Ep. 101: designer Whitney McGregor
b'Whitney McGregor, interior Designer based in South Carolina, joins the show today. Whitney\\u2019s home was recently featured in Southern Living, and talks about her traditional yet playful and welcoming style. She explains what she means when she tells her clients to \\u201clisten to the house\\u201d, her inspiration of combining clean with beautiful and traditional, and the importance of being transparent about your budget when working with a designer. \\nWhat You\\u2019ll Hear on This Episode:\\n\\nTriumphs on grass cloth wallpaper, dorm shopping, and a great anniversary copper wine cooler and pillowTrials about a dilemma on dead grass and hydrangea placement, and the same anniversary shaggy pink pillowWhen you go bold, go with a color you know you like.The special art of picking out gifts for people, and if you should go on or off the list.How Whitney incorporates fun and fresh beauty steeped in the traditional.Whitney is a self taught decorator, and has been designing for fun since she was only 4 years old.The mistakes Whitney gave herself permission to make when decorating her own home, and the lessons she learned from them.More about her new home, and how the flow and light caught the attention of Whitney and her husband.Why Whitney is a proponent of living in a house before making any major changes to it.Whitney doesn\\u2019t care if art matches, it\\u2019s all about how it makes herself and her clients feel and the emotion it stirs in them.The difference between splurging and investing, and why it\\u2019s important to be transparent about your budget.Mentioned In This Episode\\n\\nWallpaper PlusSilver Comet TrailWhitney McGregor@whitneymcgregorSouthern LivingJohn Stefanidis\\xa0Bobby McAlpineDavid HicksBilly BaldwinAngie HranowskyNashville Rug Gallery'