Ep. 55: editor Tori Mellott

Published: July 17, 2018, 11:45 a.m.

b'In this episode we are joined with Tori Mellott, Senior Design and Markets Editor for Traditional Home Magazine. We talk trends with Tori from her recent trip at High Point Market, her background and where her love of design emerged from, some fun behind the scenes stories from her career in magazines, the roles and responsibilities of a Markets Editor and why we all feel that it\\u2019s impossible to have too many chairs.\\nWhat You\\u2019ll Hear on This Episode:\\n\\nHow Tori has had the energy and stamina to move (and decorate) 26 times.\\nA trends recap from Tori\\u2019s recent High Point Market Trip from all of the latest in designers and furniture manufacturers. Tori mentions the resurgence of canopy beds, traditional stylings, groovy 1970\\u2019s lighting, millennial pink, delicate silhouettes, and things just being pretty.\\nTori\\u2019s love for auction shopping, specifically for occasional chairs for both herself and her loved ones.\\nTori\\u2019s travel tips for roaming unencumbered.\\nThe growing trend of bright yellow in home decor, and Tori\\u2019s closet.\\nThe responsibilities and duties of a Markets Editor.\\nWhen Tori sees something that she wants, she waits on it. If she is still wanting it after one year, she knows it\\u2019s the real deal.\\nWhy it\\u2019s important to know your audience when pitching a magazine editor.\\nTori\\u2019s very own real life personal version of The Devil Wears Prada during an internship at NYU, and how it led to an internship at HomeStyle Magazine.\\nCaroline\\u2019s amazing memory when it comes to designer and pictorials.\\nHer personal side project of helping her sister decorate.\\nHow to know when to splurge, and when to save, on interior design.'