#4: Decorating Do’s & Don’ts From Designer Orlando Soria: a house log
Welcome to the show notes for Episode #4 of Turbodizin Has A Podcast. In this week’s episode, interior designer Orlando Soria gives smart advice for navigating common decorating challenges like finding your style, mixing patterns, and figuring out where the heck to start. We also share how our building projects have gotten a little faster, what whole-house upgrade brightens our day, and why our garage needs some serious assist. Plus, we explore some titillating paint color names along with the work of one of Trading Spaces’ most memorable designers.
You can find this episode on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn Radio – or play it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos that we referenced.
What is New
- Here are the LED lightbulbs we use throughout our house, sold in a six-pack on Amazon.
- You can see the one wall we “prettied up” in our garage starting on p. 216 of our book, Lovable Livable Home.
- Here are photos and a video tour of another unfinished space that was ridiculously disorganized in our last house: our messy basement workshop. And here is how we eventually organized it.
What is Not
- These are the paint colors that are feeling a little flirtatious: Divine Pleasure, Seduction, Hot Lips, Secret Rendezvous, and Snugglepuss. (Also, I must confess that in assembling these show notes we discovered that my made up answer, Enjoy Note, does in fact exist overseas… and by two distinct companies! Here is one that is off-white in Australia & another that is soft pink – simply like Sherry guessed – in the UK.)
- Here are the guides from PopSugar and Real Plain about how frequently various categories of clothing should be washed (and here is more about the guy who washes his jeans every six months).
- Lastly, here is the Buzzfeed round-up of Hildi Santo-Tomas’ “greatest” hits on Trading Spaces.
Orlando Soria
- You can check out Orlando’s journal, Hommemaker, and see what Homepolish is all about.
- Orlando also posted the excellent before & after photos of his condo renovation (aka, the “Orcondo”) – like his living & dining room and his kitchen & bathrooms.
- And of course, here is Orlando’s hilarious Instagram account: @mrorlandosoria
We are Digging
- Here is the factory refurbished Ryobi Airstrike Nailer that I purchased (again, it is $35 cheaper than a new one) – simply do not forget to get a battery & charger if you do not already have one. You can see it in action below, from this post about our bonus room built-ins.
- Lastly, here is StitchFix, the service Sherry has enjoyed, not enjoyed, & enjoyed again to diversify her black on black wardrobe.
Psst- Looking for something we have dug in a past episode, but do not remember which show notes to click into? Well, here is a master list of everything we have been digging from all past episodes.
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