Business of Home Podcast

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Ray Booth on meditation, AI, and why 'beauty is a byproduct' Sep 29, 2025

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Ray Booth’s career forms a perfect circle: At school, his first internship was with the legendary southern architect Bobby McAlpine. After moving to New York and working for John Saladino and Clodagh, Booth moved back and became a partner in McAlpine’s firm, where he’s stayed ever since. But Booth has also become a star in his own right—with a book, lines for Hickory Chair and Visual Comfort, and regular placement in top shelter magazines.

On this episode of the podcast he speaks with host Dennis Scully about staying with McAlpine while building his own brand, how social media has made clients more difficult to work with, and how his new book, The Expressive Home, signals a new chapter in his career.

This episode is sponsored by Loloiand Crypton

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The Expressive Home
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The Thursday Show: Colin King is breaking out of the 'beige box.' Plus: What's behind the British design invasion? Sep 25, 2025

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Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including the history of the shelter magazine, a British design invasion, and how a warehouse fire is impacting Brooklyn’s artisan community. Later, stylist and author Colin King joins the show to talk about slowing down, starting a Substack, and breaking out of the "beige box" the industry put him in.

This episode is sponsored by Serena & Lily and Hartmann&Forbes
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The Last Layer
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How Homes & Gardens' brand director is pivoting in the age of AI Sep 22, 2025

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Sarah Spiteri is the global brand director behind British shelter magazines Homes & Gardens and Livingetc. Livingetc is a modern creation, founded in the late 1990s to focus on contemporary style—but Homes & Gardens is an English institution dating back to 1919. After a ownership change, Sarah was tasked with revitalizing the print editions while growing the digital audience—she’s been hard at work, keeping both titles vital in a challenging media environment.

On this episode of the podcast she speaks with host Dennis Scully about the surprising fact that the majority of her online audience is American, why she wants to democratize the English design scene, and why, despite being an iconic British magazine, Homes & Gardens is open to publishing great design from anywhere in the world.

This episode is sponsored by Loloiand Crypton

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Livingetc
Dennis Scully
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The Thursday Show: Emily Henderson is flexing new muscles. Plus: RH's CEO sounds the alarm on tariffs Sep 18, 2025

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Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including the latest on inflation and interest rates, RH’s recent earnings report and what luxury means today. Later, Emily Henderson joins the show to talk about her new sofa collection and how she's reacting to the rise of AI.

This episode is sponsored by Serena & Lily and Hartmann&Forbes

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Emily Henderson
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Framebridge brought custom framing into the 21st century. Now it's courting designers Sep 15, 2025

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Like a lot of direct-to-consumer companies, Framebridge raised tens of millions of dollars to disrupt a stagnant industry—in this case, custom framing. Unlike many of its peers, Framebridge has managed to last: founder Susan Tynan’s company now has a sizable manufacturing operation, dozens of retail locations, and thousands of customers who frame everything from art to diplomas to matchbooks.

On this episode of the podcast, Tynan speaks with host Dennis Scully about a new collaboration with Farrow & Ball, why she wants to open a lot of very small stores, and why she wants to reach the trade.

This episode is sponsored by Loloiand Crypton

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Framebridge
Dennis Scully
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The Thursday Show: Should designers worry about Google's new AI tool? Plus: Urban Electric looks to cause a scene in New York Sep 11, 2025

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Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including Google’s new AI tool, the state of domestic manufacturing, and whether clickbait is killing design. Later, Urban Electric CEO Dave Dawson joins the show to talk about his company's latest moves.

This episode is sponsored by Serena & Lily and Hartmann&Forbes

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Urban Electric
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The state of the furniture industry today, with Alex Shuford of Rock House Farm Sep 08, 2025

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Alex Shuford is the CEO of Rock House Farm, a family of seven furniture brands that includes Century, Hancock & Moore, Hickory Chair and Highland House. Alex is a podcast regular—every year he comes on the show to share his take on the state of the industry.

On this episode he chats with host Dennis Scully about why—even with plenty of domestic manufacturing—the tariffs are a disruptor for his business, why he’s excited about the possibilities of Perigold, and what designers need to know about this fall’s High Point Market.

This episode is sponsored by Loloiand Crypton

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Rock House Farm
Dennis Scully
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The Thursday Show: Is home the new fashion? Plus: Matouk's CEO on how tariffs are impacting his US factory Sep 04, 2025

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Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including fall trends from Pinterest, stolen images on Wayfair, and a look at whether home is the new fashion. Later, Matouk CEO George Matouk joins the show to talk about the impact tariffs are having on his U.S. factory.

This episode is sponsored by Serena & Lily and Hartmann&Forbes

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Matouk
How Tariffs Hurt My American Factory
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The Thursday Show: How Rebecca Atwood carves out serious time for creative solitude. Plus: Kelly Wearstler spills her AI toolkit Aug 28, 2025

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Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including yet more furniture tariffs, a look at the state of housing, and how Kelly Wearstler is using AI. Later, artist and designer Rebecca Atwood joins the show to talk about her new book The Harmonious Home.

This episode is sponsored by Ernesta

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Rebecca Atwood
The Harmonious Home
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How Hendricks Churchill found the perfect blend of design, architecture, history and business Aug 25, 2025

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Heide Hendricks and Rafe Churchill are the married couple behind architecture and design studio Hendricks Churchill. Churchill came from a family of builders, and was already running a successful firm—but it wasn’t until Hendricks switched careers from art world PR to interior design that Hendricks Churchill truly came together. Since then, their ability to preserve architectural history while infusing it with a vibrant new life has won them a regular spot on Elle Decor’s A-List and earned them recognition throughout the industry.

On this episode of the podcast, the pair speak with host Dennis Scully about why mutual trust is more important than any contract, their new hospitality venture, and why too many firms get obsessed with revenue and forget all about a more important metric: profit.

This episode is sponsored by Loloiand Blu Dot

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Dennis Scully
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