Hey friend!

With Black Friday right around the corner, I know you are inundated with deal after deal - it's a great time to wait for that special gift for that special someone to go on sale. In our own home we're waiting for the price to drop on a couple items for the boys.

But when was the last time you invested in YOU? When was the last time you invested in learning a new skill or getting a little help so you could see results faster?

This coming week, fig & farm (at home) is having the BIGGEST SALE of the year. It's DEAL WEEK and for one week only, I'll be offering the lowest prices or the newest products you have not yet seen.

If moving beyond the podcast and into action has been on your 'hope' list, your 'this would be nice someday' list, your 'I'm ready for change, but not quite sure' list - now is the time.

Creating the home you have been longing for starts with action. Start by making sure you are on my email list so you can receive the emails sharing the DEAL WEEK deals. 5 days, 5 deals only available for a limited time. This is the ONLY time I'll be sharing about this on the podcast.

Get on the list by emailing me here.

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Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com

Website: https://figandfarmathome.com

Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/decorating-sos

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Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Hey friend...

The stress of hosting for the holidays is real. You've been thinking about the menu for weeks, you've deep cleaned like you haven't done since last year, and you think you've thought through just about everything. This week, week 5 in our five part series: Getting your home holiday ready!, is all about making sure things don't fall through the cracks and leave you scrambling at the end.

Do you have enough chairs? Checking that this week.

What will the baby eat? Checking that this week.

Are you pulling out wrinkled napkins that were put away last Thanksgiving?

Yup...checking that this week.

This five part series is designed to save you the unwelcome and sometimes unimaginable stress that surrounds the holidays. So whether it's this holiday or next Easter that you'll be hosting, earmark this for the next time you need to prepare ahead of time, leaving you enough time to enjoy your guests and not sweat the small stuff.

And, as part of implementation week, you're practicing setting the holiday table - so the food you just spent hours, days, and even weeks preparing doesn't look silly on a lackluster design. It's not to late to learn a quick tip or two inside my Tablescape Workshop.

TABLESCAPE WORKSHOP!

Prepare your holiday table NOW by learning how to make it look as beautiful as the food you'll spend hours, even days preparing! Tablescape Workshop

// Links mentioned in show: //

Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com

Website: https://figandfarmathome.com

Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/decorating-sos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/

FREE Facebook Community: https://www.bit.ly/design101group

The Collective Membership Waitlist: https://figandfarmathome.myflodesk.com/waitlist

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Hey friend!

In this week's podcast I'm chatting with Amy who wants her home to feel bright and airy, but she has a problem. The dark kitchen cabinets, the black countertop and the black tile floor, along with the black dining table are all keeping her from realizing her goals. But with no room in the budget to make these BIG foundational changes to her home, Amy is wanting to know her options.

Amy has a couple options:

1. Spend a lot of money she doesn't have replacing everything in the style that she likes it now (not a feasible option).

2. Do nothing and continue hating her home and the way it looks, waiting and wishing for the day when the funds are available for option 1.

3. Learn which changes she can make to lighten up her space, using what she currently has and bringing in supporting items to lighten her open concept home WHILE making it look cohesive.

Option 3 may sound too good to be true, but the truth is we often times only see option 1 and option 2 as likely possibilities. When you work within your own understanding of a skill, sometimes you don't see the third option.

Decorating SOS Coaching Calls are meant to help you see the third option. They're designed to help you get unstuck in what ever is keeping you from reaching your home goals.

What did Amy learn? She actually has a really great start at having a light and airy home. There's no need to paint anything. And the black table that she though was a bully - the recommendation was to actually keep it as is, but to change up other things in the room.

You'll hear my strategy for combatting darkness, how furniture carries a visual weight with it and how strategic layers will not only make her space feel lighter and brighter, but more cozy too. And all of those suggested changes will help her bully of a kitchen feel more cohesive with the rest of her home.

If you'd like help creating a plan for your home, go to https://figandfarmathome.com/decorating-sos to book a call. Transformation is waiting on the other side of that conversation.

// Links mentioned in show: //

Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com

Website: https://figandfarmathome.com

Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/decorating-sos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/

FREE Facebook Community: https://www.bit.ly/design101group

The Collective Membership Waitlist: https://figandfarmathome.myflodesk.com/waitlist

Week of Deals Early Bird List: https://bit.ly/dealweekearlybird

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Hey friend!

As we continue this mini series: Get your home holiday ready, it's important that we don't forget to get ready to take care of the people we're inviting into our space. Hosting is a natural gifting - those who do it well, WOW do they do it well. For others, it's a learned skill. But like decorating, hosting can be taught.

Preparing your space adequately for guests and their comfort is important in both the BIG ways as well as the small details.

In today's episode I'm sharing 4 tips to host well and with one of the tips, I admittedly get very vulnerable as I share a bit of personal experience. In a nutshell, the four things that will help you be a better hostess are:

1. Think of your own comfort! This sounds counter intuitive when we're learning tips about hosting others, but before we can do that I want you be mindful of experiences YOU have had where you were the recipient of great hosting and experiences when the hosting rather sucked. Write those down - the details of what made those experiences stand out for you. You'll use those details to help prepare for the guests in your home.

2. Think of guests needs beforehand! Thinking big picture about any accommodations they might need to make their stay a bit more comfortable before they arrive will help your time together go smoothly.

3. Pay attention to the SMALL details! Things like extra blankets, a fan, lighting to the bathroom in the middle of the night, cozy socks, even Kleenex and access to extra toiletries will help you guest feel like you've though of every last detail.

4. Be observant in the moment! Catching little things like an empty coffee cup or a glance around the room wondering where to place a bag - these observations and acting upon them will give you a gold star as a hostess.

TABLESCAPE WORKSHOP!

Prepare your holiday table NOW by learning how to make it look as beautiful as the food you'll spend hours, even days preparing! Tablescape Workshop

// Links mentioned in show: //

Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com

Website: https://figandfarmathome.com

Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/decorating-sos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/

FREE Facebook Community: https://www.bit.ly/design101group

The Collective Membership Waitlist: https://figandfarmathome.myflodesk.com/waitlist

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Hi friend!

Have you ever took a look around your grandmother's home and thought, 'Hmmm...that piece (what ever the piece is) is kind of cool. I wonder how I could make that work in my home? Would it be cool or fall completely flat?' Or maybe you have a hand me down sofa or a dining room credenza that you know are pretty fantastic, but want to learn how to more intentionally style it with your otherwise contemporary design but aren't quite sure how to do it. Or maybe yet, you just love thrifting and fining unique items that no one else has because you didn't find them at Target. You may have even been called eclectic a time or two. If any of these scenarios are YOU, you're in the right place because in today's episode I'm not only sharing the 7 things that make up Grand Millenial Decorating Style, but the secret to pulling it all together. And if that's not enough, I'm throwing in 6 ways you can experiment with a little more GM in your own home.

Want more episodes like this? Tell me about it on IG or send me an email. ANNOUNCEMENTS from today's show: Mark your calendars for DEAL WEEK, happening Nov. 25 - 29. If you've ever wondered about working with me, you're not going to want to miss this event. Be the first to hear about ALL the deals on the annual DEAL WEEK happening November 25 - 29. Become a DEAL WEEK EARLYBIRD

Join The Collective, my monthly membership - where I teach you even more about decorating in weekly video trainings. Easy to watch, easy to understand, easy to implement. Doors re-opening during DEAL WEEK. Get on THE COLLECTIVE WAITLIST

// Links mentioned in show: //

Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com

Website: https://figandfarmathome.com

Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/decorating-sos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/

FREE Facebook Community: https://www.bit.ly/design101group

The Collective Membership Waitlist: https://figandfarmathome.myflodesk.com/waitlist

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Hey friend!

We are continuing our 5 part mini-series getting our homes ready for the holidays. If you missed the first two parts of the series, you can listen to them here:

Part 1: Is your home ready for the holidays? Start HERE for stress-free holiday prep

Part 2: Refresh your home for the holidays with these 5 simple, budget friendly tips

In today's episode, I'm taking a cue from my business and working smarter not harder in order to prep my home for the holidays. Having a clean house is a pivotal part before welcoming guests in, but cleaning can sometimes be a bore and an absolutely chore. So today, I'm sharing how just as I batch work in my business for efficiency, we're taking that strategy to batch clean. Get ready to get more done in less time.

The rules of batching?

1. Start by writing down all of the chores you do in order to deep clean (remember - guest eyes only areas). Ex) dust baseboards, wash windows, pick lint out of edges of carpet :), dust flat surfaces, deep clean the toilets

2. Then, instead of going room to room to complete one room at a time, try cleaning in like-categories. Cleaning the toilets, for example, require a different set of tools or supplies than dusting.

3. Start by cleaning one like-category at a time. In this example, toilets. Gather all the tools and supplies you need to deep clean the toilets and do ALL the toilets before moving on to the next like-category (ie. window/glass surface cleaning)

After all areas have been deep cleaned, use this same strategy to tidy clean the week of your holiday before the guest's arrival.

// Links mentioned in show: //

Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com

Website: https://figandfarmathome.com

Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/decorating-sos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/

FREE Facebook Community: https://www.bit.ly/design101group

The Collective Membership Waitlist: https://figandfarmathome.myflodesk.com/waitlist

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Hey friend!

Do you wonder what's a TREND and what's NOT in home design? Do you worry that the choices you make today will be a fad and thrown by the wayside tomorrow? Do you want to make confident, timeless choices so you can be confident your design decisions will stand the test of time?

In today's episode I'm sharing 6 design elements that define the classic, timeless design style. It's not too dissimilar from Quiet Luxury, which I talked about in episode #169.

Simply put, timeless design is a "style that looks elegant and fresh over time and isn't bound to any particular trend or time period." So, what are those 6 design elements that you should include in your home if you want a home that looks timeless?

1. Simplicity: less really is MORE

2. Quality: less quick fabrication and MORE high quality pieces

3. Vintage: mixing old and new

4. Neutral Palette: this doesn't mean just 50 shades of white

5. Natural elements: think beyond fresh plants, though a good start. Think about materials found in nature: cotton, wood, marble.

6. Wall treatments: even homes a hundred years ago had vertical shiplap. Don't be afraid of dressing up your walls.

Are you ready to FINALLY finish your home, maybe finishing one room at a time? Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call so you can get help making the plan or putting together the finishing touches!

// Links mentioned in show: //

Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com

Website: https://figandfarmathome.com

Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/decorating-sos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/

FREE Facebook Community: https://www.bit.ly/design101group

The Collective Membership Waitlist: https://figandfarmathome.myflodesk.com/waitlist

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani

Hey friend! The holidays are just around the corner and you volunteered to host grandma and the gang for Thanksgiving dinner. You thought it was a good idea at the time - after all, you know your way around the kitchen, but then you stop to think...what about the house?

In this five week mini-series, we are getting your home holiday ready well before the first guest arrives so you can welcome them in without worrying about how your home looks and feels.

If you missed part one of the mini series, it was all about reducing the chaos by decluttering. You can listen to that episode here.

In this episode, I'm sharing my top tips for refreshing your space without spending a lot of money. This strategy is perfect for those on a tight budget or those who are anticipating a larger home redecorating or remodeling project to start, but would still like a bit of 'newness' to the space.

Be sure to subscribe to the show so you can listen in next week as we get ahead of the holiday rush by deep cleaning efficiently!!

Want a little help getting ready for your holiday guests! Get help creating your REFRESH PLAN with a Decorating SOS Coaching Call. But don't wait...you want time to plan so you can implement well.

// Links mentioned in show: //

Email: hello@figandfarmathome.com

Website: https://figandfarmathome.com

Book a Decorating SOS Coaching Call: https://www.figandfarmathome.com/decorating-sos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/figandfarm/

FREE Facebook Community: https://www.bit.ly/design101group

The Collective Membership Waitlist: https://figandfarmathome.myflodesk.com/waitlist

Happy styling!!

xo,

dani