In Business of Home ’s series Shop Talk , we chat with owners of home furnishings stores across the country to hear about their hard-won lessons and challenges, big and small. This week, we spoke with Candice Quinn of the Scottsdale, Arizona–based firm London Pierce Design and showroom London Pierce Home .
One of the first things that might strike a customer walking into Quinn’s showroom (or a potential client clicking through her portfolio) is the unmistakable color palette: Save for accents in metallic, stone and wood, everything is black and white. It’s a style signature and gamble that has clearly worked out for Quinn, who got her start in real estate before launching a design firm in 2015. The showroom came about in 2023, in partnership with Catherine Crandall of Abode Fine L