Interior designer, Paloma Contreras, has been named an Elle Decor A-List designer and a Forbes Top Influencer. Ellen Gefen talked with Paloma about her well known blog 'La Dolce Vita,' mixing different design styles, her new book, and more!
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At the accent decor show room at the Atlanta market center. I'm with Poloma Contrares of LA Dolce Vita blog, a blog you really should consider following. It's fabulous. Thank you so much for joining me. Thanks for having me. Let's talk about trends first of all and a little bit about your design aesthetic and then we'll talk about how you got into design. Absolutely. Well, I think what's happening now in design is really interesting. There's sort of this resurgence of very traditional design and design elements. There's a whole movement called grand millennial where very young design enthusiasts and designers are really embracing what was once considered grandma's styles and things like bully on fringe and ruffles and wallpaper and dog portraits, think Mario blada in the 80s. And that's having a really huge resurgence sort of in the, um, cultural zeitgeist, if you will. So it's interesting to see things shift in that direction after these skewing so modern and so neutral for so long. What is your personal design aesthetic and also how did you get into design? Oh sure. So I was actually a high school Spanish teacher for a few years and during that time I started my blog adults' EBITA and eventually landed where I am now. I opened my design for employment interest design back in 2013. Um, it all happened very organically. But I would say that my style is a take on modern and traditional. I always say modern meets traditional is sort of my ethos. I love to mix things and different elements from different periods and different styles to create something that feels really layered and personal. Talk with me about color and how important that is to you and the design that you do with your clients. Um, so really it really is specific to the client. I love color, but I also love spaces that are really neutral and have a lot of contrast. So it really depends on the mood that the client wants to evoke, the way that they want their home to feel. And um, we might use it as more of an accent or it may really take center stage if you will. And, um, sort of the hero element in the, in the room. But I love color. I love to live with color and I don't know that a completely neutral environment is one that I want to live in. So for those who love design, not thrilled with their life right now, you went from Spanish teacher to design or you have now been listed as an a list designer by Elle decor, Forbes top influencer, but you're also the author of a book topic as a factor book. I am. So I wrote my book dream design live, which was published by Abrams as sort of a culmination of a lot of the things that I've learned as a working designer and as a way to share my thoughts and tips and ideas with my followers and readers and all of that. Because I know that not everyone has access to working with a designer but maybe wants to work on their own home or is enthusiastic about design. So it's something that I was very cognizant of. I wanted to create a book that was not only beautiful and inspiring, but that was actually a really useful tool. So it's broken into three chapters. Dream is all about inspiration, finding it, how to call through that if you're inspired by 50 different styles and picking a lane. Um, the design section is obviously your real like meat and potatoes design takeaways. And then the live section is all about sharing your home once you've designed it with the people that you love. So there's a little bit about entertaining and really just achieving the lifestyle that you want through your home. I've often wondered if we had as many choices in our cars, if we would be able to turn our cars as often as we do, but we don't do that with our home. What do you think about choices and are there too many choices? There are a lot of choices and I think consumers, clients, um, the general public have access now to more than they ever have before. And so it's a tricky situation as a working designer where the business of design is a little bit demystified and clients have more access. It's a good thing and a bad thing. It's great for someone who's passionate about design and wants to work with a designer to come to the table and say, I've done my research.
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