HGTV Character Egypt Sherrod Shares What Makes A ‘Home A Residence’

Inside designer and HGTV persona 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 capable of assist others to additionally know that distinction. 

Air Wick, identified for its distinctive dwelling fragrances, has partnered with 1-800-Flowers.com to introduce a particular sequence 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 dwelling house with distinctive vitality and character.

As a well known inside designer, Sherrod can assist others learn 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 – if you really feel comfy, you are feeling prefer it’s you and it is an ideal reflection of your coronary heart and displays your pleasure,” she solely informed The Blast. 

“A method to try this, after all, is by unlocking your signature scent which has turn into very talked-about – you are listening to owners do it. You are listening to companies do it, however it may well additionally equally be overwhelming. That’s why I’ve partnered with Air Wick as a result of they supply your house with noticeable and long-lasting fragrances to essentially create the sensation of dwelling.”

Unlocking your signature scent doesn’t need to be a frightening course of. Sherrod mentioned 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 received an opportunity to simply scent all of them and that one actually stood out to me,” she mentioned. “From the time you enter my dwelling, it smells like Air Wick Vibrant Lavender & Waterlily Scented Oil. I feel folks tour homes with all their senses, so it actually simply units the tone.”

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

“Then if you get it, all you must do is both plug in or use the Important Mist Diffuser,” she mentioned. “I like the diffuser! Your property will scent precisely such as you need it to scent.”

Actual property wasn’t Sherrod’s old flame. She began out as a radio persona in New York for 20 years but additionally 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 depart and go to my actual property workplace, then I’d go verify on my funding properties,” she informed The Blast.

“I needed to stage them which organically developed me within the design house. I feel it was simply all the time there. As I grew from lady to lady, I needed to do one thing totally different, and it simply felt like a really natural commencement for me.” 

And from that love and laborious 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 Properties.

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 circulate with the superstar’s recognition,” she mentioned. “I needed to create a legacy firm that might go on lengthy after me. That’s the reason a number of years again, I modified the title of my corporations from a namesake to a model that might stand the take a look at of time.”

Indigo Street has additionally been Sherrod’s private journey. She mentioned, “Indigo represents knowledge and function and all of us have a highway to comply with to realize that.” 

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

“You couldn’t contact something, you didn’t know the place to sit down, every part was artsy. You positively couldn’t convey children to it,” she defined. “Once 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 stability as a result of children have a method of taking on.

“It turned my mission to show that luxurious, consolation and sustainable design may coexist,” she mentioned.

“An enormous a part of design can be your sense of scent, 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 beloved as a result of there’s my signature scent, then it’s like, what’s the household signature scent? That turns into necessary as effectively.” 

Sherrod and Jackson have been collectively for greater than 20 years and likewise work collectively. Sherrod mentioned with amusing that the perfect 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 finest associates, they all the time have enjoyable collectively.

A couple of weeks in the past, the husband and spouse workforce did a sequence 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 additionally, I found how necessary 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 scent,” she mentioned.

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