The official Smoothyblues Online Interiors hang out for grabbing a healthy blend of design tips, music talk, and laughter. Sink into your favorite chair and get ready to sip on some thoughtfully composed, warmly delivered, and unexpectedly relatable design concoctions. Every episode is crafted to reach the inner tracks of your heart and soul. Like listening to a worn-out record, you may just develop an uncontrollable urge to keep coming back and listen to Elizabeth over and over and over again!
Nowadays you may be finding it impossible to ignore what seems to be the mass exodus of so many bands, musicians, and songwriters of yesterday – too many in just the past couple of years. In true blue, rock 'n' roll fashion, Elizabeth scrambles to preserve the memories of music she followed her entire life, dating as far back as the '60s. In doing so, she welcomes Gary Kudrna, sound engineer for The Moody Blues for 12 extraordinary years. How Elizabeth and her latest guest's worlds happen...
31 Aug 2023
Gen X: Life by Design
YO, everyone! Get yourself ready for another "gnarly" track from Deep Track Designs as Elizabeth Becken sets you up, once again, with a very special guest. Elizabeth admits she's a young Baby Boomer, but that doesn't derail the desire to share her vast knowledge of the 1980s, and she does just that alongside her homegirl, Jen. It just so happens these two have a ton in common as their businesses and personal lives have evolved simultaneously. Each of them are clearly taking the worl...
16 Feb 2023
Leopard and the Little Rebel
Elizabeth Becken is turning up the volume with a spectacular line-up of guests for Season II of Deep Track Designs! She says the criteria for guests is simple: they must love music, must have something mind-blowing to add to their interior design conversation, AND, they absolutely must have a sense of humor. With her typical injection of Vermont flavor, Elizabeth explains how she met her first very cool guest. What grabbed her attention was this: the unsuspecting, soon-to-be guest had “two...
31 Aug 2022
Season One Finale: Out With a Bang!
Deep Track Designs is going out with a BANG... literally! On a sweltering hot day in Vermont, Elizabeth cracks open a Harpoon Summer Ale to celebrate the season's end with her co-host and proceeds to tell everyone one last story. You have to listen to appreciate the full magnitude of Elizabeth's sweaty excitement when she unleashes her amazing new discovery – one of the world's most famous and talented drummers, the Japanese twelve year-old, Yoyoka Soma. She says she stumbled upon Yoyoka ...
26 Jul 2022
Farmhouse Blitz
Smoothyblues owner, Elizabeth, and her co-host start this track off by painting a vivid picture of what it’s like to take in all of Vermont’s natural summer beauty, a distinct celebration for the senses. In the foreground of Elizabeth’s mind, however, are all of the farmhouses that can be seen around almost every turn she takes. She says, as an interior designer, she often finds herself gravitating towards a few particular farmhouse styles, and you can imagine why. But before getting into th...
16 Jun 2022
An Eclectic Approach to Music, Design, and Life
Straight out of the gate, you can tell Elizabeth’s especially passionate about this topic. She begins with drawing a parallel between the way she’s led her life and experimental gardening. She says, “Life is an experiment... You gotta try new things!" Be prepared to hang on to your earbuds, because this episode features more music discussion than any other previous track! If you’re a returning listener to Deep Track Designs, you may recall how Elizabeth started listening to all kinds o...
20 May 2022
Small Spaces: What’s Up My Sleeve
If you’re interested in learning more about the real Elizabeth and what her life is like living on the side of Vermont’s Mt. Ascutney, this is definitely the episode for you! She admits she was a tomboy growing up alongside her three older brothers. To this day, she still doesn’t mind getting dirty one bit. This girl, when called to the task, even drives a tractor. You can be sure, there’s more to this story. Don’t you worry, though, there’s plenty of chit-chat around solutions for you...
19 Apr 2022
Boldometer: Exploring Your Decorator Bold
Smoothyblues’ Elizabeth Becken is at it again! This time around, she’s tipping her hat to the Dutch rock band, Shocking Blue. The 1969 hit song is Venus, sung by lead vocalist, Mariska Veres. Elizabeth and her co-host do their share of bad singing on this podcast track. She may need to consider adding a “bad-singing acceptance” button, sort of like a “cookies” button, to her podcast webpage. Besides being undeniably bold, you may ask why this song for this track? It’s pure and sim...
23 Mar 2022
De Dos and De Don’ts
Don’t miss out on Track 4 of Deep Track Designs. Not only is it jam-packed with interior design Dos and Don'ts, its humor will keep you laughing throughout the entire episode. This spin around, Elizabeth’s co-host cleverly decides to throw out a curveball in the form of a trivia question... and she scores! So, buckle up! As usual, there’s a heavy dose of music talk, so don’t be surprised when she warns listeners about the potential for a costly mistake while driving to the beat of an en...
15 Feb 2022
Interior Design: A Bird's-eye View
From her lush floor to her majestic skies, mother nature offers so much beauty and, most certainly, endless inspiration to interior designer, Elizabeth Becken. Elizabeth says she, like so many of us, finds it challenging to strike a healthy balance between work, family and having time to nurture her own well-being. So, to the woods she heads… While recently taking a walk one crisp winter’s day, she looked up and spotted a gigantic nest. She surmised it must belong to last year’s r...
18 Jan 2022
Leather and Lace: Design Compromise for Couples
When you hear these two words, leather and lace, your mind probably drifts off to the Stevie Nicks and Don Henley romantic duet, which was masterfully written by the Fleetwood Mac sweetheart in 1981. But sit tight, because... Elizabeth Becken not only takes this song to a different level, she makes this song a hit once again with her unusual choice to dissect the lyrics in a manner in which they relate a commonplace struggle couples have – deciding how to put their homes together amicably. A...
8 Dec 2021
The Birth of Smoothyblues: Then and Now
In the first installment of Deep Track Designs, Elizabeth discusses her love for music and interior design. She goes on to describe how her passion for both developed and the unusual way she intertwined the two to create a successful interior design business. She also shares what it was like to launch a new business at the start of a pandemic. While other more traditional interior designers were struggling to be relevant in an online world, she explains that Smoothyb...
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