Olivia Westbrook is Hallmark Channel’s first design star, leading the heartfelt home renovation series Home Is Where The Heart Is on Hallmark+. In this intimate conversation, she shares the emotional heart of her design approach, how she maintained creative control on set, and the ways personal loss shaped her connection to the show’s mission of honoring legacy through space.
Interior designers say global tariffs are rushing decision-making, threatening to homogenize design and creating frustrating uncertainty
three leading designers—Laura Kirar, Susan Ferrier, and Paola Navone—offer intimate reflections on craft, mentorship, and meaning through their collections with Baker-McGuire. With distinct perspectives, they explore how thoughtful design becomes a legacy, a rebellion against disposability, and a deeply personal art form that honors both material and maker.
It’s not about the polar bears: The burning need for design and infrastructure change in Los Angeles
After the 2025 wildfires devastated Los Angeles, it’s the city’s designers and architects who are stepping forward to reimagine what resilience looks like. This piece highlights the people and design strategies shaping a safer, more sustainable future for LA.
The showcase house became an important creative outlet for designers who lost their homes in the Eaton fires earlier this year.
“Only creativity will save creativity” says Fashion Snoops as it rebrands to Future Snoops
What to do with clients who have champagne taste on beer budgets? How do you handle the discussion of scope creep? What happens when your client tries to shop a retail piece or monopolize your time in search of the perfect faucet?
This week on Disruptive Design, Mark Schubert of Chicago-based Phillip Harrison Interiors offers designers practical insights on navigating the financial aspects that can make or break client relationships and project outcomes.
Designer Gabriela Gargano debuts ARCA Galerie, a rare online platform for collectible one-offs, anonymous artworks, and vintage finds. In this interview, she discusses her sourcing philosophy, balancing instinct with strategy, and why digital retail needs more curation and less mass production.
Exclusive Consumer Insights Now research looks at which generations are most likely to want the help of designers. The findings are intriguing.
Today, Amerlux launched Grid Cove, the industry’s first-ever, fully integrated, out-of-the-box cove lighting system designed specifically for ACT grid ceilings. Unlike traditional solutions, the fixture itself forms the cove, eliminating the need for framing, drywall and on-site construction.
Designer-Maker category expanded, Biophilic Design in Wood added, entry deadline July 31st
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 28, 2025) – Friends of Residential Treasures Los Angeles (FORT: LA) is pleased to…