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asked @rmd_designs to give me her 5 fave brands right now: @curreyco @villaandhouse @plainfancycabinets @danveroutdoorkitchens @thibaut_1886 Do you have accounts with these folks? What are 5 of your faves?

Knowing your numbers doesn't just tell you where you stand. It forces you to change. Nile Johnson breaks down why financial clarity is so uncomfortable for so many designers. When you don't know your numbers, it's easy to tweak small things, adjust a presentation, change a rendering style, and tell

Commingled accounts are more common than you'd think, and untangling them is never fun. Accountant Tara Kelley's first piece of advice for every designer, new or seasoned: keep your business and personal finances fully separate. No shared cards, no "I'll sort it out later." Every business expense ne

Your monthly P&L is more than a spreadsheet. It's your business talking to you. Accountant Tara Kelley explains why she runs a monthly profit-and-loss report for every client, from designers to consultants. Set it up by fiscal year, track revenue and expenses month over month, and you start spotting

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Designers ask me all the time how they can earn a client’s trust quickly. I find this stuff fascinating because there’s actual research behind it. Psychologists have spent decades studying why we trust certain people, how we make decisions, and what makes us feel confident saying yes. When you sta

I really want you to know how much designers care about the outcome. They make the plan and then they work to make sure the plan is executed to the best of their ability. You can’t hire someone who cares more. They leave a part of their soul in your newly designed home. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM

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Laurie Laizure tells Morgan Finley what could happen if even 100 designers used video to speak honestly about their work. Real education on cost, timeline, and what a project actually requires, before a client ever picks up the phone. Laurie says it plainly: if you can afford it, hiring a designer i

There will be haters. Post anyway. Morgan Finley and Laurie Laizure get real about what happens when you start posting design business content publicly. Not everyone in your life will get it, and some people might even step back. Laurie's advice: if you're worried about what your peers or your frien

One of my favorite discoveries at High Point Market was seeing what @jessicacharlesfurniture is doing for the design community. After joining the Hancock & Moore family, they’ve created something I wish more brands would do. Each Market, they invite a designer to create an entire collection and giv

Beautiful picture. Beautiful picture. Beautiful picture. No description. That's how most designers post, and it's costing us. Laurie Laizure and Morgan Finley break down why our industry is so bad at telling people what we actually do. No timeline. No process. No mention of what a project really cos

Filming yourself is the fastest way to find out who you really are on camera. Morgan Finley tells Laurie Laizure about the identity crisis that hit early in her content journey. Once you start watching yourself back, it's hard to keep chasing an aspirational persona that isn't really you. Morgan cho

Meet @morganandhatchdesign, a designer who is doing it well on Instagram and growing her channel and getting clients. We had her on the podcast where she shares her secret sauce: https://interiordesigncommunity.com/to-the-trade-s3e20-morgan-finley/ Loved you, Morgan! You are a breath of fresh air!

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Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸 I love discovering the stories behind the spaces we admire, and these three surprised me. Did you know… • Thomas Jefferson may have been America’s very first design enthusiast. He was fascinated by architecture, traveled through Europe studying great buildings, and even d

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"Call me anytime" is one of the most common phrases in business. Most people who say it don't mean it literally. Laurie Laizure calls it a habit, a way of filling silence and sounding generous. Clients take it at face value, and that's where the trouble starts. As a designer, the words you use set t

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Grocery stores prove that demand changes pricing. Quality products at Aldi or Trader Joe's exist because enough people demanded better and refused to settle. Architect Chris Laumer-Giddens makes the same case for building materials and furniture. Clients are asking sharper questions, expecting bette

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Luxury means something different to every single client you'll ever work with. Laurie Laizure puts it simply: what's luxury to one client is completely ordinary to the next. Luxury comes from the experience: comfort, calm, a room that actually fits how someone lives. Sometimes it starts as simply as

Some products don’t become icons because they’re expensive. They become icons because they change the way we think about design. The VOLA faucet did exactly that. Designed by Arne Jacobsen, the visionary behind the Egg Chair, VOLA transformed the faucet from exposed plumbing into a clean architect

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