In 2020, when all of us were stuck inside staring at the four walls of our home, Netflix came out with another organizational show called Get Organized with The Home Edit. Based on the extremely popular Instagram page, The Home Edit follows professional organizers, Joanna Teplin and Clea Shearer, as they organize client’s homes for $250 an hour. Clients include everyday people, along with A-list celebrities such as Reese Witherspoon, Neil Patrick Harris, and Khloe Kardashian. 

Now, inevitably, there is a vast difference between the organizing project of a Kardashian versus a family in Atlanta, but there are still tips that can apply across the board. The Home Edit comes in with a team of helpers and takes a disaster of a room and turns it into an organized and aesthetically pleasing place. Armed with boxes from the container store and witty banter, these women transform a space in a fraction of the time it would take you or me. 

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The Home Edit is an organizational company that was founded in 2015. Since then the company has grown exponentially, most in part to its Instagram page. The page has picture upon picture of aesthetically pleasing organized homes and helps every person aspire to reach a high level of organization. The two women formed the business within 12 hours of meeting each other, and over the past 6 years have built a home organizing empire. They have worked with the hottest celebs, published a book, and now have their own tv show on Netflix. Though their organizational style isn’t for everyone, there are lessons that everyone can relate to on the show and maybe inspire you to tackle an organizational project in your home as well. 

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Willa Ford and Scott Disick

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Willa Ford has cemented herself as one of the premier interior designers in the country. Formerly a pop star and later turned interior designer, Ford was always fueled by her love of design. Transforming from a passion to a full-blown career, she eventually realized that this was her true calling, subsequently creating the L.A.-based WFord Interiors.

Now, Ford and her team will be coming to your TV screens very soon, as she stars alongside Scott Disick (aka @letthelordbewithyou) in their new real estate and luxury renovation series, Flip It Like Disick. The new series is set to premiere on E! on Sunday, August 4th, followed by Khloe Kardashian's Revenge Body. Through the series, viewers will get to watch Willa, Scott and his team transform home projects for celebrity friends and family, as well as an astounding multi-million dollar property remodeling in Los Angeles, which will span the duration of the season. The audience will get to learn what exactly goes into flipping a home and watch both Ford and Disick's skills come together to create magic (and some entertaining television!).

Here, Haute Residence sits down with Ford to discuss what we can expect from Flip it Like Disick, how she got started in design, what it was like working with Disick on the new series and her top interior design hacks.

HL: Can you tell us how you got started working in interior design?

WF: So, it’s interesting, I’ve always had a passion for it—I think a lot of people are born with different talents whether they invest in it or not. I was living in Texas and was working with a designer on my home and we had the best time, she was an absolute mentor to me and she just kept saying, 'you don’t really need me, you can do this,' and I think in that first moment the seed had been planted for me. I eventually moved back to Los Angeles and I was acting but I just came to a place where I wanted to be in control and set my own destiny and not wait for somebody to tell me yes. So, I started by doing small projects for free and then went up to the next size projects and I can say that I was extremely fortunate that my network provided really high-end clients really fast and before I knew it I developed a full clientele where I needed a team of employees. It’s fulfilling me in such an amazing way. I feel like this is probably what I was supposed to be doing from the beginning.

HL: How would you describe your personal design style?

WF: I call my design aesthetic high-low luxe. I’m a firm believer in mixing high-ends and lows. I don’t think every little piece needs to be expensive in a home and I also don’t think that a home is finished when everything is cheap. I enjoy being green and finding the right middle. You can invest in one special piece. You can’t invest in the whole house, but you can still make it look great by complementing expensive items with cheaper ones. Just like fashion! The home and the fashion industries are so incredibly wasteful and when you start doing the research, I think we're finally going to move into a place of understanding. Secondhand is not a poor thing to do, it's actually fashionably resourceful.

HL: How have your travels influenced your work?

WF: Incredibly. Because I was so fortunate from my pop career, I’ve stayed in some of the nicest hotels and visited some of the most beautiful countries in the world. I've been lucky enough to have been exposed to many different parts of the world. I think it was such an incredible influence to really just understand different cultures and how their tastes are reflected in modern design. I also think it helped me prepare for getting to know different clientele. I love how we're so diverse in our company as far as where our clients come from. These different cultures all effect the way they want their homes designed—what colors you can use, themes, antique elements and more.

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HL: Tell us about your new show coming out, Flip it Like Disick. How did this come about?

WF: I think it’s going to be an incredible show. It centers around Scott Disick, and it really shows a different side of him than what we're all used to seeing. And we're all there to support him. He put together a team to work with and I serve as the interior designer. We allow the audience to get to ride this journey with us, to understand how the dynamics work with everyone coming together to work on a project like this. All of us involved are very different people and we have some big personalities, so it leads to quite some interesting material. For me personally, it's been amazing to get to know the other guys and such a fantastic journey. Some days are better than others, some are hilarious. I'm technically trying to get the job done while also working on other projects—it's always an interesting day. 

HL: What was your favorite aspect of working with Scott on this project? 

WF: I’ve been pushed in different ways and I feel that with any moment of growth, it's a good thing. He is very opinionated—he definitely has a point of view on his design and him and I both have great design perspectives, but sometimes they’re different and that struggle of trying to find that fire has really been interesting. So we try to merge our styles, while also each bringing our expertise to the table. The goal is, of course, to keep the client happy, but also to keep my design aesthetic in tact because it’s my brand as well. That's been an interesting perspective of growth.

HL: How long was the filming process?

WF: The filming process took a while, but what I love about our show is that a lot of flipping shows are flipping one house in one episode and where we differ is we really show people that this isn’t just a, 'let's slap some paint on it' process. I think we're giving people an authentic look into what it really takes to flip a home of this size and you’ll follow the journey of this one big home throughout the entire season.

HL: What do you see the future of interior design looking like?

WF: Two big things I'm noticing is a resurgence of minimalism in design, and also recyclability. As I mentioned earlier, people will look more to second-hand products in both interior design and fashion to combat waste. But also, the future of design is going to change with the constant advance of technology. It will also change the way we design, and think about design. People are going to find ways to see and design a space before anything gets done. That's something I think will really take force within the next five years.

HL: What are three interior design hacks you would recommend when flipping a home as you do in the show? 

WF:

1. Go really clean white in the kitchen. You can't go wrong there.
2. If you have budget restraints, layer rugs. I love to layer a Turkish rug on top of sisal to get the luxurious vibe you're going for that takes up a lot of space, but doesn't break the bank.
3. Monochromatic materials—invest in raw materials and then add pops of color with pillows, accents and art pieces to complement the space.

Scott Disick

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HR: You are known for luxurious yet comfortable interiors. How do you seamlessly blend the two?  

MB: I believe that modern luxury is comfort! To me, there is no luxury if you cannot find a place to curl up and get cozy, so in my interiors it’s vitally important to make sure the soft furnishings are deep and inviting, that they are scaled to the homeowner’s favorite dimensions and fabrics are used that are soft to the touch and durable for family [and pet] life. I don’t like to use pieces that look uncomfortable or you are scared to touch or sit on them. I always make sure the objects in my rooms are inviting and draw you into them rather than away from them because you are scared to damage anything or it looks unfriendly. At the end of the day, a comfortable room is a key to entertaining well and living home life to the fullest.  

HR: What is your primary goal when executing the interiors of each home?  

MB: My goal is always to bring my client’s personality into their homes. I don’t want people to walk in and say, “Oh, we love your Martyn Lawrence Bullard interior.” Rather, I want them to walk in and say, “We love your home, it’s so you!” That’s what good design is about: customizing an interior look to be representative of its owner's tastes and life, capturing a window into their decorative soul.  

Kourtney Kardashian's Home Office. Photo courtesy of Douglas Friedman.

 HR: What is your ideal interiors style, and which style do you enjoy to work with the most?  

MB: I love all styles. I would never refuse to work in a style or specific look because it’s out of fashion or I don’t like it. I believe there is beauty in all things, and it’s just the way you put it together that changes that. It’s always a challenge to work around a style I haven’t before, but I love that. It brings both excitement and a learning curve to my work and challenges me to be more creative than ever. My true love, however, is always an eclectic mix―different periods, styles, origins put together in an individual way to suit each individual project. As Oscar Wilde once said, “All beautiful things belong to the same age!”   

HR: What have been your most memorable projects and why?  

MB: I have had so many memorable projects, from restoring a 12th-century castle in Italy to creating a Studio 54-inspired penthouse for a legendary rock star ... certainly one of the highlights had to be for Cher. Our first project together was the creation of an Indian palace-like apartment where Cher asked me to think of her as the first wife of a maharajah. And that I did, creating magical and whimsical rooms formed from the facade of an Indian palace imported from Jaipur especially for her project. “Fantasy, fun and fabulosity,” as Cher described the end result.  

HR: How do you go about creating privacy and solitude in your clients’ homes given the public access to their lives?

MB: Each of my clients' homes is their sanctuaries, especially celebrities who have less opportunity to live normal day-to-day lives. So, I make sure all their most important needs are met in the home, however fantastical, from screening rooms to glam rooms, relaxation chambers to wine caves, home spas with sea salt floatation pools to dressing rooms with refrigerated closets for vintage clothing―whatever the requests may be, I design for them and around them. We are a full-service business, meaning if you dream it, we want to provide it. Monogrammed dinner plates to homemade honey from a hive built in the garden, it’s all part of the service that takes the ordinary into the extraordinary. That is true interior design service where quality, comfort and rarity are all in a day’s work to complete dream homes and personal sanctuaries.  

Photo courtesy of Martyn Lawrence Bullard

HR: How does your diverse background and multifaceted career influence your work?  

MB: My European origins have helped flavor my work enormously. My love of eclectically derived rooms with fine-tuned editing I believe comes from my travels and the experiences had in each and every place, memories I pull upon constantly for design inspiration. Having been trained as an actor when I was young, along with a few teenage years traveling as a model and singer, have colored my character even more and again influenced my style and understanding of drama within an interior and its many nuances. I don’t think you can be a good, rounded designer without having the experience of travel and exposure to new cultures and all the flavor that it brings. I am so lucky to have experienced so much from a young child having traveled with my parents around the world that I believe that knowledge has informed a design library embedded in my mind and memory, all of which I call upon regularly in my work.    

HR: What are some of your current and/or future projects you are most excited about?  

MB: I love the fact I have just launched a jewelry line. It’s been a passion for so long, and it’s a really fun new addition to my collections.  

I have a wonderful lighting line that launched in January with Corbett Lighting, which we are constantly working on updating and expanding upon. Lighting is really a key ingredient to each space, and I am excited to provide new and beautiful options, some with very special mixed use of metals and textures. My outdoor furniture collaboration with Harbour Outdoor launches in April and is a capsule collection of really chic, mid-century-inspired teak pieces incorporating very comfortable lounge chairs and day beds, dining chairs and streamlined dining tables with embedded brass accents. All pieces I found missing in the marketplace to add total comfort and style to your outdoor living.  

From my design studio, I have some great new hotel projects that are happening this year. The Whitley in Hollywood is going to be a very special boutique hotel with interiors inspired by the famous residents of Old Hollywood that once resided there.    

I am working on the Four Seasons Residences in LA, which is a very exciting project of 65 units including a $55 million penthouse!  

With clients in Mexico, Hawaii, London, Ireland, Palm Beach, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Laguna, Arabia and Italy, we have a wonderful portfolio of projects this year that touch just about every style and period―the perfect recipe to keep me engaged, excited and inspired. Rock on, 2019!  

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