The New Yorkers Specalize in Holiday Home Decour! -With Hillary Wallace

In this episode, Kelly is joined by Hillary Wallace! She is the principal designer at her own firm: Simon-Wallace Design. And she pulls out all of the stops decorating her New York City home for the holidays. 

Kelly starts the episode off by talking about the only way two true New Yorkers could meet: Yelling at each other from a window! 

Hillary talks about where she was from and how from when she was young; she alwasy wanted to move to New York. She talks about growing up in LA in the 80's, moving to colorado, designing her own furniture as a side job and how that inspired her to go back to school for design. 

Kelly then asks Hillary about her house, and Hillary tells the very roundabout story of how she and her husband came to find and buy the house.

Hillary tells us all about decorating her house for the holidays. She goes over her schedule, talks about where she gets all of her resourses from, and how she goes from design idea to execution every single year.

Kelly and Hillary then talk about the desings themselves. What they are, some absurd stories about them, and the ways that different people have been inspired or moved by them.

Hillary talks about her design philosophy, and how she goes about meeting clients, and creating a lifestyle for them or meeting them in their lifestyle. Jae asks her about some other events around the city and the three talk about some of the various events you can do while around New York during the holiday season.

Finally, Kelly asks Hillary about some of her New York City Essentials, like where she goes for inspiration, where her favorite shops are and how she likes to get around. 

But above all else; Hillary Wallace is a New Yorker. 

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Hosted by Kelly Kopp

Executive Produced by Huston "Jae" Watson

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Meet The New Yorkers
• (00:02:37) - Jay Leno On Being A New Yorker
• (00:06:31) - Fuzzy the Mayor on New York
• (00:06:45) - In the Elevator With Sarah Silverman
• (00:09:39) - How to Make a Living Fixing Up Furniture
• (00:10:12) - Working at Ralph Lauren's Interior Design Department
• (00:13:43) - Simon Wallace on Starting a Design Studio
• (00:14:07) - The House That Made Me Happy
• (00:15:15) - Living In New York City
• (00:17:53) - The New York City Home That I Deserve
• (00:21:10) - Hillary Clinton Wins The Biggest Pumpkin Auction In The United States
• (00:23:48) - How Long Does It Take To Decorate Your Home?
• (00:27:41) - Happy Halloween! One Pumpkin Stolen
• (00:30:34) - Decorations on the porch of the house
• (00:32:02) - Simon Wallace on His Haunted Pumpkin Painting
• (00:34:30) - The Decorating On The Upper West Side
• (00:37:58) - What else do you do for Halloween?
• (00:38:51) - Ralph Lauren on Being Inspired By Designers
• (00:41:51) - "Yucky" Comments on Social Media
• (00:42:42) - What's One Design Trend You Never Want To See Again?
• (00:43:24) - What's The First Thing You Notice When You Walk In Your Home
• (00:47:11) - "No one takes their shoes off in NYC"
• (00:48:29) - Blaze Festival and Sleepy Hollow Haunted House
• (00:51:01) - Hillary on The Elevator
• (00:51:21) - What's Your Favorite NYC Neighborhood?
• (00:53:31) - Favorite park in New York
• (00:54:16) - What It Means To Be A New Yorker