Design Your Home
Award-winning interior designer Sally Soricelli shares design secrets from over 20 years of experience to help listeners design homes they love without feeling overwhelmed. Weekly episodes cover practical tips for decorating, furniture selection and creating beautiful spaces with confidence.
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Aug 5, 2026 · 19 min3 Signs Your Kitchen Looks CheapSally explains why even a $50,000 kitchen can feel off and walks through the common mistakes that make a kitchen look cheap: metals that fight each other, backsplash thatJul 29, 2026 · 20 min3 Kitchen Decisions to Make Before You Call a ContractorThree decisions to settle before the first contractor visit: your real budget, your needs versus wants, and a realistic timeline. Getting these down keeps a remodel on trJul 22, 2026 · 18 minAre You Designing A Kitchen Or Just Surviving OneCan you really design your own kitchen? Sally lays out the actual workload, the signs of decision fatigue, and how to tell smart planning from a stressful scramble.Jul 15, 2026 · 19 min5 Kitchen Budget Mistakes (And the One You Actually Control)Five ways kitchen budgets blow up, including hidden code issues, structural surprises, permit fees and scope creep. Sally recommends a 15 to 20 percent contingency for thJul 14, 2026 · 16 min6 Signs It's Time to Remodel Your Kitchen (And Why You're Avoiding It)Six signals that you're ready to remodel, from finishes you've stopped noticing to layout frustrations you deal with daily, plus the financial fears that keep people stucOct 3, 2025 · 19 minDo You Have These Dated Things in Your Home?Sally runs through the design choices that make a home feel older than it is and shares fixes that modernize a space without losing your personal style.Sep 24, 2025 · 23 minWallpaper Without Regrets: What to Avoid Before You Hang ItEp84: Wallpaper is everywhere these days, and maybe you’re thinking about trying it in your home. But before you do, there are some things to consider and some must-know Sep 17, 2025 · 17 minSimple Secrets to Make Dark Rooms Feel Lighter and BrighterEp83: If your home is on the darker side and you’re ready to lighten things up without gutting your space or painting everything bright white then this episode is for youAug 19, 2025 · 22 minHow Do You Design Your Home When You Like Everything?Ep82: Are you feeling overwhelmed with your home’s design because you like a little bit of everything? Welcome to the club! It’s so easy (and common) to like things in diJul 30, 2025 · 21 minEvery Room Needs This One ThingEp81: Something about your room just feels… off. You’ve tried adding décor, swapping pillows, maybe even moving the furniture around—but it still doesn’t feel right. TherJul 16, 2025 · 27 minMixing Furniture Made Easy: Simple Rules That Actually WorkEp80: When it comes to furnishing your home, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and wonder if everything has to match or if you should mix things up. AND if you should mix thinJun 13, 2025 · 31 minSectional vs Sofa: Which One is the BestEp79: Welcome to Part 2 of my 3-part furniture series. Today, we’re diving into the ultimate living room debate: Sectional vs. Sofa. If you’ve ever wondered which one is May 28, 2025 · 28 minAre You Guilty of these 3 Furniture Buying Mistakes?Ep78: Have you ever walked into a furniture store or spent hours scrolling online, only to feel completely overwhelmed? Maybe you found something you loved, but then the May 22, 2025 · 29 minBeyond Basic: How to Add Character to Your Builder-Grade HomeEp77: Ever walk into a brand-new home and think, “Wow... this is great, but it feels kind of...well... blah and generic?” If yes, you're not alone. Builder-grade homes arMar 14, 2025 · 24 minWhy is Choosing Paint Colors So Hard?Ep76: Have you ever stared at a wall of paint swatches, feeling completely overwhelmed? Or have you ever painted a room, stepped back, and thought, “Wait… why does this lFeb 19, 2025 · 23 minThe BEST Home Accessories to Give Your Home Instant StyleEp75: Accessories are the finishing touch that brings a home to life, adding warmth, personality, and major style. But with so many options out there, it’s easy to get ovFeb 12, 2025 · 14 minDo This When You Move Into a New HomeEp74: Moving into a new home is exciting but can also feel overwhelming. There’s so much to unpack—literally and figuratively—and the urge to make it feel “done” as quickFeb 7, 2025 · 24 minWhy Decorating for Small Spaces Feels HardYou might be surprised to hear that furnishing and decorating a smaller space can actually be harder than furnishing and decorating a larger space. Sounds backwards, righJan 31, 2025 · 16 minDo This ONE Thing to Make Your Home Look Put-TogetherOne of the biggest complaints that I hear as an interior designer from potential clients and students is that their home doesn’t look or feel put-together. And when our hJan 23, 2025 · 22 minKitchen Remodel Do's and Don'tsWhat are the Do’s and Don’ts when planning a kitchen remodel? Well, if you’re planning on updating your kitchen this year it’s important to know what things to do and whaJan 15, 2025 · 26 min8 Things that Make Your Kitchen Look DatedEp.70 - What makes a kitchen look dated? Kitchens are unique rooms in your home that can either add a ton of value or hurt your home's value. So it’s important to keep yoJan 9, 2025 · 25 min10 Things that Make Your Home Look DatedWhat makes a home look dated? Often we get so comfortable living in our homes that we don’t even realize that it has a time-stamp on it and that it’s in need of an updateJan 1, 2025 · 25 min5 Easy Steps to Designing Your Home in 2025EP68-It’s a new year and with it comes a fresh start. And if you’re here listening to this podcast episode then I think it’s safe to say that you want to get off the sideDec 19, 2024 · 27 minHow to Make Your Home Look and Feel More Grown UpEp67: Our homes can either give us energy, or drain our energy. They can either lower our stress levels, or raise them. When we live in a space that feels like a hodge-poDec 6, 2024 · 21 minThe Biggest Kitchen Remodel Mistakes (Part Two)This is Part 2 of my two part series about the ten most common kitchen design and planning mistakes that homeowners make when planning a kitchen remodel. So if you missed
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