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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

Friday Aug 16, 2024
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.
// ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! //
fig & farm (at home) podcast is making design even MORE ACCESSIBLE to all of you in the form of a monthly membership. Opening in September this membership is designed to an extension of the podcast by bringing you bite-sized weekly teaching, group coaching, Room Edits, guest speakers, access to DIY workshops and so much more.
JOIN THE WAITLIST and be the first to know when the doors open! Pssst...one of my love languages is gifts and I have a special gift just for wait-listers!
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://calendly.com/figandfarmathome/decorating-sos-call
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
Facebook Community: https://www.bit.ly/design101group
Membership Waitlist: https://figandfarmathome.myflodesk.com/waitlist
Happy styling!!
xo,
dani

Friday Aug 09, 2024
265 // The SECRET to understanding your design style is being a lurker
Friday Aug 09, 2024
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: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://calendly.com/figandfarmathome/decorating-sos-call
Happy styling!!
xo,
dani

Thursday Aug 01, 2024
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/
// Links mentioned in show: //
Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Website: https://figandfarmathome.com
Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://calendly.com/figandfarmathome/decorating-sos-call
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/
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
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.
// 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

Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
SUMMER SAVING SERIES:
DIY with Mr. fig & farm (at home)
In today's conversation with Greg, aka Mr. fig & farm (at home), you'll hear that the secret to becoming a proficient DIYer isn't that you were born with it...it's that you've experimented and practiced. Greg shares that his previous build experience was building LEGOS. No high school woodshop, no hours spent with grandpa in the shop on the weekends...LEGOS.
Greg shares practical advice for those getting started and it's all wrapped in kindness - "be gracious to yourself because you will make mistakes along the way."
Hear which builds we have done in our own home (we've built something for every room, except one!), how his first DIY build was 'cute' in the baby-deer-walking kind of way, and what build I'm hoping he'll say yes to as we continue putting a stamp on our own home.
And...get a behind the scenes look at the fig & farm (at home) home by becoming a Design Bestie. Come say 'hey!' and you'll be put on the list!
Catch up on the rest of the Summer Savings Series:
#257: 7 tips for successful home decor shopping at thrift stores
#259:
#260:
#261:
// 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/
Become a Design Bestie: hello@figandfarmathome.com
Happy styling!!
xo,
dani

Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Summer Savings Series:
Adding Character in your Home the DIY Way
with Michelle Castro
Big DIY projects were never an option for my guest, Michelle, when she was renting her home. Once she finally bought her house, the proverbial gloves went on! Starting with the demo of an inconveniently placed fireplace turned into countless home projects and now she's moving beyond her home and helping others.
In today's conversation I'm chatting with my friend Michelle about the mistakes she's learned along the way, the tools she would recommend and words of wisdom for stepping outside your own comfort zone.
Michelle's zest for life is evident in her energy and we hope that it inspires YOU to finally tackle that first DIY project. When you do, come and share it with us inside of our community...can't wait to see!
Check out Michelle's fun DIY projects: https://www.instagram.com/flipflopsandtablesaws/
Watch our interview on Youtube:
// 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

Thursday Jun 27, 2024
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
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

Thursday Jun 20, 2024
259 // This ONE hack will help you SCORE THE GOOD STUFF on FB Marketplace
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
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

Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
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

Friday Jun 07, 2024
257 // 7 Tips for successful home decor shopping at thrift stores
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
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