My guest today is Bari J Ackerman, artist, maximalist, floral enthusiast, and now, author.  Her first book, Bloom Wild, A Free Spirited Guide To Decorating with Floral Patterns showcases Bari's own work on walls, fabric and furniture while teaching us how to mix patterns, even crazy, wild patterns, in ways that are joyous rather than chaotic.  We talk about pattern mixing a lot on this episode but I also want to mention that in the book, she also shares quite a few DIY projects as well as historical and botanical notes about flowers that make the book all the more engaging.  Here's Bari.