READ THE ROOM
Introducing
Read the Room
Think you can read the room? This podcast dives into the lives of the people who do it for a living. Hosted by designer and founder Erin Haskell, Read the Room explores the real stories behind creative minds—designers, entrepreneurs, and cultural disruptors—who navigate spaces, trends, and people with intention and intuition. Brought to you by Design for the PPL, this show pulls back the curtain on what it takes to build, balance, and boldly create in a world that’s always evolving.
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Episode 1
Kasey Dobbins
In this episode of Read the Room, Erin Haskell sits down with Kasey Dobbins — designer, contractor, and founder of Foxwood Design.From the humble beginnings of flipping houses with her dad to running a full-scale design-build business. They go deep into the realities of managing client expectations, the awkward conversations, the boundary-setting, the pressure to deliver magic on a budget — and why getting clear upfront is everything. It’s a raw, honest look at the emotional labor behind design, and what itreallytakes to build spaces (and relationships) that last.