Talk Shop with Ariel Okin: A Fenimore Lane Production

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Talk Shop with Ariel Okin: A Fenimore Lane Production Podcast artwork

Delve into the personal worlds of the top interior designers & tastemakers around the globe – interviewed by Ariel Okin, House Beautiful Next Wave Designer, Founder of Fenimore Lane, and Contributing Writer to Vogue, Architectural Digest, & Coveteur. These insightful conversations range from a designer’s favorite resources when sourcing for clients, to how creatives, shopkeepers, and artisans built their businesses, and more. Tune in each Wednesday as Ariel welcomes a new guest to discuss their career journey, design inspirations and even share a little advice for fellow design enthusiasts!

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Amanda Jones Vaughan // A Personal Touch from Design Start-Ups to Fashion Powerhouses to Her Own Brand

May 08 2024 53 mins  
This week Ariel welcomes her friend, Amanda Jones Vaughan. A creative consultant and tastemaker with a career path that runs the gamut from cutting edge interior design startups to fashion powerhouses, Amanda has done it all. From NET-A-PORTER and J. Crew, to most recently, Editor-At-Large for Over The Moon, Amanda’s day-to-day involves overseeing events, content partnerships, an

Hillary W. Taylor // From Law to Design, Twenty Years of Fresh, Authentic and Traditional Styling

May 01 2024 50 mins  
On this week’s episode of Talk Shop, Ariel is joined by the accomplished interior designer, Hillary W. Taylor. Having grown up in the San Francisco area, Hillary learned the art of designing the home environment from her mother. After graduating from Princeton, she worked for an investment banking firm, before realizing design might be much more her style, and founding her busine

Eliza Crater Harris // A Nostalgic, Playful and Layered Career Built on a Legacy of Women

Apr 24 2024 52 mins  
This week is all about legacy, as Ariel joined by Eliza Crater Harris, the Chief Creative Officer of American heritage brand, Sister Parish Design. As the great-granddaughter of design icon Sister Parish, Eliza's work honors her family's design legacy by overseeing product development, textile production, visual merchandising, and marketing initiatives for Sister Parish Des

Tori Mellott // Starry Moments from a Storied Career in Publishing, Advice for Designers, and a Book Announcement!

Apr 17 2024 50 mins  
Ariel’s guest this week has over two decades of experience in the interiors world, both in print and digital. Tori Mellott is the Style Director at Frederic Magazine, and Director of Video Content at Frederic Media. Throughout her storied career, with stops at House Beautiful, Domino Magazine, Martha Stewart and Traditional Home, to name a few, Tori has curated a deep understandi

Katie Rosenfeld // A Design Career Built Through Social Media, Finding Maturity Within Her Design, and Bringing a Furniture Business to Life

Apr 11 2024 48 mins  
On this week’s episode of Talk Shop, Ariel is joined by Katie Rosenfeld, a fellow self-taught designer, whose career started on Wall Street, but eventually led to design through starting her blog, Bogle Street, in 2007. Originally from Tampa, Florida, she would spend time in New York and Los Angeles before landing in Massachusetts with her family. In 2012, after her Boston home w

Caroline Gidiere // From Litigator to Interior Designer, The Enduring Beauty of Classic Homes, and the Importance of Design in the South

Apr 03 2024 53 mins  
Joining Ariel this week is Caroline Gidiere, an acclaimed interior designer and tastemaker based in Birmingham, Alabama. Caroline’s design aesthetic is a modern take on traditional interiors, using beautiful pieces and classic textiles to create spaces that are fresh and timeless. Raised in the South, Caroline’s principles of design were absorbed by watching her mother, a talen

Emily Evans Eerdmans // A Colorful Career Filled with Close Mentorship, Writing on Design, and Opening a Gallery to Highlight Artists and Makers

Mar 27 2024 50 mins  
Join us this week as we dive into design history with Emily Evans Eerdmans. Emily is the founder of Eerdmans, a fine and decorative arts gallery and consultancy in New York City. Her most recent book, Mario Buatta: Anatomy of a Decorator, is now available. A close friend of Mario’s, Emily oversaw the dispersal of his estate, including the blockbuster auction of the Prince of Chin

Heidi Caillier // Discovering Your Passion for Design, Creating a Sense of Place in a Home, and Mixing an Eclectic and Layered Style in a Space

Mar 20 2024 49 mins  
On this week’s episode of Talk Shop, we’re headed to the Northwest and welcoming Seattle-based designer Heidi Caillier to the show. A master of pattern and tone, Heidi is known for her unexpected blend of elements and styles, with her layered, lived-in spaces feeling well-traveled, timeless, and fresh. Drawing on the sentiment of nostalgia, Caillier believes that decor and furn

Annie Meyers-Shyer // A life Inspired by Film & Design with a Few Home Renovations Lessons Along the Way

Mar 13 2024 50 mins  
This week Ariel welcomes an admirer of design with a different perspective– the client side. Annie Meyers-Shyer has meticulously been documenting the renovation of her family’s historic home in sunny Los Angeles on her instagram account, @thisoakhouse – and it’s quickly become a fan favorite, amassing tens of thousands of followers in a matter of weeks. Originally from LA,

Bunny Williams // A Walk Through Her Storied Career, Life in and Outside of the Garden

Mar 06 2024 53 mins  
This week on Talk Shop, Ariel welcomes one of the most talented names in design, the queen of contemporary American decorating, Bunny Williams. Known for balancing refined beauty, welcoming livable appeal, and attention to detail, Bunny is one of Architectural Digest’s “AD100 Hall of Fame” members, among many other accolades. Born and raised in the countryside near Charlottes