Slow Style Home: Decorating Personal, Meaningful Interiors
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About
You want a home that’s uniquely you. One that reflects your passions, values and lifestyle. And you want to create one on your own, without having to hire a designer, breaking the bank, or hurting the planet. The challenge is that there are too many voices telling you what trend to jump on, what rules you must follow, and what “beautiful” looks like. Plus, you don’t want to scrap everything you own and start all over. It’s hard to know how to wrap your arms around this big, important concept called “home!” On this podcast, you’ll learn from the experts exactly why some rooms work (and others don’t), how to master a mix of styles and preferences when you have a bunch of them jumbled together, and inspiration for being brave and taking the creation of your dream home into your own hands. Want me to stop in your hometown on the book tour? Leave me a message with your thoughts on where I should hold an event (a bookshop, gallery, antiques store, garden, historic home,
Episodes
- The Episode I Almost Didn’t Make-Stay Till The End
The host of Slow Style Home shares a vulnerable update after ten years and over 400 episodes, announcing a shift to a mostly paid model to align her work with its value and connect more deeply with supporters.
- Buying Art, Simplified with Liz Lidgett
Liz Lidgett, gallery owner and author of “Art Is For Everyone,” joins Slow Style Home to discuss demystifying art collecting. The conversation explores how taste develops through exposure and trusting personal reactions, the role of a gall…
- Podcast Trailer
This is a trailer for the Slow Style Home podcast, which focuses on creating personal and meaningful interiors. The show aims to help listeners mix styles, make informed purchasing decisions, and move away from disposable decor.
- Old Bones + Modern Soul: How Jo Berryman Honors History with Bold, Irreverent Choices
The episode visits designer Jo Berryman's home, highlighting her ability to combine old and new elements. The design emphasizes honoring history, personal expression, and natural rhythms, creating a considered and living space.
- Stuck in the In-Between? How to Decorate Your Way Through
This episode addresses decorating during life transitions, explaining how to evolve personal style and avoid common design pitfalls. It shares lessons learned from a living room evolution and offers a simple exercise to develop one's eye.
- The Beautiful, Incomplete Room with Shabby Chic’s Rachel Ashwell
Rachel Ashwell shares her philosophy on home decorating, emphasizing the beauty of incomplete rooms and embracing personal evolution over perfection. She discusses her connection to the English countryside and her approach to layering piec…
- How Your “Comfortable” Home is Holding You Back with Vera Blouin
Interior designer Vera Blouin joins the show to discuss her book, “The Reincarnated Room,” focusing on how home design can help individuals evolve by releasing past layers and creating spaces that support their becoming. The episode explor…
- A Mix of Texture Rather Than Color: How To Flow From Room To Room With Hill Rondero
The podcast visits Charlotte-based interior designer Hill Rondero's home, showcasing how she uses a neutral palette layered with various textures—vintage French, mid-century chrome, leather, and rattan—to create a cohesive and engaging spa…
- Why Your Decor Feels Off: You’re Shopping For A Style, Not A Life
This episode addresses the common issue of decor feeling ‘off’ by suggesting the problem lies in shopping for a style instead of reflecting one's actual life. It proposes that aligning home decor with how one lives and personal stories, st…
- Slow Style In The Wild: Christina Cruz Leans on Art, Nature and Antiques
In this episode of Think Like a Designer, Christina Cruz shares her perspective on slow style, detailing how she combines antiques, art, nature, and travel finds to create soulful, modern interiors that reflect personal stories.
- Nature Knows Where Your Sofa Goes (Stop Overthinking It) with Abi Dare
Abi Dare joins Slow Style Home to discuss her book, "Bring the Outside In." The episode explores how natural landscapes can guide home decor decisions, from color palettes and textures to spatial concepts like prospect, refuge, and mystery.
- Inside Sean Leffers’ Poetic Mix of Cultures, Eras, and Story
The podcast steps inside designer Sean Leffers’ Los Angeles home, exploring how his space integrates diverse cultural influences, art, antiques, and personal objects. The conversation touches on how culture travels through objects and the…
- The American Homeowner's Creativity Crisis (And How The Brits Avoid It)
This episode contrasts American and British approaches to home decorating, noting the American focus on trends and perfection against the British appreciation for creativity, comfort, and patina. It suggests moving away from algorithms tow…
- Best Design Projects: Podcast Highlights 2025
This episode of Slow Style Home features design project highlights from 2025, including designers explaining their choices in composition, color, pattern, and texture. It focuses on the intentional decisions that shape interior spaces, fro…
- Designers At Home: Holiday Tour with Heather French
The episode features a holiday tour of designer Heather French's Santa Fe home, highlighting its territorial style, deep connection to the landscape, and personal expression of the family. It emphasizes how good design focuses on intention…
- Best Of Design Philosophy: Podcast Highlights From 2025
This episode revisits 2025 highlights from Slow Style Home, featuring conversations on how space influences self-worth, mixing styles, and creative processes. It also spotlights artisans and their craft, emphasizing the human stories behin…
- It’s Not a Makeover, It’s a Tune-up: A Coaching Call Where Small Changes Make a Big Impact
This episode discusses a coaching call focused on how small changes can make a home feel more personal. The discussion included advice on using personal textiles, adding color, choosing organic patterns, and arranging plants to enhance a s…
- Aperol Spritz, A Yellow Couch, And The 3 Reasons I Wrote A Book: Behind The Scenes At The Launch Party
This episode covers the author's talk at the Slow Style Home book launch party, detailing the journey to writing the book and the principles of the Slow Style approach, with behind-the-scenes details from the event.
- From Cookie-Cutter to Culture-Rich: Fariha Nasir’s DIY Journey Home
Fariha Nasir shares her journey of transforming a builder-grade house into a personal, heritage-rich home through DIY projects and incorporating Pakistani cultural elements. The discussion covers incorporating color, pattern, and handmade…
- Creative Homes Come From Curiosity with Michal Silver of Christopher Farr Cloth
Michal Silver, Creative Director at Christopher Farr Cloth, shares how their textiles and wallpapers develop through curiosity and collaboration, highlighting the importance of personal, lived-in interiors over perfection. The conversation…
- Managing The Stuff We Already Have Before The Holidays Hit with Tracy McCubbin
In this episode of Slow Style Home, host speaks with professional organizer Tracy McCubbin about managing clutter before the holidays. They discuss mindful giving, donations, and the importance of a home supporting its inhabitants.
- Designers at Home: Craftsman Bungalow & Antiques, 1700s to Mid-Century with Julia Chasman
This episode features a visit to designer Julia Chasman's Craftsman home, exploring her approach to decorating with antiques, pattern mixing, and personal storytelling. The discussion highlights warmth, humor, and the joy found in creating…
- How To Use Color, Pattern and Texture to Tell Personal Stories with Vern Yip
Vern Yip joins Slow Style Home to discuss his book "Color, Pattern, Texture." The conversation covers using personal objects as a foundation for timeless design, creating homes that reflect individual stories and aspirations, and the emoti…
- From Moroccan Souks to Your Living Room: The Art of Global Mixing with Stephanie Rudloe
Designer Stephanie Rudloe shares her experience with Moroccan artisans and craft, explaining how to incorporate handmade pieces into home decor for depth and character. The discussion touches on layering Moroccan elements naturally into ev…
- Sustainable Brands and Affordable Beauty with Molly Carter
In this episode, host speaks with designer Molly Carter about sustainable design, buying with values, and sourcing unique home goods. Carter shares insights on slowing down the design process and incorporating history and care into every d…
- Natural vs. Man Made: Why your Floors, Countertops and Walls Want Real Stone with Breda & Guy Kellner
Breda and Guy Kellner of Paris Ceramics join Slow Style Home to discuss their work with natural and reclaimed stone. They explore living with materials that age, the value of patina, and how craftsmanship connects spaces to the past.
- The Art-First Approach: Color, Pattern, and Personality in Interior Design with Natalie Papier
On the Slow Style Home podcast, Natalie Papier shares insights from her book "Start With the Art," detailing how artwork can serve as the foundation for interior design, influencing color palettes, patterns, and the overall expression of a…
- Updating Your Kitchen The Slow Style Way, Featuring Barbara Ballinger and Margaret Crane
Barbara Ballinger and Margaret Crane, authors of Kitchen Conversations, join Slow Style Home to discuss kitchen renovation. They cover layout, storage, lighting, and the importance of planning for space usage over trends, offering practica…
- Listener Spotlight: Global Style with Maria Resto
Maria Resto shares her journey of decorating her Chicago home over 25 years, layering antiques, global pieces, and personal items like a vintage sofa and juju hat. She emphasizes creating rooms with character and acknowledges that a home i…
- Creating Soulful, Whole-Home Color Palettes with Francesca Wezel
Colorist Francesca Wezel shares insights on developing unique whole-home color palettes, drawing inspiration from her travels and collections. The discussion covers the historical use and health benefits of lime wash paint, emphasizing tha…
- Splurge vs. Save: The Pick 2 Principle
This episode addresses listener Meg's question on balancing home style with real-life function and storage needs. Strategies are discussed for different decorating stages, including when to choose affordable options versus lasting investme…
- Every Wallpaper Worry Is Solved with Elizabeth Rees of Chasing Paper
In this episode of Slow Style Home, host speaks with Elizabeth Rees, founder of Chasing Paper, about her peel-and-stick wallpaper. They discuss product quality, sustainability, ease of use, and how to select and use wallpaper effectively i…
- Plan, Connect, and Keep People Out Of Your Kitchen: Mastering the Art of Entertaining with Joseph Marini
In this episode of Slow Style Home, host interviews Joseph Marini, author of Mastering the Art of Entertaining. They discuss the true meaning of hosting, emphasizing connection and planning, and offer practical advice on managing guests an…
- Fix My Room: Not Quite A Hallway, Not Quite A Room
Kayla consults with Slow Style Home about how to make a large, undefined space between her staircase and living area more functional and intentional without obstructing movement or creating clutter.
- Creating Palettes and Composing Rooms Through a Slow Style Lens with Jewel Marlowe
In this episode, designer Jewel Marlowe returns to discuss her intentional approach to interior design. She explains how she builds palettes using color, pattern, and materials, emphasizing the importance of contrast, visual weight, and sc…
- What We're Sold and What We Actually Want: How Trends Are Eroding Our Concept of Home with Annetta Grant
Professor Annetta Grant joins the show to discuss her research on dysplacement and how HGTV, social media, and resale-focused design have turned homes from personal spaces into performances of market standards, leading people to question t…
- What You Don’t Know About Design Books (And Why I’m Crowdsourcing My Book Tour)
This episode of Slow Style Home reveals the efforts involved in marketing a design book independently, emphasizing intentional action and setting boundaries. The host invites listener feedback to help shape the book tour process.
- When To Mix and When To Match: Tailored And Soulful Design with Jade Joyner
This episode features interior designer Jade Joyner discussing her approach to designing spaces with intention and a unique point of view, focusing on mixing materials and reflecting the personalities of those who live in them.
- Organizing For Joy, Not Perfection: Why Editing Beats Decluttering with Whitney English
In this episode of Slow Style Home, host interviews Whitney English about her book 'Organize First, Decorate Second.' They discuss organizing for joy over perfection, Whitney's preference for 'editing' over 'decluttering,' and her design p…
- How The Brits Create Character-ful Homes with Ros Byam Shaw
Host speaks with writer Ros Byam Shaw about her newest book and her approach to interior design, emphasizing personal expression over trends. They discuss creating lived-in, characterful homes that feel authentic and personal.
- Nantucket by Design: Where Travel, History, and Home Come Together
This episode of Slow Style Home discusses how travel influences interior design, introducing the 'Enrich' skill. Guests Bill Richards and Marla Mullen, co-chairs of Nantucket by Design 2025, explore how honoring a place's spirit shapes int…
- How Design Can Transform Your Life: “Spatial Alchemy” with Olga Naiman
This episode features Olga Naiman, author of Spatial Alchemy, discussing how interior design can aid personal transformation by helping individuals move through change and break old patterns. The conversation explores how small design choi…
- How To Be Purposeful With Color: Bailey Li’s Evocative Murals and Listener Q&A
Host discusses purposeful color in interiors with artist Bailey Li, known for her murals and emotionally driven spaces. Covers her projects and answers listener questions on choosing a whole-home color palette and managing empty rooms.
- Fix My Room: Open Plan Living Room Edition
This episode features a coaching call with Charlotte about integrating her style with a rustic design, focusing on furniture placement in an open living and kitchen area, and addressing concerns about a blank wall, rug size, and wood stove…
- The Strategic Use of Color: Transforming Builder-Grade Spaces with Gabriela Eisenhart
Designer Gabriela Eisenhart discusses using color to personalize builder-grade homes. Topics covered include finding inspiration, incorporating color into neutral spaces, creating serene bedrooms, and maximizing impact in homes lacking arc…
- What Does Your Entryway Say About You? Barrett Oswald On Personalization And Impact In Design
Designer Barrett Oswald joins Slow Style Home to discuss her approach to creating layered interiors, focusing on the entryway
- African Design Legacy Goes Global: Nasozi Kakembo's Guide to Authentic Decorating
In this episode, Nasozi Kakembo, author of African Decor Edit, shares insights on African design, its cultural context, and the importance of supporting artisans. The discussion covers her experiences, the significance of specific objects…
- 6 Design "Rules" for an Anti-Generic Home
The host explores common home design rules, categorizing them into classical principles, practical advice, and cultural trends. The episode emphasizes understanding the reasoning behind these rules and breaking them to cultivate a personal…
- Fast or Slow? Which Decorating Approach is Right For You? with Betsy Helmuth
Host interviews designer Betsy Helmuth about contrasting decorating styles: the host's slow, self-exploratory method versus Helmuth's efficient, rule-based approach. Helmuth offers practical advice on furniture choices, durability, and app…
- Maximalism Doesn’t Mean Cluttered: How to Add Layers and Make an Impact with Danielle Balanis
In this episode of Slow Style Home, host speaks with designer Danielle Balanis about creating maximalist, layered interiors that exude joy and energy. Balanis discusses developing a personal aesthetic, drawing inspiration from fashion and…