Business of Home Podcast

A graduate of UC Berkeley and Columbia with a focus in historic preservation, Elizabeth Roberts had an impressive career before she started a firm. On her own, she’s become famous for her reinventions of Brooklyn townhouses—including the Cobble Hill project that helped make Athena Calderone a star. On this episode of the podcast she speaks with host Dennis Scully about how starting small let her only take on work she really wanted, why her office takes on interior design as well as architecture, and why her life’s mission is to find new uses for old buildings. 

This episode is sponsored by Loloi and Kohler

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Elizabeth Roberts Architects
Dennis Scully
Business of Home

Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including sweeping new tariffs, a designer’s arrest in California and whether GLP-1’s are transforming home design. Later, digital consultant Ian Lurie joins the show to share advice on helping AI chatbots find your business.   

This episode is sponsored by Joon Loloi

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Ian Lurie
Business of Home

A veteran of the industry and a master of his trade, Simon Upton’s work has appeared in every major shelter magazine, and his list of high profile clients goes on and on: Gil Schafer, Bobby McAlpine, Rose Uniacke, Robert Kime and countless others have all turned to him to capture their best work. Upton’s new book, A-Z Interiors is a retrospective on more than three decades, organized alphabetically.

On this episode of the podcast, he speaks with host Dennis Scully about what designers need to tell their photographers, why daylight is always the best light, and why a little imposter syndrome might just be a good thing

This episode is sponsored by Loloi and Kohler

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Simon Upton
A-Z Interiors
Dennis Scully
Business of Home

Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including new interior design legislation, why Boomers are buying bigger homes, and why some furniture companies are hiring AI employees. Later, Grant Bowen, founder of the owner's rep firm Peak Projects, joins the show.  

This episode is sponsored by Joon Loloi

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Peak Projects
Business of Home

Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero met as students at RISD, but they didn’t start a firm until 2014, after connecting when they happened to be employed by different firms working on the same project. In a short amount of time, Charlap Hyman and Herrero have become two of the design industry’s brightest young stars, earning a spot on Elle Decor’s A-List and the AD100, and this year winning the annual interior design award from the Cooper Hewitt museum. Their work pushes boundaries—occasionally surreal, often driven by narrative, the unveiling of a new  Charlap Hyman & Herrero project is always cause for excitement. On this episode of the podcast, host Dennis Scully speaks with the two designers about their unique process for establishing a shared visual language with clients, how they made the best of scrappy early projects, and how getting press has helped them take more risks.

This episode is sponsored by Loloi and Kohler

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Charlap Hyman & Herrero
Dennis Scully
Business of Home