The BID Inc. Journal is the editorial home of our community. A publication where our members are seen, their work is honored, and the next era of this industry is built together.
The Fairy Godmother
How interior stylist Ebony Staten built The Vogue Room Foundation, turning bare dorm rooms into first homes for first-generation students at HBCUs across the South.
Letter From The Editor
Letter From The Editor June 2026: Work built from scratch in an industry that did not ask for it will always look slower and less polished than work that inherits a blueprint.
An Era of Reconstruction
The BID Standard: Here is what we have always stood for, what we are building now, and the standard we refuse to lower.
On Grief, Inheritance, and the Permission to Reclaim
In Evergreen, Colorado, designer Kadija Taylor didn't renovate a house. She helped a family find their way back inside one.
A Home Reimagined as an Act of Legacy
How designer Donyea “Star” Tollie transformed a plantation-style Florida residence into a living portrait of luxury, rest, and cultural identity — guided by a single, tonal shade of Benjamin Moore gold.