resources: * Elevate your home’s style with these 5 quick tips: https://bit.ly/5homesecrets * Get started decorating your home by learning the basics: https://bit.ly/fandfb2b * Take the quiz to see if you serve your home or your home serves you: https://bit.ly/bossofhome
Episodes
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
RULES: you either love them or hate them!
When it comes to decorating your home, rules can be helpful but also restricting. Let's think of them as guidelines. Guidelines are meant to be shifted and change depending on the purpose of styling. Today, we're talking BOOKSHELF STYLING.
Bookshelves are an opportunity for you to showcase your personal style while telling your story. Bookshelves, however, can be 100% books or 100% tchotchkes. The balance I like to create and the one we're talking about inside today's episode is bookshelves that use this ONE rule: 80/20
Bookshelves that have 80% practicality (not all books as you'll hear inside the show) and 20% accessories.
Here's a challenge for you: think about displaying some practical, yet beautiful pieces on your bookshelf instead of tucking them away inside your closed cabinets or taking up real estate inside your garage.
What are beautiful pieces that are practical for a bookshelf?
Vases, baskets, and boxes are just a few.
Ready to learn even more about bookshelf styling? Join Home Design 101 where styling your flat surfaces, including bookshelves, is an entire module! You'll be an expert by the end!!!
LAST DAY to get $50 OFF Home Design 101 with code: ITSTIME
Register here: Home Design 101
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Facebook Community: https://bit.ly/design101group
Happy bookshelf styling!
xo,
dani
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
HOW DO YOU SIMPLIFY THE DESIGN PROCESS AND START?
In today's episode we're talking about FINALLY taking action and applying all of the things you've been learning about home design. But here's the hard truth...if you want an easy pill, the easy button, the fast action...hire a designer.
For the rest of you who are READY to APPLY what you've been learning, follow these four steps:
1. STOP consuming inspiration
2. Think about your WHY and determine if it is STRONGER than the limiting belief that has been keeping you stuck in in-action
3. Make a plan
4. Enlist a little help
HELP can come in the form of long-term application: Google, Youtube, consumption from podcasts, blogs, etc.
OR
HELP can come in the form of short-term application: Home Design 101, a 9 module self-paced course that guides you through the steps you need to take in order to create a cozy, cohesive looking home. Office hours every other week are included with this course so you can receive the individualized help that you need specific to your home.
Now through Tuesday, December 18th, get $50 OFF Home Design 101 with code: ITSTIME
Register here: Home Design 101
Can't wait to see you inside Home Design 101!
dani
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Facebook Community: https://bit.ly/design101group
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Do you DELIGHT in your home?
Delight means to take 'great pleasure in' or be 'pleased greatly by' something. At fig & farm (at home) our goal is NOT perfection in our homes. Our goal is delight: to create homes that reflect your family's story while while being a joyful space for you to spend time with the people you love most.
In today's episode, we're taking a break from the tips for home decorating and focusing our attention on creating intentionality inside your homes so you can delight in your home this holiday season.
5 tips for delighting in your home this holiday season:
1. Identify the barriers standing in your way of delight
2. Remediate or remove those barriers
3. Surround yourself with the things you love
4. Make space for the people you love most
5. Practice gratitude for things both BIG and small
Are you ready to create a home that feels cozy and looks cohesive? Join Home Design 101 to have guidance all along the design journey. Get your questions answered inside our private, student-only Facebook Group and have twice monthly Office Hours. Home Design 101
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Facebook Community: https://bit.ly/design101group
Happy Styling!
xo,
dani
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Can your design style be too specific?
In today's podcast I'm answering one listener's question who is asking if her desire to have a Coastal Cowgirl home would be too specific. She wants to know how to keep thematic decorating like that on the sophisticated, rather than cheesy side.
In today's episode I'm sharing how NO personal design style can ever be too specific - in fact, the more specific the better. I walk her through a couple of exercises to help her understand how to bring in 'coastal' and 'cowgirl' - a combination I've never heard of, into decorating-harmony inside her home.
How do you learn your design style? By being specific and then more specific and even more specific. You can learn how to identify your style inside Home Design 101.
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Happy Styling!
xo,
dani
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Do YOU know your personal design style?
Hey friend!
Inside this episode you get to be a fly on the wall as I have a conversation with Andrea about identifying her design aesthetic. At the beginning of our conversation she wasn't sure what it was, but you'll hear that she actually knew EXACTLY what it was in very nuanced terms.
Is YOUR DESIGN STYLE within reach just like Andrea's?
Every two weeks inside Home Design 101 we have Office Hours where I answer questions from the students so they can have design breakthroughs just like Andrea. Ready for your design break through?
REGISTER: Home Design 101
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Happy Styling!
xo,
dani
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Ready to re-finish furniture, but you don't know where to start?
How do you know if you should paint it or stain it?
What do you do with water stains or deep scratches?
How do you sand it?
What paint do you use?
These are some of the questions you may be asking yourself and these same questions may be keeping you stuck so you end up NOT re-finishing the piece that you want to.
In this episode I'm sharing tips for how to successfully start refinishing your first piece of furniture, how to choose what to do with it and what to look out for. Is painting or staining up to you? Not entirely...it's all about the furniture. I teach you what to look out for and what might make a project more difficult than it has to be.
Share YOUR furniture re-finishes inside our group: https://bit.ly/design101group
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Happy styling!
xo,
dani
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
"How do I make my bedroom look cute?"
This question came in from one listener who is desiring to make her bedroom look and feel a bit more like a retreat after the end of a long day. Using these 5 tips inside your bedroom (even inside the rest of your home) can help you elevate the look of your home.
1. Create a color palette using three colors: one foundational color and two accent colors
2. Add layers and texture. Doing so creates depth and nuance inside your room. Nuance elevates the overall look making the design go from flat to a little more complex.
3. Repetition is key to great design...even in the bedroom. Repeating colors from the color palette throughout your room in items like textiles, curtains, decor accessories, and artwork will help unify the space making it feel cohesive.
4. Break up the match-matchy pieces: bedding sets, bedroom furniture. This is your permission to remove a couple pieces and replace them with contrasting pieces that add a little more personality. Doing this will elevate the look of your room instantly.
5. Styling the bedding: plump those pillows. Get them out from under the cover and let them have a moment near the headboard. Don't worry about adding fifteen - that's overkill. But can you have five? Yup. And those five will look stunning if you're following the other suggestions!
Five quick tips for styling your bedroom in a way that looks and feels like a. cozy, calming retreat at the end of the day. Want help styling your bedroom? Inside Home Design 101 you gain the tools and knowledge for how to create a home that you can't stop gushing about! With bi-weekly coaching to give you guidance and support, this is a no-brainer!
Register here for: Home Design 101
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Facebook Community: https://design101group
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Happy styling!
xo,
dani
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Are you ready to host for the holidays?
Is the idea of hosting for the holidays stressful? If you answered yes, ask yourself "WHY?" Sometimes it's the personalities of the people we're hosting. Sometimes we don't know how to encourage conversation and it's just so awkward.
BUT SOMETIMES...we are just so insecure with how our home looks, feels and functions that we don't feel confident to welcome others in.
In today's episode, I'm sharing how you can identify which barrier may be keeping you from hosting others and what to do about it!
Learn to love your home in a way that you can't stop gushing about it inside Home Design 101, a self-paced course that teaches you how to decorate your home from the color palette to the color of metals. There's bi-weekly support so you can get your questions answered in real time!
Register here: Home Design 101
Want my Black Friday holiday catalog? Reply "Black Friday" for yours!
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Facebook Community: https://design101group
Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Happy hosting!
xo,
dani
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Don't have TIME to decorate your home?
In this episode we determine if we lack time or we lack motivation? Sometimes our desire to make change is greater than our motivation to actually decorate and we confuse ourselves into thinking we have no time, when the reality is that we lack the motivation.
In an effort to find time when we think we have none, I teach you how to do a time audit so you can see the holes in your day when productivity can start. Then I give you five creative ideas for creating more time and/or motivating you into action.
1. Have a one week no screen time rule and see ALL the time that magically appears
2. Swapping with a friend (childcare, meal prep, or man power)
3. Have a Power Hour (at the beginning or end of your day) where you are waking early or going to bed late so you can have uninterrupted time in your day to get your work done.
4. Give yourself a carrot (an external motivator) for reaching your goal
5. Accountability (small group is best, you'll hear why and you'll also learn a suggestion for making it more fun for everyone)
You CAN create more time if you want it, but the question that needs to be asked and the answer revealed in truth...how motivated are you to create that time to make change happen?
As always,
xo,
dani
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Facebook Community: https://bit.ly/design101group
Home Design 101 (a self-paced course that teaches you how to decorate your home on a budget): https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Ready to DECLUTTER but you don't know where to start?
Have you tried decluttering but haven't felt very successful? Do you wonder if you should empty out an entire room or start small and go item by item?
In this episode we're talking about different strategies for decluttering. I give three examples of decluttering in a BIG way...like you want the stuff gone and you want it gone NOW kind of way.
1. KonMari Method
2. Swedish Death Cleaning
3. Clean Sweep
I also share five ways you can declutter with a more gentle approach. These strategies are great if you are gradually building up momentum or in a phase of maintaining a big purge recently completed.
1. Round Robin Method
2. 12 - 12 - 12
3. 5 Item Rule
4. Domino Method
5. 30 Day Minimalism Game or 30 Day Declutter Challenge
Try one, try them all, but no matter which method you choose get accountability. Tell a buddy what your goals are, what your vision for you home is and ask them to check in with you. Need us to do it? We're BEYOND HAPPY to do that. Join the Facebook Community and post your goals, your method, even your clutter trigger (listen to Ep. 198 to know what that is) there and we'll check in with your progress!! https://bit.ly/design101group
// Links Mentioned in Show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Happy decluttering!!
xo,
dani