Special Guest- Mikel Welch - 10.17.25

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, ladies and gentlemen, our special guest is a
new author, a TV designer on the Drew Barrymore Talk Show,
and a notable interior designer. He goes way back with
Steve Harvey as the set designer for your Steve Talk Show,
Steve in Chicago. He's a good friend of the show
and he's here now to tell us about his brand

(00:21):
new book, hot off the presence. It's called The Forever Home.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the show. Mchel welch goo.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Hey, I'm doing great. You know, the book is out
finally and yeah, I just can't believe it.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Well we can, and we're very happy for you. And
congratulations again, mchael. Now, you and Steve. If our audience
doesn't know you, guys have a history with your daytime
talk show, that was the first time you even you
ever did set design for a national TV show. Now,
what was that like? We know what it's like, But

(01:05):
what was it like for you to work with Steve
Harvey that.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
You know, well, you know he's very particular. I mean
you think you think very particular. You know, he wants
everything masculine and smokey, and please don't bring that man
any small furniture because I learned the hard way. Yes,
if he cannot, you know, he needs to be able

(01:32):
to sit next year and have a lot of space,
because you're gonna.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
Hear about it.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
And I learned the hard way not to bring them
in any small furniture.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
So we ain't in no tiny house. We don't need
no tiny and I ain't no tiny man. So but
you did good though. Man. He decorated not only on
the set, but he decorated my private dressing rooms, which
was really fly, very really dope. Yeah yeah, Michael, So,

(02:03):
so tell us about the new book, man.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yeah, So the book is called The fore Ever Home.

Speaker 4 (02:08):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
Of course, Drew Barrymore she wrote the fourth for the book.
But honestly, it's really about all of the design tips
that we learned in Chicago, and I'm basically teaching people
how they will get magazine worthy looks without spending a
lot of money, because let's face it, everybody doesn't have
millions of dollars like you to uh, you know, pull
off the face, so I have to tell them how

(02:30):
to get some.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
Hey, I detected a little hate and everybody ain't got
a dollar.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
It's a true statement.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
I'm trying to teach them how to live like you
just you know, on different fos.

Speaker 3 (02:49):
Have you have you ever decorated Mississippi Monica's house?

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Oh you know what I did? I did, and how
we experience well, you know, we had to work through
it because you know, she is very particular. She tries
to do your job. So I don't know that she
is necessarily biant. Yeah, she likes to do your job
and she's gonna tell you how to do and then

(03:14):
double check the prices is a lot, but.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
You shouldn't at the buy now. She got a whole
closet full of stuff that's blown to us.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
She got a oh I didn't know about this closet.
We might have to talk offline about this closet.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Michuel in your book Forever at Home, which is out
right now, give us some tips, like what are the
trends in homes?

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yea, now, I think one of the biggest trends right
now people love color watching the wall. That's basically where
you're adding like a fan sentiment to the wall. It
adds a lot of you know, texture to the wall.
So those are really huge. And then the other thing
that people are straying away from it is that blue
clay fabric. You all know that one white little fabric
everybody's been putting on furniture. Yeah, it's time to let

(04:04):
that go. But the book has a lot of like
design ships that have diagrams that have pictures so you
can like literally see what to do so you don't
mess it up.

Speaker 4 (04:14):
Okay, what kind of advice can you give people? Because
it takes a lot to decorate your home and redesign
or refresh it, and then when you get your coins
together to do all of that, and then the certain
trends in certain styles are going away.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
How do you VALI.

Speaker 3 (04:33):
A while, sir, and by the time you got money,
it was out of style.

Speaker 4 (04:38):
Yeah, but you know what I'm saying. Trends come and go,
you know, quickly, So.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
I know what you're saying. So the thing with that is,
don't try to do trends on major like fixtures, like
things that are permanent, because those are gonna cost you
a lot of money. Try to stick to like trendy
things are like access free or something that you know
you can easily just pick up with one finger and
change it. Because when you try to like change and

(05:07):
go with the trends on things that are like permanent pictures.
That's where you mess up with only stick to the
trends on things that you can easily replace by just
running down to your local store. Don't try to go create.

Speaker 3 (05:18):
You gotcha, Like for example, there's lamp that Monica got
on her zoom, that one that could easily be just
taken away purpose over there. I don't know.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
You've been doing book signings all week. Tonight you will
be in Atlanta, Georgia with a book signing. Have you
gotten great turnouts at your book signings? How's that been
going for you? The book?

Speaker 3 (05:45):
Where's the book signing in Atlanta?

Speaker 2 (05:47):
This one is going to be at the Design House
in Atlanta from five to eight pm. That wants to
be a lot of fun and the turnout has been great.
We've had over one hundred and eighty people last night,
so people have been showing up the support. But Atlanta,
we invite you to come, grab a cocktail, buy a book.
Those who don't just come there and drink, but you know, yeah,

(06:08):
by book Shirley.

Speaker 3 (06:09):
Where can everybody buy the book?

Speaker 1 (06:11):
App it's called The Forever Home. It's available now online
and in bookstores. Michel Welch, we are proud of you.
We're so happy for you. We congratulate you on your
brand new book, The Forever Home, and we'll see you
at the book signing tonight.

Speaker 3 (06:28):
All right, buy the book Forever Home and give it
out as a gift to people who need something done
to their house. Don't get a book to old people.
They knocked in the change.

Speaker 2 (06:39):
Thank you, Michael, Thank you guys. Thank you. Harvey.

Speaker 1 (06:43):
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