LIVING COZY - Key Persons
Alexandra Frost is a Cincinnati-based journalist. Her work has appeared in Apartment Therapy, Glamour, Women's Health, Reader's Digest, and other publications.
Allison Thibault is a 5x best of Houzz award winning designer and the principle designer at Kaleidoscope Design Studio.
Thanks for checking out Living Cozy. Here's a little backstory on the publication.
It all started when my partner and I moved house in December 2019. As we moved in, we found it hard to discover brands and products that fit what we were looking for. Every search resulted in generic sites that sell a Zillion Things and finding new, unique, and purposeful brands became complicated.
In the end, I turned to Instagram to discover many of the products that we now have at home. As I found brands, I would save them to an Instagram collection, and over time that group became a spreadsheet... and morphed into what you see here on Living Cozy today.
Betsy Moyer is an Interior Designer, and co-founder of Retreat Design & Consulting.
Betsy Moyer is a serial entrepreneur and interior designer with extensive experience in creative design and digital content creation strategy. She is the co-founder and creative director for both The Estate of Things, a nationally recognized Interior Design brand known for their blog, historic renovation consultation, and their brick-and-mortar store, ShopTEOT and The Blissfield Acres, an 11 home neighborhood development in North Carolina.
In 2020, she launched her latest venture, Retreat Design & Consulting, serving as a co-founder, creative director, and lead designer, bringing elevated, experiential design to the Joshua Tree area by offering a one-stop-shop service to current and prospective short-term rental property hosts, providing all services from real estate consultation to contraction for renovations and final interior design.
Betsy's previous professional experience includes marketing, social media, and content development work and she served as director of digital content strategy for NPR affiliate radio station KCRW, The Design People, and The Hickory Museum of Art.
Betsy is passionate about doing good for the world, donating to support the Miry's List, a program for refugees in LA, and the Exodus Road, a nonprofit fighting against human trafficking. She is a proud mother to daughter JJ, a singer in the band Luxembourg Signal, and a two-time cancer survivor with a new vision and drive for life that can't be stopped.
Job Titles:
- Freelance Writer With Bylines in the New York Times
Cassandra Brooklyn is a freelance writer with bylines in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Daily Beast, and National Geographic, among others.
Job Titles:
- Founder of Clairrow
- Principal and Owner of Davin Interiors
Catherine Davin is the founder of Clairrow and Davin Interiors.
Catherine is the Principal and Owner of Davin Interiors and has been featured in major publications like Architectural Digest, Traditional Home Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. Catherine is NCIDQ certified, a member of ASID, and a member of the Design Leadership Network (DLN). The firm's multi-million-dollar projects span the country, working in locations like Pittsburgh, Naples, the Hamptons, and North & South Carolina for over 20 years.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder of Albany Park
Darryl Sharpton is the co-founder of Albany Park and Edloe Finch.
Heather Bien is a Washington, DC-based writer whose work appears on Apartment Therapy, MyDomaine, Martha Stewart Weddings, mindbodygreen, and more. She previously worked in interior design and still can't resist redecorating every chance she gets.
Karen Gutierrez is an Interior Designer at Mackenzie Collier Interiors in Phoenix, Arizona.
Kelly Weimert is a writer, editor, and passionate interior design lover. She's written for interior design publications such as MyDomaine, Apartment Therapy, Domino Magazine, and Hunker.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder and CEO of Floyd
Kyle Hoff is the co-founder and CEO of Floyd, a direct-to-consumer furniture brand based in Detroit, Michigan.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Business Development
- Design Expert
Lindsay Schleis is Vice President of Business Development and resident interior design expert at POLYWOOD. Lindsay's design expertise has been featured in outlets like Reader's Digest and Best Life.
Meg is a freelance journalist featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and more.
Megan Dufresne is the founder of MC Design, a boutique interiors firm specializing in coastal- friendly sophisticated design.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder and Creative Director at Neighbor
Mike Fretto is the co-founder and creative director at Neighbor, a direct-to-consumer outdoor furniture brand.
Job Titles:
- Chief Business Officer
- Co - Founder
Suze Dowling is co-founder and chief business officer at Pattern Brands.
Toussaint Derby is the Lead Interior Designer at Havenly.
Wilfredo Emanuel is an award winning interior designer, architecture tablescaping master and star of Table Wars on Discovery+.
Zoë Roscoe is a New York-based lifestyle writer. Her writing has appeared on Apartment Therapy, The Spruce, BuzzFeed and Parade.