{"id":32,"date":"2017-02-07T02:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T02:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollidaydesignonline.com\/roominess\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2021-04-28T01:43:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T01:43:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hollidaydesignonline.com\/roominess\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"32\" class=\"elementor elementor-32\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fd071be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-eae-slider=\"64111\" data-id=\"2fd071be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6efb7701\" data-eae-slider=\"44672\" data-id=\"6efb7701\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-241f3d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"241f3d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><iframe title=\"Why Watch Roominess?\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bsb7FbPfJkk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><p>Have you watched every decorating show and still can\u2019t get your living room to look the way you\u2019d like? Decorators on TV show you a before picture (hideous) and an after picture (gorgeous). But they rarely address the 1,000 little decisions that happen between before and after.<\/p><p>This is where I can step in and help you!<\/p><h3 style=\"margin-top: 2.43478em; margin-bottom: 1.21739em; line-height: 1.21739;\">About Doug Walker<\/h3><p>Hi, I\u2019m Doug Walker. When I was seven years old, my mom took me to my very first decorators\u2019 show home. From the moment I walked in the door, I was hooked. I loved the furniture and the accessories, the colors and textures, the chandeliers and the rugs.<\/p><p>So naturally I got a degree in engineering. (?!?) Although this may seem completely unrelated to decorating, in school I learned how to break complex problems down into their component parts and how to explain complicated issue to non-technical people. Along the way, I was also figuring out how to solve and explain decor problems in practical language that friends and relatives could easily apply to their homes.<\/p><h3 style=\"margin-top: 2.43478em; margin-bottom: 1.21739em; line-height: 1.21739;\">How Roominess Can Help You<\/h3><p>Creating an inviting home shouldn&#8217;t require a college degree. That&#8217;s why I started Roominess: to fill in the knowledge gap between the before and after pictures, so you don&#8217;t have to figure it out by yourself through painful trial and error. Roominess guides you through all the little decisions that add up to a great room with fun, bite-sized video tutorials and in-depth ebooks that give you helpful diagrams and clear explanations. We cover all kinds of decorating scenarios, including how to fill empty walls, how to choose colors, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gS_avtXPY4I&amp;t=110s\">where to put your plunger<\/a> (!), so you can learn to create a home that\u2019s beautiful, functional, and tells a great story about you.<\/p><h3 style=\"margin-top: 2.43478em; margin-bottom: 1.21739em; line-height: 1.21739;\">Take your first steps toward an inviting home:<\/h3><ul><li>Roominess posts about twice a month on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/roominesstv\">YouTube<\/a>. Go there and hit the subscribe button!<\/li><li>Freebies, ebooks, and my newsletter are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/Roominess.TV\">Roominess.TV<\/a>.<\/li><li>You can also follow Roominess on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/roominesstv\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/roominesstv\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you watched every decorating show and still can\u2019t get your living room to look the way you\u2019d like? Decorators on TV show you a before picture (hideous) and an after picture (gorgeous). But they rarely address the 1,000 little decisions that happen between before and after. This is where I can step in and help you! About Doug Walker Hi, I\u2019m Doug Walker. When I was seven years old, my mom took me to my very first decorators\u2019 show home. From the moment I walked in the door, I was hooked. I loved the furniture and the accessories, the colors and textures, the chandeliers and the rugs. So naturally I got a degree in engineering. (?!?) Although this may seem completely unrelated to decorating, in school I learned how to break complex problems down into their component parts and how to explain complicated issue to non-technical people. Along the way, I was also figuring out how to solve and explain decor problems in practical language that friends and relatives could easily apply to their homes. How Roominess Can Help You Creating an inviting home shouldn&#8217;t require a college degree. That&#8217;s why I started Roominess: to fill in the knowledge gap between the before and after pictures, so you don&#8217;t have to figure it out by yourself through painful trial and error. 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