Nate Berkus: “Foundations”: His New Book and 30 Years of Interior Design Business Wisdom

Episode 1141 of A Well-Designed Business®

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1141: Nate Berkus: “Foundations”: His New Book and 30 Years of Interior Design Business Wisdom

Today With Nate Berkus

Today on A Well-Designed Business, I’m joined once again by one of our most requested guests: Nate Berkus. If you’ve listened to our first conversation (Episode #433⁠), you already know Nate brings a level of clarity and intention that’s rare, not just in design, but in business.

This time around, we talk leadership. Team. Vision. What it means to build a business that reflects your values, not just your style. Nate shares how he’s structured his firm for long-term success—what he delegates, how he hires, and the culture he protects.

And, exciting news, his newest book Foundations is officially available today. This isn’t just a beautiful book. It’s a deeply personal one, centered on meaning, memory, and what it truly feels like to live in a space that reflects who you are. Grab your copy wherever books are sold.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

What it means to lead from your strengths and hire to fill the gaps
The structure and intention behind a team that thrives
How personal values show up in professional design
Why restraint can be more powerful than excess
What Foundations reveals about Nate’s own evolution
Order Foundations today here

Listen to Nate’s first appearance in Episode #433

Learn how to hire well with the Dream Team Toolkit at LuAnnUniversity.com

Related Episodes: Eileen Hahn on leadership and values-driven hiring

More About Nate Berkus

NATE BERKUS is one of the world’s most influential interior designers, known for his elevated yet accessible approach to interiors. His thirty-year-and-counting career has included innumerable television shows and home collections, along with designing award-winning interiors. Consistently named to the AD100 and Elle Decor A-List, Nate lives in New York with his husband, Jeremiah Brent, and their children, Poppy and Oskar.

Ah Ha Moments with Nate Berkus

“If I’m gonna design and sell a bath mat for $12… shouldn’t my feet have been on a bath mat for 500 and shouldn’t I have also walked on a bath mat for six? … I feel like it’s my responsibility to know.” – Nate

“Grace goes a long way. You never want to be the person on someone’s schedule… where their name shows up on their phone and they think to themselves, ‘this is going to be a long day.'” – Nate

“I can tell you that regardless of the level of success…there is something different about a certain subset of you guys that I’ve interviewed where the passion is so deep to that connection to the past, to the source, to the anthropology of it, to the history of it… and it’s always… the person that it’s important to, their design work is always elevated.” -LuAnn