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If you’ve ever wanted to cover your kitchen cabinets in contact paper or add charm to a builder-grade hallway, chances are you know Drew Michael Scott of Lone Fox. Now, the DIY pro is adding TV star to his bio—he’s a co-host of the new Pinterest series Bring My Pinterest to Life, streaming on The Roku Channel
The show follows the classic transformation format: In each of the six episodes, people work with one of three creator-hosts—Scott, Tay BeepBoop Nakamoto, or Caroline Vazzana—to turn their Pinterest boards into a real-life space makeover. “A person’s Pinterest board reveals the mood or the vibe that they want to feel in the space,” Scott explained to us in advance of the launch today. Below, we picked his brain about pinboards, moodboards, and his experience filming.
On how he approaches translating a Pinterest board:
I like to see what is repeating. Is there a color that they’ve pinned multiple times? Or maybe they like a certain style of art or a certain type of rug. Then I build off of that. That’s the easiest way to make sense of a pinboard if it is a little bit jumbled. But also, some people do know exactly what they want, like my friend James, who’s having his kitchen redone right now—all of his pins look exactly the same.
On what people are pinning right now:
Everyone wants to have a space that feels one-of-a-kind and personalized; I feel the same thing with fashion. I love that we’re leaning into that a little bit more, because I feel like for a while we lost that. Now people really want a layered, cozy, warm, handmade feel, as opposed to a more minimalist, highly styled approach.
On what we can expect from Bring My Pinterest to Life:
I hosted two episodes out of the six. For one, I helped Jocelyn with her under-the-stairwell space. She had these really modern-looking stairs and there was nothing underneath them. We ended up building out this little library nook, and also adding a pop of color and storage. We really wanted to add these magical moments, so we added book facades that actually open to be storage or baskets for toys. We also did this art piece that folds down into a little mini side table for a drink, and the back side of the art is waterproof. So there’s some really great smaller DIY takeaways.
On copying versus interpreting:
In Jocelyn’s episode, we didn’t have many under-the-stairs nooks that we were looking at on Pinterest. We needed to find some smaller library nooks and interpret them in our own way—mesh the ideas together. So that’s what we did. Of course, we did also pin some of those more aspirational images that showed what it could potentially be, because they gave ideas for lighting or for color or for other ways that we might be able to incorporate storage in the space.
On the benefits of being a prolific Pinner:
It’s nice to get your ideas flowing and allow them to sit, so then you can edit from there and say, Oh, actually, I don’t think I like this as much after seeing it on this board for a while. Or maybe I’m leaning more towards this direction. And I love how you can click into a pin and then see all the other photos that correlate with that vibe. It gives you a chance to start building.
On trends he loves—and would love to retire:
I am still really loving the chocolate brown trend. I find myself using it when I want a dark contrast in a space. It’s still warm and not that harsh. I did my entire upstairs kitchen with dark brown cabinets.
I don’t really focus on trends that I don’t like that much, to be honest with you. I kind of forget about them and focus on the ones that I do like. For example, I also love animal print so much. I’ve really been into how people are incorporating animal print in a pixelated form or a different style where it’s not on the nose—it’s more of the essence of animal print. It just adds that lived-in, warm, effortless, chic feel to a space.
On how he’d describe—and pin—this style:
I definitely would have to pin something with wood, because I use so much of it in my projects. I also think “brutalist” would be a good design term; pieces that are edgy and made of iron and a little bit more masculine. Another term I’d say is “feminine,” because I really do like mixing masculine and feminine. And “delicate.” I like adding in pretty flowers or lace curtains, but with a really heavy iron bench in front of them—that contrast and juxtaposition.