Hi Everyone! Some of you may have read my 10 Things I can' live without post. Well, I thought it was a fun exercise and I thought it would be a great way to introduce you to my team and make them think about what fuels their fires. First off is Jessica Burne Daviswho I introduced a while back. Yes, you heard me right. We have the same last name. Jessica A and Jessica B Davis - I could tell you...
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Hi all! A couple weeks ago we did a little recap of Nest Studio in the press. 2016 is also proving to be a year of showhouses galore for our hardware line! We've done several of them and really had a great reaction from the design community. Showhouses are such a great way to increase brand awareness and work with top tier designers. Here is a little recap.First was the Christopher Kennedy...
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It's been a while since I posted about Press Mentions. Over the past few months we've been very lucky to have had a number of mentions. Aside from the Apartment Therapy book that came out that featured our previous house, we were also featured in Elle Decor, Consumers Reports and HGTV Magazine.Our Classic Series in Elle DecorOur Faceted Knob in Consumer's ReportsOur Faceted ring pull on the front...
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I mentioned in my New Years Business Resolutions post that I wanted to focus on marketing and PR. Well our lovely publicists at Fashion + Decor took that to heart and hit the ground running in 2016. Our hardware was featured prominently in three rooms in the Christopher Kennedy Compound Designer Showhouse for Modernism Week in Palm Springs. More beauty shots to come but here are a few from my in...
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Every year sometime close to the new year I write two posts. One is a personal resolutions post and one is a business resolution post. I like doing this exercise because it makes me focus on what my goals really are and it forces me to check in to see if I have achieved them. So let's see where we are now that a year has passed. Last years goalsincluded doubling my 2014 sales figures, focusing on...
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Its Jess B here. I hope everyone’s snow adventure was safe and uneventful. As I looked around the drab and bleary conditions, I got inspired to write about my next home decision challenge – color! I’m talking about my interior paint choices.My goal for the house was to keep the color scheme warm, light and airy. Since my kitchen is open to nearly every room on the first floor, it was my starting...
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Its Jess B here. While Jess has been busy with her new house, I have been consumed with my own house renovation. I had good intentions of writing along with the progress but I'm way behind in posts as life, work, kids... got in the way. Excuses aside, I thought it would be helpful to write a series of articles on the house decisions that really kept me up at night.First on my list was choosing...
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We've had a couple of great installs of our hardware overseas over the past few months and we are excited to show them to you. It's fun to see all the different styles that are being implemented around the globe. Louie Shum of House of Beast in Hong Kong sent us these install shots of our F-01L, T-01L, and T-03in satin brass that he used in a super luxurious bathroom in Kowloon Tong. Asia really...
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Hi Everyone! Earlier this week I shared some photos of a before & after where designer Lisa Winig used our T-02 knob. Today Terry Haskett is showing us her kitchen where she has used the F-01-L pull in satin brass. The white and walnut with the brass and amazing back-lit onyx backspash is stunning. Great job Terry!If you have photos of our hardware installed, please send them our way!
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It's a tiny feature (like, literally, tiny on the page), but a write-up is a write up. Our Classic-02 Pulls and Facet-02 knob in satin brass were featured in this month's In Style Closet Boot Camp.Can you spot them on the spread?Here is a close up:Super exciting to be featured in such a high profile wide-reaching magazine!
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Did you guys see my post about my personal new years resolutions for 2015?Last year I also posted about my new years resolutions for my business. I figured I'd revisit these and set some goals for this year as well. There were some overarching resolutions like delegate, get organized and focus. I think in general I've done a good job on these things. Having someone here helping mehas helped...
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2014 was a great press year for Nest Studio. Aside from having our house shot for the Apartment Therapy Book and having my client's work featured on several blogs, our hardware was showcased in a bunch of places as well. From Architectural Digest Online to Domaine Home and AT: Maxwell's Daily Find, we received a good amount of screen time in 2014. We hope to launch a bigger press effort this year...
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