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If you’re not using social media, our next guest highly recommends you start. On today’s episode of The Chaise Lounge, Kyla Herbes joins Nick May as they talk about using social media as a marketing tool for your business. Specifically, Kyla talks about using Pinterest and Tik Tok to grow your business. Pinterest works like Google in that with the right keywords (SEO), users can reach you easily. Videos are trending and Tik Tok is perfect for showing short clips of what you can do. Better yet, you can pin your Tik Tok clip on Pinterest and reach even more people! Learn more about Kyla and House of Hipsters at www.houseofhipsters.com. Use Stats Check LOL to see which hashtags to use in your Tik Tok posts www.statschecklol.com. Click on the link to see Nick's Tik Tok.  It is a huge traffic driver that if you use the proper keywords - I’m going to say SEO and hope that people know what that is - if you think about Pinterest as a search engine or as google only with images, you want to be higher ranked.

On today’s episode of The Chaise Lounge, Nick May has a conversation with Genevieve Trousdale of Circaphiles. Nick and Genevieve share a passion for helping others and bringing value to their industries.  Genevieve started a network that services interior designers and allows them to network with others, find vendors, and educate themselves on how to run a successful design business. She knows how important it is to build and nurture relationships to find success in the business world. Learn more about Circaphiles by visiting their website at www.circaphiles.com. Be sure to check out their Instagram @circaphiles. I’ve always nurtured my relationships with my vendors because I can’t do my job without them and this console table is not going to have as pretty as a finish if I rely on somebody else so it’s really important to build a relationship and nurture it. Genevieve Trousdale Tweet I’ve always nurtured my relationships with my vendors because I can’t do my job withou

To the public eye, you might seem like an overnight success. For our next guest, her overnight success came after over 20 years of hard work. This week on The Chaise Lounge, Nick May is joined by Kendall Wilkinson of Kendall Wilkinson Design. Kendall grew up in California where she started her career in the film business. She decided to take a break and vacationed in Paris where she fell in love with architecture. She decided to change career paths and studied interior design. She started her company after a short stint in her mother’s design firm. Kendall Wilkinson Design is a full service design firm. She has also delved into indoor and outdoor fabrics inspired by her travels to such places as Paris and Mexico. Kendall hired a COO so that she can focus on design and have more freedom in her business and life. Let’s see how a COO can help you as well! Learn more about Kendall Wilkinson Design and her fabric lines at www.kendallwilkinson.com. If you’re going to have a partner, you want to make sure y

One way to think of Covid in a positive mindset is that it certainly has made people more aware of their physical and mental health. On this week’s episode of The Chaise Lounge, Sarah Walker of The Curated House joins Nick May where they talk about sustainable interior design. Furniture and other décor items are not manufactured with health in mind. They are made with toxins that give us higher chances of being diagnosed with a serious disease. That is where Sarah comes in to save the day! Learn more about The Curated House by visiting their website www.thecuratedhouse.com. Be sure to see what Sarah is up to on her Instagram @thecuratedhouse. Take a look at her course on sustainable design www.dwellingwelldesignacademy.com. You need to address your built environment as a radical act of self care as a way of investing in your health and well being. That’s really what it is. It’s either going to positively contribute to living in your optimal state of well being or it’s going to hijack your health with

Our next guest advises us to consider how many projects are submitted to a magazine or other piece of publishing before submitting projects for press. On this week’s episode of The Chaise Lounge, Nick May is joined by Amy Flurry. Amy runs a communications company that specializes in the interior design industry. Her book Recipe for Press was written to help you pitch to editors and be your own publicist. Services she provides include consulting and temporary media outreach. In this episode, she gives advice on how to get press for your interior design business. Learn more about Amy Flurry by visiting her website at www.amyflurry.com. See what she is doing on her Instagram @amyflurry. This year has been so crazy and thrown so many curveballs, but I think we’ve all learned a lot about our businesses and about the strength and importance of relationships and being nimble. Amy Flurry Tweet This year has been so crazy and thrown so many curveballs, but I think we’ve all lear

Going to school to further your education while raising your children is an admirable act. This week’s guest, Jackie Armour with JMA Interior Design, joins Nick May on The Chaise Lounge. It was Jackie’s life mission to graduate, earning a degree in architecture. From Delray Beach, Florida, Jackie went to school at the University of Florida. She started her business by winning a contest which entitled her to be on the front page of the local newspaper. NIck and Jackie discuss how things have changed in business, marketing, and being open-minded and flexible to get a design project completed. With 25 years in business, JMA Interior Design specializes in new construction. Learn more about JMA Interior Design by visiting their website at www.jmainteriordesign.com. Be sure to check her out on Instagram @jmainteriordesign.  New construction really allows you to be a lot more creative. And of course depending on who the architect is, but we have so much more flexibility in terms of checking the footprint of

Covid has affected all aspects of how we live our lives from how we live and work to the activities and hobbies we fill our free time with. Jaye Mize with Fashion Snoops joins Nick May today on The Chaise Lounge.  Jaye is a friend of the show and we are excited to have her back on. Nick and Jaye talk the trends of covid and what people are doing. People are leaving big cities to go to more rural areas and have larger homes. Working remote, and paying more attention to physical and mental health are the trends Jaye is seeing. Let’s check back in with Jaye! Learn more about Fashion Snoops by visiting their website at www.fashionsnoops.com. Listen to the previous episode Jaye was on by clicking here. Everybody wants solution based furniture which means it has built-in convenience options, it has USB plugs, even power plugs, speakers. Just anything that would make that piece all inclusive to anything that you want to do. Jaye Mize Tweet Everybody wants solution based furnit

Many memories are made with our grandparents that we carry into adulthood. They teach us important lessons and make us laugh. Joining Nick May on The Chaise Lounge this week is Lisa Davenport of LDD Interiors. Lisa co-hosts the Coast to Coast Design podcast with fellow friend and designer Garrison Hullinger. Nick’s friendship with both Lisa and Garrison came from the power of podcasting and being in the interior design world. LDD Interiors incorporates the client’s personality and history into their designs. With offices in Connecticut and Naples, Florida, Lisa is helping Nick’s own parents move down to Florida and design their new space. Now that’s a strong friendship! Learn more about LDD Interiors by visiting their website at www.lddinteriors.com. Check out what she's up to on her Instagram @cashmereandbluejeans. Listen to Lisa and co-host Garrison Hullinger on the Coast to Coast podcast at www.coasttocoastpodcast.com. If we can’t laugh at some of our mistakes, we should learn from our mistakes.

Our next guests have the entrepreneurial spirit - they are unhirable and will figure things out on their own. Joining Nick May today on The Chaise Lounge are George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg of Yabu Pushelberg. In business for 40 years, Glenn and George have grown their business to offices in New York and Toronto. Their work has consisted of retail stores and restaurants, hotels and large residential complexes, furniture and lighting, and fabric. Winning an award led them to design their very first hotel: W New York. They have gone on to start a lifestyle brand Departo providing furniture, towels and many other items. Let’s jump into the interview with George and Glenn! Learn more about Yabu Pushelberg by visiting their website at www.yabupushelberg.com. Take a look at their lifestyle items at www.departo.co. Also be sure to check out their Instagram pages @yabupushelberg and @george.glenn. What we always learned is if you have goals, keep them abstract. Don’t figure out the roadmap to get to the go

Today on The Chaise Lounge, we bring you another clip show! We wil be doing these once per season so stay tuned for more flashbacks in future seasons. In this flashback Friday, we show you that our podcasts are edited to make Nick and, most importantly, the guests sound great! There are timestamps to identify each guest and links to their respective episodes and Instagram pages below.  Angela Harris – S25 E1 (3:43 - 8:14) @byangelaharris Hannah Crowell – S21 E5 (8:15 - 13:12) @hannahcrowell Jenn Feldman – Episode 85 (13:13 - 17:25) @jennfeldmandesigns Kenneth Boyer – S23 E2 (17:26 - 21:50) @atelierkla Michael Habachy – Episode 20 (21:51 - 26:11) @habachydesigns Teddie & Courtney Garrigan – Episode 268 (26:12 - 30:25) @cocoanddash Tish Mills – S23 E19 (30:26 - 33:49) @tishmills Tym Desanto – S24 E9 with Guest Host Rachel Moriarty (33:50 - 37:56) @tymdesanto Well welcome and thanks for joining me today on the lounge. I'm Nick May your host, and today we're going to be talkin

Some guests on panel episodes have the energy that we like to look for. Our next guest was on a panel in Season 26 and we decided to bring her back. Amy Kartheiser (Amy Kartheiser Design) returns to The Chaise Lounge with Nick May. Amy got into interior design after years of working in a sales position that taught her a lot about business. She later bought her own loft and skipped out on work to go with her mom to the markets and pick out items for her place. She realized she liked designing so much that she started her own firm. Amy also shares her passion for suicide prevention and her charity Under the Same Sky she founded inspired by her family’s personal experience with suicide. Under the Same Sky launches November 21st.  Learn more about Amy Kartheiser Design by visiting their website www.amykartheiserdesign.com. For more information on Amy's charity, Under the Same Sky, please visit www.utsscharity.org. To me that’s like A number 1 when you’re running a business is customer service and that j

Our next guest started down the path of fine art and sculpting. A mentor later directed her down a path to interior design. Hailing from the east coast, Christine Markatos Lowe (Christine Markatos Design) joins Nick May on The Chaise Lounge today.   Having earned an MSA in sculpture, Christine’s professor suggested she become an interior designer. She worked for prominent architecture firms and learned the business before she started her own firm in 2005. Based in Los Angeles, Christine Markatos Design specializes in custom residential design with a modern, yet classical influence. Learn more about Christine Markatos Design by visiting their website at www.markatosdesign.com. So I feel like everybody is in the same place and in some ways, I haven’t thought about this before, but maybe it’s almost more equalizing because if you’re working and you’re at home you’re no different than somebody who’s not working and at home. Suddenly everybody is on this same playing field. Christine Markatos

Lauren Clement Courtney McLeod Chad James Christian Daw Welcome! Today on The Chaise Lounge, we bring you a panel of designers as they discuss Design Disruptors and navigating your business in the digital age. The panel is put on by Universal Furniture. Your host, Nick May, is joined by Lauren Clement, Courtney McLeod, Chad James and Christian Daw.  Learn more about Universal Furniture by visiting their website www.universalfurniture.com. Chaise Lounge Updates We’re excited to announce another new season of Coast to Coast Design, back on October 28th! New conversations, new microphones, new takes on old themes. Be sure to add us to your feeds if you haven’t already, and stay tuned! Our Events Page Resources See what our sponsors can do for you. Upcoming Markets Stay tuned for updates. More About Our Sponsors Wrap Up If you would like to hear more episodes, please visit us on iTunes, Spotify or your favorite podcasting app! We'd love it if

From college athlete to sports broadcasting to interior design - this week’s guest seems to have done it all. Today on The Chaise Lounge, Nick May is joined by Bre Hance of InHance Interiors.  Having played basketball from a young age and through college, a lot of Bre’s life had revolved around sports. She had been a sports reporter for her school and she had to stop because she couldn’t bring herself to critique the quarterback, who was her friend. She was thrown into interior design by way of her husband’s development company and now specializes in high end residential design/build. Being a social butterfly has helped grow her network consisting of people who know her, like her and trust her. Learn more about InHance Interiors by visiting www.inhanceinteriors.com. Also be sure to check her out on Instagram @inhance_interiors. It’s about how many people know you, like you and trust you. It’s something that has really stuck with me because it’s been instrumental in my growth. Even now, referral busin

Our next guest grew up in the great outdoors of Montana and Wyoming before taking a path down interior design. On today’s season premiere of The Chaise Lounge, Nick May sits down with Chris Ritchie of Christopher Zoltan Design. Chris Ritchie has a tight relationship with design. His mother was the designer for Yellowstone National Park and later had him help in her Atlanta firm. After his mother passed, he paved his own path to interior design and now has a successful design firm. Christopher Zoltan Design, based in Washington DC, specializes in hospitality and furniture design. Chris’ eye for furniture helped him get in the door of well-known hotel brands such as MGM Grand, Bellagio and Hollywood. It’s not about me I always tell my team. It’s about us. And when the client feels that, they come into our very cool office, they feel like it’s a whole team. They get the project, they get what’s going on, they understand it. It’s not just me pitching it. So I think that’s what’s really important with all of

On this season finale of The Chaise Lounge, Nick May is joined by Jasmine Lam with Jasmine Lam Interior Design based in Miami. Jasmine came from the movie industry working with some of the most successful people in the industry. She made business deals with screenwriters, directors and actors, and decided she also wanted to do the creative part. That was where her firm was born. Jasmine Lam Interior Design specializes mainly in residential projects all over the world. Learn more about what Jasmine and Jasmine Lam Interior Design are doing by visiting their website www.jasminelam.com and be sure to check them out on Instagram @jasminelaminteriordesign.  And I think because I did so many different types of clients in New York even with that my network just expanded a lot. So how do you do it? You know it’s weird. I guess you just have to be really courageous and just go for it. You just go and talk to as many people as you can. Jasmine Lam Tweet And I think because I did

It’s not everyday that we have a designer on the show from outside the continental United States. She’s a native of the Virgin Islands who later moved to Maryland and started her own design firm. Today’s guest, Dennese Rojas who owns Interiors by Design, joins Nick May on The Chaise Lounge. Dennese obtained a degree in interior design, but went down other paths that eventually led her to start her own design firm. She helped a friend with some interior design and found it is what she needed to be doing. Interiors by Design is a residential interior design firm in Maryland. They specialize in new construction, remodeling, staging, furniture layout and much more! Learn more about what Dennese and Interiors by Design are doing by visiting their website at www.interiorsbydesignmd.com and check out their Instagram @interiorsbydesignllc.  People don’t realize how things have changed. When I first got into the business you used to be able to order fabrics without a problem because most of those vendors wou

High Point Market year round? We think YES! On today’s episode of The Chaise Lounge, Nick May is joined by Carol Gregg, Gary Inman and Dudley Moore, Jr. They are some of the people involved in making High Point By Design happen. With just bi-annual week-long events, there is a group of people that think the High Point Market should be open year round. They’re calling it High Point By Design. Here’s what they have to say. Learn more about High Point By Design by visiting www.hpxd.org and be sure to check out their Instagram @highpointxdesign. I think there will be consumers that will want to come and shop High Point and they’ll realize they need an export to help them do that. They can’t possibly do it on their own. So I think for those of us in the region there are probably going to be referrals and I would like to come and help someone shop High Point. I kind of know it like the back of my hand after 50 trips down there. Gary Inman Tweet Chaise Lounge Updates A new season of Coast to

When she isn’t busy working, our next guest loves to host and cook for her friends. Today on The Chaise Lounge, Nick May is joined by New York-native Stephanie Cohen of Stephanie Cohen Home. Stephanie had dreams of becoming an entertainment lawyer until she got married and decorated her house. Her husband liked the decor so much he encouraged her to take interior design classes, and now she manages much more than just an interior design business. She also runs a furniture showroom (pieces available on her website). Her family is very important to her and even her sons work in her design firm. Learn more about Stephanie and Stephanie Cohen Home at www.stephaniecohenhome.com and check out her Instagram @stephaniecohenhome.  It’s never a sad environment. So I think that's what I love the most about what I do. Everybody that comes in is so excited about doing what they’re doing and so happy and it’s great. You get to work with people at their best. Stephanie Cohen Tweet It’

Today on The Chaise Lounge, Nick May catches up with his friend Barclay Butera with Barclay Butera Interiors. This was an Instagram Live brought to you by Jaipur Living. Barclay tells us of his newest rug collections with Jaipur Living, plans with his business moving forward and his rekindled relationship with his mother. Learn more about what Barclay is doing by visiting his website www.barclaybutera.com. Be sure to check out his collection with Jaipur Living at www.jaipurliving.com. In all the collections that we do we have a goal in mind and we stick to that goal. I don’t go back on anything. If I make a decision usually it’s just full speed ahead. I don’t second guess a decision. Barclay Butera Tweet In all the collections that we do we have a goal in mind and we stick to that goal. I don’t go back on anything. If I make a decision usually it’s just full speed ahead. I don’t second guess a decision. Barclay Butera Tweet Chaise Lounge Update