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John Woodley on Real Estate and the Economy | Investing Basics

We have a special guest with us today by the name of John Woodley, who is a real estate expert here in the Wasatch Front area. He runs a company called Woodley Real Estate with his brother, specializing in the high end luxury market as well as class A office space. We felt like it would be a great idea to bring an expert on this show to discuss this market because this comes up in conversation for us socially and in business all the time. We talk about what this market is doing not just in Utah, but everywhere else and kind of where it’s going.Are we headed for a downturn? 2:45Buyer confidence 5:45Things that are the most important to upgrade 8:10Is it better to play it safe, or put some money into it? 12:30Best ways for homeowners to mitigate equity or value loss during the economic downturn 14:05Helping clients grow their wealth through real estate and why so many people use real estate to grow their wealth 16:55The best way to get started in real estate for someone with 100k, 500k, or 1 million 20:45Tax benefits for making it an investment 23:50AirBnB 27:20Annual contracts 29:05Understanding regulations 32:40What can previous downturns teach us about opportunities in real estate? 33:35When the market turned back around in 2020 36:55The cycle of peak and bottom in the market 39:00Hottest real estate market right now 40:25difference between residential and commercial real estate 44:25Has there been a decline in commercial real estate recently? 48:35Defining luxury 51:45“We say make it look nice and classy, or in good taste, and then let whoever buys it put their own personal spin on it. You go spend a ton of money on something that you think’s just gonna knock their socks off, lights out, and they’re looking at it going ‘We’re gonna have to tear that out.’ You’re adding the cost to put in and they’re subtracting that out and adding in what they’re gonna have to put back in.” “They’re gonna have to repaint that cobalt wall.” 13:32–https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/–https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/–https://alicelanehome.com/–https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome–https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/–https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity–News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

Designs Through the Decades Part 2

Today we’re continuing to talk from our last episode about design through the decades. We got you through the 1940s and we’re sitting here in the 1950s, so we’re gonna take you through what it was like, the political climate at the time, and then of course fashion, then getting into interiors and Cori’s going to give us a little bit of info of where music was at during that time too. 1950s fashion, interiors 2:381960s 6:461970s 14:531980s 25:291990s 37:182000s, 2010s, 2020s 46:20“Furniture designers, architects, and product designers also began to create work that we now recognize as mid century and modern like we said before. This movement looked to combine sleek lines with organic shapes balancing modernity and naturalism. Bright happy colors were in every room of the house. Popular hues included turquoise, coral, pale yellow, mint green, and light blue. Pink was also at peak. It’s the rainbow you guys, it’s the whole rainbow. In the 1950s you see pink everywhere in kitchens, bedrooms, but especially in bathrooms.” 4:18–https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/–https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/–https://alicelanehome.com/–https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome–https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/–https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity–News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

Designs Through the Decades Part 1

This is something we’ve had on the list to do for a very long time. There’s so much to talk about because we’ve just seen so many things come and go through the ages. We talk about each of the decades and kind of what influenced them to be in fashion at the time. We do this for fashion interiors, and then Cori throws in some things about music that happened at that time and how that relates to fashion or interiors. Your grandparents were likely alive for one of these decades, so you might even be thinking about them at a certain time when we talk about it and remembering grandma’s house, and what it was like. Design through the decades 5:09Design is an art of situations 9:461910s fashion and decoration 12:301920s fashion 22:431930s 33:421940s 40:32“They would use steel, glass plywood, and plastic in their creations. While unconventional materials at the time, they fit with the Bauhaus, ethos, and practicality. Ultimately however, the 1920s were all about the bling. People craved luxurious components in their lives, whether it was leather upholstered furniture or a lucite clock. The Jazz Age was majority glamor and glitz.” 30:46–https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/–https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/–https://alicelanehome.com/–https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome–https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/–https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity–News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

How To Design Around Ugly Necessities | Tips to Hide and Obscure Those Unattractive Items

Today we’re going to be talking about those ugly necessities. We’ve had a lot of DMs and questions about how to help disguise some of the things we have to live with that make our lives more comfortable, more easy, but aren’t very attractive. So we thought we would compile them all into a list in one day and just talk about all of them here. If you’ve written us a question in the past, we’re not ignoring you. We’ve been saving it for this moment. A lot of times, we remove those ugly things from the scene when we do photo shoots of the homes that we design, or we have figured out a way to disguise it in a permanent way, so they can still have the convenience, but they don’t have to have the eye sore. Laundry baskets and hampers 4:18Flat screen TVs on a large wall 9:52Office chairs and computer monitors 14:51Chargers and cables 20:38Wall mounted coat rack entry hooks 23:33Solutions for shoes 27:01Air conditioner vents and ceilings, canned lights 28:55Kids’ toys and high chairs 31:43Electric toothbrush and CPAP machine 33:20Toasters 38:10Baby gate 39:03“How about air conditioner vents in ceilings?” “What we did in the showroom is just paint them the same color as the ceiling.” “I would say that for anything, and that goes for your vents in your powder room, some of them always have that heavy, bold plastic. You just paint it the same color as the wall, or the ceiling.” “AC returns, same thing?” “Same thing.” 28:54–https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/–https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/–https://alicelanehome.com/–https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome–https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/–https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity–News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

Interior Design Fails | Lessons Learned

In this episode we’re talking about design fails, which is something that happens to everybody in the industry. Jess got a DM from a new designer and she said she had some really bad feedback from one of her clients that said she shouldn’t even be in the design industry. They felt like things went so poorly, so she asked if we ever get discouraged. Boy, if we could only tell you the struggles we’ve had! Our failures have been some of our greatest teaching moments, so we decided to share with you guys about our experiences to help those of you in the design field.Talking about design fails 4:00Lessons learned meeting 7:00The delivery process 8:00A claim 9:00Designing a whole carpet wrong 15:25Furniture that doesn’t fit 17:18Handling everything for the client 20:38Couldn’t get the furniture up the stairs 25:02Find people with a sense of humor 28:48You don’t want be the smartest person in the room 34:34Use your vendor representatives 40:32“There are things that are teaching moments that you learn from, and there are some things that logistically, that are out of your control, that unfortunately make you as the business owner look bad, and that’s just with everything. Those to me are the most frustrating things.” “#Covid.” “Yeah, exactly.” 5:38–https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/–https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/–https://alicelanehome.com/–https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome–https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/–https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity–News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

Product Development | The Lucca Family

Today we’re talking about product development and Jess and Cori are basically the heads of this movement. Cori helps get the stuff produced and Jess is the visionary behind the products. We’ve seen a lot of things go from the beginning stages of just concept, to full development and some of them have really stuck and the reaction that many of our clients, listeners, and supporters have had are very positive. We get into the Lucca Family and the influence they’ve had on what we do and our products. We put Lucca on our website in our website’s infancy, and this thing really started selling, which pushed us to get a new warehouse and changed the whole way we did shipping in order to keep up with the demand. Product development 5:05The first generation 10:07Marketing 19:52600 unique products 21:35Jess’s side table and what we’re going to produce 23:00Lucca Pedestal 25:42The one Lucca thing to buy 28:39“I read a long time ago an interior designer said ‘You gotta keep your head down, and you just crush it in your own lane, and you do what you do, and you don’t try to do what the other guy is doing.’ and so we just do that. I don’t follow other people in our own space, in our own state because I don’t want to have to be influenced by it. I wanna make sure we stay original to us.” 13:15–https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/–https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/–https://alicelanehome.com/–https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome–https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/–https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity–News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

Our 10 Principles of Styling Pt.2 | Lighting, Organic, Creating a Conversation, the Senses, and Photos

Today we are taking you into our 2nd half of styling principles and we’ll be going through 5-10. We are talking about styling this elusive white tiger in the sky that is so hard to pin down for so many people and it’s hard to know what the rules are, how to do it, or how to make sure it looks good. The eye often just tells us if it’s good and when to stop. It’s a feeling, kind of inside your stomach and your head. We wanted to break it down so that you guys just have the very best idea of how the pros do it. Lighting 1:26Organic 8:01Creating a conversation 11:12The senses 26:03Photos 29:50We love an odd number 38:19“Trays are a really, really great way to corral a lot of styling and to ground it. It kind of acts like an area rug in the room, and it’s another really great way to kind of put things together. I think kitchen islands can even have a beautiful wicker tray, your cocktail table is a really great place for trays, nightstands, every surface. We love a tray.” 25:22–https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/–https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/–https://alicelanehome.com/–https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome–https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/–https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity–News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

Our 10 Principles of Styling Pt.1 | Edit, Blank Spaces, Focal Points, and Shelf Styling

We always say that the last layer is everything and we do everything from plan conception all the way down to the last bit of styling, and even though it’s all important and critical to a beautiful space, this is the cherry on top, or the soul of the house. This is one of those things that people either have or don’t and it’s really hard to just own your own styling, so you go find inspiration. We get a lot of questions on styling in general, just on how you do it and how one styles because it’s something they teach you in school at all. This is often what separates the good from the great where the good designer might design well, but not style so well, but the great stylists will design and style well. Styling can be hard to grasp 5:19Edit 10:42Blank spaces and when to use them 16:04Focal points 20:44Shelf styling 32:40“When we’re trying to put things together that are gonna go on a shelf, if those things look great together, even on the floor, or when we’re pulling things from the show room, we’ll usually load everything onto this console in the design center conference room, if they look great together, they’re gonna look great together on a shelf. No matter where you put them, they're gonna look great in a room.” 14:57-https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/-https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/-https://alicelanehome.com/-https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome-https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/-https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity-News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

Layering for Winter

Today we want to talk about how we like to make our homes feel cozy during these winter months and our favorite layers we like to use to make our homes feel warm and inviting. There are so many warm and welcoming colors to add to your porch, such as pumpkins and velvety plants to match the season. This is the time of year you’re going to get a lot of guests and visitors, so filling up your porch with fun decorations and accessories is a great way to give your home that welcoming, warm touch. We recommend keeping some snips nearby and your eyes open during this season in case you spot some nice yew, or other similar plants to take from nature and enhance not just the visuals in your home, but the smells as well. The porch 1:58The entry 6:46Entry hall table 13:10Layers 15:33Winter or Fall bed 22:08“So that entry hall table, I always have some large books as well. Books that can be seasonal, like some entertaining books. I’ve got one on entertaining and the cover is like a silk, and it’s got this beautiful scene on it, and those warm earth tones look so good, especially at this time of year.” 13:11https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/-https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/-https://alicelanehome.com/-https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome-https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/-https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity-News Letter:https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

Listener Questions: Part 2 | Answering the Many Questions We’ve Gotten from Our Listeners

In this episode once again we answer listener questions and we go into this episode having no idea what your questions were, so it’s going to be a spicy one. Listener questions are the questions that you guys have sent in, and we compile enough of them until we can put them all into one or two episodes. If you have a specific question you’d like answered on here, send in your question to dearalice@alicelanehome.comThe thrift store in North Carolina: 214 Modern 4:54What colors we recommend for the outside of your home, specifically brick 6:01Creating a beautiful and unique home without accumulating too much stuff 8:36Breakfast nooks and built in bench, table 14:07Why don’t we like oil rubbed bronze? 21:03Items to splurge on if you’re on a budget 23:20Built-in cabinets in place of closets/walk-in closets 28:19Styling the surface of dining room tables as they get bigger 35:32Accessories for dining 37:12Are there circumstances where you don’t need window treatments? 40:05Having a healthy general contractor/designer relationship 42:43“I like the light, and we’ve done dark too, on the brick up in Seattle and it was really, really cool.” “Black actually.” “I think it also depends on your neighborhood, it depends on your demographic. Look around and see what blends, but if everybody’s a brown house, you don’t have to paint it brown. Go ahead and do an organic lighter shade.” 8:10https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/-https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/-https://alicelanehome.com/-https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome-https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/-https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity-News Letter:https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5