# Honey, My Nerves Can't Take It

An episode of [The Install: Life & Design with Paloma and Caroline](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1885981800), 27 Oct 2026, 47 min.

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From the tyranny of text messages to the perils of patterned sofas, Caroline and Paloma have a few things to get off their chests. They discuss the pleasures of period dramas, the decidedly unpleasurable business of bad manners on social media, and why sharing the less-than-perfect side of design matters. Then it's time for a spirited round of Would You Rather?, where they're forced to choose between design dilemmas no sensible decorator should ever have to face. Wall-to-wall carpet in the kitchen, anyone? For more on design, entertaining, style, and the art of living well, subscribe to The Install Edit on Substack! https://theinstallpodcast.substack.com/ The Install • YouTube: @theinstalldesignpodcast • Instagram: @theinstallpodcast • TikTok: @theinstallpocast Paloma Contreras • Website: www.palomacontreras.com • Instagram: @palomacontrerasdesign • TikTok: @palomacontrerasdesign • ShopMy: @palomacontreras Caroline Gidiere • Website: www.carolinegidiere.com • Instagram: @carolinegidieredesign • TikTok: @carolinegidieredesignbts • ShopMy: @carolinegidiere 00:20 Texting Overload 06:00 Television Favorites 10:00 Austin Adaptations 13:00 Marie Antoinette 16:30 Online Manners 19:00 Design Community 27:30 Design Dilemmas 31:30 Client Confessions 38:00 Rapid Fire 46:30 Design Regrets 48:00 Personal Touches

## Transcript

TheInstallPodcast: Would you rather have wall to wall carpet or recess lighting in every room? Wall to wall carpet. I would say recess lighting in every room. I'm okay with a wall to wall carpet. in the kitchen and in the bathroom? No dining room? Every room. No. It's every room. That's why I'm using the lighting. There's no place for carpeting in the kitchen or a bathroom. Sick. Can you imagine how gross? Okay. Gross. Hey Caroline. It's good to be with you again. I know, right? Yeah. Such a treat to be together in person this this week a couple of times recording episodes. I could get used to this. I know. So nice. Certainly easier for me. okay, what's your good week? your high this week. Let's start with you because I think about it. Okay. I'm gonna start with my low. Okay. And this is I meant to mention this the last time we were we recorded. Okay. I am just about done with texts. Really? Okay. I I can't do it. I can't take it. I can't make it in the world because everybody texts now instead of emailing. Okay. And so what I had done was Do you mean clients or people in general? If I could have if I could select who could text me, okay, I would be fine with it. But for instance, this morning I counted, I got over 35 different texts. Yeah. and so in order to maintain my sanity, I had to go in and take the notifications off. Mm-hmm. Because I pick up my phone enough, right? I'm going to see your text. The only loophole in that is something from a child, one of my children. And they're getting older, you know, anyway. But so I took notifications off. I took notifications off of Instagram and everything because I felt like my making you anxious. Yeah. My internal operating system or whatever was constantly being hit with with adrenaline from the You know, just constant. Okay. So I turned it off. Then I'm in the Alo dressing room this weekend. And I finally realized that my phone is vibrating because I'm like trying to get these like extra small, like shiny Alo workout clothes, squeeze

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