Modern Eclectic Interior Design: A Love For Beautiful Things with Nida Risto | Friends of Build Magazine #82

<p>Episode Notes </p><p>Ted speaks with Nida Risto, founder of Nida Risto Interiors, a Wyoming-based interior design firm on her collaborative design process and her path from Albania to America. Nida shares her process in sourcing materials for clients and how her personal approach can lead to shipping an antique chandelier across oceans. In a wide-ranging conversation, Ted & Nida discuss how failure is always informative, the American Dream and the rise of misinformation. </p><p>Despite her highly successful design career, Nida never forgets how far she’s come and her lived experience of the fragility of peace. Today, Ted does a deep dive into Nida’s eclectic world of interior design as she draws from both her European and American roots.</p><p>TOPICS DISCUSSED</p><ul><li>[2:00] The American Dream & Nida’s path to the U.S. </li><li>[15:30] What is Nida’s process when beginning a project?</li><li>[17:20] Drawing  from a European background & being an “eclectic”  </li><li>[20:00] How does your process change when joining  an “orphaned” project?</li><li>[22:50] Building trust with clients who’ve been burned by previous designers</li><li>[28:30] The consequences of buying houses site-unseen</li><li>[29:50] An idyllic life vs the life we narrowly avoided</li><li>[33:30] America’s multiculturalism & putting in the work</li><li>[35:50] What are the coolest projects you’ve worked on?</li><li>[39:50] Sourcing furniture & a very special chandelier </li><li>[42:50] How important is the story of the objects you source for your clients?</li><li>[44:40] The importance of the work of Interior Designers</li><li>[46:10] What is one of your biggest failures & how did you overcome it?</li><li>[48:50] Risk & failure in America vs Albania</li><li>[55:40] Repair in a post-communist Albania & the fragility of peace  </li><li>[57:45] Do you get nervous with what’s going on here in America?</li><li>[1:00] Green energy & misinformation</li><li>[ 1:03:20] Is it tough to design your own house?</li><li>[1:05:10] Marriage & compromise</li><