Being Home With Hunker

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Being Home With a Feng Shui Expert (Kristina Hollinger) Jan 17, 2022

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Today on the show we have Kristina Hollinger, a feng shui expert and author.

In this episode, Kristina shares ideas on how to use the ancient Chinese art and philosophy of feng shui in your home to attract abundance in every area of your life, including your career, love, helpful people, and wealth.

10 years ago, Kristina started using feng shui after wanting to spruce up her apartment. And after decorating and arranging furniture in her space using feng shui adjustments, she says the months after that were a whirlwind of where she found out she and her husband were expecting their first baby, her husband’s career advanced, and she started to feel more fulfilled in her day-to-day life. So, what did she do? She got certified as a Feng Shui Consultant at the Feng Shui School of Chicago.

In our conversation, we talk about the top three spaces she recommends people focus on first when beginning feng shui; she talks about how 2022 is the Year of the Tiger, and what that means for us; plus, she has a really easy feng shui cure everyone can do at home to attract abundance into our lives.

As she says, it’s her “intention to teach you about the magic of feng shui so that you too can design the life you deserve.”

LEARN MORE ABOUT KRISTINA

Website: KristinaHollinger.com
Instagram: @kristina.hollinger
Facebook: @kristinahollingerfengshui
Buy Her Book: Teaching from the Heart With Feng Shui: Inspired Living for Teachers, Parents, and Kids

OTHER EPISODES YOU MIGHT LIKE

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.

Hunker: Hunker.com
Instagram: @hunkerhome

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Being Home With Parachute Bedding Founder (Ariel Kaye) Jan 10, 2022

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Today on the show we have Ariel Kaye, founder of Parachute, a bedding brand that specializes in what’s soft and cozy. Think: bedding, towels, robes, slippers, pillows, and blankets, as well as other home decor items.

Ariel believes that since our homes are our personal spaces, we should be aware of the things that we care about, and to not get so caught up in the dos and don’ts of design trends. We should think about the purpose of the room and design our home to support our lifestyle and what brings us joy.

On the Being Home with Hunker podcast, Ariel discusses why she decided to create Parachute, and the importance of setting up our bedroom as a sanctuary. She also talks about how her love for entertaining turned into a love for creating intentional spaces, and how small and accessible edits to our spaces can make things feel fresh.

Website: Parachute
Instagram: @parachutehome
Ariel on Instagram: @arielkaye

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.

Hunker: Hunker.com
Instagram: @hunkerhome

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Being Home With Spirit Daughter (Jill Wintersteen) Jan 03, 2022

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Today on the show we have Jill Wintersteen, founder of Spirit Daughter, a spiritual teacher and founder of Spirit Daughter, an astrology and wellness brand.

Through Spirit Daughter, she helps thousands of people manifest their highest vision and set up spaces that support them and help them manifest their highest visions. In this conversation, Jill shares ideas on which crystals to add to our spaces, how to manifest a home, and why a morning gratitude practice can change our entire day. We also discuss to power of starting out 2022 in Capricorn Season and with the first new moon of the year, and how this can help us set up intentions for the new year.

As she says, we want to create spaces where we feel good, we feel safe, and we have guidance to create the lives we want.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SPIRIT DAUGHTER JILL WINTERSTEEN

Website: Spirit Daughter
Instagram: @spiritdaughter

OTHER EPISODES YOU MIGHT LIKE

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.

Hunker: Hunker.com
Instagram: @hunkerhome

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Being Home With Hunker's 2021 Highlights Dec 27, 2021

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Hi, I’m Laurie Gunning Grossman, editorial director at Hunker. Welcome to our 2021 end of year episode. We’re featuring 13 quotes about home from our favorite episodes… which, let’s face it, is all of our episodes since we just launched this past September.

Before I share these ideas and inspiration, I want to convey my gratitude to you, dear listeners, for tuning into this podcast.

It’s Hunker’s mission to empower you to create spaces that express who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

And… It’s my personal mission to help people feel like they belong, and home is where it begins.

The theme that’s a thread running through these conversations is that your home is the place where you have the opportunity to define who you are and how you want to live. And hopefully, that’s what you’re able to do or are committed to doing in the new year. Follow your own design compass. No one else gets to define you – only you.

So, allow me to share with you some practical ideas and some insightful takeaways from the podcast this year.

Website: Hunker

Instagram: @hunkerhome

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.

Hunker: Hunker.com
Instagram: @hunkerhome

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Being Home with Dinnerware Designers (Leeway Home Co-Founders Sam and Lyle) Dec 20, 2021

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Today on the show we have Sam Dumas and Lyle Maltz, co-founders of Leeway Home, a direct-to-consumer dinnerware brand.

They are partners in business and partners in life. They have a passion for meeting people where they are, at whatever stage they are in — and see that as people change and grow, so do our homes and how we use them. They want to support that.

On the podcast, we talk about their direct-to-consumer dinnerware brand. Leeway Home offers all-in-one kits for every day eating, helping people set their table at whatever stage they are in life. Think: ceramics, flatware, and glassware.

They talk of the significance they’ve realized as gay founders who are also a couple, and how the motto of the brand is: “Live your way.”

Website: Leeway Home
Shop Leeway Home: Kits
Instagram: @leewayhome
Sam Dumas: @samgdumas
Lyle Maltz: @lylemaltz

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.

Hunker: Hunker.com
Instagram: @hunkerhome

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Being Home With a Plant Stylist (Hilton Carter) Dec 13, 2021

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Today on the show we have Hilton Carter. Hilton is an interior stylist, a plant stylist, and now an interior designer with the renovation of his new home

You may know him from his three design books on plants (“Wild at Home,” “Wild Interiors,” and “Wild Creations.” Or perhaps you’ve taken one of his plant workshops with Magnolia, or purchased one of his products at Target. Yes, he’s busy, but who’s going to stop him? Not us, because we love how he styles and designs with greenery.

In this conversation, Hilton shares how he started on his career path with plants. (Hint: It wasn’t what he had planned.) He also shares with us the choices that he and his wife made in the renovation of their home, where every detail has a purpose. He talks about the loves in his life, including his wife, his new baby daughter, his hometown of Baltimore, and of course, plants. There’s so much gratitude in this conversation.

Instagram: @hiltoncarter
Website: Things by HC
Books: Wild at Home | Wild Interiors | Wild Creations
Watch: Plant Workshops with Magnolia

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.

Hunker: Hunker.com
Instagram: @hunkerhome
Facebook: @hunkerhome

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Being Home With Hunker's Editor in Chief (Eve Epstein) Dec 06, 2021

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Today on the show we have Eve Epstein, GM and Editor in Chief of Hunker. Yes, this Hunker. The brand behind this podcast.

Eve has been at the helm of Hunker since its inception in 2017, leading the brand’s voice, vision, and heart from the get-go. She has a deep appreciation for design, creativity, and expression. From her rich career in the world of content (including her role as the Editor in Chief at DailyCandy – if you know, you know) to authoring two books, Eve is a true story-teller. And at Hunker, we are talking about how our homes tell the story of our lives.

In this conversation, Eve shares a bit about her own story, from spending summers in Japan with the mother (and how that formed her design taste) to her love for creating DIYs for her personal space to the progressive way she and her beau set up their home life. Of course, we dig into the world of Hunker, too.

Website: Hunker
Instagram: @evemasako
The Newsstand: Visit
Hunker House: Explore
Read Her Books: The Scratch & Sniff Book of Weed | X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.

Hunker: Hunker.com
Instagram: @hunkerhome

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Being Home With The Black Fairy Godmother (Simone Gordon) Nov 29, 2021

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Today on the show we have Simone Gordon, otherwise known as The Black Fairy Godmother.

Simone is the founder and CEO of The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation. It’s a New Jersey-based non-profit that assists communities in need across the country. Most of the people she’s helping are marginalized women and children, members of the LGBTQ community, and domestic violence victims. Her foundation helps those who are homeless, or facing homelessness. Or, need basic home items, like a mattress to sleep on or a refrigerator or some groceries for the week.

As you’ll hear in this conversation, she uses the power of social media and crowdfunding to help raise funds for others every day. One big focus of the foundation during this time of year is The Wishlist Angel’s Project. It assists families who need a little uplift during the holiday season, such as extras in our life like toys or other necessities, such as home goods.

Website: TheBlackFairyGodmother
Instagram: @theblackfairygodmotherofficial
Adopt a Family for the Holidays: The Wishlist Angel’s Project
Donation Info: Click Here for the Full List
Facebook: @theblackfairygodmotherofficial

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.

Hunker: Hunker.com
Instagram: @hunkerhome

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Being Home With "Surf Shack" Author & Interior Designer (Nina Freudenberger Nov 22, 2021

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Today on the show we have Nina Freudenberger, an interior designer, author, and founder of Freudenberger Design Studio.

Nina is not a fixed interior designer—she loves all aspects of creativity and business. After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA and a Bachelor’s of Architecture, Nina “fell” into interior design. And it’s a career that she feels she well suited for.

In this conversation we talk about how her curiosity in the ways people create their own worlds at home led her to writing her design books, Surf Shack and Bibliostyle. She shares her method for writing her books; how her design style shifted after moving to California from New York; her rules around lighting in the home; the importance of authenticity in materials; and her experience designing two California hotels.

Website: Freudenberger Design Studio

Instagram: @ninafreudenberger

Pinterest: @nfreudenberger

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.

Hunker: Hunker.com
Instagram: @hunkerhome

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Being Home With a Design Blogger & Representation Advocate (Shavonda Gardner) Nov 15, 2021

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Today on the show we have Shavonda Gardner, founder of SG Style, a design and lifestyle blog.

She was on the path to have a long career in the military until she made the pivot into the world of interior design. One driving factor in her decision to start a design blog was the fact that she didn’t see herself represented in that world. She has a strong affinity for color, for going bold, and for making the most of your space, no matter the size. (Although, she has big love for small spaces.)

In this conversation, we talk about the steps she took to pivot from a career in the military into becoming an interior designer – and the pivot she had to then make again after the recession. The story that her home, The Cottage Bungalow, tells about her and her family. How she and her family lived through their kitchen renovation, while living in their home. And, the sweet story surrounding who was (and still is) her biggest influence and inspiration behind the design of her kitchen.

Website: SG Style
Instagram: @sgardnerstyle
Pinterest: SG Style
Facebook: SG Style

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.

This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.
Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.
Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.
Show art designed by Mory Men.

ABOUT HUNKER

Hunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.

Visit us, follow us, learn more.