Julie Palm

Have it your way: tips for customizing products

Even experienced interior designers can make mistakes when commissioning custom home furnishings. High Point x Design recently hosted a panel of custom manufacturers who offered ideas for creative collabs that will give your clients something glorious to talk about for years.

7 Tips for Using AI in Your Business

Interior designer and artificial intelligence expert Jenna Gaidusek encourages others to not fear AI or get frustrated by it. And she’s got helpful ideas for incorporating AI tools into your workflow.

Rise of The Hotel Lobby Home ™

It’s time we bid the modern farmhouse adieu. There’s a new suburban architectural trend that finds its influences from the rise in popularity of vacation rentals and boutique hotels. We’re calling it the Hotel Lobby Home.

Young consumers want “in-house” design services

CIN research shows younger consumers, in particular, think it’s an important service for retailers to offer in-house design services. We dive into this finding and others about how retailers and designer showrooms can lure shoppers.

How Houz of Rebel gets things done

With a growing staff and recent rebranding, the New York-based firm led by Lindsay Biondo is poised for big things.

Who needs an interior designer?

Has a do-it-yourself mindset conditioned people to think they can manage the complexities of interior design on their own?

Designer Kate Marker’s expanding universe

The Chicago-area designer has built a business intertwining residential design, vacation rental and retail divisions. Now she’s adding author to her list of roles. Learn how she gets it all done.

How to succeed at short-term rental design

Short-term rental design differs from residential work in ways that make it lucrative and appealing. That was the message of a keynote panel of successful designers at the second annual Vacation Rental Design Summit in High Point. Is it time for you to give it a try?

Balancing high tech and high touch

These days, people crave both the high touch and the high tech. For retailers and designers alike, that means incorporating AI tools while making a human connection.

6 Trends to Take With You to High Point

As you shop the market, keep in mind key trends shaping tomorrow’s home design. We share six key movements, including Mundane Made Special and Nex Gen Living, from trendwatchers at FS.