Is an Online Course Really What You Need? Read This Before You Buy.

Every year, I see interior designers set ambitious goals—finally getting organized, streamlining systems, rolling out a new service, hiring help, or getting consistent with marketing.

And yet, so many designers invest in courses that end up collecting dust in their inbox, untouched and underutilized. Why? Because a course alone won’t solve your biggest challenges if you don’t have time to implement what you’re learning.

Before you invest in another course, let’s talk about:

• The hidden costs of taking a course that most designers overlook

• How to determine if a course, group program, or 1:1 support is right for you

• Why some courses fail (and how to choose one that actually works for you)

If you’re ready to stop wasting time and money on courses you’ll never finish and invest in a solution that actually moves your business forward, join The DTS Files to read my advice.

You Need Help—But You Have Zero Time to Hire or Train. Here’s the Solution.

You know you can’t keep running your interior design business alone. The client load, the admin work, the back-and-forth—it’s all too much. But the thought of hiring, onboarding, and training someone? That feels just as overwhelming.

The good news? You don’t have to figure this out alone.

In this article, I’m sharing:

• The biggest mistake designers make when hiring (and how to avoid it)

• Real stories of two interior designers who resisted hiring—until they saw the ROI

• How to bring on the right person without spending hours on training

If you want to get the right help in place without wasting time, join The DTS Files to unlock my advice.

Feeling Stretched Too Thin in Your Interior Design Business? Here’s How to Hire the Right Help—Without Wasting Time or Money.

You know you need help. Your projects are dragging on, marketing feels overwhelming, and the thought of taking on more clients makes you panic. But hiring? That feels just as impossible.

Who do you hire first? How do you afford them? And how do you find the time to train them when you're already maxed out?

In this post, I’ll show you:

• How to figure out exactly what tasks to outsource

• Why most designers waste money hiring the wrong person—and how to avoid it

• A step-by-step breakdown of roles, responsibilities, and pay rates

If you want to hire with confidence so you can free up your time for the work you love, join The DTS Files to read the full post.

How Interior Designers Can Organize Their Projects and Behind-the-Scenes

I find that even my most seasoned interior designers aren’t always consistent with their software or their processes, or they are, BUT they’re STILL running everything from their brains with nothing documented. This gets difficult as an interior design business starts to get busy with larger projects (things fall through the cracks) or when they bring on new team members (they have to spend SO much time training someone new, so the task of hiring seems more daunting than it needs to). Click here to read more about my top processes for your interior design business.

One of the first things I do with my interior design clients when we start working together is …

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Imagine this: You finally book an appointment at a high-end salon, expecting a seamless, luxury experience. Instead, from the moment you walk in, it’s a series of awkward missteps, confusion, and missed opportunities that leave you feeling anything but pampered.

I recently had this exact experience—and trust me, it was bad. But here’s the thing: it didn’t have to be. With just onesimple email and one internal process tweak, this salon could have turned a forgettable (and frustrating) visit into an experience worth raving about.

If you offer any kind of premium service, you need to read this. I’m breaking down the 10 biggest mistakes this salon made—mistakes that could be costing you repeat business—and how to fix them with a streamlined, high-touch client experience.

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In my last post, I talked about some things you could take control of right now to optimize your client experience and business during a pandemic.

I felt like I still had so much to say, so here is part two of things you can be doing RIGHT NOW in your business.

Join The DTS Files to find out the FOUR things I recommend doing during a slow time or when there is a crisis (like Covid).

My clients are used to “emergency” situations and thinking on their feet when on the job. Furniture arrives from the receiver with damages, the cake arrives and it’s sinking. As a former wedding planner, I have had to put out fires (thankfully, only one literal fire) on job sites and at event sites.

It was 100% in my nature to have a backup plan for bad weather, for speeches that are going off the rails, and for problematic family members who have maybe had one too many drinks. For my interior design clients, they have standard policies and procedures for when issues arise that spell out exactly how they will handle them. If they have good relationships with their vendors, it’s usually just a matter of a few emails to get the problem sorted out for a client. Damage control is in our nature.

Nevertheless, no line of work can really prepare you to take your business online overnight in a crisis like Covid and I wanted to share a few things I have implemented for my clients to help them take care of their clients and their business during this time.

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How I became a two time business owner in the luxury services industry.

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