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June 10, 2025

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.

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June 9, 2025

What’s the right approach to HR for a small firm? Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas thinks she’s 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.

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June 6, 2025

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 own.

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May 23, 2025

12 components of a successful company culture

At the Leaders of Design Conference last month, BOH editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen joined dozens of the industry’s leading design firms in San Sebastián, Spain, for a session on how to foster employee engagement. Here are some of the key takeaways.

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May 14, 2025

Two of the industry’s biggest markets join forces

High Point Market Authority and the National Kitchen & Bath Association announced a strategic partnership to foster industry conversations about the whole home.

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May 1, 2025

Are engineered materials underrated? These designers disagree

Do you prefer natural or engineered materials in your projects? Two Los Angeles designers duke it out over the best way to specify surfaces.

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April 30, 2025

What happened at High Point Market?

Business of Home’s editorial team was on the ground to take it all in—read on to find out what mattered most at High Point this season.

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April 18, 2025

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 destination.

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February 7, 2025

Is there a ‘right’ way to renovate a historic home? Two design firms debate

So you’ve got a project with provenance and good bones. What do you do first: protect the historic details or modernize the floor plan? Two firms with a penchant for reimagining old homes face off on where to start.

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January 31, 2025

5 lessons from Las Vegas Market

Although vendor presentations at Las Vegas Market are still a fraction of the size of High Point’s, the January show demonstrated growing brand representation, strong attendance and upbeat vibes, reports BOH editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen.

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