Making Room by Gather - Creating Summer Ambience & Designer Doormats: An Inspiring Comeback Story W/ Porte + Hall Founder Stafford Meyer

Creating Summer Ambience & Designer Doormats: An Inspiring Comeback Story W/ Porte + Hall Founder Stafford Meyer

06/28/23 • 41 min

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This season comes with its own form of cozy- its own sort of magic. As we enter into the heart of warm weather entertaining we are naturally spending more time outdoors...but...are our spaces ready? The goal of 'readiness' is never perfection, but instead confidence. Are you confident welcoming others into your space? This week we welcome on our friend, designer and CEO of designer doormat brand Porte + Hall, Stafford Meyer to talk all things Summer design. Her story is profound and the product she designed truly solves a problem so many of us have as we're creating our spaces. Through this conversion you will hear:

How Staffords career in Interior design helped her identify the pinpoints of the everyday host
How an unexpected stroke acted as a catalyst to launch a business that solves a problem the everyday designer faces
Preparing your space for summer gathering with just a few easy steps
& More!

Whether you are a want-to-be designer looking to get a few more skills or a seasoned expert, this conversation with Stafford is a sweet one to celebrate and prepare you for the season!
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How Staffords career in Interior design helped her identify the pinpoints of the everyday host
How an unexpected stroke acted as a catalyst to launch a business that solves a problem the everyday designer faces
Preparing your space for summer gathering with just a few easy steps
& More!

This episode was sponsored by:
Good Ranchers
Visit Goodranchers.com/Gather to get $30 off your first order of American meat Delivered straight to your door for July 4th with code GATHER

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Honest Looks Good On You: A Conversation on Creativity, Racial Reconciliation and Hard Truths In Relationship w/ Craig Brown & Andrea Summer

Guess What? It's possible to have an honest conversation...and still keep a relationship. It's true! A few weeks back an industry friend reached out and said, " I know these two incredible people making a film and I think you'd love to talk to them!" Turns out, she was right! Our new friends Craig and Andrea were set out to create a film that talks about racial reconciliation in a new light. This has been something that we have become increasingly aware of as a culture but truthfully...the way these two have created space for this dialogue is new, and fresh. Through it they have modeled what it could look like for others conversations like it to happen as well. I left this interview inspired as a creative, hopeful for our tables and culture. I know you will too! You can expect to hear:

An important note to the closet creative and dreamer
Balancing authenticity and triggers in our current culture
How to have difficult conversation and maintain relationships
The important role music has in story telling
How to be aware of our own biases
How Mercy & Me was designed in a way that no one feels attacked but rather that everyone feels that they have the words they need to feel heard on all sides.

The three of us instantly connected and that lead to a really fun, really authentic conversation that you will NOT want to miss!
Be sure to get tickets to their movie and learn more here!
This episode was sponsored by:
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'They're Always on Their Phones': Understanding Each Generations Behavior and Longing at the Table w/ Josiah & Micah Kennealy

It seems as though as time goes on, the divide between the older and younger generation gets stronger. The older generation is becoming increasingly frustrated with the behavior and trends that the younger generation expresses and the younger generation feels disconnected and distant from the older generation. We hear comments all the time like " Millinials always do ________" or "Boomers always ________". I realized that it was time to stop and take some time to really understand who makes up each of the generations along with what they long for in community and at the table.
Through this powerful conversation with our friends Micah and Josiah Kennealy, we will touch on:
* What characterizes each generation
* The importance of generational diversity in our lives
* False judgements or assumptions about each generation and the truth behind them
* How to approach phones and the conversation around them at our gatherings
*The danger of too much joking at our table
* How to restore honor and humility as we learn and embrace change between younger and older generations
Truthfully no matter your age or background this conversation will leave you challenged and with a further depth of readiness and understanding. The conversation has the ability to truly change everything about the way we gather.