You don’t have to look too hard to find a negative take on tariffs. Across the home industry, designers, retailers, brands, importers and consultants have spent the summer frantically following the ups and downs of a chaotic trade policy that seems to shift every week. Products have been discontinued. Prices have gone up. Countless hours have been spent scouring the globe for new sources. President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of a planned duty on all furniture imports seemed to break a dam, as everyone from San Francisco interior designer Tineke Triggs to the mayor of High Point took to social media to vent about the administration’s summer tariff roller coaster.

Maybe it’s no surprise that the buyers of the industry have not embraced tariffs with open arms. But what about th

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