In this episode, we sit down with Kathryn Raby, ASID certified interior designer and mother of our very own producer, to discuss how she approaches her work, some evolving perspectives toward design over the course of her 40-year-career, and reflections on how her perspective of successful design has changed over time. At the beginning, we ask Kathryn why she chose her career and discuss how the various jobs she’s had in her field ultimately led her to start her own interior design business (01:40). Then, we dive deeper into the impact that home and design shows on networks like HGTV have had on her industry (05:50) and examine how Americans’ relationships with their homes have changed over the last 80 years (08:00). After the break, we ask Kathryn to share some ways she has leveraged her creative mind and artistic talents to add value to various projects in her community (14:40) and talk about the significant role that collaboration plays in a successful design project (19:00). Finally, Kathryn shares one of her craziest stories about a project gone wrong early in her career that taught her some necessary lessons and helped get her to where she is today (30:55).

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