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Q&A with Carmel interior designer Stephanie Wiott, named a Traditional Home ‘rising star’

April 17, 2026
Elissa Maudlin

Wiott spoke with IBJ about her career journey and how her mindset has helped her find success.

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Q&A: Melissa St. John leads company that manages office moves, makeovers

December 5, 2025
Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

St. John, an interior design major who graduated in 1992 from Purdue University, spoke with IBJ about navigating the era of remote work and her experiences in public speaking.

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OfficeWorks expands into new markets through merger with Cincinnati firm

May 12, 2026 | Mickey ShueyMickey Shuey

The deal expands Fishers-based OfficeWorks’ reach into Cincinnati, Dayton and Memphis.

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Business Furniture moving HQ from Indianapolis to Noblesville

May 12, 2025 | Daniel Bradley

The area’s largest and oldest office furniture dealer plans to house 75 employees at its new facility and showroom.

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Two Chicks District Co. store closing in Noblesville

September 27, 2024 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

Sunday is planned as the final day of operations at the Two Chicks District Co. store founded by “Good Bones” star Mina Starsiak Hawk.

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RH sets opening date for store, restaurant at former DeHaan estate

November 8, 2023 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

The public will be able to shop seven days a week at the previously gated 41,762-square-foot mansion known as Linden House.

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New Garfield Park business Skosh seeks coffee fans, home decor shoppers

November 6, 2023 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

Store founder Haley Hilts describes the store as “a lifestyle studio where everything you see you can buy.” Even the coffee mugs are for sale.

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Creative agency plans move to historic Lockerbie building

October 9, 2023 | Mickey ShueyMickey Shuey

Indianapolis marketing and communications agency Well Done Marketing plans to move to a building constructed in 1861 that was once home to businesses operated by well-known interior designer and historic preservationist Sallie Rowland.

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Do you have honey oak cabinets in your house? Here’s what to do.

September 29, 2023 | Megan Fernandez

Repainting cabinets is the most common option and the one usually preferred by interior designers and real estate agents for modernizing a home and maximizing the return on investment at resale. But leaving them alone still might be the best choice, depending on your goals.

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Students transform drab dorm rooms into comfy, pricey living spaces

September 4, 2023 | Associated Press

Some are even going so far as to hire interior designers and spend $10,000 to beautify their 12 feet by 20 feet of space.

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HGTV is making our homes boring and us sad, one study says

July 7, 2023 | The Washington Post

According to a new report, home makeover shows can lead many homeowners to worry about whether their decorating decisions will make their homes less appealing to buyers, even if they have no plans to put the house on the market.

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Design firm embraces downtown’s St. Joseph neighborhood

February 17, 2023 | Lesley WeidenbenerLesley Weidenbener

Loree Everette’s biggest concern about downtown has nothing to do with the typical complaints involving homelessness, safety or cleanliness. It’s that living downtown has become so popular it’s unaffordable for too many people.

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Experts select 10 of the best-designed restaurants and bars in central Indiana

October 13, 2022 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

The Rathskeller and Vida lead a list of the area’s top 10 best designed restaurants and bars, selected by AIA Indianapolis.

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Is gray fading? Designers say color is losing its dominance.

August 26, 2022 | Barb Berggoetz / Special to IBJ

After decades of gray-dominated interiors, other colors are starting to rise to the forefront, including white, green, blue and yellow.

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Mediterranean Revival home on Meridian Street transcends times

June 24, 2022 | Deb Brandt

Before purchasing their Meridian Street home, Jakob and Colette Wiesen lived almost directly behind it, on Illinois Street. During those years, they sat in their backyard and imagined what they might do with the beautiful 1927 Mediterranean Revival home and yard they could see.

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Home furnishings retailer plans to turn DeHaan estate into giant showroom, restaurant

April 26, 2022 | IBJ Staff

National retailer RH is teaming with a developer to take over Linden House—the 152-acre Indianapolis estate of late businesswoman and philanthropist Christel DeHaan—and turn it into a huge home furnishings showroom, interior design gallery, upscale restaurant, wine bar and outdoor furniture gallery.

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Everything Home to open showroom at Carmel’s Indiana Design Center

December 23, 2021 | Hannah Troyer, Special to IBJ

Everything Home is an offshoot of custom homebuilding company, Heartwood Custom Homes. This spring, it will open its own 2,600-square-foot showroom at the Indiana Design Center in Carmel’s Arts and Design District.

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Investors are raising $100 million to buy unloved antiques

July 5, 2021 | Bloomberg News

The demand for antique furniture is low, but a group of investors is betting it will increase again in the future.

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Offices after COVID: Wider hallways, fewer desks, more conference space

June 28, 2021 | Associated Press

Steelcase, an office furniture company, says its research indicates half of global companies plan major redesigns to their office space this year.

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Reviving a post-modern masterpiece in Indianapolis

June 25, 2021 | Lesley WeidenbenerLesley Weidenbener

The 8,000-square-foot house, built in 1988, has six bedrooms and 4-1/2 bathrooms. There’s a sun room with a huge jacuzzi, a custom kitchen, and a game room and a pocket bar—featuring bright blue counters and cabinets—built to house a bartender to serve guests.

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What we’re loving: Glazed pottery at Shine Design Home in Fishers

March 4, 2021 | Lesley WeidenbenerLesley Weidenbener

The shop is owned by a three-woman team that offers full interior design services in addition to less expensive in-home consultations and design boards.

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Gardening: The boom in houseplants is more than a fad

March 4, 2021 | Jeff Rugg, Special to IBJ

More than half of the gardeners who answered a survey about indoor gardening said they talk to their plants—and 43% have named their plants. (The researchers didn’t ask if the plants talked back or if they liked the names they were given.)

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