The Install: Life & Design with Paloma and Caroline

Paloma Contreras, Caroline Gidiere

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Booking Overview

A weekly, behind-the-scenes look at creative work through the lens of interior design, blending practical business insights with personal style and intentional living. It’s a good fit for PR outreach to established designers and design-world leaders who can share how they build, run, and grow their creative businesses.

Metrics

Episodes: 12

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 98.8k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Paloma Contreras - Interior designer and longtime friend/host. Co-hosts a weekly conversation about creativity, business, and building a life shaped by good design, with candid behind-the-scenes perspectives on creat...

Caroline Gidiere - Interior designer and longtime friend/host. Co-hosts a weekly conversation about creativity, business, and building a life shaped by good design, offering candid behind-the-scenes perspectives on t...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Established interior designers/decorators and design-business leaders with real operational experience (running a studio, building teams, managing remote work, presenting client work, and navigating growth/pricing).
Required Achievements:  
Recognized design reputation or celebrated standing in the interior design community, Leadership of a top interior design firm or long-running decorating practice, Demonstrated expertise managing projects and client delivery timelines

Recent Guest Discussions

Bryan Huffman - Behind-the-scenes Stories And Advice Tied To Bunny Mellon, Iconic Style And Aesthetic Influences, Creative Process, Relationships And Social Etiquette, And Design Approach.

Heidi Callier - Running An Interior Design Firm, Creativity Vs. Time Management, Balancing Work And Family, Building The Right Team, Managing A Remote Team, Presenting Work And Timelines, And Studio Overhead And Project/pricing Challenges.

Recent Topics

Interior Design, Design Business, Lifestyle, Branding, Entrepreneurship

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Install: Life & Design with Paloma and Caroline
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Bunny Mellon Behind the Scenes with Bryan Huffman

June 09, 2026

This week, Paloma and Caroline welcome one of their best friends, Bryan Huffman, an esteemed and celebrated decorator from North Carolina. For the last decade of her life, Bryan chatted every night with style icon Mrs. Paul Mellon, or "Bunny" as her friends called her, became one her closest confidants. In this episode, Bryan shares endearing details of her iconic style and stories of how they became friends, how she and Jacqueline Kennedy developed a close relationship, how Bunny came to p...

Talking Shop with Heidi Callier

June 02, 2026

This week Paloma and Caroline sit down with celebrated designer Heidi Callier. Heidi talks candidly about what it takes to run a top interior design firm, the importance of making time to be cretaive, balancing work life and family, finding the right team, how to manage a remote team, how she packages and presents her work, and even the timeline from start to finish. The ladies start with the weekly "High/Low" and move on to a game of "Love It or Hate It." The episode ends with a rapid fire ...

Technology & Design + Tour Recap, Beauty, Fashion & More

May 26, 2026

Caroline and Paloma take up the topic of Technology & Design - what is relevant and how they are using it. The two open with a discussion and recap of their recent Chinoiserie tour, exploring magnificent houses and gardens. They reflect on the beauty and inspiration of the gardens, as well as the unique experiences at each location. The conversation continues with a discussion of Dior in LA and the emergence of fashion trends for this decade, the influence of older women in culture, what...

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