Episode 67 – Choosing Paint Colors
In this episode, I meet with Cindy Gelormini to talk about choosing paint colors for your home. Cindy is a color consultant and paint expert. Katharine MacPhail 00:08Hello, and welcome to Talking Home Renovations with the House Maven. I am your host Katharine MacPhail. I’m an architect, and I practice in eastern Massachusetts mostly on […]
Episode 67 – Choosing Paint Colors
One of the final details of a home renovation is choosing paint colors for the walls. This episode features a paint specialist who really knows paint options. When I really start thinking about color beyond choosing paint colors, it is too much for my brain. As you all know, I’m just an architect and not […]
Episode 49- Maximizing Creativity
In this episode I speak with architect Donald Rattner about his research into how our environment impacts our creativity. Who doesn’t want to be more creative, as creative as possible? His book My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation contains 48 easy-to-implement tips for maximizing creativity in your […]
Episode 49 – Maximize Creativity
KM: Selfishly, I’m hoping you can give me some pointers on how I can make my office more- Is it more conducive to my creativity or making me more creative, or how would you characterize your specialty in that way? DR: We are in possession of a lot of knowledge about how our physical environment, […]
Episode 45 – Empowering Women to diy
Cara and I swapped interviews. Our conversation here was about DIY. My episode about tackling major renovation projects in your home is out on her podcast MAKE SPACE. I think her Cara’s mission and classes could be useful to people who are not feeling confident in their design and power tool use abilities. A bit […]
Episode 45-Empowering Women to diy
Cara and I swapped interviews. Our conversation here was about empowering women to DIY. My episode about tackling major renovation projects in your home is out on her podcast MAKE SPACE. I think her Cara’s mission and classes could be useful to people who are not feeling confident in their design and power tool use abilities. View episode enhancements for […]
Episode 31 – Architect vs. Interior Designer
The title of this episode makes it seem that an interior designer and I have some kind of design showdown, but unfortunately it isn’t that exciting. I had Amy Everard on the show to help me understand where her job begins and mine ends. I had listened to a few of her podcast episodes and […]