Kate Nixon on Styling for House & Garden Magazine (for 20 Years!) & Growing a Thriving Interior Design Studio

 

Photography by Maree Homer

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work as an interior stylist for one of Australia’s most respected and long-standing magazines, or perhaps launch your own interior design studio, you’re about to get a behind-the-scenes look at what really happens.

Come listen to my conversation with Kate Nixon, who has been working for House & Garden magazine for 20 years, runs a homewares shop and is quickly growing an interior design studio, catering to clients across the country.

Kate is pulling back the curtain on what it’s like to style homes for a magazine, how she chooses which homes get featured, and shares an honest look into what it takes to build an interior design studio.

THIS EPISODE FOCUSES ON

  • Kate’s connection to interiors & furniture from a young age

  • Her appreciation for quality craftsmanship and natural materials

  • How Kate discovered food styling & what the job really entails

  • Working as a stylist & editor for House & Garden magazine

  • Showing up as your best self and the opportunities this can create

  • Running her successful interior design studio & retail business and how they came to be

  • Tips for breaking into the industry

  • How she charges

  • Juggling work & family

  • Kate’s design process

  • How she structures her weeks & days

  • The importance of gratitude

 

FEATURED ON THIS EPISODE


Podcast production: Yaga Media

 
Natalie Walton