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EPISODE · Jan 5, 2026 · 28 MIN

Outdoor Living Design Trends Every Homeowner Should Know

from Home Design Chat with Nancy · host Nancy Hugo

Today is Jan 5th, my first podcast for 2026.  We are enjoying the winter weather of Phoenix.. Don’t laugh we do get some cold weather but if we want to see snow we would go to Flagstaff.  We have that option, but no thank you. That’s the reason I live in Phoenix.If you have snow on the ground, and in checking the weather, I know many places are being hit with cold, snowy weather, you are probably not thinking of landscaping.  But just think when the warm weather hits,  you will have great ideas about what to do from my next guest.Kirk Bianchi, owner of BianchiDesign.com, a custom luxury watershape and landscape design firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona,  has been an outdoor living designer since 1991 after attending Az State University for architectural design.  Rather than becoming a contractor, he started his own design consulting business in 2000 where he has been sought out to create extraordinarily beautiful outdoor living spaces for both his discerning clients as well as architects to shape their work at the highest level.Kirk received Master of the Southwest honorary in 2005 as his early debut in Phoenix home and garden magazine. Since 2021, Kirk has been sought out for being a design instructor and faculty advisor through Genesis, founded in '98 as an industry education platform that sets the bar in exterior design, from construction methods to design principles. In this podcast Kirk will talk about the take-a-ways from the classes he teaches and what his goals are for the industry.  Also Kirk will explain the subjects of the outdoor design process and how he goes about to achieve them.  Listen for more incites Kirk talks about in this podcast.  Hope you are listening to my weekly podcasts to learn everything about your home, what the current trends are, how to design, plan and execute your remodel and much morePlease subscribe on the platform you use to listen to my podcasts.Email me anytime at [email protected].  I would love to hear from you.By the way, you can send me an email at [email protected] to get on my email list for DesignersCircleHQ.com.  All the podcasts are posted there as well as Design Trends, Design News and more.  DesignersCirclehq.com is a website!If you want to learn more about me, go to NancyHugo.com This podcast is sponsored by ⁠⁠Monogram.com

Today is Jan 5th, my first podcast for 2026.  We are enjoying the winter weather of Phoenix.. Don’t laugh we do get some cold weather but if we want to see snow we would go to Flagstaff.  We have that option, but no thank you. That’s the reason I live in Phoenix.If you have snow on the ground, and in checking the weather, I know many places are being hit with cold, snowy weather, you are probably not thinking of landscaping.  But just think when the warm weather hits,  you will have great ideas about what to do from my next guest.Kirk Bianchi, owner of BianchiDesign.com, a custom luxury watershape and landscape design firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona,  has been an outdoor living designer since 1991 after attending Az State University for architectural design.  Rather than becoming a contractor, he started his own design consulting business in 2000 where he has been sought out to create extraordinarily beautiful outdoor living spaces for both his discerning clients as well as architects to shape their work at the highest level.Kirk received Master of the Southwest honorary in 2005 as his early debut in Phoenix home and garden magazine. Since 2021, Kirk has been sought out for being a design instructor and faculty advisor through Genesis, founded in '98 as an industry education platform that sets the bar in exterior design, from construction methods to design principles. In this podcast Kirk will talk about the take-a-ways from the classes he teaches and what his goals are for the industry.  Also Kirk will explain the subjects of the outdoor design process and how he goes about to achieve them.  Listen for more incites Kirk talks about in this podcast.  Hope you are listening to my weekly podcasts to learn everything about your home, what the current trends are, how to design, plan and execute your remodel and much morePlease subscribe on the platform you use to listen to my podcasts.Email me anytime at [email protected].  I would love to hear from you.By the way, you can send me an email at [email protected] to get on my email list for DesignersCircleHQ.com.  All the podcasts are posted there as well as Design Trends, Design News and more.  DesignersCirclehq.com is a website!If you want to learn more about me, go to NancyHugo.com This podcast is sponsored by ⁠⁠Monogram.com

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