She’s got some serious chops, which is why even the White Houseloves working with her.
Gorder’s influence in the design industry has been extraordinary, and her career is stronger than ever.
We’ve done some deep digging, so let’sreallyget to know this beautiful and talented design show queen.
Her career was shaped by this tragedy
Trading Spaceswas something of an unexpected hit.
Unfortunately, there was a simple but heartbreaking reason for the spike in ratings: September 11.
“It was the children who brought the show up,” said Gorder.
Her totally unexpected secret talent
Gorder wowedTrading Spacesaudiences in the early 2000s.
She was only in her 20s, but the wunderkind proved to be a force to be reckoned with.
“Music is like food it’s oxygen,” she toldSonos.
“It’s a basic need in life.”
Music also plays a large role in her job.
Gorder said that design has a lot in common with music.
“It’s like a song,” she said.
“Where do you rest, where do you stand up, where do you dance?
A home has to have all of that.”
We feel ya, Gen!
The real reason she always takes off her shoes on camera?
She doesn’t want to wreck them!
While this is practical and comfy, going barefoot on TV had some surprising challenges.
The one word she uses to describe her decor, fashion and makeup style is…
Balance.
She strives for balance in her outfits, just like she does with the spaces she decorates.
“I do it like I do my spaces,” she toldTODAY.
“I like subtle pop.
It’s all about balance,” she said.
Her love for balance also extends to makeup.
“One can’t be banging while the other is going crazy too,” she said.
Tailored clothing is also key.
Gorder’s personal preference is for “really tailored and really structured clothes, almost architectural.”
“It’s about knowing that every trend doesn’t work on everybody,” said Gorder.
“It can ruin a space, and it can make a space,” she toldDecorchick.com.
“It’s one of those underrated things.”
Of course, a space needs more than just perfect lighting to make it truly perfect.
Everyone’s personal taste is different.
That being said, you shouldn’t go overboard.
Rather than matching, things in the room should instead complement each other.
“Stop matching, and stop trying to line it up,” said Gorder.
“I consider food a premium source of gasoline,” she toldNBC News.
She compared her body to a race car.
A few years later, Gorderswitched over to interior design, and the rest is history!
She gets to do what she loves, and is a TV star on top of it.
But her job has more perks than many people realize.
She also regularly visits museums and goes to new restaurants, hotels, and even coffee shops.
As a child, her family would restore old Victorian homes.
Gorder refers to the house renovations as “a labor of love.”
The whole family pitched in, but it was her mother who really had “the eye.”
“You either have the eye or you don’t,” she said.
In fact, Gorder said that renovating her own place was incredibly difficult.
Gorder completely revamped her Manhattan apartment.
“It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” she toldOK!.
“I’ve done whole towns.
I’ve done cruise ships, hotels, blue jeans… Knowing that it was her own money being poured into the home contributed to the stress.
In the end, though, it was worth all the effort.
