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xo,

dani

Tuesday Sep 10, 2024

271 // Do this ONE thing to immediately elevate the look of your kitchen!

Tuesday Sep 10, 2024

Hey friend!

Are you ready for a kitchen re-fresh? Today on the podcast we're continuing with our mini series: how to spend $500 in a single room to get the most bang for your buck!

If you missed last week, where we elevated the look of our bathroom, go back and listen to episode #269.

Remember...BIG change doesn't have to cost a lot and in today's episode I'm sharing how actually, the BIGGEST change you can make in your kitchen is actually FREE. Zero money. Zero dollars. Zilch.

So when it comes time to spend the $500, think about intentionality with the items you have living on the kitchen counters. Corraling them into functional vignettes while keeping negative space on your countertops will dramatically create an impact worth replicating.

// FREE WORKSHOP!!!! //

Tues & Wed, September 17 - 18

9am PST | 10am MT | 11am CT | 12pm ET

// Links mentioned in show: //

Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://calendly.com/figandfarmathome/decorating-sos-call

3 Steps to Creating a Home you Can't Stop Gushing About

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Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Friday Sep 06, 2024

270 // Trend alert: Can you have a DEMURE home? 8 reasons why I say, 'Absolutely!'

Friday Sep 06, 2024

Hey friend!

Have you heard the trending phrase on social media "demure and mindful?" It's popping up everywhere and even my 13 year old son has taken notice (and he doesn't have social media). So it got me wondering...what in the world is everyone talking about?

As I looked into 'demure' and what it meant versus what I thought it meant, I also noticed that there's a very similar word with quite the opposite meaning: 'demur.' If creating a home that is demure is your goal, you don't want to get the two confused. :)

In today's episode I'm sharing 8 ways that your home can look and feel demure without it feeling like a pretentious museum room.

If you're wanting to create a demure look and feel in your home, you can start with these 8 things:

1. Create a calm color palette: 50 shades of white anyone? If you must have a 'pop' of color - try oatmeal or mushroom.

2. Use light wood tones: white oak or natural immediately come to mind. Don't have that? Try a painting technique instead of throwing out your cherry entryway table.

3. Brass or Champagne gold metals. The goal here is minimal contrast - so avoid bronze, flat matte black at all costs.

4. Remove the chaos, the clutter, the extras...on EVERY surface. Demure homes resemble minimal homes.

5. Quality of furniture matters, but not in a flashy way. Demure homes are quiet and respectful - not pretentious.

6. Consider the weight of objects in your home. Demure homes are opposite of heavy - they're light and airy.

7. The scent matters: choose subtle scents with no dominant identifiers that indicate what it is. No pumpkin spice, lavender, even vanilla. The more benign, but delicious, the better.

8. Consider the background sound as well as the scent. Demure homes are not loud, flashy or calling attention to themselves. Turn down Alexa playing the latest Jellyroll song (not my style anyway) and opt for instrumental playing at a volume 2 - audible, but only as a faint whisper.

// FREE WORKSHOP!!!! //

Tues & Wed, September 17 - 18

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Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Tuesday Sep 03, 2024

269 // Getting the BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK in home decorating, doesn't always mean shopping the best sales

Tuesday Sep 03, 2024

Hey friend!

So, you're ready for a re-fresh in your bathroom. You have $500 to spend and you CAN'T WAIT to go shop the sales so you can get the biggest bang for your buck.

I know you know how to get the biggest bang for your buck...you do it when you're shopping for a car, clothes, even groceries. You can definitely score some sale items for home decor too.

BUT...the BIGGEST BANG in your home doesn't always translate to the least amount of money you'll be spending.

The BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK = BIGGEST IMPACT!

Thinking about WHAT changes to make in your home (in today's case, the bathroom) that will bring about the 'WOW' factor, the 'I wish I would have done this sooner' statement, the 'I didn't know I could make so many changes with so little money' realization.

And THAT'S what we're talking about today on the show.

Can you make BIG IMPACT CHANGE in your bathroom for only $500? YUP...sure can!

Want even more tips for creating a home you LOVE?...

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Tues & Wed, September 17 - 18

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Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Friday Aug 30, 2024

268 // Does your home feel a bit boring and generic? 5 EASY ways to add personality to your home this weekend

Friday Aug 30, 2024

Hey friend!

Does your home feel a bit boring and generic? Are you tired of living in the all white, gray, and beige that was trending for so long on Instagram? Are you ready to add a little personality and character to your home, but you don't exactly know where to start?

In today's episode I'm sharing 5 ways to add a bit of personality and character to your home, that won't have you taking out a second mortgage, knocking out walls or changing every paint color on your walls!

1. Add pattern: swapping out solid colored items (curtains, pillows, area rugs, throw blankets) for something with pattern can instantly add personality where the solid was lacking.

Scared of pattern mixing? Try combining one geometric pattern and one fluid pattern (like a floral). Keep a common color between the two and you're set!

2. Add color: this may seem like an easy fix, but it's even easier when you think of adding color in small ways (pillows, artwork, curtains, books, etc). Painting small pieces of furniture (or big ones) can instantly change the look of your room without the commitment of painting your walls.

3. Add whimsical art: swap out big box store art (canvas, triptychs, farmhouse word art) for pieces that are a bit out of the box. When those pieces are directly connected to a passion, a hobby, a family story - you are instantly creating a meaningful touch with your decorating. Examples include: a gallery wall of vintage tennis rackets, a collection of busts, glass jars with baseballs inside. My favorite places to source art that has more personality than art found at box stores are: vintage and antique markets, flea markets, thrift stores, garage sales, Etsy.

4. Use common objects as decor: if you apply the rule 'anything that is out and visible is art' to your decorating, you can begin to see how normal everyday items can be elevated. Take for example a simple bathroom garbage can. Use an urn, a ceramic plant pot - anything other than a plastic garbage bin and you instantly elevate the space.

5. Incorporate vintage & antique items: mixing old & new is one of the most beautiful ways you can decorate a home. It instantly looks like it is oozing with personality, character and charm. Why? Those vintage pieces have lived another life and often come a little worn. How do you mix and match well? Try choosing a ratio to stick to - 1/3 vintage pieces to 2/3 new. This sets the parameters for how much of a good thing you decorate your home with.

BONUS: have fun! Experiment! Play! There are no rules that say you have to decorate your home once and live with it for 50 years. If it feels tired and boring to you now...shake it up a bit by using one or more of these 5 tips.

// FREE WORKSHOP!!!! //

Tues & Wed, September 17 - 18

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Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Friday Aug 23, 2024

267 // Feeling stuck decorating your open concept home? 3 tips to keep it cohesive

Friday Aug 23, 2024

Hey friend!

Does the idea of a home with an open concept sound nice until it comes time to decorating?

Open concepts sound nice, but how do you create a home that looks curated, nuanced and cohesive when it's all essentially one big room? And how do you do that without just getting matching everything?

In this podcast I'm sharing three ways you can unify your space intentionally without being matchy-matchy.

1. Focus on the foundation: The foundation of your home is the floor and walls. Walls include window treatments. Keeping base colors the same (i.e. in area rugs and curtains), choosing a color palette and using it throughout the open concept and using the same curtain rods, shades, etc. all help create cohesiveness.

2. Repeat MACRO and MICRO design elements: Large design elements like wood tones, metals, colors, textures are easy to repeat. When you master that, take it a step further by focusing on the micro design elements - the more subtle = the more nuanced. The more nuanced = the more elevated.

3. Look for the outliers: Try finding the things that no longer belong and remediate them by removing them or intentionally adding additional items to make the outlier fit in.

Want a training like this where you can SEE what I'm teaching? Come to the workshop:

3 Steps to Creating a Home you Can't Stop Gushing About

Tues & Wed, September 17 - 18

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Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Friday Aug 16, 2024

266 // Does your home look tired and dated? 5 steps to creating change in your home decor

Friday Aug 16, 2024

Hey friend!

Does your home decor look tired and dated?

If you answered YES, you may be wondering what to do about it? In this episode I'm sharing 5 ways to assess the change that needs to happen in your home and the plan you should follow before you purchase a single thing!

Here's where to start:

1. Identify the purpose of the room: What do you WANT the room to do for you and ask yourself if it's doing it with the items you currently have.

2. Inspiration & dreaming: We are not just gatherers of beautiful pictures, but students on the hunt for using these beautiful pictures as sources of information. Listen to episode 266 about how to use Pinterest to identify your design style for more information.

3. Identify the goals you have for the room: much like identifying the purpose of the room but assigning your skillset to the desired changes. Do you have the skillset to transform the room the way you want to?

4. Make a plan: All of the steps before are part of the plan, but in this case I want you to think about the END goal, the end destination. What is the big picture of how you want your room to look, feel and function and work backward from there using the previous steps.

5. Permission to play: Play, experiment, have fun and use these two filters when you feel scared of making a change: ask yourself 'What is the worst that can happen?' and assess the exit strategy if you need to fix it. But also ask 'What is the best that can happen?'

Then SHARE!! Share your ideas, your questions, continue this conversation in our Facebook Community.

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dani

Friday Aug 09, 2024

265 // The SECRET to understanding your design style is being a lurker

Friday Aug 09, 2024

(Or a peeping Tom, but that feels uncouth to publish on a podcast title!)

The SECRET to understanding your design style REVEALED!!!

To have a cohesive looking home you need to:

KNOW YOUR DESIGN STYLE

To know your design style you need to:

BE A LURKER OF BEAUTIFUL PICTURES (aka student of design)

But what do you pay attention to?

1. You pay attention to how many boards you have on Pinterest and REDUCE them by half or more.

2. You stay room specific and choose four rooms that you can't stop looking at - that keep drawing you in.

3. Then you look at those four rooms until you're sick of looking at them. You're paying attention to ALL THE DETAILS.

4. Details are small and DESIGN IS IN THE DETAILS, so stay a while, pay attention to what you like and don't like and take notes.

5. Look for the commonalities between the four pictures. What things are repeating themselves in most of the pictures? Which metals, textures, colors, wood tones, etc.

That is the SECRET to understanding your design style. Once you know those specific little design details, the rest is easy - the overwhelm fades away, the decision fatigue stops being so tiring, choices can be made and you can take the first step toward creating a home you absolutely love!

Need help? Book a Decorating SOS Call so I can help you identify your design style.

// Links mentioned in show: //

Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://calendly.com/figandfarmathome/decorating-sos-call

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Thursday Aug 01, 2024

264 // Home organization made EASY with special guest and organizing expert, Nicole Gabai

Thursday Aug 01, 2024

Is your home ORGANIZED?

Maybe it's NOT, not yet, but you'd like it to be.

Maybe it's NOT because you don't have the time.

Maybe it's NOT because you don't know where to start.

Maybe it's NOT because it feels too daunting of a task to tackle.

Maybe you THINK it is, but it's actually NOT!

In today's episode I'm chatting with author and organizing expert, Nicole Gabai about the Art of Organizing.

She shares her six step process to creating a home that is organized, easy to maintain and leads to a life of ease.

Nicole (and I) believe that being organized and having an organized home is a form of self-care. You'll hear how both of us grew up in homes lacking organization, but have not only found a way to become organized, but make a living teaching others this important life skill.

Nicole's expertise knows no bounds as she shares these nuggets of wisdom to our listeners:

1. Organization is teachable

2. Organization is a form of self-care

3. Organization, when done well, should be done for ease of retrieval

4. Systems of organizing are not too different from the systems that run larger corporations

5. Organizing makes your life easier

Listen in to the whole conversation, be inspired and be ready to put into practice what you've learned!

Read Nicole's Book: The Art of Organizing

Connect with Nicole: https://www.instagram.com/nicolegabai/

Visit her website: https://www.b-organized.net/

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Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Thursday Jul 18, 2024

263 // Have NO money to decorate your home? 10 easy tips for saving BIG

Thursday Jul 18, 2024

Summer Savings Series:

10 EASY tips for saving BIG money

fig & farm (at home) was born on a budget! Next week, you'll hear exactly how it was born and how with a little creativity, it's not only remained solvent, but grown steadily into the black.

This episode is for everyone, but is especially meant to inspire all those mamas who stay stuck in the belief that they can't have a home they love because they can't afford it. I know each financial situation is different, but I also know that a lot of times it simply comes down to these two things:

INTENTIONALITY and CHOICES

So this episode is FULL of 10 easy ways you can find money in the 'cracks' (so to speak), as well as ways you can be more mindful of your spending habits. ALL of these money saving tips I have done and continue to do...because, let's face it...life is expensive.

Be sure to subscribe to the show, as this Summer Savings Series comes to an end next week as I'm sharing my favorite ways to make a little extra cash on the side.

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Home Design 101: https://figandfarmathome.com/home-design-101