All right, so the first Instagram,
much to the delight of your producers,
is that I always say I hate doing DIYs.
So you can see in my expression,
Look at your face.
I know. I am really into lampshades lately.
I think decorating and customizing a lampshade right now
makes your house even more personal and more interesting.
So I went to this "Ye Olde Lampshade Shop"
on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles,
Is it literally called "Ye Olde Lampshade Shop?"
It looks like that to me. It should be.
But it's very fancy. The man who owns it
showed me Barbara Streisand's lampshades and this and that,
and I said, well how much would it cost to put a trim
on the bottom of this lampshade.
And he said, "I can do it for $300."
And I thought, I wasn't born yesterday.
I know how to make a Persian Frittata.
I'm not spending $300. Go away.
So basically, all you do us you buy,
basically you can buy ...
bric-a-brac.
... bric-a-brac, pompoms, you can actually get
fancy and order upholstery tape from online ...
But bric-a-brac is so fun.
It's really fun, right?
It's so cheerful, too.
So here's how you do it, and I'm not an expert,
I've only done this once, but I did a really
good job the first time.
You hold it on like this, and you keep going around
the top and the bottom, and you can customize this.
Fabric shades are easiest to work with, or paper,
but have some fun picking out the trim.
It can be multi-colored.
Can I keep doing this?
Yes.
While you're doing that, I'm going to explain to everybody
what's going on here.
So my staff in Chicago, is amazing.
And we install these people's homes after we've
worked with them for two years sometimes,
buying furniture and lamps and lighting and all that stuff.
So we came up with the Nate Berkus kit,
and it's basically from ...
Oh, that's cool.
... moving or for, there it is.
Look at that!
And this is what we have in a duffel bag
when we descend on someone's home,
whether it's new or a renovation.
First of all, where's my toilet paper?
It's okay, I think everyone knows what it looks like,
but when you go to someone's new home,
even if it's this gorgeous new home,
and you're working there, they never have toilet paper.
So we always have toilet paper and paper towels,
and then just a few other highlights.
A drill is in our duffel bag, furniture moving pads,
because sometimes ...
So smart.
... even fancy designers don't put the chest of drawers
in the right place, so the easiest thing is to be like,
I think it would look better on that wall.
We bring black Sharpies all the time.
We mark out any ... and we actually have brown ones as well,
so we can fix any little nicks.
Thank you. There you go, guys.
There you go. That goes in your kit.
A proper tool kit, and a hairdryer,
which is super random, everybody,
but when you're gluing stuff, with your Super Glue,
if anything breaks during the move
or during the installation, you don't want to stand there,
'cause you're unpacking boxes, you have a million things,
this helps everything dry faster.
So have that with you.
(Applause)
Oh my God, a massively ...
I did it!
Whoa, it looks so good.
Not bad.
Yeah, it looks so good.
This side goes towards the wall.
It always does, 'cause that's a seam,
so you don't have to worry about that.
It looks perfect.
It looks very cheerful. I did it, yay.
Look at that.
So, the next thing that I talk about on Instagram,
or on my website, nateberkus.com or Nate Right Now,
are window shades.
Oh, that looks awesome.
Isn't that cool.
So I am doing a new collection with the Shade Store,
which I love, because they came to me and they said,
"What's a basic category that
you think you can improve upon?"
Shades.
And I said roller shades.
Yes.
They're always boring, we always picture them
dirty, yellow ...
Dirty white shades, uck.
Yeah. So, we did a collection of patterns,
which was really, really fun ...
So beautiful.
... and this was one of them.
And they're great because you have this opportunity
to create something that
shows your personality a little bit.
Nate, I love these, they're so hip. Yeah.
Isn't it cool.
My tip, though, is how to layer a window,
and one of my big pet peeves, will you help me with this?
Sure, babe.
One of my big pet peeves about draperies ...
Let's just hook this up on the hook ...
is that, when you get your draperies perfect,
and you constantly have to close them over and over again,
how's your side doing?
I'm doing okay. I've just got to re-loop this end on.
Okay, perfect.
So, in design, I'm constantly moving,
when I go to people's home, I'm fluffing draperies,
I'm making sure that they're landing the right way.
Right.
That they're not too wrinkled, the puppy's toys aren't
behind them.
So, adding a roller shade not only gives your home
an extra layer of detail, but also,
I never have to move the window treatments ever.
Right, you get privacy with shades.
Those are perfect, and I love that these almost disappear.
So, those are my three Instagram tips.
Where do you get these, I want some of these babies.
The Shade Store.