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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 Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
"Designer"...sounds pricey doesn't it?
Is the potential cost of the designer holding you back from getting the help that you want and need in your home? Are you READY to hire someone who can guide you through the process? Before you open the yellow pages or scroll Google, think about these 5 things so you'll be ready to interview the prospective designer when you chat.
T.R.U.S.T.
T: Time (they should take time to get to know YOU so they can appropriately design a space that serves you!)
R: Respect (they should respect your budget, no matter how small, your time and your style.)
U: Understand (silly, but...they should understand that they DON'T live there and their design should reflect YOU.)
S: Show (they should be able to show you product or a plan before you purchase a thing.)
T: Teach (they should include you in the process enough that you are learning a thing or two along the way - so you have a tool in your tool belt for the next time you want a room re-fresh.)
// Links Mentioned in Show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: www.figandfarmathome.com
Join the newsletter: hello@figandfarmathome.com
5 home secrets: https://bit.ly/5homesecrets
Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/design101group
Decorating S.O.S. (decorating coaching call): https://www.figandfarmathome.com/book-a-call
Room Edit: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/room-edit
Mood Boards: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/room-spin-pricing
Example of Room Edit (podcast): https://figandfarmathome.podbean.com/e/130/
Happy Styling!
xo,
dani
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Are you a Stuff Manager?
Or maybe a Stuff Shuffler? Whatever you call it, managing stuff is a problem so many of us mamas face daily. Moving piles of stuff to sit down for dinner, putting kids' stuff away to make space for a family movie night, picking stuff off the floor of your closet that doesn't have a proper home anymore. What if, instead of ignoring the elephant in the room, we actually kicked it out? What if, we gathered together enough time, tips, support, encouragement, and accountability to make headway in this problem area that so many of us have had for years.
What if...instead of spending our time moving piles of stuff we were able to play games with our kiddos each night?
What if...instead of letting the stuff on the table win, we were able to sit at the dinner table as a family and share a meal and conversation together?
What if...instead of picking through the pile of clothes each morning wondering which shirt is clean and which is dirty, we were able to find a clean shirt hanging in the shirt section in our closet?
What if?
Join me on a 14 day de-cluttering challenge: https://bit.ly/design101group
Challenge starts Monday, January 16, 2023!!
// Links Mentioned in Show: //
Email: figandfarmathome@gmail.com
Website: www.figandfarmathome.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
// Connect with Emily McDermott: //
Email: info@simplebyemmy.com
Website: www.simplebyemmy.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplebyemmy/
Happy de-cluttering!
xo,
dani
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Everyone has one...if it's not a WORD of the year it's a
COLOR of the year!
Trends, by their very nature are made up of things of INFLUENCE, and that includes color. So, what COLOR is influencing home design trends, fashion, trends, make-up trends...THIS YEAR?
Introducing Pantone's COLOR OF THE YEAR: viva magenta! But what even is Pantone and why does it get a say in all the trends? Learn about that, as well as other players in the color industry and their colors of the year in today's episode.
PLUS...now what? Now that we know what the color of the year is, what do we do with it in our homes if we don't want to paint the walls just to paint themagain next year's color of the year. In this episode I share TEN ways you can experiment with the color of the year without over committing!
// Links mentioned in show: //
Website: figandfarmathome.com
Facebook Community: https://bit.ly/design101group
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Feeling stuck in home design? Book a Decorating S.O.S. call here:
https://www.figandfarmathome.com/book-a-call
Say hi: figandfarmathome@gmail.com
Happy styling!
xo,
dani
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Hear ye, hear ye...
The 2023 home design predictions are here!!! Design experts from all the places came together (but not really since there are some seriously contradicting ideas) to forecast their home design and decor predictions of the year. So...what's staying and what's going? Some are repeats from last year, some were complete shockers that they're still a 'trend' and others are absolutely no surprise. And some friends...are things fig & farm (at home) has been saying since day 1!!!
Listen in, then weigh in inside our Facebook Group on which trend are you happy to see leaving and which one you're happy to see coming.
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: figandfarmathome@gmail.com
Website: www.figandfarmathome.com
Decorated Laundry Room: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/blog-1/search/laundry%20room
Learn to paint furniture: https://bit.ly/paintingfurniture101
Mixing Old & New in home design: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/blog-1/search/mixing%20old%20and%20new
Book a call: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/book-a-call
Happy Styling!
xo,
dani
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
You've put the Christmas decorations away, it's a new year and now you're ready for a fresh start in your home's decorations? Is this you?
Before you go to your favorite home decor store or get your credit card out to make the big purchase, I encourage you to Pause. Reflect on what your home has done for you this past year - the way it's served you and your family well. Explore the Purpose you have for your home (or more specifically, the room you want to refresh) and ask yourself what you want that room to do for you and how it can serve you and your family a little better than it did last year. Then, before making any changes or purchases, make a Plan. How does that plan reflect the purpose you have for the room, your unique design style, your feeling word you want for the room and your color palette? Not sure how all of those things go together or why they even matter?
* Get on the waitlist for Home Design 101: figandfarmathome@gmail.com
* Book a Decorating S.O.S. call: www.figandfarmathome.com/book-a-call
// Links mentioned in show: //
Home Design 101 (waitlist): figandfarmathome@gmail.com
Decorating S.O.S.: www.figandfarmathome.com/book-a-call
Pinterst 101 - Pinning with a Purpose: https://bit.ly/pinning101
Website: www.figandfarmathome.com
Facbook Community: https://bit.ly/design101group
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Happy Styling!
xo,
dani
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Are you drowning in STUFF?
Is there stuff everywhere you look? Are you tripping over things that you know should have a resting place in your home? Are you constantly moving one pile in order to make space for another pile - thinking that what you're doing is called organizing?
Friend, I hear you! It's overwhelming, frustrating and disappointing all wrapped into one. Do you want the good news? The good news is you CAN declutter, edit, remove, get rid of (whatever you want to call it) the excess so you can stop living for your stuff, and start living!
In today's episode, I share three ways you can SUCCESSFULLY start decluttering your space to make room for more living - more time to interact with your kids, more time to chat with your husband, more room to have your friends over. More life, less stuff.
If you want help creating a plan to remove the excess in your life, book a call:
Decorating S.O.S. because decorating CAN'T happen if we first don't address the stuff.
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: figandfarmathome@gmail.com
Website: www.figandfarmathome.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Table-scape Workshop: https://bit.ly/figandfarmholidaytable
Happy styling!
xo,
dani
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Registration for Home Design 101 Winter Session closes
TODAY!!!
Register Here: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/registration
Winter Session runs January 5 - March 9th. See you in class!
xo,
dani
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Does your home look "put together?"
Creating a cohesive look to your home can make your home look AND FEEL more cozy. These five steps will help you to create a look of cohesiveness as you decorate your home.
1. Create a color palette: Using the formula 60 (foundation color) + 30 (primary accent color) + 10 (secondary accent color) will help you navigate the color flow of an open concept space. Play around with the ratios of your accent colors. Do you want three? Great - your formula could be 70 + 10 + 10 + 10.
2. Use those colors from your palette as accents in decorating: pillows, rugs, frames, books, artwork...the colors you chose for your color palette should be represented throughout your room's design.
3. Look for the outlier (a.k.a. BULLY): standing in one vantage point look around to all areas/rooms. Do you spot something that doesn't quite fit in with the color palette? Something that sticks out like a sore thumb? That's your BULLY and the only thing a bully does is bring down the room's design.
4. Remediate the bully: you can remediate the bully by removing it and letting it live somewhere else where it will play nicely with other design elements within the space OR repeat design elements that the bully has somewhere else within the room so that bully isn't an outlier.
5. Repeat generalized design elements & specific design elements: repeating design elements like color, metals and woods is just scratching the surface of creating a cohesive looking home. Try taking it a level deeper and repeat design elements that might be a bit more subtle. For example: the succulent artwork you have in the corner of your room. You're not only repeating the colors, but maybe you're repeating the plant itself with a live succulent sitting on the coffee table or the same geometric shape of the plant pot in the art as the candle holder sitting on the mantel.
// Links mentioned in the show: //
Community: https://bit.ly/design101group
Email: figandfarmathome@gmail.com
Work with me: https://www.figandfarmathome.com
Decorating S.O.S.: www.figandfarmathome.com/book-a-call
Home Design 101: www.figandfarmathome.com/registration
Happy styling!
xo,
dani
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
"How do you transform a kid's bedroom into one that looks a little more grown up?"
That was the question my client Amy had about her growing son. They were both ready to paint over the mural on the wall and replace the poster of Cristiano Ronaldo, but the boy is still a sports loving boy.
Enter the ROOM EDIT! A Room Edit is my entry level design service where I help the client formulate a plan to create the room they aspire to have. It all starts with a questionnaire so I have an idea of what they want, a hint of what their style is and colors or products thy may need (or want to avoid). The Room Edit is created with A LOT of information - visuals for the client to follow, ideas of color palettes, and sometimes even recommendations for where to purchase products. Th Room Edit is recorded and delivered for watching, re-watching, re-watching...so the transformation can happen with the client is ready.
This Room Edit's theme: Mid-Century Mod with an ode to the pitch - Enjoy!
If you'd like to get started in re-freshing a room in your house, book a Room Edit today: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/room-edit
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: figandfarmathome@gmail.com
Website: www.figandfarmathome.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Facebook Community: https://bit.ly/design101group
Painting Furniture 101: https://bit.ly/paintingfurniture101
Happy Styling!
xo,
dani
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
STOP
asking all your friends, your Facebook friends, the people on the street corner, anyone who's breathing for decorating advice. Would you ask a complete stranger what you should wear for a TV interview? NO? How about how to discipline your child? NO? What to eat on Tuesday for dinner?
NO, NO, NO!
But when it comes to choosing a paint color for your wall, you seem to think you need a million and one DIFFERENT opinions! WHY...when you are already overwhelmed, frustrated, confused, discouraged would you ask a complete stranger for decorating advice - especially when you have a visual resource at your fingertips that can be so informative and less abrasive.
Using Pinterest to your advantage in home decorating is a powerful way to understand your aesthetic, but if we only use it for a source of inspiration rather than information - we'll continue to leave feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with a lack of clear direction. And that, my friends, can be down right DISAPPOINTING.
In today's episode I share three ways you can use Pinterest with intentionality and purpose while you learn your aesthetic.
If you're ready for MORE and want help using Pinterest as a tool for unlocking your design confidence, Home Design 101 is open for registration. We spend two weeks using Pinterest to establish a firm foundation before decorating your home.
Join us: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/registration
// Links mentioned in show: //
Home Design 101: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/registration
Email: figandfarmathome@gmail.com
Website: www.figandfarmathome.com
Book a call: www.figandfarmathome.com/book-a-call
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Facebook Community: https://bit.ly/design101group
Happy Styling!
xo,
dani