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1 week ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
From C-suite switch-ups to design firm hirings, read on for BOH’s monthly roundup of arrivals and departures in design, manufacturing, media and more.
Retail & Manufacturing
Surfacing manufacturer Cosentino has appointed Pilar Cosentino as CEO. Cosentino has been with the company for more than 20 years and previously served as executive vice president.
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1 week ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Ed Hollander first discovered his passion for plants while taking a horticulture class at Vassar, a leafy campus where he would come to be able to name every tree species. A professor, noting his enthusiasm for the field, gave some unsolicited advice: “[They said], ‘Listen, you connect to this, you relate to this. You shouldn’t be going to law school or business school. This is where your passion is,’” Hollander recalls.
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1 week ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Let’s face it: Every employee is going to mess up at some point in their careers. It’s how you, as a business owner, address it that makes all the difference. This week, we asked 11 designers—Anna Baraness, Elizabeth Bennett, Jeanne K. Chung, Renée Gaddis, Andrea Goldman, Jade Joyner, Aymee Kuhlman, Rachel Moriarty, Mallory Robins, Kristin Tarsi and Jess Weeth—how they give productive feedback to their team members.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Derek Wilson grew up on the west coast of Scotland spending his free time at school in the art room throwing pots, painting and drawing. He continued to feed this passion after high school, briefly attending various art schools in Glasgow and London in the hopes of becoming a sculptor. But he never found the right program for him.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
From Big Apple moves to High Point additions, BOH has gathered all the showroom news to have on your radar this coming month.
Showroom Spotlight
Over 800 feet in the air, Radnor’s newest location has opened inside the penthouse of Sutton Tower, one of the tallest residential buildings near Manhattan’s East River waterfront.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Believe it or not, Joanna Gaines thought she would be running a tire shop one day. Growing up the middle daughter of three girls, her plan was to eventually take over her father’s Firestone franchise, where she worked as his bookkeeper in her teen years. But while preparing to take over the business, she entertained another passion—broadcast journalism—which took her to New York for an internship her senior year of college.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Every other day there seems to be more news about tariffs and how President Donald Trump’s policies are changing the economic landscape in the country. In these uncertain times, we can take a page out of the books of five designers—George Brazil, Michael Cox, Swati Goorha, Kerri Pilchik and Rebekah Zaveloff—who shared in the 2024 Interior Design Business Survey how they have designed their business to withstand the ever-changing economy.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
When Jackson Schwartz was a teenager in western Wisconsin, he saw a glassblowing video that set the stage for his future career. Luckily for him, the nearby UW–River Falls campus offered glassblowing classes that allowed him to tap into this new interest while still in high school. “The process is very visceral, immediate,” he tells Business of Home.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
From international design fairs to New York staples, read on for BOH’s list of industry gatherings and shows happening next month.
Pasadena Showcase House of Design
Pasadena, California | Through May 18
The 60th-anniversary home and garden showcase is housed in a 15,000-square-foot Monterey colonial mansion set on five acres.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Just out of college, Alfredo Paredes was designing window displays at a men’s clothing store in Washington, D.C., when a life-changing opportunity came his way: an invitation to join the team working on the Ralph Lauren flagship in the historic Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House on New York’s Upper East Side. In February of 1986, he packed his bags for Manhattan and designed the visuals for the new outpost. “I just knew what they were looking for. I could understand, and then I could create.
