Better Homes & Gardens - What are the best color combinations for fall? 7 cozy-season-ready suggestions from designer

Thank you to Better Homes & Gardens for featuring our yellow and wood tones!

'I am drawn towards warm yellows and oranges in the fall,' says designer Nadia Watts. 'It’s a transitional season and yellows and oranges help bridge the gap between the brights of summer and the cool tones of winter.’

Photo by Emily Minton-Redfield

Read the full article by Emily Moorman here for some cozy, fall color combinations.

Homes & Garden - Outdated kitchen color trends – Five Colors to Avoid in 2025, and What to use Instead

Thank you to Homes & Garden for featuring me in this insightful piece on five colors to avoid in 2025.

Cool-Tones Grey- This color trend is commonly associated with ultra-modern finishes, which can also be seen by some as outdated for 2025. 'Industrial kitchens with loads of gray, metal, and commercial finishes are a thing of the past,' adds interior designer Nadia Watts. 'The starkness just doesn’t feel homey or comfortable. People want their kitchen to feel lived in, to feel comfortable, and like it’s the heart of the home. It’s hard to create a cozy kitchen destination with shiny hard sleek surfaces at every turn.'

Read the full article written by Jennifer Ebert here!

Better Homes & Gardens - Are Formal Living Rooms Obsolete? Not According to Top Design Experts

Thank you, Better Homes & Gardens, for showcasing us in this feature about how to design a space where life happens!

"Having an entire room in your home dedicated to guests and formal seating just doesn’t make sense for most people anymore. Flexibility and efficiency is what’s current—rooms that have double and even triple uses." —Nadia Watts

Read Here for the full article written by Colleen Sullivan

Photograph by David Patterson

Better Homes & Gardens - 25 Designer-Approved Ideas for Modernizing a Gallery Wall

Thank you Better Homes & Gardens and Colleen Sullivan, for including us in 25 Designer-Approved Ideas for Modernizing a Gallery Wall

Mix Art with Metals - Mixing materials is one way to achieve a modern effect when it comes to a gallery wall. “I love to hang whimsical metal sculptures alongside colorful abstract paintings to create balance and structure. The result is a fun-filled wall that feels fresh and purposeful,” says Nadia Watts, the owner of Nadia Watts Interior Design.

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In the Kips Bay Palm Beach Show House 2024, we partnered with Singulart to select artists from around the world for our space. This gallery wall features a large scale painting by Gary Kormain and three metal sculptures by Jose Soler.

Photographer: Nick Sargent

House Beautiful - 9 Little-Known Destinations where you can still find Incredible Antiques.

Thank you House Beautiful and the lovely Sarah Lyon for including our little-known destinations to find incredible antiques in Denver and Palm Beach Florida!

Denver

Designer Nadia Watts, who is based in Denver, returns to many of the same local antiques shops time and time again. “South Broadway offers loads of antique and thrift stores, so you have something for everyone’s budget,” says the founder of Nadia Watts Interior Design. “Black Tulip Antiques (also selling on Chairish) is a go-to for me; they offer a highly diverse inventory of European furniture, accessories, lighting, silver, and decorative arts.”

Watts is also partial to Eron Johnson Antiques, which is located in a sprawling 5,000-square-foot warehouse. “With inventory dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries and originating from over 40 countries, Eron’s passion for antiques is on full display,” she says. “Eron has a love of peculiar objects as well as exquisite antiques, so you never know what exciting treasure you will find.”

Photographer: Emily Minton-Redfield

Palm Beach Florida

While participating in the 2024 Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Palm Beach, Watts learned about many of the city’s incredible antique resources. “I have the best luck when I get to go on the hunt, and Show Pony Palm Beach is the ultimate hunting ground,” she says, describing the retailer’s many large warehouses “filled to the ceilings with treasures.” You can find pieces in many design styles, including Victorian, gothic, and midcentury.

Photographer: Nickolas Sargent

Homes & Gardens - 5 colors to decorate with in July 2024 according to designers, for a summery feel inside the home

5 colors to decorate with in July 2024 according to designers, for a summery feel inside the home

Written by Emily Moorman

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'When I think summer I think in reds, yellows, pinks, and oranges,' says interior designer Nadia Watts. 'Bright, saturated colors that remind me of the sunset over the lake; warm tones that evoke long summer days.'

For Nadia, summer color inspiration comes from the slower pace of life during these months, turning to nature and reflecting this indoors through vibrant, warm hues that feel uplifting.

'July brings a sense of freedom: school's out, work slows and family comes together. I am inspired by the slower pace of summer, it reminds me to take a moment to step back and appreciate the natural world around us. Pulling colors from nature has always been a special source for me, and what better time to do that than in the height of summer.'

Image by David Patterson