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Why this Minnesota designer’s rates aren’t up for negotiation
The 50 States Project is a yearlong series of candid conversations with interior designers across the country about how they’ve built their businesses. This week, Minneapolis-based designer Lucy...
View ArticleBIDN’s leaders on racial equity in design right now: ‘We’re so far behind’
The Black Interior Designers Network started as a celebration. The first big change to the organization came with a tragedy. Founded in 2011 by designer Kimberly Ward, the group grew from a list that...
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Vintage hounds: Designers Justina Blakeney and Max Humphrey discuss their new...
All the Pinterest boards in the world can’t compete with a good design book. For most designers, debuting one is a major professional milestone—the trade equivalent of putting out a solo album. Like...
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RH plans a Miami outpost, new spaces at NYDC, and more
In this month’s roundup, it’s clear that brick-and-mortar retail spaces are reintroducing themselves to the world as shoppers begin to venture out again, too. In our June roundup, BOH has gathered all...
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What’s the best way to present a design concept?
After weeks or months hard at work, it’s time to present your vision. But how?You can have the most beautiful room concept in your head, but if you present it with a crayon scribble and a clumsy pitch,...
View ArticleI have the chance to do a top showhouse or a magazine shoot. Which is better...
Dear Sean,File this under good problems to have: A high-end local magazine has reached out and wants to feature my work in their next issue. They would like me to do a styled shoot for the article—any...
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Pattern sets its sights on home brands, Shutterfly scoops up Spoonflower, and...
This week, prolonged lead times continue to hinder global shipping and logistics—and in the meantime, entrepreneurs of all ages are getting in on the growing resale industry. Whatever happens, stay in...
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The Hamptons is the industry’s testing ground. It’s getting crowded
The Hamptons have always been a beachside satellite of New York, a place where city dwellers can escape, relax and spend money. Because it is geographically more condensed than many other resort...
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The biggest names in design are collaborating on a diversity initiative. Will...
The numbers fall under that uniquely depressing category of “shocking but not surprising.” Less than 5 percent of full-time employed designers identify as Black. The average Black student enrollment at...
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Is crowdfunded investment the next route for democratized design?
It’s no secret that we’re in the middle of a tech-fueled investment mania. Apps like Robinhood, which feature free trading and easy-to-use interfaces, have opened up the stock market to a new...
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Simplify and elevate any kitchen with House of Rohl’s touchless faucets
If life seems increasingly complicated, then simplicity continues to be the holy grail of home design—particularly in the kitchen, the hardest-working room in the house. So here’s some good news in...
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Why this San Antonio artist left commercial real estate to make ceramic...
In a historic corner of San Antonio, things are heating up—and it’s not just the Texas sun. There, ceramicist and designer Sunshine Thacker’s home studio is ablaze with the fire of not one but two...
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Holly Hunt is back
A fact that should come as no surprise: Holly Hunt is addicted to work. You more or less have to be to build a giant of the industry as Hunt did, starting with the purchase of a single struggling...
View ArticleLa-Z-Boy is anything but when it comes to expanding retail
When it comes to one of the best-known brands in the furniture business, its name brings both blessings and pigeonholing. But if you only think of La-Z-Boy as a manufacturer of oversized recliners, you...
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15 designers on whether they shop with clients
Shopping with a client can be a nightmare or a dream, either overcomplicating the design process or providing unique insight into personal tastes. We asked 15 designers—Eva Bradley, Alicia Cheung,...
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How this Mississippi designer turns difficult clients into great ones
The 50 States Project is a yearlong series of candid conversations with interior designers across the country about how they’ve built their businesses. This week, Jackson, Mississippi–based Nancy Price...
View ArticleJanice Parker thinks our obsession with outdoor living is here to stay
Landscape architect Janice Parker came up in the industry in a more open era. Despite being raised in New York, she was a lifelong lover of flowers and the natural world. After graduating from college,...
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A new app is monetizing design consultations for influencers
With a large social media following comes an incentive to monetize it. For some, a high follower count leads to affiliate revenue partnerships or licensing deals, but the newest trend in design is...
View ArticleLumber prices are finally falling—here’s why
It’s no longer news to the interior design trade: The global supply chain is a mess. But among the historically long delays and backlogs, there came some brighter headlines last week—lumber prices are...
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Design for good: How to make making a difference a core part of your business
A growing number of designers are weaving social justice, mission-driven work and philanthropic endeavors into their firm’s DNA. Here’s how to make giving back (and maybe even changing the world) a...
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