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EPISODE · Jul 6, 2026 · 9 MIN

Every Beautiful Room Started as a Complaint, with Debbie Mathews

from Slow Style Home: Decorating Personal, Meaningful Interiors · host Zandra Zuraw

Text me your thoughts or questions on this episode!To hear the full episode and see the video, subscribe here. In this Think Like A Designer episode, I sit down with Debbie Mathews, a Nashville-based interior designer and antiques dealer, to look through a curated selection of the rooms she's designed — from a sunroom in Belle Meade to a ranch outside Franklin, Tennessee.Every good client relationship starts the same way: the client names a problem and a few basics — a color they love, a piece they already own — and hands the rest over. What happens in that handoff is where a designer actually earns her keep, and it's usually invisible to everyone but her. This episode makes it visible.Subscribe to see and hear the full portfolio review: the sunroom nobody used until Debbie figured out why, the custom-built solution to a very specific bedside problem, and the trick she uses to bring a two-story room down to human scale. Support the show and subcribe here: https://slowstylehome.supercast.com! You'll have access to ALL full length audio and video episodes each week! Use code: style10 to take an additional 10% off your purchase at Aura House. Elegant diffusers. Clean, pure scents. Subscribe to the show to access future episodes! Going forward, we'll continue to publish 1 free episode per month.  If you'd like to have access to the other 3-4 episodes each month, please click on the subscription link, above. Take the quiz: What's Your Style DNA?Aura House + Slow Style Home: Elegant diffusers, clean scents, non-toxic. 

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