A community for professional interior designershttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mzin2eisuc2fI’ll fix it! #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.04 Nov 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzin2eisuc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mz4yza7yfp2jSuperior to all! #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.31 Oct 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4yza7yfp2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mz4erqcxr32wFor 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...30 Oct 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4erqcxr32whttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mz3x77qhgp2fYou 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 30 Oct 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3x77qhgp2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3myzgri6gft22Client 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 temperat29 Oct 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzgri6gft22https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mywwb6csiz2jIf 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 c28 Oct 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywwb6csiz2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3myrvftsei22tYour 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 rules26 Oct 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrvftsei22thttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mypsne5dms2fIf only we could bottle this feeling. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.25 Oct 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypsne5dms2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mykdyecyj72sEvery 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 importa23 Oct 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykdyecyj72shttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3myhti2b3ff2mLaurie 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 prod22 Oct 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhti2b3ff2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3myfde2txnt23This 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, t21 Oct 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfde2txnt23https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mycskauxgo2rA 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. Put20 Oct 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycskauxgo2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3myachary542zSkipping 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 19 Oct 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myachary542zhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mxryhf4uof2dMmmmmm… no. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.13 Oct 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxryhf4uof2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mxoxs6pygb2vSomething 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 co12 Oct 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxoxs6pygb2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mxh6yphaqy22Stop 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 tr09 Oct 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxh6yphaqy22https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mxeokivqii25An 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 T08 Oct 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxeokivqii25https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mxc63dcsas2vWhy 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 T07 Oct 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxc63dcsas2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mx7nlybdlf27Six 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 h06 Oct 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7nlybdlf27https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mx5522sgca2eBefore 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 desi05 Oct 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5522sgca2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mx4xdoypgq2zIf 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 05 Oct 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4xdoypgq2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mx3p6ebdc62vShooot! #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.05 Oct 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3p6ebdc62vhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mwz3vhemlx2dI 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.04 Oct 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwz3vhemlx2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mwxyetbwus2o🤔⏳ #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.03 Oct 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxyetbwus2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mwu3anqgsj2zPretty much. 🤷‍♀️02 Oct 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwu3anqgsj2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mwtevdd5ih26There are designers who are incredibly talented, and then there are designers who make the whole industry better by sharing what they know. Diana Wagenbach of @studiow_chicago is one of those people. She is generous with her knowledge, thoughtful about business, and always willing to help other desi01 Oct 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtevdd5ih26https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mwrenyw3tx2hMaybe… #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.30 Sep 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrenyw3tx2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mwoxo4yjd72kNo one else, no one else… #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.29 Sep 2026 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoxo4yjd72khttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mwlv4ev2vn2hA packed showroom does not automatically mean a successful educational event. Interior designers are hungry for information they can actually use in their businesses, pricing, contracts, difficult client conversations, hiring, systems, profitability, vendor relationships, and scaling. They are als28 Sep 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlv4ev2vn2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mwjo3k5kuy2nLike why? #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.27 Sep 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjo3k5kuy2n