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Curated Confessions

Curated Confessions

Curated Confessions Vol.19

Aug 5, 2026 · 35 min · 9 segments

The Britt Hill team shares the creative decisions, contractor challenges, unexpected costs, and occasional mishaps that come with bringing a space to life—and explain why flexibility is one of the…

The Britt Hill team shares the creative decisions, contractor challenges, unexpected costs, and occasional mishaps that come with bringing a space to life—and explain why flexibility is one of the most important parts of navigating it all. Plus, a little of the everyday chaos happening outside of the job site!

The Britt Hill team shares the creative decisions, contractor challenges, unexpected costs, and occasional mishaps that come with bringing a space to life—and explain why flexibility is one of the…

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Speakers: Hillary SmithHostBrittany Pelche ComoHost

Top entities: Louisiana×6 Computer-aided design×2 Apple Spotify YouTube

Designing the Curved Staircase4:45 – 9:16

H

Hillary SmithHost

4:45

I did meet the stair railing guy at the house today.

H

Hillary SmithHost

4:49

I'm sure that was interesting and intricate.

H

Hillary SmithHost

4:52

It was.

H

Hillary SmithHost

4:52

There was a lot more thinking that I had to do than I thought I was prepared for.

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

4:57

The staircase in this house is very...

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:02

Curvy.

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:03

Very curvy, but it has some straight parts too, so not a full curve.

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:08

And then it goes over to like a balcony situation that looks over, partial.

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:13

So, and everything on it right now is very... curved like rounded very curvy um right stair rails and everything is rounded and um they want it very much clean line and squared off so trying to figure out where to meet in the middle

H

Hillary SmithHost

5:33

and

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:33

with finish i want to change and finish so i feel like y'all i think probably came up with a

H

Hillary SmithHost

5:40

yeah a solution for the problem he um So this used to be my downfall, downside, whatever.

H

Hillary SmithHost

5:53

Anytime I would have a meeting with somebody and we would get stumped on something, I would always be like, well, here, let me put it in CAD.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:00

Let me try to look at it.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:01

Let me think about it.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:03

And I pulled...

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:05

I have no clue how to make this.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:07

I don't know.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:08

I'm pretty sure that's your job.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:10

I was like, I'll put

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

6:11

it in CAD and

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:13

see.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:14

I was like, just send me those drawings after you're finished with them.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:16

Thank you.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:17

Because I don't want to figure out how to draw this.

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Designing the Curved Staircase4:45 – 9:16

H

Hillary SmithHost

4:45

I did meet the stair railing guy at the house today.

H

Hillary SmithHost

4:49

I'm sure that was interesting and intricate.

H

Hillary SmithHost

4:52

It was.

H

Hillary SmithHost

4:52

There was a lot more thinking that I had to do than I thought I was prepared for.

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

4:57

The staircase in this house is very...

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:02

Curvy.

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:03

Very curvy, but it has some straight parts too, so not a full curve.

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:08

And then it goes over to like a balcony situation that looks over, partial.

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:13

So, and everything on it right now is very... curved like rounded very curvy um right stair rails and everything is rounded and um they want it very much clean line and squared off so trying to figure out where to meet in the middle

H

Hillary SmithHost

5:33

and

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

5:33

with finish i want to change and finish so i feel like y'all i think probably came up with a

H

Hillary SmithHost

5:40

yeah a solution for the problem he um So this used to be my downfall, downside, whatever.

H

Hillary SmithHost

5:53

Anytime I would have a meeting with somebody and we would get stumped on something, I would always be like, well, here, let me put it in CAD.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:00

Let me try to look at it.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:01

Let me think about it.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:03

And I pulled...

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:05

I have no clue how to make this.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:07

I don't know.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:08

I'm pretty sure that's your job.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:10

I was like, I'll put

B

Brittany Pelche ComoHost

6:11

it in CAD and

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:13

see.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:14

I was like, just send me those drawings after you're finished with them.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:16

Thank you.

H

Hillary SmithHost

6:17

Because I don't want to figure out how to draw this.

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