The Chaise Lounge Podcast

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S23 E19 – Showing Out in Showhouses with Tish Mills Oct 04, 2019

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On the penultimate episode of the Chaise Lounge season 23, Nick talks to Tish Mills of Harmonious Living by Tish Mills. Tish tells the story of how she came up with degrees in both behavioral psychology and design and she uses both every day, and she tells Nick about the role showhouses play in her career.

S23 E18 – Networking and Design Tradition with Keia McSwain Oct 01, 2019

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On the first Chaise Lounge of October, Keia McSwain joins Nick in the studio. McSwain is the president of the Black Interior Designers Network and principal of Kimberly + Cameron Interiors. Both of these roles are responsibilities she took up after her boss and mentor Kimberly Ward died of cancer in August 2017. Today, McSwain designs and manages projects all over the country with Kimberly + Cameron and works to build an expanding network of black members of the design community to pool and share resources. The Black Interior Designers Network currently holds one conference per year but may expand to more as the network grows. Be on the look out for events and news at the organization's news page and on its Instagram @blackinteriordesignersnetwork. For Keia McSwain's designs, follow the firm's Instagram @kimberlycameroninteriors. "The man that knows everything knows that he knows nothing" Keia McSwain on Socratic ingnorance Tweet Chaise Lounge Updates We'll be covering Fall High Point Market 2019! Stay in the loop on our Instagram and Facebook pages and keep an eye our for our upcoming market events! Our new podcast Coast to Coast Design is live! Give it a listen to learn about just how many ways there are to run a design business. Our Events Page Resources See what our sponsors can do for you. Upcoming Markets High Point Market – Oct. 19-23 2019 BDNY – Nov. 10-11, 2019 More About Our Sponsors Wrap Up If you would like to hear more episodes, please visit us on iTunes, Spotify or your favorite podcasting app! We'd love it if you post a review, you may even hear your review read live on our next podcast. Also, find The Chaise Lounge on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. With that said, keep dreaming big, and keep designing a great design business. See ya!

S23 E17 – Mid-Life Breakthrough with Darla Powell Sep 27, 2019

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Today’s Chaise Lounge showcases Miami designer Darla Powell of Darla Powell Interiors. Powell is a former Miami cop of 19 years who decided to follow her childhood compulsion to redecorate into an interior design career in 2017.

S23 E16 – Team Design with Pillar and Peacock Founders Brandeis Short and Adrianne Bugg Sep 24, 2019

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Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick talks with two guests, the co-founders of Pillar and Peacock Adrianne Bugg and Brandeis Short. Adrianne Bugg spent five years in finance before eventually joining up with Brandeis to start the firm. When she told her mother about it, it turns out she had saved her past sketch books for the day her daughter figured out the direction she needed. Bugg’s direction dovetailed with Short’s. Brandeis Short majored in fine art and dance and needed to find a practical channel for those early career choices. So in 2011, they founded Pillar and Peacock together. Today, Pillar and Peacock is a small and thriving residential and commercial design and architecture firm. To see the work they do, visit Pillar and Peacock’s website PillarAndPeacock.com and follow the Instagram @pillar_and_peacock. "Havana...really is a city of roamantic decay." Adrianne Bugg Chaise Lounge Updates We'll be covering Fall High Point Market 2019! Stay in the loop on our Instagram and Facebook pages and keep an eye our for our upcoming market events! Our new podcast Coast to Coast Design is live! Give it a listen to learn about just how many ways there are to run a design business. Our Events Page Resources See what our sponsors can do for you. Upcoming Markets High Point Market – Oct. 19-23 2019 BDNY – Nov. 10-11, 2019 More About Our Sponsors Wrap Up If you would like to hear more episodes, please visit us on iTunes, Spotify or your favorite podcasting app! We'd love it if you post a review, you may even hear your review read live on our next podcast. Also, find The Chaise Lounge on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. With that said, keep dreaming big, and keep designing a great design business. See ya!

S23 E15 – What to Watch for with High Point Brand Ambassador Jackie Von Tobel and Thriving as a Small Design Firm with Jonathan Berger Sep 20, 2019

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Today's episode of The Chaise Lounge is a double header. Nick's two guests are High Point Market's Brand Ambassador Jackie Von Tobel and New York/ California/ New Mexico designer Jonathan Berger. Jackie Von Tobel is a designer who brands herself as colorful, classy, cool. She and Nick talk about what to look forward to at Fall High Point Market and the value of going to markets and experiencing the breadth of all the products the industry has to offer. Jonathan Berger tells Nick about his design journey from Pasadena, California to all over the world. Berger feeds his creativity by revisiting his love for antiques at fairs all over Europe and the U.S. Make sure to visit both these designers at their websites JackieVonTobel.com and JohnathanBergerInteriorDesign.com If you're going to High Point Market, make sure to keep an eye out for the fuschia-shirted High Point Paparazzi and remember to get photos from them throughout Market. Social media plays a big part in that these days, as does making regular visits to the design markets and taking part in speaking opportunities. It is vital for anyone producing signature collections to be visible at market Jackie Von Tobel Chaise Lounge Updates We'll be covering Fall High Point Market 2019! Stay in the loop on our Instagram and Facebook pages and keep an eye our for our upcoming market events! Our new podcast Coast to Coast Design is live! Give it a listen to learn about just how many ways there are to run a design business. Our Events Page Resources See what our sponsors can do for you. Upcoming Markets High Point Market – Oct. 19-23 2019 BDNY – Nov. 10-11, 2019 More About Our Sponsors Wrap Up If you would like to hear more episodes, please visit us on iTunes, Spotify or your favorite podcasting app! We'd love it if you post a review, you may even hear your review read live on our next podcast. Also, find The Chaise Lounge on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. With that said, keep dreaming big, and keep designing a great design business. See ya!

S23 E14 – Highpoint Warmup with Andrea Schumacher Sep 17, 2019

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Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick is joined, for the first time, in the studio by Denver designer Andrea Schumacher, the principal of Andrea Schumacher Interiors. Schumacher talks about her transition from fashion to interiors, expanding out to Santa Barbara and her plans

S23 E13 – Feel-Good Design with Carrie Long Sep 13, 2019

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Today on the Chaise Lounge, Michigan designer Carrie Long joins Nick to discuss working with a baby, hidden doors and everything good design can do for a person’s life.

S23 E12 – iMay Media Digital Marketing Director Tyler LaChapelle Sep 10, 2019

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Today's episode of the Chaise Lounge is coming from inside the house. The director of digital marketing for iMay Media, the company behind this podcast, Tyler LaChapelle joins Nick to talk about the finer points of digital marketing. This episode is less about how one person found success in design and more about tools that any business owner can use to pursue success. To see what some of these lessons look like in practice, visit Nick's painting website WallsByDesign.com "Digital marketing is pretty much anything that's outside of traditional marketing... anything that's connected to the internet is what I handle." Tyler LaChapelle Tweet Chaise Lounge Updates We'll be covering Fall High Point Market 2019! Stay in the loop on our Instagram and Facebook pages and keep an eye our for our upcoming market events! Our new podcast Coast to Coast Design is live! Give it a listen to learn about just how many ways there are to run a design business. Our Events Page Resources See what our sponsors can do for you. Upcoming Markets High Point Market – Oct. 19-23 2019 BDNY – Nov. 10-11, 2019 More About Our Sponsors Wrap Up If you would like to hear more episodes, please visit us on iTunes, Spotify or your favorite podcasting app! We'd love it if you post a review, you may even hear your review read live on our next podcast. Also, find The Chaise Lounge on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. With that said, keep dreaming big, and keep designing a great design business. See ya!

S23 E11 – Instagram-First Marketing with Karen B. Wolf Sep 06, 2019

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Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick welcomes Karen B. Wolf, principal of Karen B. Wolf Interiors to the show. Wolf fell in love with art as a child but only found it as a career after years in marketing. Now she combines both skill sets in her business. Wolf started her career double majoring in marketing and fine arts. She remained interested in design but followed the marketing path beyond undergrad because there seemed like a greater and more stable demand for marketing. She worked in marketing for years, even managing a company’s QVC-handling arm. But eventually she went to Parsons School of Design at night to get certified in interior design so she could get back into more tactile arts. She learned everything she needed and got started, founding Karen B. Wolf Interiors in 2009. Since then, Karen B. Wolf Interiors has become a small but thriving company with an eye on changing trends. Wolf believes that interior designers need to market their businesses by leading their marketing with a strong visual element. She says Instagram is more important for hooking clients than the website is because potential clients will filter through the Instagram to the website. To see what that looks like, you can find Karen B. Wolf Interiors @KarenBWolfInteriors and then visit the website KBWInteriors.co They go to Instagram first. And then they go to your website. Karen B. Wolf Chaise Lounge Updates We'll be covering Fall High Point Market 2019! Stay in the loop on our Instagram and Facebook pages and keep an eye our for our upcoming market events! Our new podcast Coast to Coast Design is live! Give it a listen to learn about just how many ways there are to run a design business. Our Events Page Resources See what our sponsors can do for you. Upcoming Markets High Point Market – Oct. 19-23 2019 BDNY – Nov. 10-11, 2019 More About Our Sponsors Wrap Up If you would like to hear more episodes, please visit us on iTunes, Spotify or your favorite podcasting app! We'd love it if you post a review, you may even hear your review read live on our next podcast. Also, find The Chaise Lounge on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. With that said, keep dreaming big, and keep designing a great design business. See ya!

S23 E10 – Designing Marketing with Nancy Charbonneau Sep 03, 2019

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Welcome back to the Chaise Lounge. Today, Nick returns with Nancy Charbonneau, a Texas-based designer who runs Charbonneau Interiors, a boutique design firm that specializes in bespoke designs. Charbonneau started college for fashion design, but, when she was visiting home, her now-mother-in-law had hired a designer, and Charbonneau got to see what the interior design looks like, and she wanted to work in that situation, so she set herself on the path to where she is today. Designing interiors. The next step for Charbonneau Interiors is bringing on a marketing director to take the lead on turning all the work the team does into attention and strengthing the brand. Right now, you can check out Charbonneau Interiors at the website CharbonneauInteriors.com and follow on Instagram @charbonneauinteriors to follow the businesses expanding digital marketing. I remember one of the last days of my internship, they were collecting aluminum cans so they could buy stamps... Can you believe I started by own business after that? Nancy Charbonneau Chaise Lounge Updates We'll be covering Fall High Point Market 2019! Stay in the loop on our Instagram and Facebook pages and keep an eye our for our upcoming market events! Our new podcast Coast to Coast Design is live! Give it a listen to learn about just how many ways there are to run a design business. Our Events Page Resources See what our sponsors can do for you. Upcoming Markets High Point Market – Oct. 19-23 2019 BDNY – Nov. 10-11, 2019 More About Our Sponsors Wrap Up If you would like to hear more episodes, please visit us on iTunes, Spotify or your favorite podcasting app! We'd love it if you post a review, you may even hear your review read live on our next podcast. Also, find The Chaise Lounge on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. With that said, keep dreaming big, and keep designing a great design business. See ya!

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