Paloma Contreras Interview | Next Time on Dear Alice

06/03/22 • 2 min

Dear Alice | Interior Design

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Cabinets | Everything You Need to Know Part 2

Today is part two on cabinetry. We had 4 pages of questions from you guys and got tired the last episode and quit early, but today we wanted to try and be less wordy with these ones and get through them all as best we can. We talked about a whole plethora of things, such as what tones have become more popular, or what styles will stand the test of time, to which we answered that it depends on you. Know who you are and style so that things represent who you are.
Refinishing and changing the style 2:36
Details to watch for 4:37
Affordability 7:46
A shift in tones 10:50
What style will stand the test of time? 15:15
Glass shelving vs wood and clear fronts vs solid 17:06
Lighting a cabinet 19:00
Design layout of the kitchen 20:44
Flat panel drawer fronts with shaker doors 26:35
Storage 27:33
Cabinet must haves 31:51
Island dos and don’ts 41:18
“A lot of homes that we do have what we call a show kitchen, which is the beautiful place that they spread their doordash on, or maybe they’re cooking and they just have this lovely party place, but then behind, like say you have your range wall, you’ll have a big pantry and it’s usually a bit more linear and you have other secondary appliances that you need if you’re like ‘I have to have another double oven,’ you might throw that in there. You’ll usually have another sink back there, you’ll have these spots.” 23:03
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Paloma Contreras Interview | Tips and Methods She Uses for Design

Today we’ve got Paloma Contreras who is an award winning interior designer and taste maker based in Houston Texas. Her design is a modern take on traditional style gravitating toward classic silhouettes and timeless pieces paired with a touch of glamour and an infusion of color. Paloma is highly decorated when it comes to being a designer. She’s in the Next Wave interior designer by House Beautiful and has been named on LUXE Magazine’s gold list, the ELLE Decor A List, and she has also been named number 4 on Forbes list of the Top Social Media influencers in the home category.
Her book Dream, Design, Live 3:15
How she starts with people who are stumped 9:14
Kips Bay Showhouse 11:47
Paloma’s style 17:27
Sources of inspiration 20:03
Tried and true design advice 23:31
Being a teacher 26:07
What she’s learned from having a showroom 29:38
“You usually get about 2 and a half months from the time that you’re asked to participate until opening night and in this particular case of Palm Beach, we couple that with a pandemic and a global supply chain crisis and it’s not for the faint of heart, but I actually loved that part of it. I loved the challenge and having sort of the satisfaction at the end of it to think ‘OK guys, we pulled this off. We did it.’ And you know, that feels really great.” 14:38
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