The Next Right Thing with This Oak House's Annie Meyers-Shyer

Paloma and Caroline begin with September overload, tennis trauma, and the apparently unreasonable notion that opponents should hit the ball somewhere you can actually reach it. Then they welcome Annie Meyers-Shyer, whose path from Harper’s Bazaar and Chanel to the beloved This Oak House proves that a sharp eye is only the beginning—the details, collaboration, and occasional plywood mock-up make the room. Annie shares how she preserved the soul of her Gerard Colcord house, built an audience by pulling back the curtain on renovation, and learned to follow “the next right thing.” Plus: why balance is a fallacy, living rooms are underrated, and fake cutting boards should be shown the door.

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Chapters

• 00:17 — September Scramble
• 02:24 — Fitness High
• 03:41 — Tennis Trouble
• 07:50 — Television Tolerance
• 12:48 — Austen Adaptations
• 14:22 — Meet Annie
• 17:33 — Fashion Foundations
• 21:04 — Defining Taste
• 24:15 — Designer Collaboration
• 28:55 — Finding Home
• 31:05 — Colcord Character
• 32:34 — Preservation Pressure
• 33:53 — Hard Decisions
• 36:59 — Let It Breathe
• 38:50 — Sharing Sources
• 41:49 — Balance Fallacy
• 44:56 — Storytelling Homes
• 48:07 — Rapid Fire
• 52:20 — Phase Two
• 54:24 — Birmingham Bound

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