Amber Lewis
American interior designer, founder of Amber Interiors and Shoppe Amber Interiors, and author
Amber Lewis (American interior designer, founder of Amber Interiors and Shoppe Amber Interiors, and author) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Divorce, Multiple sclerosis, Interior design.
In their words
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Divorce
Lewis says MS gave her a new urgency and drive because she no longer takes tomorrow for granted.
“MS gave me that perspective of just, I have a different fire under my ass now. Really? Yeah. Because tomorrow isn't a guarantee”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 34:14
Lewis attributes the end of her marriage to the couple growing apart, likening it to trees with deep roots but diverging branches.
“your roots can be super solid, and they can run very, very deep, but your branches are getting further and further apart”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 31:03
Lewis says she and her ex-husband realized they were better as partners and parents than as a married couple.
“decided that we were better partners in life, just with a little bit of a different definition. And it was really hard”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 26:57
Multiple sclerosis
Lewis describes her MS diagnosis as, paradoxically, one of the best things to happen to her because of the perspective shift it brought.
“One of the greatest things that's ever happened to me bizarrely has been this diagnosis”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 18:35
Lewis recounts being diagnosed with MS in March 2020 after losing feeling from her feet up to her hips.
“I was diagnosed in 2020. So when the world was shutting down on March 9th, I got diagnosed”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 19:18
Lewis says the invisibility of MS has been the hardest part of living with the disease.
“MS is invisible and that is the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 18:59
Interior design
Lewis recommends hiring a professional painter rather than DIYing, especially for repainting furniture.
“never DIY or paint your furniture. That's something you always want to outsource if you're going to repaint something”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 14:39
Lewis contends that small rooms benefit from bigger furniture and lighter wall colors rather than small furniture.
“You actually want bigger furniture in a small room because it feels a little bit more cozy and spacious”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 12:47
Lewis argues that a home looks energetically off when its furnishings are too matching and recommends mixing finishes, textures and colors.
“Honestly, when things are too matching. I think when someone says they bought the nightstand to match the dresser that matches”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 7:36
Paint color selection
Lewis says exterior paint must be chosen differently from interior paint because outdoor light changes by season and time of day.
“the exterior light is going to change seasonally and it's going to be different every single time of the day”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 10:31
Lewis names Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee as one of her favorite white paints for ceilings, trim and walls.
“one of my favorites is just honestly Benjamin Moore Swiss coffee. It's a tried and true. It's warm. I paint it on a lot of ceilings”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 8:26
Interiors: Curated Spaces from Start to Finish
Lewis says her new book aims to teach readers a process for creating their interiors, including tangible takeaways and the emotions involved.
“I want someone to understand the process of what it is to create your interior, your interiors”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 41:28
Co-parenting
Lewis says she and her ex remain fully united as parents and business partners and work together every day.
“we are completely united as parents, completely united as business partners. And our life partnership is we just don't live together and we're not married”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 28:12
Meditation
Lewis describes her meditation as 20 to 25 minutes of drinking coffee in bed, staring out the window and planning her day.
“I take about 20, 25 minutes of drinking my coffee in bed. And I just stare out the window, process my day, try to calm my mind”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 23:50
Disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis
Lewis says she went off medication believing she could manage without it, but the disease progressed and she returned to disease-modifying therapies.
“I was like, I'm going to get off everything and I'm going to go medicine free. And unfortunately, it progressed”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 24:12
Upholstery fabrics
Lewis argues that natural materials like linen, wool and marble are durable and develop patina, and owners should accept wear and tear.
“You just have to get not precious about it and lean into the fact that it's going to get a little wear and tear”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 16:47
Kitchen design
Lewis says the range is the first choice in a kitchen remodel and the rest of the kitchen should be built around it.
“If you're remodeling a kitchen, that's choice number one in my opinion. I think like one of the most important things is what is the range going to look like”
The Jamie Kern Lima Show: Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing Success (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 12:17
Appearances
Make Your Space Special! Superstar Designer Amber Lewis (Pt 2) Shares Insider Tips + Her Deeply Personal, Inspiring Journey to Skyrocketing SuccessThe Jamie Kern Lima Show · Oct 1, 2026 · 46 min
Interior designer Amber Lewis shares practical design tips with Jamie Kern Lima and opens up about her multiple sclerosis diagnosis, divorce, and daughter.
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- Jamie Kern Lima · 1 shared episode