Ep. 424: Exploring Our NEW Fall 2025 Items!

30:54Yes. I do love that. It's such a pretty, like, I know. I want you guys to see it. So you'll have to find it on the website. And it has like a teeny tiny little, very delicate knob, which I always like. Mm-hmm. It does. Very teeny tiny. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So I don't know if y 'all have noticed, but tortoise has been in all these color stories. And I think that's something that Stephanie needs to note. We have accessories, lighting, a really adorable mini lamp. Adorable. Okay, wait. Did you see it? Did you see it with this? I designed it. But did you see it with this lampshade? I think it's so cute.

31:34It looks so good with that lampshade. That is cute. And it's such a subtle pattern that it just blends in. Yeah, and tortoise, again, is one of those things that's been in for a long time. It is a very traditional pattern and way of, and so it goes so perfectly, again, with how we continue to talk about browns. Like, it's another way to get in beautiful brown pattern. Yeah, it's in some entertaining stuff. There's also a super cute little candle with, like, a lampshade on it. I don't know how to even describe it. It's like a candle. It looks like a little mushroom, but it's a candle. With a shade on it.

32:09Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah. It's a votive with a glass, like, shade on it. So it's the same material. But yes. It's so cool. I've never seen a candle like that. Where did that come from? Do y 'all know? I don't know, but I think we have it coming out in blue if you just wait a little while, too. No, I like the tortoise. It's cute. No, I want the tortoise. We're doing a selection of clear as well. I was like, what is this little hat? I like the hat, but, like, how hot? Anyway. It's to keep children from touching the flame. No, that is such a no. Great point. Yeah. And. They better not come to my house then.

32:44And also actual tortoise on little stands, which are really fun. Okay. 18s as well. Yes. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I think there's a really strong nod to nature with so much of this. And animals are very in. It's like, you know, we all keep seeing animal motifs and such. And so the tortoise shells on little stands and the birds, you know. The dachshunds. Our accessories merchant owns a dachshund. So there are a lot of dachshunds everywhere. She's a little obsessed. We do have to tell her sometimes there's other breeds. Just to remind her. Old achievers. Yes. Cavaliers. Like, come on, let's mix it up.

33:29Let's get some spaniels. Let's touch. Or mutt. Yeah. Love a good mutt. Yeah, of course. Anyway, it's so funny. I'm like, okay, I do really like the dachshund bookends, but I guess any dachshund lovers out there, we got you. But this is just a great shot here, too, again, to speak to this love of brown. There's the animal print that's always been tried and true for us. A lot of that wicker in very subtle places. Again, if you don't have any, you know, adding some good little vases or is it some lampshades? It's just a really great way to add in a little bit of that natural feeling. I want that bone inlay tray so bad.

34:10It's so thick. two really pretty trays this year this season that whoa the scallop one and this um this bone and lay one is real pretty and i feel like trays have been the thing that i didn't know i needed till i grew up and realized oh when you put out a tray and you put all the little things together on it all of a sudden you look like tidy and all you did was just put it all on a tray and it's it's edited yeah yeah beautiful it's like a little work of art and you know a good tray And functional. Yes, and functional. I also love these little color vehicles you've worked with Allison on, Will.

34:48Like there are a couple like candlestick lamps. Would you call it a candlestick lamp? It's actually a traditional Doric column. Oh, okay. We started with looking at these like beautiful Grecian columns and creating something that would be a color vehicle, but also at a really, really good price point. and they come in, I think, three colors now. Yeah. Two or three. Blue and green, which really defines our core. But they are really pretty and it's really sophisticated. I love the shade of green and it sort of has a glossy finish. And then there's also... Yes, they're high lacquered. There's another one called the Didi, I think that we introduced a few seasons ago, maybe.

35:38Right? Oh, there's the Judy. Oh my gosh, that one's pretty too. Who's Judy? She's the glass. Judy is the buffet lamp. I'm sorry. No, you go. Yeah, I was teeing you up. Go. I'm really excited about this because it was a true labor of love getting her correct. But the base is this beautiful solid crystal star and that brass type that goes up the center of these crystal orbs. And she's a buffet lamp and she's so sophisticated and pretty and just like a fun addition to your everyday home. Yeah. Yeah. It's like if, you know, there's all those like bubble chandeliers. It's like if the bubble chandelier was a gorgeous buffet lamp.

36:25Yeah. Yes. It is really pretty. And it's a great, yeah, like you said, great shade vehicle. Little tiny footprint so it works on your buffet. It's really pretty. I really also like the Jolene table lamp, which is sort of a, it's kind of your classic gourd lamp, but it's a little bit more updated. It's a bowling pin. Yeah, it's a bowling pin. Okay, I hadn't seen that, but now that you say it. Beautiful rock and glaze, though. It's a pretty, well, to me, it has the vibe of our traditional Suzanne Kassler gourd lamp, but a little bit more updated. I mean, that one's so classic, but it's like smoother, I suppose.

37:06the sort of like the the it's more rounded yeah at the top and such and um but the crackle finish and does it not it has a pretty um coordinating finial on top does it not yes and i love the coordinating ball yeah i think we did that on um the loretta lamp from last season and i love when the finial coordinates back to the matches yeah the body it's Just a really nice detail that, yeah. Finishes it off so well. Exactly. We do have to talk about this Fandelier. Yeah. Because. Yeah, it's so important to say that. I have to say, Fandeliers have come and I hope they stay. And this is the perfect for every designer who is like, you cannot have a fan in this space.

37:59It will trash your room. Well, we got you finally. Because this is. We've the only attractive Fandelier. It's these beautiful beads that are strung together and it creates this little flower motif. But it hides the fan. Yeah. So good. It's really good. Very good job. This to me is like the perfect. I personally was excited about it. So you know it had to be good. I don't like ceiling fans. Exactly. That's why this is the win. It's such a win. And it's so practical yet beautiful. Form and function here is great. So I hope to see, like, I hope everyone gets one for their spaces where they're like, oh, but I can't live without a fan.

38:45Yeah. Oh, and we have to speak to the Miles Reds. I was literally just going to say that. Yeah. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. So we've relaunched this collection and it's in a beautiful brass. And nickel, right? Yes. The nickel is so fresh and so clean. Yeah. When I saw it come out of the crate, I was just like, I need to own this. The nickel is so pretty. Yeah, I'm usually a brass fan, but the nickel is like... It's because nickel's coming. Polished nickel is very much a nostalgic metal that we all know in various different forms. And it's warm. It's not chrome. I feel like it will blend very well with others.

39:31I agree, yeah. I love the shot, too. We've also got the Miles Red shell console that we relaunched. So cute. I didn't buy it the first time, and that was a mistake, so I am very excited. Are you going to get it? I'm going to make sure. I have to. Yeah, okay. It's just a question of where to put it now because I filled the space I was going to put it. So don't worry. I'm still thinking. You've got a real big basement by now, so you're good. Nobody puts that in the basement. Oh, not the shot. I'm saying whatever is in the shell chandelier space, that's going to the basement. The shell chandelier is going in the, yeah.

40:04Oh, my favorite thing, liquor. I just loved the shot, so I wanted to give it its glory. I love those little tortoises on the stand. I'm not really sure what I would do with it because I have— It's a console table, a coffee table. You know what I also wanted to speak to when we were on the topic of brown? I'm really loving brown chinoiserie.

40:29I, you know, there's just been so much chinoiserie for so long. And I love sort of the update with brown. I know we have probably even more brown chinoiserie coming, but I loved this little collection. I think it's called the Abe's collection. Anyway, it's just, it's real, it's real pretty. And I think just the nature of the color makes it look really, like, it has a patina to it, which I think is nice. What I love about this shot is just the amount of, again, just artisanal work in this one shot. Again, you have this beautiful— Like woven wicker. Oh, the woven wicker, the beautiful vase on the ground here that's ceramic with these fantastic handles.

41:13We have these carved bone little boxes that are just the most delicate, beautiful little pieces. I just love this shot because it really does speak to the wonderful vendors we work with. And just how talented they really are. And utilizing what they can do, you know? Like, this is what they do. And they do such a beautiful job. And gathering that from around the world and being like, guys, you need this. You know, it feels so authentic. Then we'll be going on my coffee table. And that liquor column vase is definitely going in my dining area because I've been waiting for it for months. Isn't it the Winslow?

41:51Yes, the Winslow. So excited. I love just the fluting and the flair of that top. It just makes it so unique. Oh, feminine and just elegant. She is big. Just be warm. When you try to go fill her with something, like triple what you think you're going to need. Not that you need to fill it. I think it's perfectly, like, it's perfect empty, actually. But, I mean. Well, what I like about this, and I can actually speak to this because I was the one who decided to make it too big. is so I seen this dress at the Met Gala, and that's what totally inspired this kind of fluted, like, flare look. And I was like, what if we, like, made the top of this instead of going with just a simple shape?

42:39Like, let's add this fluting, and this way, too, I think you were so right. We can get, you can do, like, big branches. You know how you keep seeing people doing, like, just big snaps of branches from their yard and putting them in here? This thing wants volume and wants space and is going to visually fill a corner so well. So like to Caroline's point, you're going to need double if you're going to do some fake florals, I'm sure, to fill it. But it is going, everyone will notice it. It is definitely packing a punch. Well, I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but I'm putting a little accent light in it so that it shines at night during my dinner parties.

43:20I feel like it'll be so beautiful. Oh, a light inside? Yes. Color. Very, very small light. Nothing bright. That's a fun idea. It'll shine up and it'll be nice and there's no overhead lighting up. Yeah, you didn't say a flamed candle, so you're fine. No. Will lit his house on fire. But it was beautiful. It was beautiful. It was. Okay, also what about this table? Because I love this table and I feel like it's... The finish is fantastic. It's just so pretty. It's a good size because it can kind of like it could be a side table for a couch. It's a little it's a hair on the big side for a side table, but it could also be like a center hall table.

44:05I mean, if you wanted to really be fancy, you could maybe pull up a chair and like maybe use it at a breakfast table. Put a little bench. Yeah. So I feel like you would get a lot of longevity out of it because of the size. Because you could kind of float it wherever you need it. You know, like here it's a side table. Your next house it's a hall. That kind of thing. I always like. It's for like a small hallway. You could still use this because of the size. Or like those, you know, those entries. Like a foyer. Where sometimes I feel like they're not really big enough for a true center table. but they're too big to have nothing.

44:43Yeah, I agree. It's like hard. And this is kind of a good in-between size. Anyway, I just liked it. Yeah, here's that cover shot we were talking about with the... Oh, yes. So pretty. Yeah, and this speaks to that same story we just were saying of like, you just have so many hand-done pieces. Like somebody inlaid this beautiful bone tray and it's so beautiful. So beautiful. Should we talk about our new rug program? Because this is really cool. This is not... Oh, Allison is so excited about this. Yes. I don't actually have a picture. These are just pictures of rugs. But it's a big deal. I think these are our new rugs.

45:23These are all new rugs, but they're not the custom rugs. But yes. I'm really, really excited with the direction we're going with rugs, though, just because I feel like it's refreshed and revamped for our customer. And I think she's going to be so, so excited. But it's custom. Yeah. Which is, you know, that is the part that, again, that is so important here is you guys can get the size you need for your specific space. Yes. And that makes it so you. Again, going back to you get to decorate your home and make it your own. Like, this is the perfect. It's just perfect. Yeah. So we have a new custom size rug program.

46:01we have I think right now three different rugs um and you can order each of them in one foot increments so if you have kind of a funny shape that's like not quite a rectangle not quite a square and you haven't found anything that works we can make it for you and so um I think it goes up to like 15 feet I want to say oh um but and I think we have three right now but then more coming in the spring. So it's really exciting because I think we've all been there at some point where you're like, this one's a little bit too big. The living room's a little too small or too big. Yeah. Typically too soft.

46:46Yeah. So anyway, that's really exciting. And then, but also just in our stocked rugs, I was really loving this pattern jute. It's sort of, it's such an unusual, rug and I it's like if you love the look of a Persian rug but you like sort of the or like that classic pattern but you like the feel and sort of like that casualness of a jute rug it's sort of that perfect in between this one in the middle I just think is so pretty so a really great decorating tip is to layer them sometimes I feel like it's you have like this beautiful pattern and with a very simple maybe Persian rug, it just elevates everything.

47:34Yeah. There's some really good rugs. And I really love this plaid hand-knotted rug. It's so good. Yeah, a plaid. I can see that one. It's so traditional. It's this bottom left, this blue. It looks like it would be like, I don't know. It doesn't look like it's a hand-knot because it's not the pattern. That you expect in a hand-knot rug, but it is. And I just think it's really fun. It's very fun. It has like that durable construction, but a little bit more of an updated look. It's not sort of the traditional pattern, which I think is fun. And then what else? Okay, let's talk about furniture, Taryn, because we really haven't touched on the furniture yet.

48:18But there's a lot of good stuff. Newberry. You take it away. Well, this goes back to, again, we've talked about brown. And, you know, brown comes in so many different ways. And we just really have brought you a lot of options for that.

48:36So first we can talk about Burl. We've seen Burl, I think, in the last few years. Everyone's seen it. And so this is our kind of take on it and doing it in a little bit of a richer, darker, antique finish so that it can really work. And, you know, it could work next to your beautiful antique walnut table but give you a little bit more of motion. um it's we have it in nightstands and in big dressers so you could really do a nice upholstered bed with these nice beautiful brown pieces again just a great way to get that brown in but also the burl is just gorgeous and really i mean you can see it in the pictures it's gorgeous you're just gonna love it um and it's still a clean silhouette so it really will fit in a lot of different styles of spaces yeah um and then like what was saying yeah and then newberry is this beautiful burnt bamboo technique and it's just it really is truly again just artisan like ralph lauren has done this for years and it's it's so classic um just that british colonial beautiful take and again it gives you that tortoise look that's the best way to again if you think about of burnt bamboo.

49:47There's like highs and lows. It's just a really rich, beautiful finish with some great little finials would make any space feel a little more warm. So very excited about the bed. I was so surprised and delighted to see these two collections together because they're like it could have clashed, right? Because they're similar, but not exact. And so but when you see them once side by side there's like the maxine nightstand and the newberry bed um like it just works really nicely we used to run this maxine collection years ago and it was just a simple wood but we brought it back with this burl because it's such a classic shape and so functional you know what i loved about it is i think burl is such a pretty texture and wood finish i think you're I'm used to seeing it in more of like a like a sadly color, I guess, or like a lighter kind of caramel.

50:46Like what I don't know. Yeah, like a more tan natural color. And this is really more in a chocolatey mahogany walnut sort of finish. And so that I think was what makes it fun. Yeah. Yeah. Not red, but dark. And so that I think is what makes it kind of fun and surprising to me. Hey friends, Olivia from OLLI. Between new routines and the ultimate group project known as parenting, you need science-backed solutions that work with your life. That's where OLLI comes in. Start your mornings off right with Maltese made to support nutrition and immune health. Choose from our lineup of gut-supporting probiotics, and we've got occasional sleep support to help the whole fam chase their big dreams.

51:25Head back to class with the number one gummy supplement brand. Stock up on OLLI.com today. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. You designed that on the right. It's beautiful. These are some fun things. Yeah, on the right is the, what's it called? Rina? The Rina Media. Yes. Yep. Rina, I love. She's a super long media console. So this is so perfect for your 60-inch or 70-inch. It can, like, you can keep going. Like, you can fit your big old TV over this baby. Yeah. And it has these beautiful, delicate legs, like turned legs that almost make it feel like it's on tippy toes.

52:05And these textured door and drawer fronts. And I love a good drawer-door combo because you can just really maximize, again, your storage here. Having the drawers, you can put certain things, and then the doors allow you to put bigger things and kind of adjust the inner shelf. So this I definitely recommend for getting, again, another piece of brown in there. But this has really got that Jacobean kind of dark finish. It's beautiful. I remember, I think, Michelle, who's our merchant, talking about it. And I guess she was saying, like, you know, TVs are so big now. But, like, media cabinets almost, like, haven't caught up to, like, a 70-inch TV.

52:45And so that was sort of, like, can you make a media cabinet that's that big and still be, like, attractive? And you did. It's very cross-functional. Yes. Yeah, it's a good piece if you guys are looking for something longer or for a bigger TV. It really will finally like scale-wise work. And they have to be so low because the TV, like the width is so wide that the height has to be so. Anyway, it's like a little bit of a ceiling. Or a long hallway too. I know we call it media, but like it's true. We have these beautiful buffet lamps too. Yes, we're not showing it in this picture as a media. It just has a painting over it, but yeah.

53:30and then on the left I wanted to talk to I know the this little what are we calling that coffee table it's adjustable the cool thing about this is it was designed by a merchant to she really wanted one that and coffee table that would adjust to a different size ottoman underneath it so you could pull it to one side and have and put your feet up on this soft but you could also then layer it over. So it just is a great multifunctional piece. And it does go in and out so you can fit a different ottoman. So we're showing it with a certain ottoman that we have. Yeah. So it's such a fun little, it's a dark wood with a little brass detail.

54:16It's fantastic. Yeah. And then we have these new side tables that really, again, speak to, again, this beautiful marble and movement that we've been talking about for years. You've seen kitchens with this crazy cool stone with lots of movement. These tables are a great way to play with that. Like if you've been too scared to do this in a bathroom or a kitchen that you have to live with forever, this is a great way to get in that, you know, these marble and these stones that just have this big wild movement to really add, again, a layered look. And then a classic leather Chesterfield, like get out of here.

54:47We all need that. It's so beautiful. Yeah, I love the, I'm like a big Ottoman fan, but there are certain times where I'm like, oh, it's annoying to not have a real surface. So this kind of gives you like the best of both worlds, which is nice. And like you said, it could adjust to fit, you know, whichever. It's like the perfect fall shot. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. This is our new desk chair. Yes. So we'll do the desk chair. So he's very thrilled. It's very, very cute. and fresh and very comfortable. We went through multiple cushion options to get the best option. We're also launching this new office collection, which I think is so sharp and chic.

55:33The Amelia or the stripe one? The stripe one behind it. It has this beautiful pinstripe with these bamboo legs, and it just ties together like this very traditional with more of a contemporary style, and it's very fresh. I love it. It's so fun. It's kind of like if Dana, our Dana chairs that are this carved bamboo. Out of dust, baby. Yeah. And so it's called the Hawthorne. It's really cute and has a subtle, you know, stripe on the drawers. Yeah, it is the sweetest. The stripe on the drawers. I love that. Where did that come from? It was, again, just a brain. It was something that we had seen. The merchant.

56:17Yeah. Yeah. I love just trying to give a little extra, that tonal stripe. It almost, from far away, looks like it's fluted. Yeah. You know, but it's obviously just a paint. Yeah, a paintbrush, which is nice. Well, the little... Amelia collection. Yeah. Oh, yeah. The Amelia collection I'm really excited about. It was the Maya. Mm-hmm. We started as cabinets with this, you know, beautiful reading. This was a few years back. and this Gustavian kind of layered finish. Mm-hmm. And it was so beautiful. And so we loved it. Pretty handle or pretty knob. Oh, yeah. We had, and it's all hand design, you know, like we designed the handle.

57:00And so it's just like this perfect little cast. Ah, so beautiful. So we decided to do a desk and a large bookcase to go with it. And all the sides are flush for the cabinet and the bookcase. So you can make it, you know, You can set these and stack them all. Like if you have a bigger wall and you're really like, what am I going to do here? And just add so much storage and just visual kind of look now. Yeah. And it's, again, just that little bit of reading texture that, you know, goes around the whole desk. So you can float this desk so beautifully in a room. I cannot wait to see what customers do with this.

57:36The tiny little star knob where the feet, where the legs all meet. Gorgeous. Love it. Chef's kiss. it is it's really sweet um yeah i really like this piece or these pieces same i love the dust yeah oh she's so cute both of them i i love the hawthorn like it's so fun and playful it's not um yeah anyway okay and then what about um uh suzanne yeah i love her i mean the woman shops and shops and knows what she's buying. So that is what I love about Suzanne. So we worked with her on this. Her new bed, which is... Samantha? It has this beautiful natural vine detail going up it, little branch. It's really delicate, a node to nature, but still really feminine with the upholstery.

58:33So it's this dark bronze with this beautiful, you know, linen upholstery. And it just really brings a lot of that kind of earthy feel, again, and artisanal because these metalworkers are carving branches out of metal. And it's just, it's fantastic. I love this closet collection. Yeah, the closet is to die for. So the closet collection, a little backstory for you guys, is all mirrored front. And this is Suzanne's favorite way to do her clients' homes. So, you know, not all of us can be Suzanne's client. And this is the best way to make yourself feel like Suzanne came in and made your closet just the most beautiful space for you.

59:15And it's super functional because sometimes you can't fit a mirror in your closet. And it is on the doors and the drawers. So you can stand back and check out your shoes even in just the set of drawers. It's perfect. And talk about the little rail on the top because that I think is so clever. Oh, so Suzanne was adamant about having a little valet rail so you could pull out your clothes out of your closet. Super functional. So your outfit for the next day, you can just hang it in the front. So it's just a perfect little place to hang your things while you're kind of thinking about which outfit to go with.

59:50And anyway, it's a really great detail. It's very pretty. Yeah. And this is, you know, I always struggle a little bit sometimes with like the closet systems because to me, I'm like, I don't want it to be out in my room. Right. Like, oh, this you do. This one is so pretty that you could put it against like a blank wall, a blank wall in your in your bedroom. And it's because of the mirrored finish and like all the details on the outside and the closed doors. It's like beautiful built in. Yes, exactly. Exactly. Exactly. It really, yeah, it's exactly that. Like if you can't, if built-ins aren't really an option, but you want to again like maximize your storage, yet you also want to be able to like see what your outfit looks like.

1:00:37Great opportunity. And it has a desk too, doesn't it? Or like a little vanity. Did we run that? Sorry. No, you're good. Let me, I can't remember. Well, we can't. It did. I don't say that. I'm trying to find it. It has a dressing table, yes. Yes. Okay. So, and then it had, Suzanne felt very strongly again, too, about having a lovely little dressing table. There's a three-drawer dresser, a dressing table, a single armoire, and a double armoire. Yes. Yes. So, you also have a little perfect spot to, again, if you're trying to build out your closet space, a place you can sit down and do your makeup and put your jewelry and have a little more storage.

1:01:20So it's a great, great, great collection. Yeah. Love it. Love it. Very pretty. I would even put those mirrored drawers next to a bed. Yes. Yeah, like it could be a nightstand. Very rich in Paris. Tell us about this little table collection. There's a side table, a coffee table, and a console table. It is based off an antique we saw that had this beautiful spind, And, you know, this metal that had been spun and twisted into this great, you know, texture. And we've loved the wave. We've loved the scallop. And it really, again, gives a little bit of a nod to that. A little bit of a ripple. Yeah. So you'll see that little detail as the lip as well.

1:02:05It's not just a straight lip. It brings that little ripple along with it. So it's really delicate. That is why y 'all are so good because they're tiny little details. I'm serious. little details. Erin's not good. But even like the lighting and like all of, I think all three of you, the two of you and Hillary, like there are always little details like the little star where the legs meet or the scalloped lip under the glass that pull the design all the way through. And I think that is what Ballard does better than other people out there because we've designed it all in-house So we can, you know, customize every single tiny little detail.

1:02:49And so I love. But we've thought it all through. Yeah. And that's the beautiful part. It's really working with these beautiful vendors who can do these great finishes. No detail. It's too small. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Exactly. And then there's this little table collection, the Vaughn table, correct? Yes, I designed that one. So one of our merchants had seen a bunch of various different inlay pieces. And we wanted to come up with a concept that would be unique to Ballard. And still fun. And I feel like the white oak is very fresh and clean, but it has these beautiful two-toned, like a dark walnut and then a lighter medium brown stain.

1:03:30And it's very, very clean. And it has these beautiful brass legs. It's just very sophisticated and very clean, but I think it will mix well with a lot of our assortment. Yeah, it's a real, it's like that perfect balance between timeless and yet contemporary, you know, because it has certain elements that have sort of this classic furniture making kind of element. But then it has, like you said, the finish and the shape all feel real updated. Contemporary, yes. I will speak to the sofa. So it launched a couple seasons ago, but I own that sofa. It's the Hewitt. And it is still one of my favorite pieces of furniture that I've ever bought from us.

1:04:24It is... Is it the curved one? It has a slight curve. Yes, it's the curved, but it's very sophisticated. Whenever I have people come over, they're always like, where did you get this sofa? And I'm like, Ballard. i will say i am obsessed with it in this fabric um i love it's it's sort of a um gosh i actually don't know like it's almost like a um cruel but it's not i don't know it's sort of a it's like a woven two-tone with a pattern to it like the matte mosaic kind of yeah is that the term um but i think because there's a pattern but it's sort of like a cream on tan it sort of has the vibe of a white sofa that we you know kind of love but i think the the pattern makes it a little bit more forgiving and just like a little bit more fun um so i love seeing in this pattern yeah i love seeing this bookshelf on the right oh it's so well edited and it's very chic we're launching i think we just launched that it's new it's called leanne i want to say yeah and she's a nice gold textured finish and these marble shelves it's just yeah it's divine it's so pretty if you are a collector of beautiful little accessories, then this is a great piece for you.

1:06:01Yeah. Oh my gosh. And the way they hung the art and kind of the bigger area behind the bookcase. So fun. It looks so good. Honestly, if I were buying this, I would go and literally buy some of those exact pieces just to be like, okay, I know that giant lamp slip is going to fit that little square perfectly. So like, bam. And we haven't talked about the art this season, but like there is some fantastic art this season, like people, figures and yeah. And you guys are like still lives. It's just we have a lot of really good art this season that speaks. You guys are going to love it. Please check out the art alone.

1:06:42Yeah. So good. That's true. There is some really good art. And then everyone's favorite in Taglio's we added, I think, in Chocolate Brown, which is fun. There's lots of, like, you know, we haven't done portraits in a while, but we have a couple portraits in there that are kind of cool. There's some really good ones. Yeah. Oh, there's some great portraits. And there's some dog ones, too. I think we have some dog prints that are kind of fun. Yes, I think we launched two of them, and they are precious. Yeah. There's so much good stuff. Anyway, I love rehashing all of it with y 'all and hearing some of the stories behind it, because some of these things I did not know.

1:07:16It's great to hear y 'all. Well, we've lived with this stuff. These items for, I was really embarrassed, so it's scaring them to terms. Yeah, exactly. I know. Well, it's so funny because Taryn, before this, she's like, can you send me like a link? Can you refresh my memory? A link of what we've done. I forgot. Y 'all have already moved on to like two years from now. So you're like A.S. 27. When the magazine comes in the mail, it truly is also kind of for our team. Yeah. It's like and we didn't get to see necessarily how it was all styled together. So we're creating this vision in our heads of like what the season should feel like and what we want to evoke and what materials we really want to give our customer.

1:08:03And to see then you guys combine it all and shift it around, see how you want to work with it is like so fun. How would you have said our rooms that we put together from your products matched your original vision?

1:08:20honestly i'm i'm really really happy with how things have come together this magazine i was so excited to be flipping through like i said earlier i just it felt like the valor that i i grew up with but in the best way possible and so i'm i'm just really really excited i was showing everyone in the office i was like look at all this this is so beautiful i'm gonna go shopping right now. I mean, yeah. I'm really happy. What are you, Taryn? I agree. Like, there's just some of these shots again. The way you guys played up all this, the color and these patterns and really focusing on bringing out these materials and mixing these materials in all the shots.

1:09:05Like, everything has something, you know, shiny as well as something gritty. It's you know, you've really layered it all in so well. And really, again, just seeing what we dreamed the colors to be to like coming out in, you know, the actual catalog looks so good. Yeah. It's super fun for us. It is. You guys did a great job. I think for me, it's this narrative that flows through the whole thing from front cover to back page. And I was so happy to see all the colors just marrying together. And so, yeah, I definitely agree with Taryn. I was really excited. thank you all for giving us like incredible product to work with it definitely makes it easier you know there's so many good things to play with so okay well i hope everyone goes and checks it out you can go to ballard designs.com slash new or of course go to our home page go to a store check it out in person um there's some good stuff weirdly we didn't even like touch half the stuff That's so funny.

1:10:12This was over an hour of us literally talking about everything. And I'm going through here being like, oh, yeah, we didn't talk about this and this. Yeah. Yeah, I know. There's so many good things. And I've already bought some of it. So I don't know about what's on y 'all's list. We know Will's getting the urn with the pillar column. The woven column. The woven column. What are you getting, Karen? I got to figure out how to get Francis into my house. I definitely want the custom rug because I just I think the custom rugs are so great for layering. I'm thinking about doing new dining chairs. I love that little cadence in the green.

1:10:52Well, then we know you got to get it right now, right? But the Benny, have you seen the Benny stool? Oh, yeah. That's a good looking one. It's brass with upholstery. But you just got your stools. Are you going to get a new stool? So? Get out of here. okay david i really want that tray yes the trays are good well someone stole mine from someone stole your tray nobody stole anything i'm like how do you walk out of someone's house with a tray no the first prototype well carol caroline knows this but in our office we're in a big space open space, of course. And so a lot of the samples, Will will just place the extra sample in our area because we have a nice little couch and coffee table.

1:11:46So he was styling and someone needed the tray back. So was it stolen is still a question. See, Will's still very better. Very better. We're going to have to buy one just to put in our area. Yeah. Class is now in session. And the UPS Store is here to help you ace arriving on campus. Our certified packing experts can pack everything you need, from desktops to decor. Plus, when you pack and ship with us, you get our exclusive pack and ship guarantee. Your items arrive safe or your money back. Restrictions and limitations apply. To get a 20 % off packing coupon and for full details, visit the upsstore.com slash packing.

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