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Carisha Swanson is the Market Director for House Beautiful. At any given point you can find her searching for her next foodie and design-related travel adventure, drinking a nice pour of bourbon or a perfectly poured martini, or searching for her dream home in Mexico/North Carolina. Her personal design style: lots of pattern, color and art on every surface. https://www.instagram.com/carishaswanson/?hl=en

The studio was founded by John and Christine Gachot as a collaborative environment with service as its core principle. The team brings together diverse skills in real estate development, art direction and interior design to overcome the constraints of physical space and deliver thoughtful, project-specific products. https://www.gachotstudios.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gachotstudios/?hl=en

Hello Good People! This is the last episode for 2020 & I will be sharing my take aways of what I learned.  Thank you for being a subscriber! I appreciate YOU! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas, good people! Today's episode is short and sweet.  Enjoy your family and count your blessings. XO

Brooklyn based designer and artist Rebecca Atwood believes in the art of making. I believe that how you get to a finished product is just as important as the final design. Each step of my process, from first sketch to production techniques to our shipping methods, is so important. I don’t believe in perfection, but I do ask myself, “How can I do things better?” frequently. I like to think you can see that when you purchase one of our pieces. And I like to think that our process is part of the reason you can feel truly good about bringing our pieces into your home. https://rebeccaatwood.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_atwood/?hl=en

Kelly founded Joy Street design in 2011 with a simple idea in mind—that everyone deserves to live in a home they love which can only be achieved when the space is personal, functional, and comfortable. As a former lawyer, Kelly is no stranger to managing large, complex projects. With her fun personality, energy, and love of bold colors she brings the perfect combination of project management, creative design ideas, and unparalleled service to her clients. Kelly loves working with young families to bring life, fun and color to older homes. Her signature style fuses vibrant colors and contemporary designs. When she isn’t designing, you can find Kelly traveling the world with her family, and gaining inspiration for her projects, or working on her non-profit, Joy Street Initiative. https://www.joystreetdesign.com/about/joystreet https://www.instagram.com/joystreetdesign/?hl=en

This is actually the first interview that I did with Joy, the second interview aired on 10.23.20. Joy is the REAL DEAL architect interior designer. She is high-end residential interior design, tabletop and event planning design. Her projects for her celebrity clients can be seen globally. You can check out her work at www.joymoylerinteriors.com and you can follow her on instagram @joymoyler.

Chicago native Kabria Cummings has interior design in her DNA. Her parents, Sam and Ella Cummings were quite the dynamic decorating duo. They scoured thrift stores for items that they could breathe new life into. They made drapery, reupholstered furniture, gardened, collected global art and her father even built his own furniture. Additionally, Kabria was influenced by her cousin Thea Nerissa Barnes, who collected artisanal items while traveling the world as a professional dancer with Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey. Decorating and collecting art from her travels became part-time hobbies while Kabria established a career in graphic design and marketing. However, the deaths of her parents two months apart and other life-altering events that included the end of a long-term relationship, surgery, and the loss of her job of 10 ½ years, prompted her to reevaluate things. Kabria knew that she wanted to pursue her passion for interior decorating full-time.  In 2016, she founded Global Attic LLC. Global Attic sells a carefully curated collection of one-of-a-kind home décor sourced and sometimes designed by Kabria. The statement pieces transform bland living spaces, convey individuality, and help to support the global community. They are handmade by artisans from around the world using natural and sustainable materials in places such as Africa, Indonesia, India & Haiti. ​ https://www.globalattic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/globalattic/?hl=en

Erika Hollinshead Ward is an award-winning, published interior designer and the founder of Erika Ward Interiors, a design firm and showroom specializing in a contemporary meets classic interior design aesthetic. With a strong foundation in business and finance and over a decade of experience as an interior designer, Erika has become a leader in East Coast design while also serving clients nationwide. Since the firm’s inception in 2006, Erika Ward Interiors has grown exponentially and thrilled countless design clients with her team’s attention to detail and client-focused services. In fact over eighty percent of her business is from repeat clients and referrals. Erika also works closely with brands such as Home Depot, High Point Market, ADAC Atlanta, S.C. Johnson and Company, and Rowe Furniture as a spokesperson and brand ambassador in targeted marketing campaigns. However, her proudest roles are as a wife to her husband, Chris, and a mother to their five children, Evan, Ava, Dallas, Cameron, and Brooke. http://erikaward.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mrserikaward/?hl=en

Joyce is a Los Angeles based interior designer and owner of JDP Interiors. After traveling throughout her childhood, Joyce's love of design was born. She strives to create beautiful, comfortable and textural spaces, while providing her clients with superior customer service and project management. She continually collects and curates to achieve the perfect blend between vintage and modern and consistently enjoys watching her visions come to life - there's nothing better than a good "before and after"! https://www.instagram.com/jdpinteriors/?hl=en https://www.jdpinteriors.com/

With a background in painting and conceptual art, Brian Paquette brings a singular point of view to the Seattle and San Francisco interior design scene. Rather than following a particular style, he draws inspiration from a variety of sources: architecture, travel, and the natural world, to name a few. For Brian, interior design is not something sterile or static; it’s a living extension of art, meant to be touched, used and admired. That mindset is at the heart of Brian Paquette Interiors. We are a high end design firm and we build custom spaces that are at once open and intimate, grounded yet light. Our Seattle interior design team works through a close, collaborative process, creating homes that reflect our clients’ identity, history and aspirations. We partner with local craftsmen to ensure every element in our projects is unique and carefully considered, with its own story that adds to the greater whole. Founded in 2009, Brian Paquette Interiors provides full-service interior design. Our Seattle and San Francisco interiors have been featured in Architectural Digest, Dwell, Luxe Magazine and more. We also regularly work in Los Angeles, New York City, British Columbia and beyond. In addition to interior design, we offer furniture, textiles and décor through Brian Paquette at Home. Our online shop is yet another extension of Brian’s personal aesthetic. Experience it for yourself. https://brianpaquetteinteriors.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brian.paquette_/?hl=en

Grace Bonney is an author, blogger and entrepreneur. Bonney wrote In The Company of Women, a book featuring more than 100 stories about women entrepreneurs who overcame adversity. She also wrote the DIY interior design book Design*Sponge at Home.

Joy Moyler Interiors influences of textiles, color, depth and pattern seep into projects carving their own place. They are punctuated with bespoke details often found in haute couture and men's haberdashery. http://www.joymoylerinteriors.com/ https://www.instagram.com/joymoylerinteriors/?hl=en

The Be Like Josh foundation is a non profit organization dedicated to celebrating humans and animals with special needs. Our foundation helps to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home dogs with special abilities, and we visit elementary and high schools to promote kindness and inclusion. Through our work, we share the message that all animals and people, wherever they are on the spectrum of abilities, are worthy of being seen, loved and appreciated. https://www.belikejosh.org/ https://www.instagram.com/joshthedoodle/?hl=en

Asad Syrkett is the new Editor-in-Chief of Elle Decor. Recently, he was Deputy Editor at the design and cities website Curbed, where he oversaw the senior editing and reporting staff. He's also held staff positions at Architectural Digest and Architectural Record magazines. Beyond the written word, he has guest-lectured at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, appeared on panels at South By Southwest and Design Miami, and co-hosted two seasons of a design podcast, The Curbed Appeal. Asad graduated from Columbia University with a degree in architectural history and lives in Brooklyn. http://www.asadsyrkett.com/ https://www.instagram.com/as4d/

Tobi Fairley is an award-winning interior designer and business consultant with over a decade of experience helping high-achieving, creative professionals take their companies and lives to the next level. When she’s not running her two seven-figure businesses, including an interior design firm and a consulting firm for artistic business owners, she’s busy leading an online membership community for ambitious professionals. Tobi specializes in transforming home and business environments to maximize productivity and well-being. She has been featured on television and in top-shelf publications including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, The Huffington Post, Southern Living, House Beautiful, and Traditional Home. As the host of her Design You podcast, Tobi helps creatives design businesses and lives that they love. Tobi lives in Arkansas with her attorney husband and teenage daughter. https://tobifairley.com/ https://tobifairley.com/designyou/

My passion for decoding spaces is the culmination of nearly a decade of retail visual merchandising and freelance marketing, sprinkled with a lifetime of experiences. Using my background of space design and storytelling, I took my real life lessons and launched an online interior design service. My love of design has evolved into a destination for inspiration centered around my blog, video, and social media content. For years, I worked as a self-proclaimed “silent salesperson” — a retail visual merchandiser translating brands’ visions into something tangible and transactional. My marketing degree taught me how to "sell" brands, my retail job taught me how to "sell" lifestyles, and my day-to-day life taught me how to bring them together to tell a story! WHEN I MADE THE NATURAL TRANSITION FROM PRODUCT PRESENTATION INTO INTERIOR DESIGN, I WAS SUBSTITUTING FIXTURES FOR FURNITURE & APPAREL FOR ACCENTS, AS ANOTHER FORM OF STORYTELLING. https://albieknows.design/ https://www.instagram.com/albieknows/

Drew McGukin tackles the interior design world with a unique level of energy, great pace, and integrity. He is known for a touch of the unexpected, combined with beautiful textures and bold patterns that vibrate with a perfect amount of sophistication, warmth, innovation, style, and approachability. Graduating from the New York School of Interior Design in May 2010, Drew kicked off the lead designer in his own New York-based firm in October 2010. While Classically trained, this self-proclaimed pattern-addict has fast become one of the leading contemporary designers in today’s market. “I’ve never been a wallflower,” says Drew. “Neither are my interiors.” In 2019, Introspective Magazine described Drew as designing “with a commanding intelligence and an ability to articulate his ideas sharply and clearly – a rare quality among younger designers, who often struggle to describe their work. And his aesthetic is anything but recessive. His style is forthright and high impact, characterized by strong and graphic patterns deployed with confidence and skill while avoiding eyeball-straining shades that can be visually overwhelming.” The International Furnishings & Design Association quickly recognized Drew’s Signature style and named him a Rising Star. Drew has sat on various designer advisory councils including the ASID Board of Directors and the New York Design Center’s Access to Design Referral Network. He has also engaged as a creative consultant for renowned industry giants like Cosentino, Delta Facet Company, and Monogram. His work is regularly featured through traditional and nontraditional media, and a favorite across numerous social channels. His portfolio remains a standout on heavy-hitting digital design platforms like 1stdibs and Houzz – a nod to his extraordinary online following. In 2018 Drew launched his first capsule furnishings collection with Crate & Barrel. Drew McGukin Interiors design innovative interiors across the United States that tell a story by combining bold choices and rich textures to create subtle, sophisticated designs that require you take notice, then relax and enjoy. https://www.drewmcgukin.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drewmcgukin/?hl=en

Sue Wadden is the Director of Color Markeing at Sherwin-Williams. We talk about 2021 Colormix Color Forecast, a collection of 40 hues across four storytelling palettes that designers and homeowners can expect to see more of in 2021. https://www.sherwin-williams.com/

Tiana Webb Evans is marketing and communications professional and a key figure in the arts, advocating for diversity in the industry. Prior to founding ESP Inc, Tiana worked in the role of Communications Director at Phillips Auctioneers, a global corporation focused on the sale of Contemporary Art. She was instrumental in organizing Paddles On, the first auction dedicated to digital art, which was organized in conjunction with Tumblr. Working as Communications Director, her role involved a combination of corporate communications, crisis management, strategic partnerships, and client development through programming and events. Tiana is a longtime supporter of the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Museum or Art and Design in New York. In addition to being a member of the Rush Arts artist advisory board, she has been a guest curator for LIFEbeat’s Sound of Art and has hosted exhibitions for a number of emerging and mid-career artists. http://espprinc.com/ https://www.instagram.com/tiana_webb_evans/