Ep. 123: designer Brian Patrick Flynn
b'This week, Brian Patrick Flynn joins us to talk about his career path as a TV producer turned designer, now working on HGTV Dream Home and Urban Oasis. Brian combines his talents as a producer, writer, personality, and designer to create content, change lives, and bring a \\u201cit\\u2019s okay to not be perfect\\u201d vibe to design. Brian also talks with us about the TBS hit series Movie & a Makeover, his Icelandic getaway home, his own production company, Flynnside Out Productions, and his bucket list wedding in Antarctica.\\nWhat You\\u2019ll Hear on This Episode:\\n\\nBrian\\u2019s first dream may have been to be an Art Director on MTV\\u2019s The Real World, but life had even bigger and better plans.\\n\\nMore about how Brian worked his way to HGTV Dream Home and Urban Oasis.\\n\\nBrian\\u2019s Instagram is one of our favorites because of his beautiful production quality and storytelling on the photos and stories.\\n\\nBrian shares the amazing story of getting married in Antarctica, including seals, glaciers, and almost an avalanche.\\n\\nHow Brian fell in love with Iceland so much that he decided to purchase space in a Historic Row Flat there, and why he loves the country so much.\\n\\nTips for making a room comfortable for both men and women, and embracing what Brian refers to as the \\u201csoft masculine\\u201d of design.\\n\\nThe first step to being perfect is deciding it\\u2019s perfectly okay to not be. When we embrace our uniqueness and flaws, we realize the character that makes our space beautiful.\\n\\nBrian\\u2019s dream celebrity to work with - and we all agree.\\n\\nWhere Brian would splurge and be bold such as art and window treatments, and why he tends to stay classic when it comes to sofas.\\n\\nBrian\\u2019s home in Georgia, and what it\\u2019s like to own a home in the mountains.\\n\\nWhy Brian loves a good piece of furniture used out of context, to keep things fresh and playful.\\n\\n\\n\\nMentioned In This Episode: \\n@bpatrickflynn\\nHGTV Dream Home | Urban Oasis \\nFlynnside Out Productions\\nMelanie Turner \\nKacey Musgraves\\nAmy Osaba \\nHouse Hunters International \\nTina Fey \\nSally King Benedict'