Open AI is retiring all custom GPT’s on December 11, 2026, across all plans. Whether you created your own or bought one from someone else. Read this post for migration details and please share this post so noone loses access to their customGPT information and conversations.
Read MoreI’m thrilled and honored to share I’ve been named one of Kitchen and Bath Design News Magazine’s 2026 Top Innovators! See all the designers also named by clicking the Read More link below.
Read MoreMeta’s MUSE AI agents are now shopping on behalf of consumers and soon, Amazon’s Buy For Me AI agents will be doing the same. This has major implications for all ecommerce retailers, large and small. Read this post to find out the issues and the solutions I recommend implementing now.
Read MoreRead about how AI is impacting the business operations of kitchen and bath manufacturers and other types of related businesses in the new September issue of Kitchen and Bath Design News Magazine.
Read MoreUsing AI to offer your clients bespoke products and to design and sell your own collections on your own websites is an idea whose time has come.
Read MoreSee, in images, the 8 reasons why ChatGPT told me you shouldn’t rely on it for furniture pricing -especially when it comes to upholstery.
Read MoreWITHIT is the country’s premier networking and leadership development organization for women in the home furnishings industry. I was very honored to receive their President’s Award for my contributions to helping them succeed in their mission. Read the backstory and find out more about WITHIT here.
Read MoreSee what WAC Group’s INSPIRE AI app can do - an innovation in AI for both consumers and designers - as seen at June 2026 Lightovation, North America’s largest residential lighting tradeshow, held twice a year at Dallas Market Center.
Read MoreEnjoy this recap of my recent presentation on 5 Pain Points That AI Solves For Kitchen And Bath Designers at the monthly meeting of the Texas Gulf Coast chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association.
Read MoreFrom AI education and industry workshops to pioneering product development initiatives, this collection showcases Savour Partnership principal, Leslie Carothers’ work between 2023 and 2026, helping shape the future of the kitchen and bath industry through artificial intelligence innovation.
Read MoreEnjoy all the images in this post from my time at the June 2025 Lightovation tradeshow - North America’s largest residential lighting tradeshow held 2x a year at Dallas Market. Part 2 of this post will be coming next week.
Read MoreRead this post for my 5 top tips for optimizing your interior design website for Chat GPT search - the new way your clients are finding you - and get a bonus tip, too.
Read MoreListen to Luann Nigara, podcast host extraordinaiire, interview me on A Well Designed Business about AI And The Metaverse - Are They The Future Of Interior Design?
Plus, see images from the the Metaverse Lighting Trendhouse installation at Lightovation, the AILA sink and learn more about Lori Carpenter’s Instagram Live Show, The 3rd Phase.
AI for SEO: Read the story of how one luxury interior designer, Rachel Moriarty, got hired by a client for a major project, through his search on Chat GPT and learn how to optimize your own websites for potential clients who are using Chat GPT versus Google to search for what you offer.
Read MoreI was so honored to have been invited by Toma Clark Haines, The Antiques Diva, to be a guest on her podcast, The Business Of Antiques, to talk with her about the various reinventions of my business and my career. Click MORE to see some .30 second video clips of our conversation and to listen to the entire conversation on Spotify or Apple.
Read MoreIs Sourcing Furniture That’s Made In The USA Better…Or Not? In this post, I share my thoughts on what to consider. I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
Read MoreMy thoughts on Made In The USA furniture and the broader picture interior designers and kitchen and bath designers want to consider when sourcing.
Read More2025’s Top 10 Housing Markets Markets For Luxury Home Buyers as prepared by Zonda, the country’s leading authority on data for the housing industry. In addition, please find a link to my newly revised and expanded LinkedIn + Instagram lead generation workshop happening next Thursday, 1.30 from 2-4 pm CT.
Read MoreIn this post, I share my reflections and many images of what made 2024 such a professionally rewarding year for me, along with the personal tribulations that taxed my emotional reserves. Thank you to each of you who subscribe to this blog and read and share my posts. I am so grateful and wish you each a professionally and personally rewarding 2025.
Read MoreMeet Keith Sauro and Andrea Darr, the publisher and editor in chief of Design KC Magazine, a stunning regional shelter magazine in Kansas City and learn the backstory of how I was invited to be a judge in their 2025 Design Awards, with the winners to be announced on January 26th, 2025.
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