Latest Homefurnishings Podcast Episodes
420 - Adam Hoover - Somehow Furniture Found Me
Sew Much More - July 07, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsAdam Hoover began his journey in the furniture industry while in college, buying and selling vintage pieces from his dorm room. In 2011 he founded Main Street Modern, how one of the country’s largest mid-century modern furniture showrooms, located in Canton, Ohio. Two years ago, Adam acquired ...
419 - Jessica Arey - If I'm Going to Work This Hard, I'm Going to Do This For Myself
Sew Much More - June 30, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJessica Arey is the Owner/Operator of Arey Design, a custom soft furnishing studio in Boston, MA. Spending her first decade with architectural firms and interior designers focused on commercial spaces provides a strong foundation of skills. In 2009, Jessica began creating custom soft furni...
418 - Jonathan Camp - I Stuck Around and It Grew On Me
Sew Much More - June 23, 2024 10:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJonathan Camp is from Canton, Ohio and for 21 years has worked at Ohio Workroom where he now manages nine employees. While he can confidently rework any piece of furniture, his specialty is tufting. A bench of his can be found in the Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens historic house museum in Akron, ...
417 - Listener Favorite - Carly Melancon
Sew Much More - June 16, 2024 12:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsCarly Melcancon redesigns and revives once forgotten upholstered furniture into one-of-a-kind western statement pieces using vintage Mexican textiles, rugs, and hair-on hides. Carly is on Facebook and Instagram. Links and Resources; (I do use some affiliate links and appreciate it if yo...
416 - Amy Petersen - It Was Love at First Staple!
Sew Much More - June 09, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsAmy Petersen is the owner of Gray Duck Upholstery, located in Parker, Colorado. She began upholstering in 2011 after taking classes at a local trade school. Prior to making upholstery her profession, Amy had a long career in public accounting. She has master’s degrees in Business, Accounting ...
415 - Greer Woollcott - I Wanted to Get Training In This World
Sew Much More - June 02, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsGreer Woollcott lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her partner Tobin. She comes from a family of creative and skilled women where she learned she could make anything if she set her mind to it. She studied fine arts and art history for 2 years at Concordia University and then changed progra...
414 - Networking and the Effect It Has Had on My Business
Sew Much More - May 26, 2024 10:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsWRT Podcast - What's So Scary About Confidence The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library Merril Y Landis, LTD Angel's Distributing, LLC ...
413 - Listener Favorite - Gillian Wendel
Sew Much More - May 19, 2024 10:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsThe Wendel Works, started in 1999, is a nationally recognized custom fabrication studio specializing in inspired window and bedding designs. Owner, Gillian Wendel, bring years of fine art and graphics experience to the business as well as drapery expertise. With a BFA from Texas Christian Univ...
412 - Jill Stroh - Your House Should Be Your Happy Place
Sew Much More - May 12, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJill Stroh was born in Ohio, and has a younger brother and older sister. (She's the middle child!) She was always doing something creative in some form or fashion and was always encouraged to be creative. Jill went to school for Communications and concentrated her studies in Advertising. She h...
411 - Olga Kott - Creating A Family Business
Sew Much More - May 05, 2024 10:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsWe are a family from Ukraine who have been living and working in the UK for over 17 years. Our backgrounds were unrelated to the interior design business. But we always love craft , had ambitions, and lots of ideas. Our shared passion and belief in each other led us to start Kott Soft Furnis...
410 - Listener Favorite - Laurie Gutberlet
Sew Much More - April 28, 2024 10:30 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsLaurie Gutberlet began her business in February 2020. Her one-person, small workroom is located in the Atlantic Coast region of Bethany Beach, DE. The catalyst for Laurie's “startup” is largely due to the relationship built and training received from Susan Woodcock at Workroom Tech. Laurie ...
409 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES - Jeanelle Dech and Klimaka Studios
Sew Much More - April 21, 2024 10:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn this OPPORTUNITY THINKING episode of the Sew Much More Podcast, Ceil DiGuglielmo joins Jeanelle Dech in her office at Adaptive Textiles in West Chester, PA. They talk about the origins and growth of the textile printing business and the launch of KLIMAKA STUDIOS https://klimakastudios.com/, a...
408 - Remembering Beth Hodges
Sew Much More - April 14, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsThe Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library Merril Y Landis, LTD Angel's Distributing, LLC National Upholstery Association Workroom Tech
407 - How Do You Overcome Procrastination?
Sew Much More - April 07, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsAmber De Lagarza's Time Blindness Podcast Gretchen Rubin - The One Minute Rule and Will Future Gretchen Thank Me? The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Libr...
406 - Will Linn - My Boss Makes It Easy To Work For Her
Sew Much More - March 31, 2024 10:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsWill Linn is the Head workroom manager at Marquis Design Group in West Palm Beach, Florida. With over 15 years experience in the world of Fashion and Interior Design, he manages the day-to-day operation of the shop, building and upholstering beds, ottomans, cornices, and walls for Marquis De...
405 - Listener Favorite - Monica Rhodes
Sew Much More - March 24, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsAn interview style podcast with people in the Custom Home Furnishings industry.
404 - Opportunity Thinking Series with Renee Gurganas, WCAA Executive Director
Sew Much More - March 17, 2024 10:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsRenee Gurganus is a native of Augusta, Georgia and now lives in beautiful Wilmington, NC. With over 20 years of leadership experience in the non-profit and for-profit sectors, Renee brings a wealth of knowledge to the WCAA. Previously she was the Executive Director of a community organizatio...
403 - Keaven Willa Hartt - Only Say Yes to the Type of Job You Want to Do More Of
Sew Much More - March 10, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsKeaven Willa Hartt was born in Bar Harbor, Maine, and grew up in the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont. She moved back to Maine in 2010 to attend the Maine College of Art, in Portland, where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Woodworking and Furniture Design, with a self-directed thesis on Sustain...
402 - Rachel Crowe -If You Don't Have your Own Wisdom, You Borrow it From Others
Sew Much More - March 03, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsRachel began her business in 2004 on the dining table of her mother’s living room after a fluke encounter with a family friend at the local bakery. Who knew that croissants would be the catalyst to begin a soft furnishings business? The seed had been planted several years after visiting a stran...
401 - Opportunity Thinking Episode with Deb Cronin - The Workroom Body
Sew Much More - February 25, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsDeborah Cronin is the owner of Leatherwood Design Co is a custom window treatment fabrication studio, located in Ossining, New York, in the breathtaking Hudson River Valley. Deb and her team work to the trade and delight in fine fabrics and workmanship. It's an understatement to say they love wh...
400 - Listener Favorite - Jamie Terrel
Sew Much More - February 18, 2024 13:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJamie Terral is the owner of Workroom Creations by Jamie LLC. With encouragement from Jamie's husband, Bob, and Susan Woodcock, she made her hobby and love for sewing into a soft furnishings workroom, where she uses beautiful fabrics and trims to sew amazing home decor. Jamie is a window cover...
399 - Listener Favorite - Sharon Coppede
Sew Much More - February 11, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsSharon Coppede is the owner of Custom Window Treatments, Inc. In 1982, when her children were 4 and 2 yrs. old, Sharon joined a neighborhood cottage industry in Plymouth, Mass. as a seamstress for aprons, toaster covers, and tab top drapes stenciled on the lead edges. She realized she had a g...
398 - Listener Favorite - Cristina Alamdari
Sew Much More - February 04, 2024 11:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsCristina Alamdari was born in Colombian and moved to the US almost 30 years ago. She lives in Phoenix AZ and she has 3 beautiful children, her husband is Iranian, and they have a unique family of combined cultures and religions. Cristina enjoys traveling and learning. She has been working in ...
397 - Mary Cardinale - I Know What I Need To Do and Sometimes It's Hard
Sew Much More - January 28, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsMary is the owner of Bucks County Window Décor. She has been in business since 2007, offering custom drapery and soft treatments, fabrics, hardware, blinds, shades, and shutters to both retail clients as well as designers. Her company is full-service and offers complete project management inclu...
396 - Cheers to 5 Years at the Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library!
Sew Much More - January 21, 2024 11:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsI am so happy to be celebrating 5 years of being the Librarian at the Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library!! I couldn't have done this without the help and guidance of Jeanelle Dech, and so many people in our industry who have contributed to the content within the Library. And I ...
395 - Listener Favorite - Julia Hash
Sew Much More - January 14, 2024 11:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsToday's episode of the Podcast is a re-release of my interview with Julia Hash of JSH Designs. Julia needed to solve a problem in her workroom and realized, she probably wasn't the only one who needed this solution. I think you will find her ruler is really amazing! Links and Resources;...
394 - Barb Flynn - It's Challenge After Challenge, But You Get Through It
Sew Much More - January 07, 2024 13:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsBarb Flynn started sewing as a young girl making drapery panels out of bed sheets for her and her sister's bedroom. Always having a mind on figuring life out and solving problems, Barb studied history and psychology in college and became a Paralegal after college. She worked in the law field fo...
393 - Listener Favorite - Jayna Manzelli
Sew Much More - December 31, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJayna Manzelli graduated from Brandeis University with a BA in Biology and began a career in Pharmaceutical Quality Control. Experience gained in analysis, equipment, procedures, organization, specifications, and personnel management became relevant when Jayna began her new custom workroom busin...
392 - Julie Wood - White House Christmas Decorating
Sew Much More - December 24, 2023 11:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsJulie Wood, owner of The Leading Edge, began her career as an Art Educator. An avid interest in interior design led her to enroll in the Interior Design program at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. While at NHIA, her love of fabric and sewing translated perfectly into a career creating window ...
391 - 2023 Year End Wrap Up with Michele Williams
Sew Much More - December 17, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsI look forward to this episode with Michele Williams! We hope you enjoy hearing it as much as we enjoy recording it. Scarlet Thread Consulting Metrique Solutions
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