Designer's Oasis

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   In order to know your profitability at the end of a project, it's helpful to see what you estimated in the first place. Just like a budget for money, we need to budget our time.    Today's topic is one of the most asked questions that I get about building your interior design business and that's how to price your projects and come up with your service fees...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   "You don't have to get it right. You just have to get it going." – Mike Litman In this episode I share:   A little about me  Share some of the early struggles I experienced  But also how I was able to overcome them and turn my little baby designer business into one that thrived and supported me and my family  3 core truths I believe can help you grow in bus...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Is popular advice crushing your interior design business? Do you sometimes find that the advice you hear doesn't seem to fit your business? Today's episode is all about some popular advice that may be crushing your interior design business. I'm putting my stake in the ground on what I feel about some popular advice for interior designers and where I stand o...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint     Energy begets energy. Money is energy.  If we know that energy begets energy, what happens in your business when you sit down and you spend the time to commit some energy towards revenue-generating activities and lead-generating activities? In today's episode, we are talking about revenue-generating activities and what that means, how and when to do these...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint     Want to have better proposals? Start with delivering better consultations. Consultations are the first step in working with your client and the better experience they have, the more likely they will want to work with you Here's a glance at the episode:   [6:36} I discuss how to effectively set expectations for your clients from the beginning - even before...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint     Today's episode is all about looking back and sharing with you all the 5 things I would do differently if I was starting from scratch again. I reflected back on what I would tell a new interior designer getting started in the industry. Here's a glance at the episode: [5:25] I share how important it is to truly invest in your business early on. I share how...

Great marketing should make our consumers feel like they WANT to open that email and look at the blog post or podcast. We have all had those moments where marketing may have put us off because it was a little "icky" or overly done but today's guest Katie Boyce is going to help us with copywriting and brand messaging that feels just right!   In this episode, we discuss 👉  What a lead magnet is, wh...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint     Have you been at this a while, but for some reason you can't seem to either get to that next level revenue goal you've set and you feel stuck at the level you're at?   Today's episode is all about the habits that keep you stuck and broke. Those habits that keep holding you back and are keeping you from really thriving in your business. I want to share wha...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint     Have you had doors close for you that you can later look back on and realize it was pushing you into a new place, a better place?  Today I am joined my Crerissa McKinnis, an interior designer from San Antonio Texas, and a member of the Interior Designers Business Blueprint program.  After attempting career paths toward being a doctor. And then a lawyer, s...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Do you find yourself still on Instagram an hour and a half after you went on to post or engage with your followers? We all do!    In today's episode I catch up with Jessica Norby, a social media strategist on how to lose the social media overwhelm while still allowing social media to work for you and help attract the right clients to your business.   Here's...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Are you tuned into your creative energy and how it ebbs and flows?    As designers it's part of our job to read our clients minds and also be able to have time for creative processes but moving back and forth between the two can be a challenge. Tuning into her creative energy patterns, Carly shares some great tips on how to move between heading up long stra...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   How much beauty comes out of the mess as a creative? When you have stuff all out on the table and  you are "in" in, that's when the magic can happen.    On today's episode, I chat with Jenny Footle about how to remain present, listen to our bodies, and how to prepare for focused work, client meetings, and handling mistakes. We talk about how to really tune...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   What we say to ourselves matters, right? We listen to ourselves, and we're counting it as evidence so being able to notice and think about how you can shift your thinking or reframe thoughts to support yourself is important.     In today's episode, we continue our discussions around mental health with Sarah Lovell, an executive function and ADHD coach. We w...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   In today's episode I have the pleasure of sitting down with Molly Crouch from In Her Company. Molly is a corporate-ladder-climber-turned-gentle-living-visionary who began to unravel the busyness in her own life after her youngest daughter was born.    Now she serves as co-listener and coach for busy women who want to discover the rhythms, routines and ritua...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   In today's episode I want to share the 7 money tips that I live by as an interior designer! Maybe finances come easy for you or maybe you're more like me where it needs to be built into your schedule and you need a clear list of what needs to be done, what needs attention, and what to focus on.   Here's a glance at this episode… [04:26] I discuss making a r...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Today I'm chatting with Christy Taylor, a Certified Public Accountant on a mission to help empower women in business through financial literacy. Christy specializes in tax preparation and consulting for women-owned small businesses and creative entrepreneurs. When she's not trying to keep her clients from panicking about taxes, you can most likely find her...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Bookkeepers can help out clients as much as possible but it is so important that the business owner understands their business and the rules and regulations as well.    Today my guest is… Morgan Boudreaux Operations Director at Business by the Book, a bookkeeping service provider who specializes in working with interior designers across the US. As part of f...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Always make sure you have clear goals. How much is coming in? How much is going out? Take a look at the activities you are doing - are they revenue generating activities or just busywork?   Here's a glance at this episode… [04:10] Jenny shares a little more about herself and how she moved from pet photography to money coach!   [09:06] Jenny shares all about...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   You go from a place of needing and wanting to take everything that comes your way but you can't multiply your time so taking a look at how we use it and who we spend it with matters.    Here's a glance at this episode… [04:20] Whitney and I start off talking about her own home build and project and other recent projects she is working on.    [13:23]  Whitne...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Paragraph summary No amount of money is going to make you happy with the work you're doing. Part of this is having great relationships and showing up and then you get to work on what you want and that's such a blessing.   Here's a glance at this episode… [03:20] Karlin and I kick things off talking about how she got into architecture and established her sea...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   If you have ever wanted to know more about hiring an interior design photographer or the ins and outs of what you should know, what to ask, and why it all matters, this is the episode for you! Jeff Jones and I deep dive into the right questions to ask and what to look for in today's episode.   In this episode, we answer questions like: How does a designer g...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Selling your services and selling your brand is not always easy! It can feel icky and as if you're trying to persuade someone to work with you (which doesn't always feel great). This episode is all about the myths around selling and how to re-frame your feelings on selling.    One thing to keep in mind is that your clien'ts money is none of your business. ...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Today we are putting pen to paper and talking all about the benefits of hiring for your interior design business. I am passionate about this and feel strongly that every interior designer should have at least one assistant.   Here's a glance at this episode… [03:06] I dive right into why most designers get stuck on hiring and understanding how they would ut...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Today we are talking all about hiring - specifically, how to know when its time. The reality is that many of us, as designers experience the struggles that we are talking about today and we end up throwing money at or wasting time on the wrong things  - when really the answer is hiring help in your business.    Here's a glance at this episode… [06:26] I sha...

Interior Designer's Business Blueprint   Ask yourself, what would happen in your business if you started to take up a little more space. If you continuously looked for ways to move the needle even in small ways a little more each and every day. Those little needle moving actions and behaviors over time add up to huge success. That's what we're going to jump into today to keep you from leaving mone...