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What you don't know about Alexa might surprise you.
What you don't know about Alexa might surprise you.

8 Little-Known Skills for Amazon’s Alexa

As smart home technology becomes more popular and common place, showrooms and interior designers can expect to hear more about Amazon’s Alexa from clients. This voice service has the ability to…
U.S. VETS Phoenix facility
U.S. VETS Phoenix facility

Helping the U.S.VETS at 2017 ART +IDS Conference

One unforgettable part of the 2017 ART + IDS joint conference in Scottsdale, AZ, happening May 18-21, is sure to be the community service project benefitting an organization called U.S.VETS.…
Dallas Market Center
Dallas Market Center

Light + Design on Ten Shines at Dallas Market Center

This year, Dallas Market Center opened the new Light + Design on Ten gallery. With 20,000 square feet of space, this stylish gallery shows off the latest in decorative residential lighting from the…
Google reviews and other online reviews make a difference.
Google reviews and other online reviews make a difference.

How to Handle a Bad Online Review

The most recent survey from BasicLocal shows that 84 percent of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations. So when you receive a bad online review, you might feel anxious and…

LEDucation Preview 2017

Designers Lighting Forum of New York provides designers, architects and manufacturers a chance to connect over lighting design at LEDucation in New York City, March 28-29.
Screenshot of Dorr Furniture's Google listing and reviews
Small business marketing expert Gee Ranasinha says reviews don’t always have to be positive. In fact, having a few negative ones is more authentic to viewers.

Why Online Reviews Matter

When it comes to building a killer searching engine optimization (SEO) strategy, online reviews remain one of the most important components. Google considers an online review to be unique content,…
The shower gets an update with U by Moen.
The shower gets an update with U by Moen.

Shower in Style: How U by Moen Is Taking Smart Technology to the Shower

It truly is the time to be alive when you can control your morning shower in between hitting the snooze button. This year, Moen launched the first Wi-Fi/cloud-based app driven digital shower system…
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(Photo: Philips Lighting)

5 Answers to Tough Customer LED Questions

As LEDs grow in popularity, chances are more clients will be asking tough LED questions that interior designers or even home furnishings retailers may not know how to answer.  We asked experts at…

IALD Introduces New Professional Members

The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) has welcomed Guojian Hu and Luke Renwick as Professional-level members.  Membership is available to architectural lighting designers who…
The Houzz app offers all the benefits of the website in an app.
The Houzz app offers all the benefits of the website in an app.

5 Free Apps Every Interior Designer Needs

Interior designers rarely stay in one place. They’re meeting with clients, attending conferences and browsing showrooms and home decor stores. With all this mobility, they need to be able to work on…
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