The Chaise Lounge Podcast

By iMay Media

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What's The Chaise Lounge Podcast about?

Talking the business of interior design. Each week, Nick May interviews successful interior designers from around the world to find out how they have grown their successful interior design business. We talk marketing, client management, staff management, and all the little things that go into creating a great design business.

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S24 E13 – “Find Your Own Vo...

01.10.2020

Welcome! Today in The Lounge, Nick sits down with NYC interior designer Kati Curtis. Kati founded Kati Curtis Design in 2005 after 12 years of working with international architecture and engineering firms. She is a Certified Interior Designer (CID), and ...

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01.10.2020 S24 E13 – “Find Your Own Voice”—Interior Designer Kati Curtis Explores the Client-Entrepreneur Connection Welcome! Today in The Lounge, Nick sits down with NYC interior designer Kati Curtis. Kati founded Kati Curtis Design in 2005 after 12 years of working with international architecture and engineering firms. She is a Certified Interior Designer (CID), and ...
01.07.2020 S24 E12 — 2020 Jumpstart with NYC Designer Neal Beckstedt Welcome! This week on The Lounge, Nick spends some quality time with New York-based architect, interior designer, and vintage Rolex watch collector Neal Beckstedt, who boldly launched Neal Beckstedt Studio in 2010 in the depths of the recession, landed his ...
12.21.2019 S24 E11 – Celebrity designer Krista Watterworth talks balancing her TV and design careers, building teams, Vanilla Ice, and life in Florida! Welcome! Today in The Lounge, Nick sits down with Florida-based celebrity designer Krista Watterworth. Krista is perhaps best known for her appearances on HGTV and the Food Network but she has also achieved stellar success in Palm Beach with her ...
12.20.2019 S24 E10 – Guest Host Stacy Garcia Meets Jacki Arena Welcome! Today in The Lounge, special guest host Stacy Garcia meets long-time friend and collaborator, philanthropist and resort designer extraordinaire Jacki Arena. Jacki has made a name for herself in designing high end resorts throughout the world, and for establishing ...
12.07.2019 S24 E9 – Special Guest Host Rachel Moriarty Meets Tym De Santo Welcome! Today in The Lounge, guest host Rachel Moriarty sits down with Artist/Designer/Musician/Host and Entrepreneur Tym De Santo. Tym is perhaps best known for his appearances on HGTV’s Design Star, however, Tym’s skills and abilities go well beyond his Design ...
12.03.2019 S24 E8 – Celebrity Guest Host Chad James Meets Peacock Alley’s Katherine Nicholson Welcome! Today in The Lounge, celebrity guest host, Chad James sits down with Katherine Nicholson of Peacock Alley. Chad and Katherine met at the Atlanta Spring Southeastern Showhouse years back and Chad has direct experience using Katherine’s services with Peacock ...
11.29.2019 S24 E7 – Being More Than A Designer With Cochineal Design Founder Sarah Mendel Welcome! Today in The Lounge, Nick meets the founder of Cochineal Design, Sarah Mendel, who, in just 5 short years since graduating from Parsons School of Design, has made a name for herself in the New York interior design community ...
11.26.2019 S24 E6 – Guest Chaise Lounge with Antiques Diva Toma Clark Haines and Modern Antiquarian Margaret Schwartz Brass Horse Heads Antler Chandelier CA. 1870'S SWEDISH GUSTAVIAN VITRINE Today on the Chaise Lounge, your host is the Antiques Diva Toma Clark Haines. Toma chats with her friend and fellow antiques dealer Margaret Schwartz of Modern Antiquarian. They discuss ...
11.22.2019 S24 E5 – California Dreaming With Raili Clasen Today in The Lounge, Nick sits down with celebrated California designer Raili Clasen. Raili has a very interesting and unique background and a great story. She is self-trained but she has become a highly sought-after designer in her native Orange ...
11.19.2019 S24 E4 – Guest Host: Stacy Garcia Meets Design Icon Clodagh Today is a special day in the Chaise Lounge. Your host, today, is not Nick May but rather Stacy Garcia of Stacy Garcia, Inc. Stacy is the first of many guest hosts on the Chaise Lounge this season. In this ...
11.15.2019 S24 E3 – High Point Market Fall 2019: Everything* Designers Should Know Living room design by Mitchell Hill Beach house design by Southern Studio Dinning room by Mannarino Designs On the final episode of the Chaise Lounge’s coverage of High Point Market, Nick hosts a panel with Vicky Serany of Southern Studio, ...
11.12.2019 S24 E2 – High Point Market Fall 2019: Nick in the Lounge and Getting Into Print Today, High Point continues with a conversation in Nick’s Lounge Away From Home with Stacy Garcia, Sandra Funk and Laura Thurman. They talk about how they manage their time and give themselves permission to succeed in interior design whether they ...
11.05.2019 S24 E1 – High Point Market Fall 2019: Retail Isn’t Dead and Nick in the Lounge Patina Vie's storefront Setting the Space's storefront Leon & Lulu's storefront The Chaise Lounge is back from High Point Market. This week brings with it two episodes packed with everything Nick got up to in High Point. This week’s episode ...
10.18.2019 S23 E23 – Acting as Good as You Are with Chris Roughan Today’s episode of the Chaise Lounge is the last of the season, and it is graced by Chris Roughan. Roughan is principal of Roughan Interiors, a high-end residential and commercial firm with offices in New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut. ...
10.15.2019 S23 E22 – Cover All Your Everything with Michele Plachter Welcome to the final week of the Chaise Lounge season 23. The first designer who will usher the season into High Point weekend is Michele Plachter, principal of Michele Plachter Design in Philadelphia. Plachter tells Nick about how she uses ...
10.11.2019 S23 E21 – Nick at the International Association of Home Staging Professionals Conference Part 2 Today’s episode of the Chaise Lounge is the conclusion of Nick’s adventures in Nashville at the International Association of Home Staging Professionals Conference. In this batch of interviews, Nick talks to Melissa Marro of Rave Home Staging and Redesign, a ...
10.08.2019 S23 E20 – Nick at the International Association of Home Staging Professionals Conference This week brings with it a two-part episode of the Chaise Lounge with guests Nick spoke to at the International Association of Home Staging Professionals Conference in Nashville. Today, three guests join Nick in the lounge: Kelly Moore, the vice ...
10.04.2019 S23 E19 – Showing Out in Showhouses with Tish Mills On the penultimate episode of the Chaise Lounge season 23, Nick talks to Tish Mills of Harmonious Living by Tish Mills. Tish tells the story of how she came up with degrees in both behavioral psychology and design and she ...
10.01.2019 S23 E18 – Networking and Design Tradition with Keia McSwain On the first Chaise Lounge of October, Keia McSwain joins Nick in the studio. McSwain is the president of the Black Interior Designers Network and principal of Kimberly + Cameron Interiors. Both of these roles are responsibilities she took up ...
09.27.2019 S23 E17 – Mid-Life Breakthrough with Darla Powell Today’s Chaise Lounge showcases Miami designer Darla Powell of Darla Powell Interiors. Powell is a former Miami cop of 19 years who decided to follow her childhood compulsion to redecorate into an interior design career in 2017.
09.24.2019 S23 E16 – Team Design with Pillar and Peacock Founders Brandeis Short and Adrianne Bugg Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick talks with two guests, the co-founders of Pillar and Peacock Adrianne Bugg and Brandeis Short. Adrianne Bugg spent five years in finance before eventually joining up with Brandeis to start the firm. When she ...
09.20.2019 S23 E15 – What to Watch for with High Point Brand Ambassador Jackie Von Tobel and Thriving as a Small Design Firm with Jonathan Berger Today's episode of The Chaise Lounge is a double header. Nick's two guests are High Point Market's Brand Ambassador Jackie Von Tobel and New York/ California/ New Mexico designer Jonathan Berger. Jackie Von Tobel is a designer who brands herself ...
09.17.2019 S23 E14 – Highpoint Warmup with Andrea Schumacher Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick is joined, for the first time, in the studio by Denver designer Andrea Schumacher, the principal of Andrea Schumacher Interiors. Schumacher talks about her transition from fashion to interiors, expanding out to Santa Barbara ...
09.13.2019 S23 E13 – Feel-Good Design with Carrie Long Today on the Chaise Lounge, Michigan designer Carrie Long joins Nick to discuss working with a baby, hidden doors and everything good design can do for a person’s life.
09.10.2019 S23 E12 – iMay Media Digital Marketing Director Tyler LaChapelle Today's episode of the Chaise Lounge is coming from inside the house. The director of digital marketing for iMay Media, the company behind this podcast, Tyler LaChapelle joins Nick to talk about the finer points of digital marketing. This episode ...
09.06.2019 S23 E11 – Instagram-First Marketing with Karen B. Wolf Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick welcomes Karen B. Wolf, principal of Karen B. Wolf Interiors to the show. Wolf fell in love with art as a child but only found it as a career after years in marketing. Now ...
09.03.2019 S23 E10 – Designing Marketing with Nancy Charbonneau Welcome back to the Chaise Lounge. Today, Nick returns with Nancy Charbonneau, a Texas-based designer who runs Charbonneau Interiors, a boutique design firm that specializes in bespoke designs. Charbonneau started college for fashion design, but, when she was visiting home, ...
08.30.2019 S23 E9 – Be Blunt and Get It Done with Victoria Sanchez Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick joins Victoria Sanchez in a conversation about knowing your worth, charging for services and how it gets easier with practice.
08.27.2019 S23 E8 – Die-hard Designer John McClain On this new week of the Chaise Lounge, Nick talks with John McClain of John McClain Design about passion, the power of marketing by being on TV and the value retail locations can add to a design business.
08.23.2019 S23 E7 – The Value of Experience Lisa Davenport Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick welcomes Lisa Davenport to the show. Davenport is the principal of Lisa Davenport Designs. After realizing she wasn’t cut out to work a graphic design job in a cubicle, she took a job at ...
08.16.2019 S23 E6 – Getting Salty and Saying “No” with Kate Lester Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick talks to Kate Lester of Kate Lester Interiors about growing up in Southern California, wanting to grow up to be rich and evolving into a designer and how fun it is to tell people ...
08.13.2019 S23 E5 – Bespoke Carolina Retail with Anne Rainey Rokahr Today on the Chaise Lounge, Nick talks to designer, retail entrepreneur and “Queen of Eclecticism” Anne Rainey Rokahr. Rokahr is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and after a career as a film producer, she returned to her roots and ...
08.09.2019 S23 E4 – Nick May and Polywood at Las Vegas Market For this season's coverage of Las Vegas Market, the Chaise Lounge presents a panel where Nick chats with Polywood's design ambassadors Shayla Copas, Farah Merhi and Angelo Adamo. The panel covers one of your host's favorite topics: Branding. The panel ...
08.06.2019 S23 E3 – Jaime Blomquist, Losing Everything But Passion Today in The Lounge, Nick chats with Jaime Blomquist of Jaime Blomquist Interiors. Based in her hometown of Fort Lauderdale, Blomquist’s business has seen both highs and lows. She talks to Nick about how she got her start and how ...
08.02.2019 S23 E2 – Successful Partnerships with Kenneth Boyer Today in The Lounge, Nick talks to Kenneth Boyer of Atelier K, based in Los Angeles. Boyer runs the interior design firm with his business partner, Kristin Gunnette. Together, they design high-end residential homes along with custom furniture and lighting ...
07.30.2019 S23 E1 – Sally Williams, Not Afraid To Try Today in The Lounge, Nick kicks off this season with Sally Williams of Colorful Concepts Interior Design. Based in North Carolina, Williams built her business from scratch after falling in love with interior design. She talks about trying new things, ...
07.12.2019 S22 E20 – Partnerships in Hospitality with O’Kelly + Kasprak On the season finale of the Chaise Lounge, Nick sits down with Belinda O’Kelly and David Kasprak the two architect-designers who founded O’Kelly + Kasprak in 2010 together after the firm hospitality firm they had both worked at dissolved. Nine ...
07.09.2019 S22 E19 – High-End Consignment with Rich Schell Today in The Lounge, Nick catches up with Rich Schell of Rich Designs Home. Schell is located just a hop, skip, and a jump away from Nick, in Colorado Springs. There, he has one space for both his design firm ...
07.05.2019 S22 E18 – Erinn Valencich On this Independence Day weekend episode of The Chaise Lounge, Nick visits with Erinn Valencich, a consummate entrepreneur who runs a full-service design firm, designs and sells furniture and is even behind an app that helps designers run their businesses. ...
07.02.2019 S22 E17 – Mastering Motherhood and Design with Breegan Jane Today in The Lounge, Nick catches up with Breegan Jane of Breegan Jane design. Based in Santa Monica, California, Jane not only runs her own business, but is also a mother of two boys. She pursues other creative endeavors as ...
06.28.2019 S22 E16 – Holistic Design by Laurence Carr Today in The Lounge, Nick speaks to Laurence Carr of Laurence Carr Design. She finds inspiration in everything from music to nature, from art to food, and she’s not afraid to bring her worldly influence to interior design.
06.25.2019 S22 E15 – Yes, No with Carol Kurth Today in The Lounge, Nick talks to Carol Kurth of Carol Kurth Architecture + Interiors. Kurth is not your typical architect, marrying her passion for architecture with interior design, and maintaining a role in every single project that her firm ...
06.21.2019 S22 E14 – Steak House Hospitality with Beth Donner Today in The Lounge, Nick talks to Beth Donner of Beth Donner Design based in Long Island, New York. Donner is busy balancing projects all over the country from residential to commercial to restaurants, not to mention, her ongoing ten ...
06.18.2019 S22 E13 – Laura Umansky, Creating a Legacy Through Story Telling Welcome! Today in The Lounge, Nick chats with Laura Umanski of Laura U Interiors, a Houston Texas designer who runs her firm with her wonderful staff and comes home to her loving family. Laura has a vision that each client ...
06.14.2019 S22 E12 – Innovation in Hospitality with Teddy Mayer Today in The Lounge, Nick catches up with Teddy Mayer, the Vice President of Design and Technical Services for Virgin Hotels. He oversees the design of each hotel from a creative and technical perspective, develops partnerships with owners and developers, ...
06.11.2019 S22 E11 – Thoughtful Hospitality with Lisa Haude Today, Nick is Lounging with hospitality designer Lisa Haude of Paradigm Design Group. Haude grew up drawing floor plans using any and all resources at hand, her trajectory from design child to successful business owner was a straight line, but ...
06.07.2019 S22 E10 – From Painting to Consulting to Painting with Sarah Von Dreele Welcome back to the Chaise Lounge. This Friday, Nick invites Sarah Von Dreele into the lounge. Von Dreele is a graphic designer by training who wanted to try her hand at fine arts before choosing a different path that has ...
06.04.2019 S22 E9 – Going Big and Getting Bigger with Jimmy DeLaurentis Welcome! Today in The Lounge, Nick sits down with Jimmy DeLaurentis of Jimmy DeLaurentis, a Philadelphia native with an Italian heritage. He has a big spot in his heart for his family, his dogs, and loves to go big or ...
05.31.2019 S22 E8 – Ty Burks, Interior Design with a Mix of Antiques and Customer Furniture Today in The Lounge, Nick joins Dallas native Ty Burks of William-Christopher Design, he is one of the co-founders of the design firm, along with his partner Christopher Ridolf. Come listen in as Nick and Ty discuss how he started ...
05.24.2019 S22 E7 – A Hot Look at Interior Design with Michelle Rohrer-Lauer Welcome! Today in The Lounge, Nick sits down with Michelle Rohrer-Lauer of Michelle's Interior. Michelle has fabulous sophistication mixed with modern elements to gives that special magical feeling that fits you and your home.

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