
Why your interior design clients should not hire you
What? Have I lost my ever loving mind? Let me explain why in the business of interior design you need
What? Have I lost my ever loving mind? Let me explain why in the business of interior design you need
It is time. Are you considering your business expenses for 2021? As I sit here working on year end projections
Excerpt from The Next Level- Flat fees and minimum expenditures– these are from two pages amongst 101 pages! Profitability depends
Be savvy. These are “gotchas” for many small businesses. Hire out what you are not the best at and if
Doing the work you need to do to be successful in interior design When I began my business- I dragged
This is a screen shot of our Houzz Pro video they do for you on your site–How can anyone not
I am beginning to wonder –if I was crazy way back when in my early days when I did what
Creativity is a living breathing organism. It has to be fed and nurtured. It is the dog days of summer.
Client welcome “packets”- are they welcoming? Ok so- lot of talk lately about client welcomes or introductions for interior designers
Retail: The new contact sport? This article appeared this week in Home Accents mag! Great for retailers but also for
Other designers- and small retailers or businesses-ask me this frequently- How did you get started and how long did it
How to convey ENERGY, CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE in your communication I am a broken record on this and designers- professional
Reverse brainstorming-Are you kidding me Cheryl? And while I am writing for my interior designer group of folks- this can
Sometimes it is not what you say- but how you say it! Communication is the most important skill used in
Retail showroom- is it worth it? Listen here and find out what I think and how Darla and Natalie respond!
How to charge for services is always a hotly debated topic amongst professionals! No different for interior designers- there are
Forging relationships with new vendors Here is the thing- no two vendors have the same program going on at market-
Helloooooooo! “The retail apocalypse that everyone has been talking about really hasn’t happened.” Eric Rosenthal, Senior Director of Leveraged Finance
Getting any job can be tough- but in the interior design field most of us look for “some” sort of
Do you need a degree specific to Interior Design? Of course it helps but I did not. I own a
Whoa. I hope this does not upset half of the design community! But hold on a second before you kick
Going Rogue today! I love a good process- for sure. I would even say I am a numbers person and
Some of you who pop in to read my blog upon occasion, may know I am undergoing an overhaul of
The big debate or rather debacle about Houzz has been ongoing for a couple of years. I wrote a post