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A Tennessee real estate developer just bid $19 million to buy Robert Allen Duralee

Last night, Robert Allen Duralee Group CEO Lee Silberman announced the stalking horse bid by RADG Holdings, an LLC incorporated 10 days ago by Knoxville-based real-estate developer Brant Enderle.

Dessin Fournir files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The Plainville, Kansas–headquartered company files for Chapter 11 months after shuttering showrooms in major markets. Founder and CEO Chuck Comeau apologized to clients and creditors, whom his company owes between $10 to $50 million.

Sally Sirkin Lewis's J. Robert Scott has filed for Chapter 11

Los Angeles–based home furnishings manufacturer J. Robert Scott filed for Chapter 11, indicating assets and liabilities in the $1 million to $10 million range.

My former employee is using my work to launch her career. Now what?

Sean Low is the the go-to business coach for interior designers. In his advice column for BOH, he answers designers’ most pressing questions—this time, how to respond when a former employee uses your work to launch their own career.

Back in business, Consort comes clean

The buzzy Los Angeles–based furniture brand’s co-founder, Mat Sanders, opens up to Business of Home about the pitfalls of scaling too fast, why Consort hit a rough patch, and how the company will make a comeback this season.

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Does a small space call for liberty or restraint?

With Michel Smith Boyd and Xander Noori in the ring, the powder room becomes a powder keg.

12 star design students you’ll want to hire

Design students from across the country threw their hats in the ring for top honors at the fourth-annual ASID Student Portfolio Competition, which pits design schools’ top talents against one another for the chance to win a scholarship and a place in the national spotlight.

The showroom is dead. Long live the experience center

Pity the executives of luxury appliance brands: In 2019, it’s not enough to have a great product anymore. Beautiful ads, hooky marketing? Everyone has that. And it’s certainly not enough to open a regular showroom—you need an experience center.

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