Welcome to The Daniel House Book Club. We’re here to learn more about great design together. Whether you’re designing a new hotel or just furnishing your first apartment, we’re exploring books that will help you create spaces you and / or your guests and clients will want to return to again and again. There’s a lot of design out there and though I hate to be a downer, not all of it is good. But all of it could be, if we armed ourselves with a little more knowledge. This is not a podcast crea ...
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Do your clients ever ask you to design their outdoor spaces?
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Join us we learn some valuable lessons on how to furnish outdoor spaces, how to conceive outdoor rooms and what fabrics are appropriate for certain applications. All this of course drawn from the final sections of the famous book, Mark Hampton on Decorating.By Peter Spalding
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Mark Hampton loved library rooms most of all. In the episode, learn everything from how he thought bookcases should be proportioned to where furniture should be positioned to ensure conversation could flourish. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding
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What’s your style? Listen and learn about a few of legendary decorator Mark Hampton’s favorites as expressed in his book, Mark Hampton on Decorating. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding
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Bedrooms Should be Sensual, and so Much More From Mark Hampton
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How do you think about bedrooms, about setting the table or about the impact a fireplace design has on an overall room. Learn what Mark Hampton thought and see if you’re aligned. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding
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Oh no, more color! The famous 20th century decorator Mark Hampton begins his book with color, and really, is there anything that has a bigger impact on the way a room makes you feel. Even two whites can have a vastly different color. Listen to learn more about what Hampton advised! https://danielhouse.club…
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Upholstery: The Beautiful, The Useful and the Purposely Bizarre
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The last 100 years of furniture might carelessly be lumped in three categories; the beautiful, the useful, and the purposely bizarre. Which category interests you? https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding
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There’s empty Post-Modernism and then there’s the work of Philippe Starck which is constantly striding to improve the human condition. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding
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Are chairs famous just because of the characters who created them, or are they actually really comfortable? Let's look at a few 20th century cult chairs to see. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding
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As part of our look at 1000 Chairs, Peter is joined by furniture maker Aspen Golann who describes some of the key aspects of making a perfect Windsor Chair. She didn’t call the Windsor the most beautiful chair in the world, btw, those are our words. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding, Aspen Golann
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The Sexiest Chair - According to Designer Kristen Siefkin
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Today we are talking with designer, and Daniel House Club power user Kristen Siefken. She is joining us today from her home in sunny Mexico to discuss her favorite chairs and how she leverages planning boards on Daniel House Club to simplify her sourcing and increase her profits. https://danielhouse.club…
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1000 Chairs & Their Preceding Blockbusters
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Ever wonder where our modern sense of comfort developed? Join Peter as he takes a look some of the chairs we know and love and examines how they’ve contributed to contemporary design. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding
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Vibing in your own space" with Oregon Home Editor, Emily Grosvenor
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People love to come to your house because they want to be in your vibe,” says Oregon Home Magazine editor, Emily Grosvenor. "Earlier eras were too concerned with what the story of their space was telling other people, but hopefully we're getting more into telling our own stories now," she adds. Beyond her editorial work, Grosvenor acts as a spatial…
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Katie Ridder Shares Her Expertise on Color
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Our guest today is the brilliant Katie Ridder. You may know her for her expert use of color as seen on the cover of Architectural Digest or all over instagram. I know her as one of the very first designers I got to work for. She is a perfect guest to discuss Josef Albers book "Interaction of Color." I think you'll get a lot of practical knowledge o…
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Designer Jenna Sheingold Makes the 80's Feel Fresh
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Designer Jenna Sheingold is known for her use of color. Today she is joining us on our journey though Albers' Interaction of Color to talk about what she learned and how to really make color flourish in your projects. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding, Jenna Sheingold
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Interior Designer Kimberlee Jaynes on how she helps clients see the Interaction of Color
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We're discussing Josef Albers book "Interaction of Color" with a great guest today - Portland designer Kimberlee Jaynes. Kimberlee has also written a book on color and has been designing for over 20 years. Her experience is the perfect backdrop to ground today's topic.By Peter Spalding
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Special Episode: An interview with Rug & Kilim Vice President, Cyrus Nazmiyal
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We’re going to push our study of Josef Albers’ classic book Interaction of Color to next week, because I wanted to share the interview I did with Cyrus Nazmiyal, the vice president of one of our vendors, Rug & Kilim. In our conversation, we talk about a bunch of stuff from the history of his family’s incredible business, the trends he’s seeing in r…
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Quintessence Host Susanna Salk on the Emotional Pursuit of Decorating
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Listen as author and Quintessence Blog host Susanna Salk gives us the confidence to let our emotional responses guide our design process, even if that represents a departure from what Elsie de Wolfe might have thought.By Peter Spalding
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Roy Caro Cohen of The Picturalist Shares the Right Way to Reproduce Art
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This week Peter interviews Roy Caro Cohen of The Picturalist. They discuss Elsie De Wolf's chapters on the Small Apartments and Reproductions of Antique Furniture and Objects of Art (Chapter 16 & 17 if you're following along). Roy is the perfect guest for this topic as his business focuses on reproducing art in a way designer's will actually like. …
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Designing the Ideal Living Room With Elsie de Wolfe
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Hey Design Lovers, welcome to Episode Number 10 of The Daniel House Book Club, where we are working our way through the 8 Books Every Interiors Lover Should Have Read according to Architectural Digest. We’re in our 4th of 6 episodes dedicated to Elsie ed Wolfe’s The House in Good Taste. And let me tell you, I am feeling the burn. This book is so si…
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The House in Good Taste: An Interview with Metta Home
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Today we're joined by Heather Martin of Metta Home. She is adding her unique perspective as an AirBnB designer from Richmond, North Carolina. This is a fun exploration of chapters on Doors, Windows & Chintz, The Problem of Artificial Light, and Halls & Stairs. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding, Heather Martin
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The House in Good Taste: Proof of Concept
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I think in some sense all designers can see themselves in Elsie de Wolfe. This feels especially true in the chapter we are starting with today, which is all about proof of concept. She’s moved out of her first house near Manhattan’s Gramercy Park. She’s learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t and now she’s ready to really showcase her ideas…
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The House in Good Taste: America's First Decorator
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In the last episode, I said Elsie de Wolfe was the Joanna Gaines of her day, except way chicer, but that may have minimized her gigantic shoes – it might be better to call her the Kim Kardashian of her day. In de Wolfe, we see our modern concept of celebrity. She is often called America’s first decorator, but she was so much more. She was a stage a…
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The Decoration of House: Cultivating Connoisseurship
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We started our study of this book by identifying that one of its surprising threads was that of simplicity. Today we are looking at the book’s final three parts, a chapter on The School – Room and Nurseries, which I’m imagining will feel slightly more relevant than it might have in the pre-pandemic era, a chapter titled Bric-a-Brac, which is a term…
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The Decoration of Houses: Who Needs a Dining Room Anyway?
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Hey fellow interior designers and design enthusiasts. Welcome to The Daniel House Book Club. Together, we’re reading and discussing the 8 books every interior designer and design enthusiast should have read according to Architectural Digest. This is the 5th of 6 episodes focused on Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman’s The Decoration of Houses. For a co…
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The Decoration of Houses: Ballrooms & Boudoirs
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Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman spend a lot of time going over rooms that seem to have no relevance to us today, like ballrooms and boudoirs. While, we may not use these spaces in our contemporary lives, there's a lot we can learn from them to improve the way we live in our homes.By Peter Spalding
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The Decoration of Houses: Don't Get Bogged Down in the Details
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he Decoration of Houses, especially the section we’re reading this week, is very much about not getting bogged down in little details – remembering to zoom out, see the big picture and employ design ideas that go the furthest in making a real impression. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding
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The Decoration of Houses: Why Walls Are Really Columns
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Continue following along as we dive deeper into the world of classic home design and learn from Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman about the origin of so many details we hardly ever consider anymore.By Peter Spalding
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The Decoration of Houses: Inheriting the Tradition of Making Great Homes
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Join me in this inaugural episode as we draw some wisdom from two 19th century greats on the topic of decorating houses. https://danielhouse.clubBy Peter Spalding
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