Olivia Snow

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Pop Apologists · 267: Celeb Interiors, Budget-Friendly Design, and Making Your Home YOU · 2 Apr 2025 podcast

I think actually those are the conversations you guys, when I am meeting with couples, the husbands, there are like three things we always talk about and they are always wanting like smart light bulbs. Yes. Like the TV matters the most, things like that. And typically I'm just, you know, if they want the smart light bulbs, I let them do it, but they're not for me. So.

Oh, that is so interesting. I mean, obviously a bedroom, there's really easy low lift stuff. I think I am so energized if I get a new pillow on my bed or like I swap out my duvet or my bedding or even lamps in a bedroom are going to make a huge difference. So it's really those top layers that are super easy. And then kitchens, swapping out hardware can make the biggest difference in the world.

And it's this really low lift thing that you can do. I mean, most, if you guys are moving into like a builder home that is, you know, not even semi-custom, right? Like just going up. Most people go in and they're like, okay, how do I put my stamp on this? It's brand new, but I want to make it my own.

I mean, swapping out the hardware makes a huge difference because typically in those homes, you're seeing brushed nickel finishes. Yeah. Kind of like the entry level. Finish. It's inexpensive. Just about every man grabs it from Home Depot and puts it on the cabinets. But I think like switching to like those warmer polished nickel tones or brass tones can add a little bit of warmth. Yeah.

Personality stuff like that. And I mean, lighting pendants in a kitchen. Yeah. Just walk out. They make a huge difference.

Literally like the lighting alone.

I also think when you add those special little details, those things that might feel a little cookie cutter become background noise. They're honest. They become the last thing you're looking at because you're noticing like a sweet knob or a timing detail or a special light. And once you put it in your personal possessions, truly like it is just like the canvas underneath what makes it special.

And I don't know if cute is a compliment to everyone. It is. It is my word of choice. I love it. And the tinier the detail, the more excited I get. So, yeah.

This person is me. So my running joke about my husband, I love him so much. He is wonderful. And truly, actually, I don't think he has much of an opinion when it comes to interiors. Actually, I know I just get to kind of drive and he just kind of follows, but... He should be so lucky. If my husband could, he would live in a villain's headquarters.

Like I'm telling you, he wants concrete floors, black walls. Black walls. We will be driving, you know, down whatever street in Utah and he'll see like a new Starbucks that has gone up. And you know how they build them. They're all like very contemporary and harsh and modern. And he's like, well, that's sick. I love this so much.

And I just want to live in my version of like the storybook Cotswolds Cottage. It's like layered with florals. There's tassels. And by the time I just think of myself as a grandmother one day in my home and my grandkids come and I'm sitting in my like worn in there with like fabric all around me. And and my sweet husband, he'll be there with me. But we really don't align when it comes to interiors.

Unfortunately, it sounds like this person has to compromise, whereas I just kind of like am steamrolling a little bit. And he loves it. He loves me for it. I truly think most couples are rarely aligned fully when it comes to interiors. And I think they start out the project pretty nervous about their differences. But when they hire a designer, we're really good at finding middle ground.

And there's typically a place for all of it. I think we can create a home that feels equal parts contemporary and masculine, but can also feel sweet and charming and feminine. I think we can do that. It's all about the mix. And I think it tells the family story in an even better way. It's really about like sitting down, finding the common ground.

You know, picking a couple pieces that will give him what he wants and striking the balance and having conversations. And, you know, there's always things that are a yes for a wife and a no for a husband or partners or whoever it is. But typically we can almost always land on something that everybody feels really good about. Yeah.

And then also within your home, depending on the size of your home, you will have spaces that can speak to you. I kind of joke like everyone needs a headquarters in their home. They need the space that feels like them, whether it's, you know, his office or maybe you have a room that's kind of your spot. Yeah. And we lean in in those areas.

And then in all the common spaces, try to find a lot of middle ground. Yeah.

Olivia, what do you think is trending now, but people will regret in five years? I mean, it is hard to say because I think trend can be really fun. I think we like to participate in trends.

I think a conversation to have around trends, and I can't remember who exactly came up with this thing, but think of your home as something like if you were to turn it upside down and everything that can fall would be something, a place to take a risk with a trend. So like hard finishes, if you're kind of like wanting to be trend averse, I would say like

Anything that is attached to the house structurally, maybe avoid that. But have fun, have play with pillows and different things for trend. Like, buy the trendy chair. Do the trendy thing if you feel like it. And it isn't going to feel like you're in a marriage. So I will say, like, don't be so scared of trends. Don't feel like you need to be completely trend-averse.

Just be mindful about how you do it and the way that you do it. I think Target is a great place to buy the trendy items. But it's all about the execution. It's all about the details, the quality level. Yeah. It's hard. It's also like, do we really know? Can we really? Is there really a lens that we look through where we know we're going to regret in five years? We don't. Question.

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