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2 days ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Ceramist Kelsie Rudolph has been homing in on ceramics for over a decade. The Helena, Montana–based artist moved to the state in 2015 from her native Wisconsin to earn an MFA in ceramics after studying the craft as an undergrad. “In grad school is when I started exploring large-scale sculpture,” she tells Business of Home.
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5 days ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor |Hatta Byng
Today, Condé Nast announced that as of July 21, Talib Choudhry is House & Garden’s new editor. “House & Garden is a title I’ve long admired for its spirit, integrity, and celebration of beauty in all its forms,” said Choudhry in a release.
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5 days ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Summer is finally here, and the industry docket is heating up. Read on for BOH’s list of industry gatherings and shows happening next month.
Dignify by Design Summit
Santa Fe, New Mexico | July 9–10
The fourth biennial event brings together leaders in design, architecture, media and manufacturing to talk about design, sustainability, trends and industry challenges. The speaker lineup includes presentations by filmmaker Virgil Ortiz and architect and Mass Design co-founder Michael P.
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5 days ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Nicola Harding was on a completely different path before launching her interior design firm. Raised in England, she studied theology at The University of Edinburgh before trying aviation and considering a career in the military. When that wasn’t the right fit, she eventually pivoted to garden design.
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1 week ago | 
businessofhome.com | Warren Shoulberg
When At Home filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, no one was shocked. The brand’s struggles were one of the worst-kept secrets in the business, as endless speculation—no doubt driven by Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal reports of the looming filing—rapidly moved the bankruptcy from possibility to probability.
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1 week ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
Every designer has had to face a strange demand on a project now and then. This week, we asked five designers—Natalie Barnas, Nancy Davilman, Michelle Gerson, Simone Hirsch and Jack Ovadia—about the most unusual asks they’ve received from a client.
Vroom Vroom
“I had a client who wanted a dedicated sports viewing room (think Formula One Grand Prix afternoons) built within their very large garage.
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1 week ago | 
businessofhome.com | Siobhan McGowan
Scrimming the windows, swathing the walls, enveloping a kitchen banquette: Pink is considered by many to be the most flattering hue, so why not use it wherever you can? For interiors that are positively glowing, ponder these eight blush-colored pieces.
LUME FR FABRIC IN RADICCHIO BY KIRKBY DESIGN — ROMOGet your ombre on with this sublime polyester sheer for your window treatments and bring the sherbet shades of sunset inside.
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1 week ago | 
businessofhome.com | Caroline Biggs
In the BOH series What I Love, we’re asking designers to build us a mood board of what’s inspiring them right now.
Meg Lonergan turns to nature for inspiration. The Texas designer, who splits her time between Houston and Austin, draws from the hues and textures of the great outdoors to foster spaces that strike a balance between soothing and sophisticated.
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1 week ago | 
businessofhome.com | Aidan Taylor
British designer Emma Sims-Hilditch had an unlikely starting point for her design career: the production office of famed director Ridley Scott. After studying business, she took a job as a receptionist at the London office of Scott Free Productions—making tea and coffee for Ridley and his brother and company co-founder Tony before moving her way up to production assistant and working on large-scale commercials.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessofhome.com | Warren Shoulberg
When it comes to RH, it’s complicated. In reporting its first-quarter numbers after close of market on Thursday, the luxury home furnishings retailer had some good news, some disappointing news, and some news that didn’t neatly fit into either end of the spectrum.
For the quarter, it hit a nice 12 percent increase in sales versus a year ago … but that was below a consensus analyst forecast of a 12.7 percent bump.