Explore Home - A Podcast from Universal Furniture
Welcome to the Explore Home podcast brought to you by Universal Furniture. Hosted by Universal’s Marketing Director Neil MacKenzie, Explore Home navigates all of the latest happenings within the furniture industry, from design trends to changing marketing strategies. Featuring a new guest every episode, Neil delves into their unique skillset and knowledge as it relates to furniture in a warm, casual, conversational tone. Expect to hear from a range of top authorities, including furniture business professionals, interior designers, design bloggers and influencers.
Episodes
50 episodes
Explore Home with Megan Molten, Founder and Creative Director of Megan Molten Design and Shop
This week, we invite you to Explore Home with Megan Molten, founder and creative director of her eponymous design firm in Charleston, South Carolina. Tune in as Neil sits down with Megan to discuss her design career journey, the importance of b...
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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45:55
Explore Home with Yvonne Christensen and Nichole Speirs, owners of Utah-based House West Design
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast. This week, we invite you to explore home with Yvonne Christensen and Nichole Speirs, owners of Utah-based House West Design. Listen as Yvonne and Nichole discuss how “meeting” on Instagram led to joining for...
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Season 5
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Episode 49
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45:23
Explore Home with Rydhima Brar, Founder and Principal of RTerior Studio
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week, we invite you to Explore Home with Rydhima Brar, founder and principal of R/Terior Studio based in Los Angeles, California. Listen as Rydhima discusses opening her interior design business at the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 48
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44:56
Explore Home with Carmin Black, Founder of Half United
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast. This week, we invite you to explore home with Carmin Black, Founder of Half United. Half United is a for-profit philanthropic company that puts helping others above profit. Selling “socially good goods,” Hal...
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Season 5
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Episode 47
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27:39
Explore Home with John McClain, CEO and Creative Director of John McClain Design
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast. This week, we invite you to explore home with John McClain, CEO and Creative Director of John McClain Design. Home design is in John’s blood, his family built homes and he tagged along as a kid. This led to ...
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Season 5
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Episode 46
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40:11
Explore Home with Tammy Nagem, President and CEO of the High Point Market Authority
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast. This week, we invite you to explore home with Tammy Nagem, President and CEO of High Point Market Authority. As the newly appointed HPMA President, Tammy describes her transition into the role and the antici...
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Season 5
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Episode 45
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41:33
Explore Home with Erika Ward, CEO and Founder of Erika Ward Interiors
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast. This week, we invite you to Explore Home with Erika Ward, owner of Erika Ward Interiors in Atlanta. Listen as Erika describes her journey from majoring in finance at the University of Georgia to working at h...
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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43:29
Explore Home with Amy Bartlam, Interior Photographer
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week, we invite you to Explore Home with Amy Bartlam, owner of Los Angeles based Amy Bartlam Photography. Listen as Amy describes her road to becoming an interior design photographer. As a child in Engl...
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Season 4
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Episode 43
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38:29
Explore Home with Will Brinson of CBS Sports
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week, we invite you to Explore Home with Will Brinson, CBS Sports Senior Writer. Listen as Will details how he went from an English major at NC State to a sports writer for CBS. Will began his car...
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Season 4
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Episode 42
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48:48
Explore Home with Erinn Valencich or Erinn V, interior designer, real estate developer, entrepreneur and our partner on Erinn V. X Universal
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week, we invite you to Explore Home with Erinn Valencich, interior designer, real estate developer, and entrepreneur. Listen as Erinn details how she first made her way into the design industry, startin...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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30:59
Explore Home with Shannon Lookabill, Director of Product Development at Universal Furniture
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week, we invite you to Explore Home with our very own Director of Product Development at Universal Furniture, Shannon Lookabill! Listen as Neil and Shannon first start by discussing Shannon’s journey in...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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34:51
Explore Home with Jonathan Vehar, Partner at Pilgrimage Professional Development Group, LLC
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week, we invite you to Explore Home with Jonathan Vehar, Partner at Pilgrimage Professional Development Group. At Pilgrimage, Jonathan partners with organizations to help them more effectively and effic...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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40:02
Explore Home with Kelli Lamb, Editorial Director and Co-Principal at RUE
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week, we invite you to Explore Home with Kelli Lamb, Editorial Director and Co-Principal of RUE Magazine. Neil and Kelli kick their chat off by discussing more about Kelli’s professional start in bloggi...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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45:12
Explore Home with Mister + Mrs. Sharp
Welcome to the Explore Home podcast! This week we invite you to Explore Home with Patrick and Meghan Sharp of design studio Mister + Mrs Sharp. They first detail how they met — within the visual m...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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33:49
Explore Home with Tiffany Cassidy, principal designer of Lagnappe Custom Interiors
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week we invite you to Explore Home with Tiffany Cassidy, principal designer of Lagnappe Custom Interiors located in St. Thomas, VI. Listen as Tiffany discusses her journey to living and working in the C...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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32:27
Explore Home with Ginna Christensen, founder of GC Collaborative, a boutique consulting and coaching firm
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week we invite you to Explore Home with Ginna Christensen, interior design leadership expert, business coach and consultant. First, Ginna details the start of her career at Giorgio Armani and how the le...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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1:00:57
Explore Home with Amy Lynn Schwartzbard and Patti Carpenter, Co-Founders of the Kaleidoscope Project
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week we invite you to Explore Home with designers Patti Carpenter and AmyLynn Schwartzbard as they join Neil to discuss the Kaleidoscope Project. This exciting design initiative took place at the
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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33:09
Explore Home with Ericka Saurit of Saurit Creative
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week we invite you to Explore Home with Ericka Saurit of Saurit Creative, a digital marketing firm for the home industry. Listen as Neil and Ericka start with a brief history of Ericka’s professional ca...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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44:07
Explore Home with Don Ricardo Massenburg of Design Incredible and Sharon Savage of Lancaster as we discuss HPXD
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week we invite you to Explore Home with Sharon Savage of Lancaster Custom Crafted Upholstery and Don Massenburg of Design Inkredible. Listen as they begin by discussing the various challenges and opport...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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44:38
Explore Home with Danny Seo, Publisher and Co-Principal of RUE Magazine
Welcome to Explore Home Podcast! This week we explore home with Danny Seo,Publisher and Co-Principal of RUE Magazine.Danny is the epitome of a modern-day Renaissance man, he is the author of 14 books, has run a non-profit organiza...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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38:12
Explore Home with Kyla Herbes, Creator of House of Hipsters
Welcome to Explore Home Podcast! This week we explore home with Kyla Herbes, creator of the House of Hipsters blog.Neil and Kyla begin by talking about the birth of House of Hipster, which started as a hobby after her second child was bo...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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1:14:46
Explore Home with Sara Serarle, Account Director at Promoboxx
Welcome to Explore Home Podcast! This week we explore home with Sara Serarle with Promoboxx. Neil and Sara discuss her time spent on the account management team at Snapchat.While there, Sara took note of how the platform fost...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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32:41
Explore Home with Benno Duenkelsbuehler, (re)ALIGN CEO and Chief Growth Sherpa
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week explore home with Benno Duenkelsbuehler, (re)ALIGN CEO and Chief Growth Sherpa. Neil and Benno discuss his background as a buyer and a seller. First, a buyer for Ikea and Pottery Barn f...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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32:21
Explore Home with Scott O'Neil, VP of Global Sales for Cylindo
Welcome to the Explore Home Podcast! This week explore home with Scott O’Neil, VP of Global Sales for Cylindo. Neil and Scott discuss how Cylindo’s focus on 3D product visualization platforms allow manufacturers and retailers the ab...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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41:03
Explore Home with Lori Paranjape, A full service luxury designer from Nashville, TN who also stars under the handle @mrsparanjape on Instagram
Welcome to Explore Home Podcast! Today we explore home with Lori Paranjape, owner of her own design firm based in Nashville, TN which focuses on luxury homes and new construction. Lori's work has been featured in publications like Domino, Archi...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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1:03:42