Kaitlin Petersen

1 week ago | businessofhome.com | Kaitlin Petersen

The discovery that transformed Noz Nozawa’s hiring strategy magazine | | The discovery that transformed Noz Nozawa’s hiring strategy When she needed to make a new hire, the Bay Area designer tapped a recruiter to unlock a deeper well of talent than she could have accessed on her ownIn early 2023, Noz Nozawa looked at her team and wondered if she needed to add a new member.

1 week ago | businessofhome.com | Kaitlin Petersen

The brilliant pattern wrapping strategy to borrow from Peter Dunham magazine | | The brilliant pattern wrapping strategy to borrow from Peter Dunham Forget color drenching—the Los Angeles designer uses a fresh approach to pattern to transform a long-ignored pair of rooms into a destinationPeter Dunham hates rooms that don’t have a purpose.

1 week ago | businessofhome.com | Kaitlin Petersen

How Andrea Schumacher overcame a challenging team dynamic to get everyone in the right seats magazine | | How Andrea Schumacher overcame a challenging team dynamic to get everyone in the right seats After a conflict over mission tanked morale at her firm, the designer tapped an internal team member to oversee the staff’s growth and development. In 2022, Andrea Schumacher embarked on a yearlong book tour for her first design monograph.

1 week ago | businessofhome.com | Kaitlin Petersen

What’s the right approach to HR for a small firm? Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas thinks she’d found it magazine | | What’s the right approach to HR for a small firm? Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas thinks she’d found it Hiring an external HR consultant allowed the Maryland designer to stop worrying about employee policies, benefits and labor regulations—and let a specialist do the heavy lifting.

1 month ago | housebeautiful.com | Kaitlin Petersen

The kitchen in House Beautiful’s 2024 Whole Home, designed by Kelsey McGregor of Kelsey Leigh Design Co. For decades, kitchens have been centered around the work triangle: the relationship between the refrigerator, stove, and sink. But while that basic principle still applies, it’s taken on new life in the modern kitchen—one that’s bigger, more open to the rest of the home, and asked to do a whole lot more than just prepare meals. The new golden rule? The zone.