The holiday season is finally here! So today we’ll talk all about decorating for the holidays with Ballard’s own Skye Westcott and Li Kurczewski. Skye is the SVP of Merchandising, Design, & Sourcing and Li is our Director of Decorative Accessories. Both of them are veterans in the industry and instrumental in curating Ballard’s holiday style every year. This episode will make you want to get cozy, get festive, and get decorating!
What You’ll Hear on This Episode:


Trials & Triumphs with a special guest, lending out your home, the nomad life, cat pee, house updates, paint and cabinet woes, building a PowerPoint dream room, a bathroom renovation, and making lemonade out of Airbnb furniture.

Li & Skye’s impressive career backgrounds and where they’ve intertwined.

Skye believes in starting holiday decorating with tradition.

How to layer holiday decorating and evolve the house aesthetic through the seasons.

How to evoke emotion and hit all senses with decorating.

The debate over real and faux trees… and why Skye and Li are leaning faux!

The trends and color schemes for outdoor decor and lighting this season.

What patterns are in for this season?

How to layer in more natural elements.

What tree topper is everyone using?

All about tablescapes for this season.

Some holiday entertainment ideas, gift-giving tips, and other traditions.

What are some gift wrapping trends and ideas?

What are the holiday movies everyone watches each year?

A fun response game on our holiday styles (plus what is a tree collar)?!

Fun ideas to bring the whole family into the holiday decorating.


Mentioned in This Episode:
Ep 212 w/ Skye Westcott
Meet Skye Westcott
Li Kurczewski
Ballard’s Holiday & Seasonal Decor