The Interior Collective

• Designing for a Life Well-Lived: Female Partnership and Hospitality with Electric Bowery

  Season 7 of The Interior Collective Podcast is brought to you by Materio.This episode is brought to you in partnership with Loloi.An operating system built specifically for design projects—from start to finish. That’s what Materio is.From concept to handoff, client billing to procurement—it’s one connected workflow. Try it for free.It’s intuitive. It’s fast. The Interior Collective listeners get 50% off their first month. Just head to getmaterio.com to claim the offer. Subscribe now at patreon.com/theinteriorcollective Welcome back to The Interior Collective. I’m your host, Anastasia Casey, and today’s guests are two women whose work I’ve admired for years. I’m joined by Lucia Bartholomew and Cayley Lambur, the co-founders and design principals of Electric Bowery. Based in Venice, California, Electric Bowery is a design studio that has carved out a distinct niche at the intersection of residential and hospitality design. With a philosophy rooted in wellness, inclusivity, and creating spaces for “a life well-lived,” their work is as soulful as it is striking. What began with residential development projects has grown into a portfolio of hospitality destinations that celebrate landscape, site specificity, and collaboration at every level. Lucia and Cayley’s story is also one of partnership—meeting at Gehry Partners, building a shared vision, and founding a female-led studio that thrives on openness and innovation. In this conversation, we’ll explore what it means to run a business together as women in a male-dominated industry, how they’ve grown their firm, and how their signature Electric Bowery aesthetic translates seamlessly between private homes and public spaces. If you’ve ever been curious about partnership, hospitality, or the design philosophies shaping today’s most inspiring spaces, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

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• Process-Driven Profit: SOPs That Power a Healthy Design Business with Brooke Stoll

  Season 7 of The Interior Collective Podcast is brought to you by Materio.This episode is brought to you in partnership with Loloi.An operating system built specifically for design projects—from start to finish. That’s what Materio is.From concept to handoff, client billing to procurement—it’s one connected workflow. Try it for free.It’s intuitive. It’s fast. The Interior Collective listeners get 50% off their first month. Just head to getmaterio.com to claim the offer. Subscribe now at patreon.com/theinteriorcollective Welcome back to The Interior Collective. I’m your host, Anastasia Casey, and today’s guest is no stranger to the show—Brooke Stoll is back, and this time we’re going deep on one of the most powerful tools a designer can have in their business: SOPs. That’s right—standard operating procedures might not sound glamorous, but they’re the key to building a design firm that runs smoothly, scales intentionally, and actually gives you your time back. If you caught our episode with Brooke and Renee from Tandem earlier this season, you already know that Brooke is a systems genius with nearly a decade of experience helping interior designers streamline their operations and scale without the chaos. Today, she’s walking us through exactly what an SOP is, how it can reduce mistakes, increase profitability, and create consistency both for your team and your clients. Whether you're just starting to document your processes or you’ve got a whole Google Drive full of half-finished systems, Brooke shares where to begin and how to approach SOPs in a way that actually supports creativity instead of stifling it. Plus, we’re sharing a behind-the-scenes look at our collaborative product, the Interior Design Process Outline, and how it’s designed to help you build your SOP library one phase at a time.

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• Designing a Legacy: Creativity, Commerce, and the Courage to Evolve with Corey Damen Jenkins

  Season 7 of The Interior Collective Podcast is brought to you by Materio.This episode is brought to you in partnership with Loloi.An operating system built specifically for design projects—from start to finish. That’s what Materio is.From concept to handoff, client billing to procurement—it’s one connected workflow. Try it for free.It’s intuitive. It’s fast. The Interior Collective listeners get 50% off their first month. Just head to getmaterio.com to claim the offer. This episode is brought to you in partnership with LoloiSubscribe now at patreon.com/theinteriorcollective Welcome back to The Interior Collective. I’m your host, Anastasia Casey, and today’s guest is someone whose career I have admired for years — the incomparable Corey Damen Jenkins. As principal and CEO of Corey Damen Jenkins & Associates, Corey has built an internationally acclaimed design and architecture firm recognized for its fearless layering of color, pattern, and texture to create spaces that are nothing short of iconic. From being named to the Architectural Digest AD100 and ELLE Décor A-List to launching bestselling coffee table books, globally recognized licensed collections, and a MasterClass viewed by millions, Corey has redefined what it means to build a design business with both creative vision and commercial success. His work spans residential and hospitality projects across the U.S. and beyond, yet his ethos is always the same — putting the client’s personality and lifestyle at the center of the story. In our conversation, we’re diving into the moments of triumph and challenge behind the scenes, from scaling a team and developing product lines to building partnerships that feel authentic and lasting. Corey shares what it takes to stay creatively energized while leading a growing firm, why education and mentorship remain so central to his mission, and what we can expect from his highly anticipated second book, Design Reimagined, launching this fall. This is a conversation about design, yes — but it’s also about legacy, resilience, and the courage to evolve.

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• Rebuilding from Burnout with Meg Lonergan

  Season 7 of The Interior Collective is brought to you by Materio.An operating system built specifically for design projects—from start to finish. That’s what Materio is.From concept to handoff, client billing to procurement—it’s one connected workflow. Try it for free.It’s intuitive. It’s fast. The Interior Collective listeners get 50% off their first month. Just head to getmaterio.com to claim the offer.Subscribe now at patreon.com/theinteriorcollective What happens when a celebrated interior designer hits a wall—and chooses to rebuild everything from the ground up? In today’s episode, I’m joined by Meg Lonergan, founder of Meg Lonergan Interiors, whose timeless, story-driven spaces have long stood out for their layered beauty and impeccable detail. But behind the scenes, like so many of us, Meg reached a breaking point in 2020. Burnout forced her to step back and completely rethink how she was running her business—what clients she said yes to, how her team was structured, and most importantly, how she could protect her creative energy for the long haul. This conversation is a masterclass in business resilience. Meg walks us through exactly how she restructured her firm with process at the center—shifting from reactive to intentional, from hustle to harmony. We talk about aligning with the right clients, what it really costs to ignore red flags, and how investing in team culture can completely transform the quality of your work and your life. If you’ve ever felt like your business was running you instead of the other way around, this episode is for you.

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• Expanding with Intention: Opening a Satellite Office with Bria Hammel

  Season 7 of The Interior Collective is brought to you by Materio.An operating system built specifically for design projects—from start to finish. That’s what Materio is.From concept to handoff, client billing to procurement—it’s one connected workflow. Try it for free.It’s intuitive. It’s fast. The Interior Collective listeners get 50% off their first month. Just head to getmaterio.com to claim the offer.Subscribe now at patreon.com/theinteriorcollective Today’s guest is not only a seasoned design entrepreneur, but also a dear friend and a familiar voice here on The Interior Collective. I’m so excited to welcome back Bria Hammel, the visionary behind Bria Hammel Interiors and Brooke & Lou. If you’ve been with us since the early seasons, you might remember Bria’s first appearance in Season 2, Episode 2, where she shared her insights on pivoting through uncertainty with strength and strategy. That episode is still one of our most listened-to—and for good reason. This time, Bria’s back to pull back the curtain on her most recent and ambitious move: opening a second interior design office in a completely different city. We’ll get into the why, how, and what now of growing her team across state lines, building systems that can scale, and leading with confidence from afar. Whether you’re dreaming of expanding your business or simply curious what it actually takes to make a multi-city firm run smoothly, this episode is full of practical insights and candid reflections you won’t want to miss.

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