On the Ask Us Anything podcast, editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen taps former Trade Tales guests to answer real, confidential designer questions, offering a safe space to discuss business challenges. Have a question of your own to ask? Send an email to start the conversation.

This week, Brian Paquette joins the show to answer a question from a designer who was stumped when a client asked if they needed insurance for the furnishings being held in storage ahead of an installation . When the designer set out on a search to identify the best way to protect those items, she quickly hit a dead end. But the insurance question remained as pressing as ever: If something happens to the piles of expensive, high-end product, what options are available?

Paquette, whose design firm is base

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