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The Install: Life & Design with Paloma and Caroline

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The Install: Life & Design with Paloma and Caroline is a weekly conversation about creativity, business, and building a life shaped by good design. Hosted by interior designers and longtime friends, Paloma Contreras and Caroline Gidiere, the podcast offers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the realities of creative work. From running a design business and navigating growth, to travel, culture, and personal style, each episode blends industry insight with real-life reflection. Through thoughtful conversations—both between the hosts and with occasional guests—The Install is an inviting space for designers, creatives, and anyone drawn to intentional living and beautiful ideas.

Latest episodes

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Showhouse Secrets Part II - The Showhouse Must Go On

#29 trending · Design

Part Two strips the lacquer off designer showhouses: behind those glossy rooms are six-figure budgets, vendor favors, impossible timelines, and enough last-minute crises

Sep 15
53 min

Showhouse Secrets Part I - Breaking Down Costs and Benefits

Episode SummaryPaloma and Caroline continue to endure the on-going Southern summer heat and humidity, a Botox clock that suddenly seems to be running fast, and the Sisyph

Sep 8
44 min

Dorms Gone Wild

Paloma and Caroline sweat through the last gasps of summer while tackling a still-suspicious rug, the indignity of hauling two Apple devices in one tote, a bittersweet st

Sep 1
1 h 00 min

I Know It When I See It

Caroline’s ideal weekend—pool time, Mahjong, and a teenager who voluntarily wants to hang out—meets its natural nemesis: a Starbucks that forgot to open, while Paloma cel

Aug 25
51 min

The House Tells You What It Wants with Meg Braff

Paloma plans a trip to Paris Deco Off trip while Caroline uses Lionsgate to manifest the number-one interior-design podcast, one “big, fabulous, juicy nugget” of a projec

Aug 18
51 min

Hard Lessons and the Pros and Cons of Design

Caroline and Paloma tackle underarm “chicken nuggets,” summer-camp chaos, and a once-pristine abaca rug under canine attack. They trade television recommendations, debate

Aug 11
51 min

If I Can See the Harp, It's Too Small

Caroline and Paloma battle triple-digit heat, post-surgery recovery, and a case of TikTok-certified “tech neck” before celebrating the multigenerational client relationsh

Aug 4
58 min

Bunny Bars, Baby Broccoli, and Balenciaga with Bryan Huffman

Fan favorite Bryan Huffman returns—gloriously uncensored—to review the seven deadly sins of polite conversation before whisking us back inside Bunny Mellon’s world at Oak

Jul 28
1 h 03 min

How Long Does It Take? + A Little Spice

Paloma and Caroline take a conversational tour starting with Caroline’s one-and-done push-up and the psychological tyranny of a kitchen-island pile to the comforts of off

Jul 21
52 min

Serve, Swerve and Design with Verve

Paloma and Caroline open with a moment of horticultural hubris: Caroline’s geraniums are giving English-country-house abundance, while Paloma’s are still auditioning for

Jul 14
58 min

The Rosé Recovery Plan

This week, Caroline and Paloma confess to vacation weight gain, debate whether rosé is sabotaging their summer, and compare notes on concerts, puppies, and peach ice crea

Jul 7
51 min

Hot Takes, Lost Lotions & The Great Scallop Reckoning

Paloma and Caroline catch up on a chaotic week of puppy parenting, jet lag, birthday prep, travel recovery, and one truly tragic Charles de Gaulle skincare confiscation b

Jun 30
55 min

Bad Hotels, Good Hair & Better Boundaries

Paloma and Caroline check in from Cabo and Paris for a vacation-edition catch-up that delivers equal parts glamour, chaos, and practical wisdom. They talk about changing

Jun 23
49 min

How Travel Shapes the Way We Design and How We Live

This week, with Caroline recording from Rome, The Install Podcast takes up the subject of travel and how it inspires not just our design but encourages our creativity.

Jun 16
53 min

Bunny Mellon Behind the Scenes with Bryan Huffman

This week, Paloma and Caroline welcome one of their best friends, Bryan Huffman, an esteemed and celebrated decorator from North Carolina. For the last decade of her life

Jun 9
1 h 03 min

Talking Shop with Heidi Callier

This week Paloma and Caroline sit down with celebrated designer Heidi Callier. Heidi talks candidly about what it takes to run a top interior design firm, the importance

Jun 2
58 min

Technology & Design + Tour Recap, Beauty, Fashion & More

Caroline and Paloma take up the topic of Technology & Design - what is relevant and how they are using it. The two open with a discussion and recap of their recent Chinoi

May 26
1 h 00 min

Inside the Photoshoot: Next Level Styling with Editor and Stylist Ben Reynaert

Stylist, Editor and Author Benjamin Rayner joins Paloma and Caroline to delve into what can make a photoshoot magical. The conversation starts with the importance of auth

May 19
59 min

Chinoiserie Tour: On Location at Belvoir Castle

Caroline and Paloma are on location from Belvoir Castle during their recent tour of treasure houses and stately homes in the United Kingdom that hold original Chinoiserie

May 12
37 min

Building A Brand with Mark D. Sikes

Close friend Mark D. Sikes joins Paloma and Caroline for a lighthearted game of "Serve or Swerve," where they discuss the latest in fashion trends, providing insights int

May 5
1 h 06 min

Chart trend

Position in the Design chart (US), last 90 days.

#4
all-time peak
51
days in the top 10 since Mar 2026

Chart positions

Where The Install: Life & Design with Paloma and Caroline ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 20, 2026).

#13 ▼ 2 Design US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I love this podcast. It is like sitting with the cool girls for a glass of wine and hearing about their week. Highly recommend! And love the behind the scenes of the design world.

Frances4ann · Aug 2026

So great to have Paloma back podcasting. 10/10 This is my favorite podcast right now. These southern belles have great chemistry. They are funny as all get out but also extremely informative. I love Paloma and Caroline keep the fun coming ladies.

neverreviewbut this isterrible · Aug 2026

Informative and educational but done in a way that feels like you’re listening in on two of your girlfriends - two of your most chic, well-connected, and design savvy girlfriends. Love that the conversations go beyond design too, touching on fashion, beauty, culture, and life!

MHOP26 · Jun 2026

Paloma and Caroline have created something genuinely refreshing — real conversations about creativity, design and life that feel warm and accessible. So glad this podcast exists. Highly recommend. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"

ChristinaMorgan · Apr 2026

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