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260 // From food stamps to $100k: Elaine's story of flipping furniture and selling on Facebook Marketplace

 Summer Saving Series: 

Using Facebook Marketplace as a reseller 

w/ Elaine Mingus from Curb Vulture

 

Have you ever wondered what happens to those piles of furniture, artwork, and misc. items of what appears to be trash on the sides of the road? Meet Elaine, a self proclaimed curb vulture, who willingly scouts out the finds so she can resell them for a profit. 

 

In this espied you'll hear Elaine's story - how she found herself $10k in debt and wondered where her life's choices had taken her. Desperate to try to make ends meet, she began selling small things from around home, on Facebook Marketplace in order to make a little cash for everyday expenses. What went from one sale turned into a full-time job where Elaine had $15k months in revenue from her furniture flips. 

 

You'll hear her inspiring story that went from survivor of a horrific beginning to a thriver - and how she's using her story of redemption to spread hope to the masses. 

 

// Connect with Elaine: //

Website: www.curbvulture.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curbvulture/

Become a re-seller: https://curbvulture.com/products/level-1-one-day-intensive

Support her philanthropic work: https://elainemingus.com/

 

// 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

259 // This ONE hack will help you SCORE THE GOOD STUFF on FB Marketplace

 Summer Savings Series: 

How to score the GOOD STUFF on FB Marketplace

 

In today's episode I'm talking with Alissa, a client of mine. Just like you and me, Alissa has Pottery Barn taste, but a Target budget. Yet every time I talked with her on our decorating coaching calls (aka Decorating SOS calls) she would always show me her latest name brand home decor find. Both big and small, Alissa seemed to have a knack for scoring the good stuff...the REALLY good stuff. 

 

But like the thrifting strategies I shared in episodes #257 and #258, Alissa's finds weren't dumb luck. They were strategic. 

 

She's sharing her top strategies for shopping successfully on FB Marketplace and one of them is SO GOOD, you're GUARANTEED to score the good stuff too! 

 

 

// Links mentioned in show: // 

Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com

Website: https://www.figandfarmathome.com

Instagram: @figandfarm

Community: https://bit.ly/design101group

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

 

Happy treasure hunting!

Dani

 

 

258 // "Where did you find THAT?" and other questions you will be answering about the home decor you found at the thrift store

 Summer Savings Series: 

Shopping at Thrift Stores pt. 2

10 (+6 more) things I ALWAYS look for!

 

In today's episode we are wrapping up our series on how to effectively and efficiently shop SUCCESSFULLY at thrift stores. Why do some people always seem to find the good stuff? Because they have a system...go back and listen to Episode 257 so you can learn 7 tips for shopping successfully. 

 

Today I'm sharing 16 things I ALWAYS look for. They are part of my aesthetic and when I know what design elements I gravitate to, that I like decorating my home with, I can pin point them easier (using my 7 tips from last week) and be more successful at curating home decor items on the cheap.

 

Curating your home decor items at thrift stores is a wonderful way to find items that are more personal and less generic than you'd find at a big box store. KNOWING WHAT TO LOOK FOR is a process, but one worth learning so you can create a carefully curated home. 

 

LEARN your design aesthetic inside Home Design 101

SHOP my thrift store finds: @figandfarm on Instagram 

 

// 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

257 // 7 Tips for successful home decor shopping at thrift stores

 Summer Savings Series: 

Shopping at Thrift Stores 

Creating a home that inspires you, delights you and one that you are proud of doesn't have to cost a lot. But sometimes it takes more than shopping the house and using what you already have - sometimes you need to shop for the items in need. 

Curating your home decor at thrift stores is one of my FAVORITE ways to personalize your home in a way that shopping at big box stores (even on the cheap), just can't accomplish. 

You may LOVE thrift store shopping or HATE it. Or, you may be fascinated by the idea but feel like you never find anything GOOD, but somehow everyone else does. And you may wonder why everyone else has the best thrift stores, when in fact, it's likely NOT the thrift store, but the strategy you use to shop them. 

In today's episode I'm sharing my top 7 tips for shopping at thrift stores SUCCESSFULLY - so you can walk away with enviable hauls more than you walk away with duds. 

This is the first part of the summer savings series where we will be diving into different ways you can save money AND have a home that you can't stop gushing about. If you are not subscribed to the show, be sure to do that so you don't miss all the tips coming your way this summer! 

 

SHOP my thrift store finds: @figandfarm on Instagram 

 

// 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

256 // 3 excuses I hear about people not creating a home they love - maybe one of them is yours!

Three of the most common things I hear from you: 

* "I have kids so I can't have nice things."

* "I don't have any money to make changes."

* "I don't know where to start." 

 

Today is the last Quick Tip Tuesday I'll be releasing until the beginning of August, but like all good teachers, I'm leaving you with some homework - something for you to think about over the next eight weeks. Maybe you'll plug in one of these episodes each week until my Quick Tip Tuesdays return.

In today's episode I'm sharing I'm sharing the three most common excuses I get for why people don't take action on creating homes that feel like a respite, inspiring, functional and beautiful. 

 

1. I have kids, so I can't have nice things. B.S. You can have nice things. Either you choose to believe that nice things come with a hefty price tag or you have limited boundaries to keep those nice things nice. 

2. I have no money. If I had a dollar for every time I heard this, I would be living large in a lakeside mansion eating bonbons for breakfast. It's true, you may not have a pile of cash lying around just waiting to be thrown into the proverbial fire, but there are SO many changes you can make without spending any money at all or less money than your last trip to Target where you promised you'd only be picking up toothpaste. 

TUNE IN EVERY FRIDAY through July for my Summer Savings Series where I give you practical tips for shopping on less, doing DIY more and strategies for saving big. 

3. I don't know where to start. Starting can be overwhelming, frustrating, confusing, debilitating. I get it. Here are three FREE ways to start this summer while the kids are splashing in the pool while you're sipping your iced tea: 

A. Listen to the podcast
B. Read the blog
C. Join the Facebook Group

 

Specific episodes that teach you where to start: 

#168
#99
#98

#71

#45

#42

#8
#7

#6

 

MAYBE YOU'RE FINALLY READY TO START AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN INVITATION!! 

REGISTER 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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/

 

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

255 // Do you see your home's design potential? A behind the scenes look at how I pulled together an open concept home using one piece of art as inspiration

 Do you wish you could have someone just come in and wave a magic wand to show you your home's potential? 

 

It'd be nice, right?

To have someone come in and show you which colors they'd choose for the walls, what area rug they'd recommend for the living room - along with the chairs, the couch, the side tables, the lamps, the artwork...ALL the details. 

 

Oh, and it wouldn't it be nice to know that they were all the right measurements for your space, the right lengths, the right depth, the right width, the right scale. 

 

Don't forget making sure all the little details are taken care of, like the specific design elements that make your home cohesive: wood finishes, metal finishes, basket weaves, textures, colors...

 

ALL OF IT is inside a Custom Design Board

(you'll hear me refer to it as a Custom Mood board...same thing). 

 

Oh...and don't forget...you don't have to leave your home at all during the process. The design interview happens virtually, the design board is delivered to you (with the rationale) virtually and you can shop...yup...virtually all from the Custom Design Board. 

 

In today's episode I'm sharing a sneak peak at a design rationale for my client Jen, who purchased two custom design boards for her living room and two for her dining room. You'll hear me explain my inspiration piece, the direction of the design and the reason behind the recommendation for swapping out stainless steel handles on her kitchen cabinets. 

 

If you are ready for a little help in your home and would like help from fig & farm (at home) - TODAY is the last day to book a service before these services get tucked back into the DESIGN VAULT until next year: 

* Room Edit

* Decorating SOS Call

* Custom Design Board 

 

BOOK YOUR CUSTOM DESIGN BOARD

Ask your questions here!

 

// 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/

Book a Room Edit: https://calendly.com/figandfarmathome/the-room-edit

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

 

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

 

 

254 // If you had 60 minutes to ask a home decorator ANYTHING, what would you ask? Behind the scenes on a Decorating SOS call with home owner, Alissa

 If you had 60 minutes to ask a home decorator ANY question about your home...what would you ask?

 

You can cover A LOT of ground in a 60 minute conversation: area rugs, front door color, entryway benches, reupholstering said bench, correct furniture for the space, chair selections for a desk, how to style a landing area, opinions about whether to buy two Anthropolgie-like mirrors, whether to keep a marble top table, ideas for furniture layout, the possibility of bringing in color into your home design...(and more).

 

Those were just SOME of the discussion points I had with Alissa during our Decorating SOS call where her main objective was to make decisions on her entryway and her living room. 

 

Imagine what YOU could cover in an hour during your Decorating SOS call. You don't have to have any of the answers before booking one.

All you need is:

* a desire to make change in your home

* to know which room you'd like to focus our conversation around

* an hour of time via Zoom

 

Book your Decorating SOS call

Ask a question here!

 

// 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/

Book a Room Edit: https://calendly.com/figandfarmathome/the-room-edit

 

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

 

 

 

253 // Paint is POWERFUL - The #1 recommendation to transform this tired 90s beige home into a cozy, cohesive lakeside retreat

The DESIGN VAULT is open until May 31st!!!!

Home design is never one size fits all and shouldn't be. Because home design is specific to the person and their home and includes several factors like: home, budget, timeline, design style, personality, color preferences, etc. each home owner looking for help within their home might need or want something different than the last guy.

 

Enter: The ROOM EDIT

The Room Edit is basically like a (sweet) bossy big sister who finally has permission to give you all her best advice for what she would do to your home if it were her home. She'll share all her suggestions from paint color to furniture layout and do it in a way that empowers you to make the final choices. "I think you should paint it a creamy white." What white? She didn't say, so you get to choose. 

 

You may love a ROOM EDIT because YOU LOVE doing projects yourself and would prefer to be the decision maker, you just want a little direction so you know where to start and which path to take. You'll handle it from there. 

 

In today's episode I'm sharing the ROOM EDIT I did with sister clients Melissa and Rebecca. They wanted to do a makeover for their parents while they were away for the weekend. You'll hear me give my overall suggestions for the direction I see the room taking in order to transform it from a 1990s outdated beige home into a cozy, cohesive lakeside retreat. 

You'll hear suggestions like: 

* paint the walls a creamy white

* add bamboo shades and curtains
* remove the pillows

* use this color palette

* the goal is to bring the outdoors in

* get a bigger rug with a lighter foundation

* remove the chickens!!! 

 

With NO specific product names or colors given, the information was more than enough to transform this space into one fit for a lakeside home.

See the transformation here!

 

BOOK A ROOM EDIT HERE!

Ask a question here!

 

// 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

 

252 // Design Files: Three women, three homes, three amazing results

SALE.   SALE.  SALE.  SALE.  SALE.  SALE.  SALE.

 

Are you an ACTION taker or an inspiration hoarder, pinning beautiful home decor pictures on Pinterest like it's your job? In today's episode, I'm sharing how three different women, with three different budgets, learning styles, and aspirations for their homes took a different pathway to achieving the goals they wanted for their homes. 

Although each of these ladies had different design styles, they all ultimately had the same goal: they wanted their homes to look better tomorrow than they did today! 

Inside this episode you'll hear how Colleen chose 1:1 decorating coaching calls (lovingly referred to as Decorating SOS calls) where she slowly chipped away at turning her inspiration into results she loves. 

 

Then you'll meet Sarah, one of the hardest workers I know. Sarah knew she wanted change, was willing (and able) to do the work herself, she just didn't know where to start. So we started with a plan - a Room Edit, where my designer's eye evaluated her space and compared it to the inspiration photo she had and then I gave her a generalized plan that she put into action. 

 

And finally, you'll meet a busy, corporate mom of four, Kara, who had a great starting foundation in her dining room, but wanted help elevating the space but didn't want to spend the time picking out the products herself. So I created a Custom Design Board (aka Mood Board) for her to see all of the product choices I selected from the stores she likes shopping at. Seeing these products together allowed her to see how they interacted with each other before she purchased a thing. She was able to save time and, although I shopped for her, saved money because she knew what the products looked like together before she purchased a thing. 

 

For ONE WEEK ONLY...these three design services are available for booking before heading back into the vault for another year. Though you don't have to receive the service this week, you do have to book it this week by May 31st. 

 

Access The DESIGN VAULT here!

(Closes May 31, 2024)

 

// 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 (cleaning) styling!!

xo,

dani

 

251 // Do these 5 things to make your home look like a designer was just there styling for you

 So, you want your home to look like a designer was just there... 

 

Last week, in episode #249, I was answering a listener's question who wanted to know 'how to get the professional look' inside your home.

 

Last week I shared 4 foundational ways you can create the look in your home that a designer was there doing the work. These four things are the base for starting - things like creating a cohesive look, paying attention to scale, applying the rule 'less is more.' You can listen to that episode here!

 

This week, I'm going a bit deeper as I share five things to do while you are styling your home to add the proverbial icing on the cake. Styling is the finishing touches and the finishing touches are in the details. We explore how to create a full, nuanced, intentional look floor to ceiling. 

 

After listening to this episode, if you are wanting help creating a home that looks like a designer was just there doing it for you, come join Home Design 101. Inside Home Design 101, you will learn decorating concepts that will help make your home look cohesive and feel cozy. With monthly office hours and a private student community, you will have the hand holding you need to transform your spaces into spaces you can't stop gushing about. Inside Home Design 101, there's always more room at the table. 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/

 

Happy (cleaning) styling!!

xo,

dani