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Very interesting, thank you for this interview. I'm a mother of a 10 years girl in Italy

This is eye opening for me. I do not like those pot lights either, to harsh. It is sad to hear that those beiges and browns are coming back, they depress me. My style is definitely Bright and sunny. My favorite wall color is Linen by Sherwin Williams. However I am living with gray walls because that is the color that was popular when I bought it. This was very informative.

I'm keeping the white in 2 rooms. I love it! I also love that I removed all of the blinds off the windows. Game changer. My mom struggles to see, doing white paint and removing blinds, allowed for such a brighter home. She actually stopped turning on the lights during the day. I'm n ot a fan of end tables due to clutter, but the 3 lamps in the living room make the space feel so homey and welcoming. Decluttering helped me to get to the point where I could truly see my space and was able to freshen it up with just the cost of paint. I love these design episodes. Thank you! Now to narrow down the art decor. I don't hang family photos except 3 that are old black and white photos. I'm ok with blank, open walls as I am extremely intentional when hanging anything. I wish I could send a picture and get advice.

Dawn you have wall sconce above your sink area. That counts as a lamp! 😊

I LOVED that Melanie said you get as many health benefits from fake plants as you do from real ones! I'm not great @ keeping indoor plants alive. As a result I have several fake plants & flowers throughout my home. I love them. They look the same as real - with no care & very frugal as well :) Buy once, enjoy forever. Thanks for your encouragement to cherish our fake plants!

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The problem with Smart Light Bulbs is that they mess up your Melatonin cues. So the brain makes melatonin as the sun goes down aka why you want low light as u get ready for bed and the brain can't turn that switch on with LED lights so it affects your sleep/wake patterns and worse of all without that it can affect your Cortisol schedule and increase you weight over time cuz u aren't going thru all the sleep cycles properly.

Love this!! THANKS to you both!!

Mcquillyn's book Cozy Minimalist Home changed my life! Seeing minimalist homes with color, and furniture with warm wood and curved legs, and how to incorporate texture in a way that brings in organic shapes. All that showed me (literally) that a minimalist home could feel homey to me. And I've been able to incorporate those elements into my apartment. I've also applied the concept of hushing to very small areas of my kitchen (for example, one shelf of the fridge door at a time), and I've discovered just how little stuff I need to have in my fridge to feel at ease. Noticing how I feel with the addition of each individual item - it's revolutionary! Trying to minimalize by subtracting only worked so much. Coming at it from the other end is working so much better for me. Start with nothing. Add something in. Notice how my body feels. If it feels good to my body (not what my mind tells me it should be or even needs to be), then keep that item in. If it doesn't feel good, that item gets discarded or goes somewhere else (if I think I'll need it in the future, it can go in a closet or other room - I will eventually get to those areas, too, when it's time to hush them 🙂 ). Another aspect of the process that I've found essential in the last few weeks: hush the same area over and over again. Once I finished hushing each area of my fridge, I'm now on the second pass. I've learned so much about myself and what I need that I've been able to change my eating habits. Trying to do that when the fridge was too full didn't work. Thank you again, Dawn, for the video you made about hushing countertops, and one quite a while back about taking everything off the fridge door. You two have helped me make changes that I've wanted for 30 years!

Thank you both for discussing this topic. I was expecting one thing and got so many different avenues of value out of this. Great stuff!!

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Dawn, this is a refreshing and interesting interview! Melanie makes decorating & design feel approachable. Thank you! Ill definitely be thinking/seeing my home differently - hopefully making a few subtle changes.

Wonderful information. I recently added lamps on a sofa table because I didn’t really want end tables and it’s just enough to add interest and coziness but still simple

I don’t concern myself with trends. My home is eclectic - filled with antiques, art, and treasures collected from my travels. I think it’s cosy - I use vintage textiles to layer with Oriental rugs, soft lighting with vintage lamps - it is ‘me.’🥰

I have been watching Sarah’s videos and she really understands and my life is changing since then . Thankfully I had decluttered but she has created a way to have a life with several complicated issues. She is amazing and so are you to reaching people like me and others ❤️

You have a small lamp behind you

Very interesting discussion. I wish you had put her full name and website in the show notes.

I am so stuck over a kitchen redesign. You two gave me great ideas!!

This was very enjoyable. I do no follow trends at all, home or fashion. Very freeing.

What a cool lady! I like her approach with helping people figure out what they REALLY want in their homes.

Thank you Dawn .... another GREAT interview!! ..... I'm glad to know lots of people like warm & cozy & lively & personal ...

No overhead lights! Unless I'm cleaning (hope not!) or trying to find something!

I have a small table lamp and a salt lamp in my sunroom. When the sun goes down, i put them on. When I'm winding down for sleep, I switch off the lamp. The salt lamp is just enough light, and it's pretty.

Im with Dawn. No lamps, flush mount over island. I like flat lines

I might have to disagree here :) I had lamps everywhere, no overhead lights and I hated it, but then I married an electrician. :) Recessed, overhead lights that can dim but are in the corners, under cabinet lighting that also dims everywhere, now we’re bright when we want and not when we don’t. I love it way more than my lamps!

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Watch out Dawn lamps plants oh my ! You might be becming a minimalist lol

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Fantastic. Is Melanie going to have a book soon?

Thank you Dawn this was very interesting. I live in TX & right now I use my blinds to shut out or redirect the heat, but yes when the colder weather hits I want the sunshine & warmth to come in. I have wood countertops in kitchen & white walls throughout the house. I’ve only been in my house for a little over a year. Recessed lighting in several rooms in the house & also a few lamps. 1 live snake plant. And 2 other fake plants. Soon to have all brand new double pained windows, the house has old single pained. The idea that stuff adds energy to a room was an eye opener for me. I want to add a back splash to my bathroom sink wall it already has plenty of white subway tile for the shower even on the ceiling. Maybe I will try the peal & stick wall paper? For cost effectiveness. Hugs

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Great podcast today! Very informative. Melanie is terrific! I will definitely watch this video again. Melanie makes you feel like we can actually do this on our own. Thank you!!!

Great conversation!! Melanie was a joy to listen to 👏👏

I very much enjoyed this! Thank you so much!

Lamps more stuff to clean - lol

Having a decluttering community is HUGE! Watching lots and lots of videos and then decluttering, or even decluttering while watching the videos helps a lot too.

Great information!!

I do lamps and plants!! Yay me!!❤

Greatness .

I normally don't have the patience for whole podcasts, but, this is very good! I enjoyed every minute...💕

I totally agree about the window treatments. I took the valances and blinds off my living room windows, put up some off white sheers and curtains that are close to the light grey wall color and O...M...G...it opened everything up and lets in so much more light. I love it.

Melanie is awesome! I loved her calm cadence and her down-to-earth approach to design. A truly beautiful soul ❣

Where can we find Melanie? Maybe I missed it.

The lighting problem confuses me. We do not have recessed lights. Most of our house has absolutely no over head lighting. The house is dark even with lamps. It drives me nuts. I hate lamps as a general concept. I like having them here and there, but usually they don't provide enough light to see what you're doing. You either have to have furniture for them to sit on or you have to have floor lamps that won't stay upright and are constantly getting knocked down. We have three lamps in our living room and probably need more so it doesn't feel like a dungeon, but we also have a small house, lots off kids, and 4 dogs and we live farther north where about half the year we only get sun about 9 hours and most of the time during the day we have cloud cover. Natural light almost doesn't happen in winter. Also, its an old house, so we don't have hardly any outlets, so how to you plug in lamps? And to add anything electrical has to go through lath and plaster. It's an impossible problem. I would love some overhead lighting...but to even add that between trying to fish wires, go through the lath and plaster, and get something that doesn't hit heads with low ceilings...it's impossible.

Thanks Dawn, I would love it if could have more content like this!

Watching while cleaning, as usual and what a fun episode! Yes! Simplify!

I did not hear what her last name. Does she have a you tube channel? Also I didn’t see any info in description how to contact her. Please send me her info.