ABOUT
For over 30 years, Beth Kushnick has created character-driven settings for some of entertainment’s most recognizable feature films and television series, including seven seasons as set decorator on the award-winning hit CBS drama The Good Wife and its critically acclaimed spin-off, The Good Fight.
Other recent TV credits include two seasons of the period drama Bridge and Tunnel on EPIX, the second season of the wildly popular Run the World on STARZ and the feature Insidious: The Red Door, the highest grossing horror film of 2023. Kushnick also recently completed work on the feature film adaptation of Rare Objects, directed by and starring Katie Holmes, and served as Visual Consultant on the feature film The God Committee, currently streaming on Netflix. Recent commercial work includes a Frito-Lay holiday campaign starring Jimmy Fallon and his family, and a Super Bowl LVI spot for YouTube TV.
Kushnick also continues to work as an interior designer for celebrity clients. Kushnick’s approachable yet sophisticated style has resonated deeply with audiences, leading her to become a pioneer in her field.
Bringing set decoration to the mainstream, she became the first Set Decorator to have a home décor licensing deal, the first Set Decorator to have her own blog, and the first Set Decorator to host her own podcast, Decorating the Set: From Hollywood to Your Home with Beth Kushnick.
BAK Home Collection.
Throughout her storied career, Kushnick helped breathe life into a vast array of worlds – from the uber rich estates of Reversal of Fortune to the darkly mysterious realm of sci-fi TV favorite Fringe. Kushnick also worked on the feature films Hide and Seek, Rounders, Mortal Thoughts and Private Parts, and she has set decorated the East Coast units of The Insider, Jumanji, Frequency, Wanted and National Treasure.
Her television work includes the comedic political thriller BrainDead, Kings, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Instinct, Conviction and Evil. Kushnick was also the set decorator for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s lauded Costume Collection exhibition, The Model as Muse.
Kushnick’s work on The Good Wife generated so much viewer interest that she collaborated with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams to create the first home décor license in television history for both The Good Wife and The Good Fight. She was a featured speaker with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams at ICFF 2017 hosted by Luxe Interiors + Design on The Intersection of Furniture Design and Set Decoration. Additionally, Kushnick’s presence as a curator for the startup OpenSky.com, a celebrity-curated shopping platform, garnered her over 140,000 followers.
Kushnick has also created licensed products under her own label, BAK Home, making the aspirational attainable by allowing her followers to shop at retailers such as Wayfair, Amazon, and Walmart for her go-to pieces from set.
Set Decoration in The Good Wife
When Covid-19 hit, Kushnick turned her efforts towards yet another first for a set decorator and launched her own podcast. The fourth season of the internationally-acclaimed Decorating the Set debuted in February 2023. Becoming “the decorator by your side,” each episode is filled with tips to help listeners create the perfect spaces for their homes.
Launched in July 2020, the podcast has gained a substantial following in the USA, Canada and overseas, charting among the top ranked shows on Apple Podcasts in Film and TV domestically, as well as in France, Japan, Hungary, Pakistan, Denmark, Israel, India and Australia. Decorating the Set is available on all platforms, including Apple, Amazon and Pod Clubhouse.
Set Decoration in The Good Wife
In Summer 2023, when the unprecedented dual strikes of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA brought film and television production to a halt, Kushnick pivoted once again into uncharted terrain. Through a landmark collaboration with Archpoint Advisory, a leading New York-based real estate brokerage, she put her keen eye for narrative storytelling to work staging homes for prospective buyers. Doing what she does best, Kushnick now curates spaces to capture the spirit and story of potential house hunters, bringing a bit of Hollywood to their future homes.
In addition to these endeavors, Kushnick was a virtual guest at the Tavrida Art Festival in Russia, where she spoke to young architects, production designers, landscape designers and other creative professionals. The translation of her presentation has received over 150,000 views.
A native New Yorker, Kushnick is a Hall of Fame Inductee of The Set Decorators Society of America, a Christie’s Arbiter of Style and a voting member of both the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.