How To Decorate

Our guests this week are Emma Bazilian and Stephanie Diaz, the authors of Charm School: The Schumacher Guide to Traditional Decorating for Today. Emma is a designer, writer, editor, and content director at F. Schumacher & Co. Stephanie is the art director at F. Schumacher & Co. In our chat, they talk about the path that led them to work together and the research and organization that went into Charm School. We discuss the balance between traditional and modern elements and the fun of identifying and incorporating small touches of traditional decorating throughout the design process. What You’ll Hear On This Episode: The origins of the “grand millennial” movement. How Emma and Stephanie learned to appreciate different styles yet still focus on their individual strengths. The process of how Charm School mixes archival images with present-day designers and how they found a balance to showcase both the traditional and modern. We take a trip down memory lane and remember some of our favorite memories of childh