You are listening to the interior perspective. I'm Nicole Fisher, interior designer, creative director, and someone who believes that the spaces we live in quietly shape how we think, feel, and move through the world. This season is a little different. It's just. Sharing my perspective on design, home style, motherhood, and the everyday decisions that make a life feel considered.

This isn't advice, it's perspective. Take what resonates and leave the rest.

I wanna start this season a little differently. When I first launched this podcast, I had a lot to say and honestly, I was trying to say it all at once, design advice, process, how tos. Over time, I realized what people actually respond to is an instruction. It's perspective, [00:01:00] hence the name. And so this season is just me.

No interviews, no formulas. Just how I see things all about design, home style, motherhood work, and the everyday decisions that shape how we live. I am super excited about this because it feels quieter, it feels more honest, more like a regular conversation that we can have than a lesson. And if you're listening, I want it to feel like you're sitting with a friend who's thinking out loud, someone who's not just telling you what to do.

So I'm gonna start with something I believe in deeply. Your home being this concept of a mirror, whether you admit it or that you not, at some point in my career perspective, started to matter more to me than style. Early on, I was focused on aesthetics, how things looked, what was current, what [00:02:00] felt impressive, and that's totally natural.

It's. How you really build an eye. You learn what you like, you learn what you don't. And over time, especially after working with so many different people, I realized that design really isn't about just picking furniture. It's about decisions, about major, major decisions. And it's about how someone chooses, how they hesitate, what they're afraid of, what their.

Putting their trust into what they don't trust and really what they trust about themselves. As my life has changed, my perspective has totally changed too. Becoming a mother, running a business, watching clients go through major life transitions, it all sharpens the lens now. When I walk into a space, I'm not just seeing  finishes or layouts.

I'm seeing patterns. I'm seeing stories. I am seeing the people who are going to be making memories here. And I think right now people are craving perspective more than advice. There is so much information out there, there's so much information on the internet. What's missing is context, a way of seeing that.

Helps things just click. I really feel passionate about things making sense for you, and that's where this idea of home as a mirror really comes into play. The home is a sacred place, and when I walk into someone's home, the first thing I notice is not how expensive it is or how stylish it is. I notice how it feels.

I notice where decisions stop short, where things feel [00:04:00] unresolved when someone played it safe, or even where they overcompensated. Indecision has a very specific look in a house. To me, it's the. Half finished rooms. It's everything being neutral for now, it's the eventual project that you didn't tackle yet.

It's waiting for the perfect answer before moving forward. Control shows up differently. It can look over designed, overthought like Nothing is allowed to breathe, like no one lives there. Fear, on the other hand, is super loud. Fear never hides behind anything other than trends. Fear is hiding behind.

Timeless fear hides behind everyone, asking everyone else what they think instead of actually listening to you. What I've learned is that homes reflect self-trust before they reflect. Taste. I've watched clients change during a project. I've watched their homes change with them as they get clearer, braver, more decisive.

The space follows. It is never about the sofa. It's about permission. It's about permission to allow yourself to go for it.

If that's the case, then why do so many people struggle with their homes? This seems like an insane thing to really think about, and I don't think that they. Are bad at design. I think it's because they're exhausted. They're exhausted from making decisions. They're just exhausted from decision fatigue. We live in a constant state of comparison, endless inspiration, endless opinions.

Social media makes it feel like there's a right answer and everyone else knows it except for you. So getting it right starts to feel like these crazy, crazy high stakes, permanent, like everything is forever. And a reflection of your intelligence or your worth, or how much money you make. And I think what people are really afraid of isn't making the wrong choice.

It's being seen, making a choice at all. The pattern doesn't show up in. Only homes. It shows up in closets. It shows up in careers. It shows up in relationships, waiting until you're sure before you move. Most people don't lack taste. They lack permission to trust themselves, and that is something you should listen to one more time.

People don't lack taste. [00:07:00] They lack permission. To trust themselves. I'll tell you, when I even look back at my own homes, I can see very clearly who I was at each stage. We have moved a lot. There's no denying that I go back to earlier versions of myself and how much more I cared about how things look.

Than how they felt. I had more patience per perfection, less patience or mess, but that comes with motherhood. Motherhood changed that completely for me. Now I care about ease. About flow, about how a space supports real life, not this ideal version of it. I'm more comfortable with imperfection. I need spaces that [00:08:00] work not perform, and I've learned that home doesn't need to say everything at once.

It just needs to support who you are. Right now. That's why I get so crazy when people are hesitant about something like wallpaper. It's so easy to swap out. It's so easy to change your mind and it's okay. It's totally good. You wanna change that, like do you babe? You don't need permission to change something to make you feel good.

That shift, even in my old life, has completely changed how I see design. So the one thing I hope you take from the episode is pay attention. The next time you walk into your home, notice what feels unfinished. If you've got several of these unfinished projects, pick one. Notice where you've been avoiding.

Notice what you actually love. Doesn't mean you need to [00:09:00] fix it immediately. Just see it, acknowledge it, own it, and then you can make a plan. Because perspective doesn't demand action right away. Sometimes it just gives you clearer plans. So this season is simply me sharing mine, my journey, my plans, how I navigate and.

I write a lot more about these ideas in my substack, which I'll link in the show notes if you wanna keep the conversation going. So. Let's do this. Thank you for being here, and I will see you next time. Perspective doesn't always change things immediately. Sometimes it just gives you a different way to look.

If this episode gave you that, I am so glad you're here. Until next time, thanks for listening to the interior perspective. I'm [00:10:00] Nicole.