Decorator's Best's Barbara Karpf Makes Top Textiles Accessible

From House Beautiful

Having a vision is one thing. But it's what comes next—the risk-taking and recruiting, the sleepless nights and countless hours—that turn that dream into a reality. House Beautiful's 2020 Visionaries have done all that and then some, creating innovative brands and companies that will come to change the way we decorate.

Back in 2004, when DecoratorsBest.com launched, it was the first e-commerce site allowing everyday people to buy trade-only fabrics and wallpaper. Big names like Ralph Lauren and Robert Allen signed on right away, with other heavy hitters following suit. Having successfully weathered the rise of e-commerce, business booms. “What I like to do is take a certain amount of the profit and put that back into the company,” says Barbara Karpf, the brand’s founder and president. “Whether it’s expanding our reach with marketing or investing in technology, we’re looking at new products all
the time.”

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