Host Dennis Scully and BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus discuss the biggest news in the design world, including earnings from Home Depot and Lowe’s, the industry’s freight problem, and why a tech mogul is trying to invent a new design style. Later, designer Sophie Lou Jacobsen joins the show to share story behind her buzzy glassware brand. This episode is sponsored by Joon Loloi and Lutron. LINKS Sophie Lou Jacobsen Business of Home

The Thursday Show: Do the industry's shipping problems have a solution? Plus: Sophie Lou Jacobsen is on the rise

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This is Business of Home, I'm Dennis Scully and welcome to The Thursday Show. Later on I'll be speaking with designer Sophie Lou Jacobsen about her buzzy glassware brand, but first we're going to catch up on the news, including earnings from Home Depot and Lowe's, the industry's freight problem, and why a tech mogul is trying to invent a new design style. To do all that I'm joined by Business of Home's executive editor Fred Nikolaus. Hi Fred! Hi Dennis, how's it going?

Great, how you doing? Doing good, I just got back from the dentist so I'm nice and numb to get through this episode which has tariffs in it, which is, that's where I'm at right now, how about you? Well I wish I had something to numb the pain from everything that's going on frankly Fred, so I envy you that Novocaine but I appreciate you working through it for the show.

The show must go on. Speaking of that, let's talk about Monday's episode, a conversation with designer, oh I should say decorator, sorry, decorator Alex Papachristidis, Upper East Side classic, what a guy, what a lovely story. I loved hearing his life story, it's so charming.

It's a charming story, it's a classic New York kid story, if most New York kids went off to Greece for a few years and had a donkey and some pets, and yeah, no, he's got some great stories and he's just a lot of fun to talk to.

Yeah, I love that you guys kind of bonded over that because you both had sort of the classic Upper East Side memories, there was, this might have gotten cut from the final episode but you're talking about the doorman at Christie's or something like that, it was very...

The Thursday Show: Do the industry's shipping problems have a solution? Plus: Sophie Lou Jacobsen is on the rise

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

The Thursday Show: Do the industry's shipping problems have a solution? Plus: Sophie Lou Jacobsen is on the rise

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.