HGTV Personality Egypt Sherrod Shares What Makes A ‘House A Home’

Inside designer and HGTV character Egypt Sherrod is aware of the distinction between a “home and a house” and along with her new partnership and her numerous companies, she’s in a position to assist others to additionally know that distinction. 

Air Wick, recognized for its distinctive house fragrances, has partnered with 1-800-Flowers.com to introduce a particular collection of bespoke bouquets impressed by Air Wick’s distinctive scents. In highlighting the importance of incorporating fragrances into your property, the model enlisted the experience of Sherrod.

Scent can really infuse your residing area with distinctive vitality and character.

As a widely known inside designer, Sherrod will help others discover ways to make their home really feel extra like a house. By way of her partnership with Air Wick x 1-800-Flowers.com, she’s serving to folks discover their very own signature scent.  

“I am a designer, and residential decor is all about making your property really feel like your individual. That is the distinction between a home and a house – whenever you really feel snug, you’re feeling prefer it’s you and it is an ideal reflection of your coronary heart and displays your pleasure,” she solely instructed The Blast. 

“A technique to try this, in fact, is by unlocking your signature scent which has develop into extremely popular – you are listening to owners do it. You are listening to companies do it, however it will possibly additionally equally be overwhelming. That’s why I’ve partnered with Air Wick as a result of they supply your area with noticeable and long-lasting fragrances to actually create the sensation of house.”

Unlocking your signature scent doesn’t should be a frightening course of. Sherrod stated she could also be a bit “biased” as a result of she has her personal favourite scent which is the Air Wick Vibrant Lavender & Waterlily Scented Oil.

“My husband and I did one of many Air Wick commercials a number of weeks in the past, and I obtained an opportunity to simply odor all of them and that one actually stood out to me,” she stated. “From the time you enter my house, it smells like Air Wick Vibrant Lavender & Waterlily Scented Oil. I believe folks tour homes with all their senses, so it actually simply units the tone.”

Sherrod stated it’s simple to become involved by going to 1-800-Flowers.com and selecting a bouquet fashion from the Air Wick x 1-800-Flowers Assortment that you simply love and displays your scent and sense of favor. While you obtain the bouquet, it has instructions on the best way to get a complimentary Air Wick product and perfume.

“Then whenever you get it, all it’s a must to do is both plug in or use the Important Mist Diffuser,” she stated. “I like the diffuser! Your own home will odor precisely such as you need it to odor.”

Actual property wasn’t Sherrod’s old flame. She began out as a radio character in New York for 20 years but in addition had a love of actual property and design she could not deny.

“I practiced actual property in New Jersey and my actual property workplace was in Fort Lee, NJ. I’d go on the radio within the morning, then go away and go to my actual property workplace, then I’d go verify on my funding properties,” she instructed The Blast.

“I needed to stage them which organically advanced me within the design area. I believe it was simply all the time there. As I grew from woman to girl, I wished to do one thing totally different, and it simply felt like a really natural commencement for me.” 

And from that love and arduous work, Sherrod’s household of corporations was born, Egypt Sherrod Enterprises. Included in that household of corporations are Indigo Street Realty, Indigo Street Residence Furnishings, Indigo Street Design Group, and Indigo Street Houses.

Her Indigo Street Residence line will supply bedding, window coverings, towels, and bathe curtains this yr. Sherrod partnered with Lichtenberg to convey her merchandise to shops throughout the nation.  

“I like when one thing is simply an natural migration. You typically see celebrity-named corporations ebb and stream with the movie star’s recognition,” she stated. “I wished to create a legacy firm that would go on lengthy after me. That’s the reason a number of years again, I modified the identify of my corporations from a namesake to a model that would stand the check of time.”

Indigo Street has additionally been Sherrod’s private journey. She stated, “Indigo represents knowledge and objective and all of us have a highway to observe to attain that.” 

When Sherrod was single and residing within the metropolis, she stated her now husband, who was her then-boyfriend, Mike Jackson, stated “It regarded like a museum.” 

“You couldn’t contact something, you didn’t know the place to take a seat, all the pieces was artsy. You undoubtedly couldn’t convey youngsters to it,” she defined. “After I had my daughter Kendall and have become a stepmom to Simone, I spotted that one thing needed to give.” 

She knew she needed to discover a steadiness as a result of youngsters have a method of taking on.

“It grew to become my mission to show that luxurious, consolation and sustainable design may coexist,” she stated.

“A giant a part of design can also be your sense of odor, so unlocking a signature scent, one thing that the children weren’t allergic to, one thing that the children, my husband, and all of us liked as a result of there’s my signature scent, then it’s like, what’s the household signature scent? That turns into essential as effectively.” 

Sherrod and Jackson have been collectively for greater than 20 years and likewise work collectively. Sherrod stated with amusing that the most effective half about working along with her husband is that she will get to work with him, and the toughest half is that she’s working with him. However as a result of they’re greatest buddies, they all the time have enjoyable collectively.

A couple of weeks in the past, the husband and spouse crew did a collection of Air Wick commercials collectively. 

“There have been whole laughs simply in every single place. I’m enthusiastic about it as a result of viewers will get to see the enjoyable, but in addition, I found how essential it’s actually to introduce signature scents to purchasers this upcoming season as a result of folks actually are touring properties with all their senses, even their sense of odor,” she stated.

“It is going to be actually enjoyable to see folks uncover themselves with the Air Wick merchandise.”