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November 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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I’ll fix it! #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
November 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I’ll fix it! #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
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October 31, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Superior to all! #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
For Halloween, I decided to go as the most chaotic room in the interior design industry.
THE SAMPLE ROOM.
I’m wearing 47 upholstery fabrics, 16 discontinued patterns, 12 velvets, 38 decorative trims, and one Scalamandré sample nobody is allowed to touch.
Everything is gorgeous. Nothing is labe...
THE SAMPLE ROOM.
I’m wearing 47 upholstery fabrics, 16 discontinued patterns, 12 velvets, 38 decorative trims, and one Scalamandré sample nobody is allowed to touch.
Everything is gorgeous. Nothing is labe...
October 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM
For Halloween, I decided to go as the most chaotic room in the interior design industry.
THE SAMPLE ROOM.
I’m wearing 47 upholstery fabrics, 16 discontinued patterns, 12 velvets, 38 decorative trims, and one Scalamandré sample nobody is allowed to touch.
Everything is gorgeous. Nothing is labe...
THE SAMPLE ROOM.
I’m wearing 47 upholstery fabrics, 16 discontinued patterns, 12 velvets, 38 decorative trims, and one Scalamandré sample nobody is allowed to touch.
Everything is gorgeous. Nothing is labe...
You started your firm to design. Now half your week is admin.
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co sees it often: designers who built a business from passion, then feel resentment growing as the business tasks pile up.
Once you can bring on help, some designers want to focus only on design. Others outsource
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co sees it often: designers who built a business from passion, then feel resentment growing as the business tasks pile up.
Once you can bring on help, some designers want to focus only on design. Others outsource
October 30, 2026 at 2:05 PM
You started your firm to design. Now half your week is admin.
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co sees it often: designers who built a business from passion, then feel resentment growing as the business tasks pile up.
Once you can bring on help, some designers want to focus only on design. Others outsource
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co sees it often: designers who built a business from passion, then feel resentment growing as the business tasks pile up.
Once you can bring on help, some designers want to focus only on design. Others outsource
Client stuck between two chairs? Ask which one is in their perfect morning.
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co adds one question to the client questionnaires she helps designers build: imagine your perfect morning in this room.
What does the light feel like? What's happening around you? What's the temperat
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co adds one question to the client questionnaires she helps designers build: imagine your perfect morning in this room.
What does the light feel like? What's happening around you? What's the temperat
October 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Client stuck between two chairs? Ask which one is in their perfect morning.
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co adds one question to the client questionnaires she helps designers build: imagine your perfect morning in this room.
What does the light feel like? What's happening around you? What's the temperat
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co adds one question to the client questionnaires she helps designers build: imagine your perfect morning in this room.
What does the light feel like? What's happening around you? What's the temperat
If it went wrong once, it belongs in your service agreement.
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co shared two fixes on To-The-Trade for the moments that keep tripping up projects.
First, write that boundary into your service agreement clearly, so it doesn't happen again.
Second, look at your onboarding. If c
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co shared two fixes on To-The-Trade for the moments that keep tripping up projects.
First, write that boundary into your service agreement clearly, so it doesn't happen again.
Second, look at your onboarding. If c
October 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
If it went wrong once, it belongs in your service agreement.
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co shared two fixes on To-The-Trade for the moments that keep tripping up projects.
First, write that boundary into your service agreement clearly, so it doesn't happen again.
Second, look at your onboarding. If c
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co shared two fixes on To-The-Trade for the moments that keep tripping up projects.
First, write that boundary into your service agreement clearly, so it doesn't happen again.
Second, look at your onboarding. If c
If only we could bottle this feeling. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
October 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
If only we could bottle this feeling. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
Your client didn't start texting you on Saturdays by accident.
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co puts it plainly on To-The-Trade: your contract, your how-we-work doc, and your welcome guide only matter if you uphold them.
Handle one situation differently than your process says, and clients learn the rules
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co puts it plainly on To-The-Trade: your contract, your how-we-work doc, and your welcome guide only matter if you uphold them.
Handle one situation differently than your process says, and clients learn the rules
October 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Your client didn't start texting you on Saturdays by accident.
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co puts it plainly on To-The-Trade: your contract, your how-we-work doc, and your welcome guide only matter if you uphold them.
Handle one situation differently than your process says, and clients learn the rules
Kat Oldershaw of Kat & Co puts it plainly on To-The-Trade: your contract, your how-we-work doc, and your welcome guide only matter if you uphold them.
Handle one situation differently than your process says, and clients learn the rules
Every evening event costs you more than the drive over.
Laurie points out what designers give up to show up: time with family, billable hours, work that still needs doing. Many of you are leaving the people you most want to be with.
That's why she tells every panel the same thing. The most importa
Laurie points out what designers give up to show up: time with family, billable hours, work that still needs doing. Many of you are leaving the people you most want to be with.
That's why she tells every panel the same thing. The most importa
October 23, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Every evening event costs you more than the drive over.
Laurie points out what designers give up to show up: time with family, billable hours, work that still needs doing. Many of you are leaving the people you most want to be with.
That's why she tells every panel the same thing. The most importa
Laurie points out what designers give up to show up: time with family, billable hours, work that still needs doing. Many of you are leaving the people you most want to be with.
That's why she tells every panel the same thing. The most importa
Laurie connected an AI assistant to her email. Here's what it handles for her:
Unsubscribes her from lists she doesn't want
Drafts replies straight into her drafts folder for a quick edit
Finds old emails on request, even the ones Apple Mail seems to lose
Her verdict: it has made her far more prod
Unsubscribes her from lists she doesn't want
Drafts replies straight into her drafts folder for a quick edit
Finds old emails on request, even the ones Apple Mail seems to lose
Her verdict: it has made her far more prod
October 22, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Laurie connected an AI assistant to her email. Here's what it handles for her:
Unsubscribes her from lists she doesn't want
Drafts replies straight into her drafts folder for a quick edit
Finds old emails on request, even the ones Apple Mail seems to lose
Her verdict: it has made her far more prod
Unsubscribes her from lists she doesn't want
Drafts replies straight into her drafts folder for a quick edit
Finds old emails on request, even the ones Apple Mail seems to lose
Her verdict: it has made her far more prod
This is what an interior designer actually does with your budget.
Laurie puts it plainly: a designer's job is to wring every bit of value out of the money. A $1 million budget should look like $2 million. A $200,000 project should look like $400,000 or $500,000.
Designers are motivated to do it, t
Laurie puts it plainly: a designer's job is to wring every bit of value out of the money. A $1 million budget should look like $2 million. A $200,000 project should look like $400,000 or $500,000.
Designers are motivated to do it, t
October 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This is what an interior designer actually does with your budget.
Laurie puts it plainly: a designer's job is to wring every bit of value out of the money. A $1 million budget should look like $2 million. A $200,000 project should look like $400,000 or $500,000.
Designers are motivated to do it, t
Laurie puts it plainly: a designer's job is to wring every bit of value out of the money. A $1 million budget should look like $2 million. A $200,000 project should look like $400,000 or $500,000.
Designers are motivated to do it, t
A designer asked us if she should take out a loan to do a show house.
Laurie's answer: no. Don't borrow money for any marketing. If you can't afford it, go back to DIY marketing.
Nile's add: you have more free and low-cost options than ever. Build a design in 3D software. Make a concept board. Put
Laurie's answer: no. Don't borrow money for any marketing. If you can't afford it, go back to DIY marketing.
Nile's add: you have more free and low-cost options than ever. Build a design in 3D software. Make a concept board. Put
October 20, 2026 at 2:05 PM
A designer asked us if she should take out a loan to do a show house.
Laurie's answer: no. Don't borrow money for any marketing. If you can't afford it, go back to DIY marketing.
Nile's add: you have more free and low-cost options than ever. Build a design in 3D software. Make a concept board. Put
Laurie's answer: no. Don't borrow money for any marketing. If you can't afford it, go back to DIY marketing.
Nile's add: you have more free and low-cost options than ever. Build a design in 3D software. Make a concept board. Put
Skipping your own paycheck for two years is not a business strategy.
Laurie watched someone on a podcast say she didn't pay herself, and people clapped. Her question: how? Most designers can't go two years without income. Some are working full-time jobs outside the industry just to keep their firm
Laurie watched someone on a podcast say she didn't pay herself, and people clapped. Her question: how? Most designers can't go two years without income. Some are working full-time jobs outside the industry just to keep their firm
October 19, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Skipping your own paycheck for two years is not a business strategy.
Laurie watched someone on a podcast say she didn't pay herself, and people clapped. Her question: how? Most designers can't go two years without income. Some are working full-time jobs outside the industry just to keep their firm
Laurie watched someone on a podcast say she didn't pay herself, and people clapped. Her question: how? Most designers can't go two years without income. Some are working full-time jobs outside the industry just to keep their firm
Mmmmmm… no. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
October 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Mmmmmm… no. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
Something wickedly wonderful is coming to High Point Market!
We’ve been busy putting a little magic into every detail, from our enchanted crystal necklaces to the fabulous witch hats we’re picking out just for YOU!
Thanks to our wonderful friends at @curreyco, we’re treating our interior design co
We’ve been busy putting a little magic into every detail, from our enchanted crystal necklaces to the fabulous witch hats we’re picking out just for YOU!
Thanks to our wonderful friends at @curreyco, we’re treating our interior design co
October 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Something wickedly wonderful is coming to High Point Market!
We’ve been busy putting a little magic into every detail, from our enchanted crystal necklaces to the fabulous witch hats we’re picking out just for YOU!
Thanks to our wonderful friends at @curreyco, we’re treating our interior design co
We’ve been busy putting a little magic into every detail, from our enchanted crystal necklaces to the fabulous witch hats we’re picking out just for YOU!
Thanks to our wonderful friends at @curreyco, we’re treating our interior design co
Stop shopping the smaller shows. Start building relationships there.
At big markets, getting time with a brand's president or senior leadership is nearly impossible. At a smaller show, they are standing in the booth.
Use that access. Ask where the brand is headed, what they are developing, what tr
At big markets, getting time with a brand's president or senior leadership is nearly impossible. At a smaller show, they are standing in the booth.
Use that access. Ask where the brand is headed, what they are developing, what tr
October 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Stop shopping the smaller shows. Start building relationships there.
At big markets, getting time with a brand's president or senior leadership is nearly impossible. At a smaller show, they are standing in the booth.
Use that access. Ask where the brand is headed, what they are developing, what tr
At big markets, getting time with a brand's president or senior leadership is nearly impossible. At a smaller show, they are standing in the booth.
Use that access. Ask where the brand is headed, what they are developing, what tr
An airplane hangar, hangar doors open, and a room full of makers you have not met yet.
Megan Reilly on what sets West Edge Design Fair apart: familiar trade brands alongside undiscovered artists doing bespoke, one-of-a-kind work. The statement pieces that make a client ask, "Who made this?"
Full T
Megan Reilly on what sets West Edge Design Fair apart: familiar trade brands alongside undiscovered artists doing bespoke, one-of-a-kind work. The statement pieces that make a client ask, "Who made this?"
Full T
October 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
An airplane hangar, hangar doors open, and a room full of makers you have not met yet.
Megan Reilly on what sets West Edge Design Fair apart: familiar trade brands alongside undiscovered artists doing bespoke, one-of-a-kind work. The statement pieces that make a client ask, "Who made this?"
Full T
Megan Reilly on what sets West Edge Design Fair apart: familiar trade brands alongside undiscovered artists doing bespoke, one-of-a-kind work. The statement pieces that make a client ask, "Who made this?"
Full T
Why build an "anti-trade show"?
West Edge Design Fair launched in 2013 because exhibitors kept asking for something on the West Coast. But LA is spread out, fragmented, and a car culture. Getting people to one venue is not easy.
Megan Reilly shares how West Edge took that challenge head on. Full T
West Edge Design Fair launched in 2013 because exhibitors kept asking for something on the West Coast. But LA is spread out, fragmented, and a car culture. Getting people to one venue is not easy.
Megan Reilly shares how West Edge took that challenge head on. Full T
October 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Why build an "anti-trade show"?
West Edge Design Fair launched in 2013 because exhibitors kept asking for something on the West Coast. But LA is spread out, fragmented, and a car culture. Getting people to one venue is not easy.
Megan Reilly shares how West Edge took that challenge head on. Full T
West Edge Design Fair launched in 2013 because exhibitors kept asking for something on the West Coast. But LA is spread out, fragmented, and a car culture. Getting people to one venue is not easy.
Megan Reilly shares how West Edge took that challenge head on. Full T
Six designers. Under five years in practice. One 10x10 vignette each.
West Edge Design Fair is launching Rising Design, a new emerging talent competition and 10-episode content series. Each designer gets a tight budget, a few brand partners, and the same time constraints. Every vignette will also h
West Edge Design Fair is launching Rising Design, a new emerging talent competition and 10-episode content series. Each designer gets a tight budget, a few brand partners, and the same time constraints. Every vignette will also h
October 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Six designers. Under five years in practice. One 10x10 vignette each.
West Edge Design Fair is launching Rising Design, a new emerging talent competition and 10-episode content series. Each designer gets a tight budget, a few brand partners, and the same time constraints. Every vignette will also h
West Edge Design Fair is launching Rising Design, a new emerging talent competition and 10-episode content series. Each designer gets a tight budget, a few brand partners, and the same time constraints. Every vignette will also h
If you think an interior designer’s job is picking pretty things, you’re missing about 90% of the work.
Designers are managing budgets, timelines, trades, vendors, procurement, construction details, documentation, installations, client expectations, problems nobody saw coming, and about a thousand
Designers are managing budgets, timelines, trades, vendors, procurement, construction details, documentation, installations, client expectations, problems nobody saw coming, and about a thousand
October 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
If you think an interior designer’s job is picking pretty things, you’re missing about 90% of the work.
Designers are managing budgets, timelines, trades, vendors, procurement, construction details, documentation, installations, client expectations, problems nobody saw coming, and about a thousand
Designers are managing budgets, timelines, trades, vendors, procurement, construction details, documentation, installations, client expectations, problems nobody saw coming, and about a thousand
Before she co-founded West Edge Design Fair, Megan Reilly ran marketing for NeoCon and the Architectural Digest Design Show in New York.
Now West Edge heads into its 11th edition at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
She joins Laurie and Nile on To-The-Trade to talk shows, community, and what desi
Now West Edge heads into its 11th edition at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
She joins Laurie and Nile on To-The-Trade to talk shows, community, and what desi
October 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Before she co-founded West Edge Design Fair, Megan Reilly ran marketing for NeoCon and the Architectural Digest Design Show in New York.
Now West Edge heads into its 11th edition at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
She joins Laurie and Nile on To-The-Trade to talk shows, community, and what desi
Now West Edge heads into its 11th edition at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
She joins Laurie and Nile on To-The-Trade to talk shows, community, and what desi
Shooot! #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
October 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Shooot! #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
🤔⏳ #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
October 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
🤔⏳ #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
I feel good. I feel great.
#IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another. Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
#IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another. Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
October 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I feel good. I feel great.
#IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another. Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.
#IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another. Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.