Podcast Content


"Design Meets Life" Podcast with Guest Mark Candelaria

Mark was honored to be the guest on the "Design Meets Life" Podcast based in Barcelona, Spain! Co-hosted by designer Kelli Ellis, the Co-Host of our recent TV series, Extravagant Spaces on The Design Network and YouTube!

We talked about several design and travel topics, including one that is very pertinent in today’s world. In this world of hurry, hurry, hurry and now with our homes soon being created by AI it is my belief that the next shift will be in creating homes that feed our soul and resonate with our souls and allows us to live our life in connection with the creator! You can feel the difference between a home created quickly by CAD and a home created with the collaboration of souls - the soul of my client in collaboration with the souls of the architect and designer and celebrating this journey of creation that then results in a home that is a vessel for enhancing and inspiring our souls and the way we live every day!

Masters of the Southwest - Candelaria, Vallone, Spitz and Berghoff

Masters of the Southwest from left to right, Donna Vallone, Jeff Berghoff, Mark Candelaria, & Walter Spitz

This episode features three very special Phoenix Home & Garden Master's of the Southwest, Walter Spitz, of Creative Designs in Lighting, Donna Vallone of Vallone Design, and Jeff Berghoff of Berghoff Design. We all share how each of us got started in the design industry and then a revisit some of our earliest collaborations from the 1980's and 90s' to some of our current works underway some 30 years later. Many times referred to as "The Dream Team" this group has created 100's of homes including the historic El Chorro Lodge in Paradise Valley. 

In addition to talking about the past we look ahead to the future and the trends and new technologies that are changing the design industry. We also talk about the transition and our plans for the future of all of our firms. Jeff and Walter have been on prior Inspiring Living podcasts and you can listen to them below.


Masters of the Southwest Dream Team Websites

Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine

2022 Master of Southwest Feature

At the High Point Market with The Collector's House Jamilyn Fournier

For today's podcast episode we are recording from the Alfonso Marina Showroom in Greensboro, NC during the annual High Point Furniture Market. It was so much fun to see all these showrooms and mingle with others in the design field from all over the country! Our guest today is Jamilyn Fournier, Founder and Curator for The Collector’s House, a beautiful design studio and store in Scottsdale, AZ. We discuss much more than design in this episode, we are going to dive deep into Jamilyn’s life journey, her inner work, taking risks and starting an interiors business.