Fall Decorating Trends: Warm Lighting, Rich Colors & Smart Home Tips (with Designer Wendy Glaister)

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I'm Eric G.

Thanks for joining me today.

We have got another great episode and Wendy Glasester from Wendy Glacier Interiors is back.

Welcome back to the show, my friend.

Thank you, Eric.

I appreciate being invited back.

Thank you so much for having me.

We always have so much fun and you and I here.

Boy.

Last month got to contribute on an article with Parade magazine and it was really fun to compare notes after that was published.

Yes.

And we had a lot of them that were in common as well, which I thought was pretty funny.

Yeah, absolutely.

Because as we go into fall, it's just absolutely crazy actually how early some of the trends show up in the stores.

It's like as soon as July 4th is over, all of a sudden everything's on closeout and the fall stuff's in the store.

And I'm like, are we doing Halloween, Labor Day?

I guess we are.

That's just retail now.

I think it's just that way.

And I think.

I don't know if you've noticed this, but we have a really darling store in our area called Sweet 52 Living and they go big for holidays.

And the second all that fall stuff was out, I walked in the store and it was like, oh, this is so pretty.

It feels so cozy.

With everything going on in the world, it just felt like more and better than usual.

I don't know if that makes sense at all.

It does.

Yeah.

It was just like, oh, we made it to fall.

We can make an apple pie.

Pretty soon we can have friendsgiving or something nice to celebrate just being buddies and being together.

Where I think this year in particular that is more meaningful than it has felt in the past.

I agree.

And I think some of it that that has highlighted that even much more so is just because the colors are back.

And when I say that is is we've lived in a decade and change of grayish.

Yeah.

I'm in the Pacific Northwest, so as soon as October 1st comes around, it's the rainy season usually for us.

So between then and June is we count Days of sunlight on her two hands usually.

So when you have the house, it's gray too.

It's not comfortable?

No, no.

I think.

I think there's a heaviness in the world is a little more pronounced than in the past.

So it's almost like we have to intentionally work at keeping our homes and environments more uplifting and more filled with cheerful things and maybe nostalgic things or things that give us comfort more than before because we just.

There's just this uncertainty that human beings just don't like.

And so I think fall is a great way to kind of recapture those cozy feelings and the feelings of safety that we all wish we had every day.

Totally.

I think there's so many things with that that just makes it feel like home.

And when you're getting a little less daylight, the sun's coming up later and the evenings end earlier outside.

Having a place inside that's warm and cozy that is your kind of place of solitude, I think is mentally healing.

I agree.

Yeah, I have a hard time.

I don't know if this has happened to you, but when I come home from a really long day at work and it's dark at 4:30 in the afternoon and I walk into a dark house, it just.

And cold, dark, cold house just really does not help me.

So I've done a lot of things putting things on timers, putting even candles that have.

They're not lighted candles, but the flicker battery candles, all on timers, the lamps, the heater, the any.

And the second I walk in, I turn on my little gas fireplace or my little electric fireplace so that I have that flame.

Just because it's.

It can get to you.

You really have to be intentional about trying to develop habits that keep you feeling cozier.

Wendy, I need to help you get the smart home set up.

So when you.

And you hit the I'm home button,.

It goes like this.

The fireplace is already.

The heat is already on.

I'm ready.

It's cozy.

The lights are down, not too bright, but right where you want them.

And that way you've got that just beautiful entry that's for you.

Yeah.

So when you do that, do you use Control 4?

You can, but you can also do some stuff with much more consumer friendly products.

So Control four and those guys easy.

You can even do some of that stuff with some of the basic smart home stuff.

If you put the Lutron casita and do some stuff like that.

And then if you're on a platform where you've got whether it's matter or one of those.

You can just create it to.

If it links the fireplace links up into it.

Awesome.

Then you can just do the good night, good morning stuff.

And I had that at my house where I would hit good night, and it would turn the lights on outside that I wanted.

It would make sure that my garage door was closed, that I didn't leave that open, that the blinds would come down.

And I had everything set, including the thermostat.

Just the smart thermostat would go, oh, I know.

You want it cooler.

There's the basic settings.

Perfect.

And it was easy out in the country.

Yeah, I would really love that.

That's great.

Yeah.

Okay.

Well, I would like to sign up for you to be my tutor.

There we go.

There we go.

And it just makes it easier.

Yeah.

You know, with fall trends, some of the stuff that has driven me nuts sometimes.

And again, you walk around the stores, and I'm like, if I see another gnome, I'm kind of done with the gnome thing.

And the mushrooms are not my thing either.

Yes.

I do have a client who just bought a home, and she has a gnome collection and she eats her own.

It's her own.

Not my thing.

But yep, they are cheerful to look at.

They have variety.

Each one has a different color little hat.

Okay.

A little different outfit.

So to each his own is right.

Not my gig.

Not my gig.

Those are my little pet peeves.

But I noticed this year running around the store, though, how just so many, I don't know, flowers, botanical patterns.

That kind of stuff is just like, boom, it's back.

Oh, yeah, it is.

It's back in a huge way.

All your grandma's draperies are now on your bed and your tablecloths.

Yep.

It's true.

Well, there was no pattern.

Yeah.

There was no pattern for so long.

No color for so long.

Just like what you mentioned.

And I just think this is just in reaction to that.

I think people are tired of it.

And honestly, there's a lot that's sort of Ralph Lauren inspired.

Huge celebration of Ralph Lauren and his legacy in the past year.

And so I think we see a lot of those plaids and florals, large scale, deep, rich colors, just sort of as an homage to his influence.

And it can be really pretty.

English hunting lodge is not bad.

No, it's very fall.

Timeless.

Timeless fall.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Really pretty stuff.

And I'm going to bash on quick set.

But that Kwikset brass knob that was on every interior builder grade door that.

Drove me out, that was a hit.

They did a great job marketing.

Yeah.

But that's really where the trends are.

If you were running around a few years ago when you and I last saw each other at the trade show, the 60s 70s colors that we all ripped out 20 years ago are now back with that new twist.

Updated.

Yeah.

Are you seeing that really used though, or is that more of a thing at the show?

Again, I'm in the Pacific Northwest, so we have a lot more of that mid century vibe where the Japanese feel and the contemporary stuff, so that's easy to use in that.

That's just kind of meant for that.

Am I seeing somebody's English tutor mansion having an avocado green bathroom in it?

No, I'm not.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I just don't have a huge call for that.

I think people.

Well, I always say spend it once and so I attempt not to do too much that might be classified as trendy because I just feel bad asking people to put something in they're going to want to take out and valid buyers.

Yeah, those trendy things, especially when you're talking stuff like bathrooms, showers, toilets, vanities, that's kitchens.

That gets expensive quick.

Yeah.

I just want to be.

I want to exercise stewardship and be respectful of all the hard work that went into earning the things that we're spending on.

What do you think when you think about fall, Eric?

What is the one thing that you really like to make sure is in the house for fall?

Do you have one certain thing that means oh, falls here and time to curl up and get cozy.

For me, it's for me in the summertime, have a jacket in our vehicle just because it can always switch.

But just in case.

Yeah, just in case.

But really it's a whole new set of clothes because up here we could have 100 degree days very easily.

But now we're into the thing that maybe a warm day is 45 or 50 and it's going to rain forever.

So it's one of those things that we could be a month in the 40s and it's a whole different lifestyle.

So you have to pack up.

Unless you've got a huge cover outside.

You can barbecue, but you're not using the outdoor living space like you want to.

Even with heaters, it can be a little harder to use in December, January or impossible.

But for me, I like, I just love the warm brown colors, like the brown leather chairs or that kind of stuff is really, to me feels like fall versus the bright colors of the outdoor patio.

Yes.

And like those deep, rich, rusty reds and the burgundies and like that I wouldn't call forest green, but like that mossy, deep sage green and more jewel tone versions of those colors I think are so beautiful.

Beautiful.

And it's interesting up here when you design in the Pacific Northwest because it's kind of, if you're designing up towards Tahoe, let's say for you, if you're up that way, there's so much green outside.

If you do too much of that in your house, it gets lost because now it's just matchy matchy.

It does.

It does.

Yeah.

In our own cabin, I painted all the walls a deep, dark green, but all the other colors are the rusty reds and navy blues and those deep cozy velvet browns and like the leather tufted chairs and the whole.

And yeah, when I think about fall, it really is the cabin.

Yeah.

Everything turns.

You can see all the colors up there probably better than you see them down here in the valley.

So it's always nice up there around Thanksgiving time.

It's fun.

Oh, yeah.

And then here too, lighting is big because we go from the sun, like getting dark outside.

And then we get into December, January, and it's 4:15 and it's dark.

And so for me, that lighting is such a key that I need to have that really under control because.

And you and I both talked about it in the piece about layered lighting and having that.

To me, if it's too bright in the fall, it seems odd.

I like to have a little dimmer, a little warmer, a little.

I need to have that color temperature to be more like an incandescent light bulb than outdoor light that's coming through the outside.

That's me.

That's me.

You just feel harsh for some reason, I think.

Yeah.

In contrast to what's happening outside.

Exactly.

So that's big.

But what are you seeing out there?

For Elisa, for instance, she likes to go out and get the blue and green ones that you see at the stores.

Oh, yeah, Those are fun.

But what do you like?

I like, I just feel like that cozy element.

So.

And I try not to use too many pillows because I know that's sort of like a marker of going overboard as a designer or a Decorator, rather, I guess.

Yep.

Absolutely.

Definitely decorator.

Those big cozy throws that are just super soft and feel so good.

And some toss pillows.

And then I just love the greenery.

Yeah.

Not the printed floral like what you've mentioned here and there where it makes sense.

But I love to bring in a magnolia garland on the fireplace mantel with some pretty candles in brushed brass.

Nice brush.

Brash.

I mean, a little bit of warmth here and there.

And like the colors that you mentioned.

I love to do that with ribbon.

I grew up next door.

My parents had their jewelry store and right next door to that was this beautiful little store called Country Living.

And she had wired French ribbon, which is where I learned to love all of that.

And she'd have velvet and satin and all these beautiful ribbons weaving those through the garland and little things like that.

And I have a really fun time setting the table for Thanksgiving.

That is super fun for me because I have little vintage things like little vintage pheasant salt and pepper shakers and little everything is somehow coordinated in the mix color wise.

And that's fun because I also love to do a friendsgiving that's really fun for me.

You smell the turkey and you have the cider and the whole.

The real fragrances, not the ones that you get at the grocery store where you walk in with your little cart and you're just those pine cones.

I don't know what they do to those pine cones.

I don't know.

But they don't smell like pine cones.

I don't know what they do.

So mean.

Poor little pine cone.

It was doing fine on its own, Wendy.

We were out on vacation up in the.

Up in northeastern Oregon.

The funny part was a couple of the stores that I'd rent in Joseph, Oregon, which I just love that town.

It is not changed in 50 years that I've been going up there.

So it's just the same bronze statues.

But a couple of those stores that I walked in was scent overload.

It hit you like a sheet of plywood to the face.

It was graphic walking in there.

It was like, oh, wow.

It was like smelling salts of floral and country.

And it was hard to walk in.

The door like junior high boys with Drakkar Noir.

When we were in junior high, right?

Just like, oh, some things were in.

Later years, the Axe body spray.

It was just the whole, oh, wow.

And beautiful stuff was just dry.

I couldn't take it.

I'm not the person who says don't wear perfume normally because.

And thankfully I don't have allergies and major reactions to things like that.

And I know there legitimately are people who really struggle that way.

But I just.

I want to smell a real turkey, a real pumpkin pie, real cider, real coffee.

Oh, yes.

I'm a coffee snobby.

Oh, every day.

Oh, I grind and brew local beans every day.

We.

My husband grinds them at night and gets them ready for the next morning.

I have the bougie machine that grinds it all at once.

So are you a light, medium, or dark roast person?

In the summer, I'm lighter.

Fall, I go darker.

And when I.

Everything I consume like that, I have a trend with that, like in the summertime.

Oh, a nice white wine outside is great.

If it's 100 degrees, I don't want a big cabernet.

It's just where I'm at.

And so I'm much more of a gin and tonic guy.

And then get into the whiskey in the fall as a occasional cocktail.

But it's all in moderation.

I've got a sensitive nose.

I'll be the first one to say that.

I can walk into a house and go, mold and cats.

Okay, here we go.

I am probably the most.

No, I literally, I've walked into homes and went, great, I'd love to see your kitchen.

We're talking about today, but where's your mold problem?

And I can tell because I'm allergic to mold.

It hits me.

I can just go, oh, we've got an issue.

Where is it?

And we go off on a tangent because I can smell that.

I can sense it.

It hits me.

Sense or like everything else, it needs to be in moderation.

Like orange.

Orange needs to be in moderation in the fall.

Yes.

I don't like that bright Halloween pumpkin orange color.

I like, leave that for Home Depot or outdoor decorations.

Like, a lot of people I'm noticing are doing outdoor decor for Halloween so much, and it's.

Then they have to take it all down and do it again for Christmas.

They're very ambitious.

Good for them.

There's a guy probably three miles from here that was really close to my old house, and he starts out decorating his outside on Labor Day for Halloween because it takes him about a month to set it up.

And he is one of those guys that looks like on the Christmas special stuff of what they do.

I mean, there's 150amps of LEDs out there and blow up things and tombstones and it just gets absolutely wild and awesome.

If that's your.

If that's your jam, that's what you love.

I'm happy it's not next to my house, but to each your own.

If you love Halloween like that, awesome.

Yeah.

I like Thanksgiving.

I like fall and Thanksgiving.

I'm not so much a Halloween girl.

I'm sure that comes as a wild shock to you, but I'm clutching my pearls here.

I'm soft.

I like all the cheerful holidays with cheerful meanings inside.

I do love a beautiful fall wreath on the door.

There you go.

I do.

You have to be careful with those up here.

Oh, really?

Because fall is also spider season and aggressive wasp season for us.

Oh.

So anything hanging on a door can easily get drug inside.

So it's one of those things you got to be really careful with what you do because they're not poisonous spiders.

So we say.

But they're just big kind of these wolf spiders that are golf ball size.

That.

That no one likes that spider season around here.

So think about making sure you're not dragging stuff inside every time the door goes in those climates.

This is a very important thing for me to know.

Thank you for sharing.

Yeah.

I had no idea.

Yeah.

I've literally, when I've done reits on the front door, I've gotten stung because you open the door up and they've been hanging out in there looking for someplace to nest.

Because it's undercover, it's safe for us.

Late July, August, September, October are those times of the aggressive wasps and hornets.

So you have to be a little careful.

I feel like I live with those all summer long where we are.

Yeah.

And they always make their house right over your outdoor dining table in your umbrella.

Yeah, whatever.

Yep.

Delightful.

I get aggressive about June with the traps and try to get them before they get crazy.

And I did that at my shop a few weeks ago and I hung one of the traps up.

Just one of the bag traps you just put out there.

And in about 20 minutes there was literally a hundred around it.

And I'm like, oh, wow.

Happy I did that.

So I put two more up and now they're gone.

So it was a good control.

Yeah.

Let's climb it.

What happens in your area might not work in mine.

Yes.

Agreed, Agreed.

So by orange we would both say no to.

Yeah, absolutely.

And I think we'll agree on the heavy fragrance stuff.

Those horrible skeletons.

Why do people.

The 10 foot tall ones.

Yes.

I've seen two of those Santa hat on.

Because it's too hard to take down or something.

Well, yeah.

So then they're going nightmare before Christmas stuff.

It's like, what Disney does with the Haunted Mansion.

Yeah.

I just don't find that to be in good taste.

That may sound snotty, but I feel like as a designer, every once in a while I can play that card.

I get it.

I'm done with the fall, live life, love, whatever quote things that you put up.

Oh, I'm done with that.

Yes.

It reminds me of the.

Right, yes.

Maybe you were buying a car and there was the motivational poster, and then out came a guy selling the demotivational posters, which I thought were way funnier.

It was the wrecked ship that was half sunk that said, no need to be an example for everyone else.

Stuff that I thought was amazing, but yeah, the quotes.

So that can be too much.

It can.

Instead, you could just buy a beautiful book of Mary Oliver poetry talking about nature and the change of the seasons, and you could put it on your coffee table.

That could be your fall literary nod.

Yeah.

Yeah, There you go.

I like that.

Reading that article.

There was one thing that you covered that I went, oh, yeah, that was thought provoking to me.

And that was kind of the Greek pattern, that Greek key back S. Yeah, you're right.

Totally blew my mind because I'm like, oh, I wasn't thinking of it, but you're dead on.

Yeah, you're seeing a lot of that again.

And you can see it carved into the skirt around dining tables or desks.

You can see it on the lead edge of drapery.

You can see it on really pretty decorative tape on toss pillows.

And that is a very timeless thing.

So I feel like you could invest in some really beautiful things and it won't time out anytime in the near future, which is good.

But it's just a really pretty subtle design element that pretty much goes with everything.

One trend that I see that has gone away, that I wonder if it's coming back.

And this kind of reminds me of that, is find China in people's homes.

Remember how everybody would get married and they had their china that they had to have?

Yes.

I don't see that anymore.

No, they are.

I know.

Which is unfortunate because actually, because you're a coffee connoisseur, coffee is supposed to taste better in fine china than it does in a regular mug.

Did you know that?

No, but it makes sense.

You can try it and let me know what you think.

Well, I think that's why I like table setting, because I love the fine china in the beauty.

There it is.

There's the holiday table setting that if you're out there with just the Costco or the Ikea white plates.

Isn't this fun?

It bothers me.

I didn't think I'd be this person.

But I don't want to eat on a paper plate at Thanksgiving.

No, that's for camping.

I want my grandma's silverware.

I want to see her silverware.

I loved her.

I want to see my dad's mom's water glasses.

I want to see those little pheasant salt and pepper shakers.

I want to see that Noritake gold band that matches the pretty charger that match.

We don't live a fancy life.

We really don't.

But every once in a while, it is fun to be fancy.

And it's fun to be fancy for your friends and your family.

If they'll appreciate it, great.

If they don't, fine.

As long as you do.

But it's nice to have something beautiful every once in a while and not just roll over and give in because you're tired or you don't think other people will appreciate it, because it is.

There is something to making things special.

And I think maybe that's part of the allure of the fall is okay, we made it through spring and summer.

Now we're in fall.

Now it's harvest.

We have things to be grateful for.

We made it this far.

It is time to celebrate.

It's not so hot that we're all going to die out there of exposure when it's 105, but why not make it pretty?

There's.

You only live once.

Yeah, I'll give you that.

I'll give you that.

And that's the other thing, is you just have to make sure that you can throw it in the dishwasher.

Most dishwashers you can now.

You can now, it used to not be the case, but most of them, you can do it.

Ash and Cove, you're set.

No problem.

They even have a fine china and crystal setting.

Yes.

So there's no excuse.

You and I are the same.

Bosch Cove.

I even throw in a little Mila in there just because they do a nice job.

They do.

But, yeah.

That's the only brands that I really like to go with just for quality of washing.

Great.

Yeah.

Otherwise you're just fighting it constantly and it's so frustrating.

But, Wendy, what are things that you do around the house?

Not even decorating.

But is there things that you do to kind of get ready for that as you're spooling up.

If I'm going to host Thanksgiving, it's sometimes it's at home, sometimes it's at the cabin.

I love to cook, so I like to work on the menu first.

What kind of interesting things do I get to try to make?

And recently I've been collecting these little pumpkins with the little lids, the little.

The baby soup terrines that you can put at each spot because they're so cute.

And I just kind of drag out all my linen and all, and I just try to find all those fun things.

And then based on whatever scheme I set for that, I just bring it through the rest of the house and it's just fun.

I always try to make sure there's something pretty in the bathrooms.

There's something to me about bathrooms being well appointed that's important to me.

Instead of walking and going, oh, no, instead, oh, it's so nice in here.

And this is so pretty.

And this fragrance is so subtle.

So I think I start with probably the table, to be honest.

And even if we don't get any further than that, then at least the table is really pretty and so sparkly and a little bit fancy.

What do you start with?

For me, it's always just a little bit of decluttering.

What caught up in the summertime.

Is there stuff that we can kind of put away for the year?

Are there things that we're not using?

And a lot of that sometimes has to do outside.

Okay.

I don't need the hoses and stuff out.

And maybe some of the outdoor furniture goes and gets put away because it's just going to get destroyed out there with the winter weather.

So some of that is pre decorating of organizing.

Good declutter sometimes is a good stage before you bring the other stuff out.

Yeah.

Because you can start to drown pretty quickly in stuff if you don't.

It's the slow death, it's the crab in the water kind of thing.

It sounds great, for example.

I think that's true.

And more and more we're using a professional decorator on our organizer on our projects.

And she's been so helpful to so many people because it's just.

It's just sort of establishes a routine and a system and a method.

And so the upkeep of that just doesn't become as overbearing as it once was.

So I found that to be really helpful for clients in particular, that just.

And then they'll have her come back maybe twice a year for just a quick little maintenance Touch up thing.

And it makes a huge difference.

Well, one of the other things, too is especially if you got the holidays coming up, maybe going through and cleaning out the fridge, cleaning out the pantry, doing some of that stuff, because there's probably going to be a Costco or to the.

To your local store to get that stuff and to stock up.

So I tend to have a little bit more food around that is not perishable because we can lose power for four or five days.

So you kind of need to have yourself dialed in for that just in case that happens.

Oh, yeah, I can see where that would be a concern.

Sometimes that happens at the cabin, Knock on wood.

It has not happened yet in the valley here where we live every day and work every day, but that would not be fun at all.

So do you have a generator?

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah, I have generator.

And that makes sense.

So not a whole house one, but I can just switch stuff off and plug in my last house every year because I was living in Lake Oswego at the time.

All these 200, 300, 400 year old trees.

And so we get the windstorm or the ice storm in, and there were three years in a row that I had no power for five days straight.

And so the generator became a function of life.

And so a little emergency preparedness goes a long way.

I think this year is going to be easy for us.

But as soon as I say that, I know it's not going to be,.

Yes, El Nino here.

Yeah, you guys get some rain, though.

So that's a win for California.

You need it.

You do usually.

You need it usually.

Yes.

Yeah.

So getting into fall and getting into winter, it's always a quick turn.

Right.

To get into the next season because all of a sudden, Thanksgiving is done at dinner and the Christmas lights are on in the neighborhood and the Christmas songs have been on the radio for over a week.

It's true.

It just keeps going.

Yes.

More and more, I'm seeing clients start to decorate for Christmas in October.

Well, they're sold out.

They're sold out at Costco by Labor Day of Christmas.

So that makes sense because they want to get a jump on it, they want to enjoy it longer.

I started this whole design journey as a kid in high school decorating homes for Christmas.

Nice.

Yep.

The joy of Christmas decorating isn't for me what it might be for others.

And so I like fresh stuff and pine and cedar and all of that.

And it smells so good.

And that's great.

But I'm not good at covering Every surface of everything with Christmas decor.

And.

And it's one of the most busy seasons for me as an interior designer because everybody wants to get in before Christmas.

And not only do we get them in and style their home, we also have to reset their entire Christmas decor story.

And it's just a huge amount of work, which I'm very grateful for.

But sure, then to turn around and come home and do it at my house is just.

It's not really that appealing.

I get it.

And then, of course, you've got the clients that are starting the January 2 construction schedule because they wanted to get through the holidays.

I don't let people do that.

I know, but it happens.

I'm not tearing my house up for the holidays.

January 2nd is the.

Is demo day.

Well, they can organize and put things away on January 2nd, but we're not there until the week after.

And here's the thing that people, I don't think, really talk about in our industry, but I'm sure you must have noticed between Thanksgiving and New Year's World Shut, everyone goes away.

No one wants to go to work.

I have noticed many times something happens like you have these deadlines, things are still going on.

Everybody's still on the job schedule.

We all know it's supposed to be happening week to week, but everything kind of grinds to a halt.

Here's the thing.

Many cabinet companies out there and production facilities will shut down, like for a week or two at the end of the year because they can retool, they can do inventory because of that.

And of course, you've got everybody that's from the tile installer to the.

The excavation company that's doing the outside work.

They're off visiting grandma for the week of Thanksgiving.

Yes.

Then they're playing catch up on the stuff that they're behind on, trying to get the thing done so people can move into their house before Christmas.

But you can only push that schedule so far.

Yeah, I try really hard to have that honest conversation with clients.

Now I just say, well, if we're not starting before mid September, we won't start until after the new year because you'll be nothing but frustrated.

Like, we can do all the planning.

We can have everything purchased and on site.

We can do all the pre work so that it's easy.

Once we get in there and do demo, bam, the project will go and it'll be terrific.

But if you're not on the schedule and it's right now, middle of September, and you call and you say, I want to do whatever, because I just.

I want you to like me later.

How come you didn't tell me about this strange occurrence where everybody goes on vacation for two months and nobody goes to work?

It is weird.

It is.

And then on top of if you've got maybe that kitchen install or the bathroom install, and you're like, oh, I need two sticks of crown molding and a filler because it was damaged.

You're gonna see that in January.

Yeah, yeah.

It's not shipping, too.

We got so much holiday shipping going on as well that what took you three days from UPS is now six on ground.

Yes.

Many trips have been made to the FedEx place because they just can't find you or something has happened and you have to go pick it up yourself because you can't wait the three more for it to be delivered to your client's house.

That happens a lot at Christmas, too.

I tell people on the radio show here and podcasts that if you haven't started that major remodel at Labor Day, if you don't have the design part of that done, don't start it.

Yeah, start the design part.

Start the construction in mid January.

Yes.

When everything is all bulleted out in beautiful design documents and everything is clear and purchased in advance and the holidays are well over because that.

Just a whole other layer of stress that people don't really recognize till they're in the middle of it.

I had a lady, poor lady, hysterical, in tears at the end, and her house was absolutely gorgeous.

But the pressure of the family and the friends and the expectations socially that she had every single year piled on top of a major gut job remodel was just too much.

And she just.

It was awful.

I had a house like that that I was doing on the waterfront in the Seattle area, and I went out there to measure it.

It was first of the year, new construction.

They had just started getting the framing up.

Interior walls were framed, so I wanted to see how close it was accuracy to the plans.

I stick in there, and the homeowner's there and the contractor's there, and the homeowner goes, hey, when do we think it's going to be done?

And he goes, oh, it'll be done by early July if everything goes good.

He goes, good, because my daughter's wedding's in the backyard on July, fourth weekend.

And I was just like, oh, no.

Yeah.

And in July, fourth weekend came up and it looked like extreme home makeover because he had 32 trades and landscapers out there.

They were rolling outside the Day before the wedding.

And I'm like, no, no, don't ever do that.

Don't ever do that.

So on a positive note, we gotta wrap this up.

Let's wrap this up.

I think my takeaway from this and people can read that.

I'll put the link for the parade article so people can see it on the show.

If you're watching, if you're checking it out on video or podcast, you can see it there.

But I think really part of the holidays, part of fall is really making your space your own.

At the same point, make it comfortable, but don't fall into the traps of too much.

Of a good thing.

Yes, my brother in law says, looks like Santa vomited on that house.

There's a nicer way that he could say that, but it is true.

And.

Or like the Great Pumpkin or whoever for whatever part of the holiday.

But yeah, less is more.

That is true.

It is.

So Wendy, if somebody wants to find you, if they're like, oh my gosh, I gotta have her work out of my place for the holidays.

You need more work next year.

For next year.

Exactly.

How do people find you?

You can find me at Wendy Glaister Interiors, G L A I S T E R on the web and also on Instagram.

And I'd love to have you follow us along.

Thank you, Eric.

No problem.

Wendy.

Thanks for coming on today.

It's always a blast.

You and I could sit here and do this for hours on one subject.

Thanks for coming on today.

Thank you so much for having me back.

I really appreciate it.

And happy fall.

Happy fall.

I'm Eric G. You've been catching around.

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