Ep. 339: Grand Millenial Decorating with Emma Bazilian and Stephanie Diaz
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Our guests this week are Emma Bazilian and Stephanie Diaz, the authors of *Charm School: The Schumacher Guide to Traditional Decorating for Today. *Emma is a designer, writer, editor, and content director at F. Schumacher & Co. Stephanie is the art director at F. Schumacher & Co. In our chat, they talk about the path that led them to work together and the research and organization that went into *Charm School. *We discuss the balance between traditional and modern elements and the fun of identifying and incorporating small touches of traditional decorating throughout the design process.

What You’ll Hear On This Episode:

• The origins of the “grand millennial” movement.

• How Emma and Stephanie learned to appreciate different styles yet still focus on their individual strengths.

• The process of how Charm School mixes archival images with present-day designers and how they found a balance to showcase both the traditional and modern.

• We take a trip down memory lane and remember some of our favorite memories of childhood bedrooms.

• Why it’s cool to embrace the “uncool” elements of design, such as matching, but not to go too overboard.

• The appeal of canopy beds and bed skirts.

• A special bonus? When your home decor can help you hide something.

• The doll collection that is still very much remembered in the present day.

• Tips for bringing in handmade and bespoke design elements that tell a story and reflect your personal touch.

• Emma and Stephanie’s predictions for the future of design trends.

Also Mentioned This Episode:

• Ballard Designs)

Charm School)* (Full Book)*

• Schumacher)

• Nancy Braithwaite article where she used matelasse fabric to cover chairs in her living room.

Please send in your questions and decorating dilemmas to [email protected] so we can answer them on our next episode!