A community for professional interior designershttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvv2or24ee2l🤞🤞 #idcdesigners19 Sep 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv2or24ee2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvskamgioj2a☕️ #idcdesigners18 Sep 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvskamgioj2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvsdmueivx2l"My heart was pounding." Photographer Regan Wood describes a shoot with an architect and an interior designer both on set. Here is the divide she named: Interior designers are into the storytelling. Architects tend to want specific things documented. That door frame. That steel door on the pool h18 Sep 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsdmueivx2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvqgedvwor2lAmy Kartheiser has the kind of eye that makes you want to know exactly where she shops. We are so excited to have @amykartheiserdesign as a curator for @designedgeco in Schaumburg, November 4 and 5. Amy shared five of the brands she turns to regularly in her Chicago design practice, and frankly, th17 Sep 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqgedvwor2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvpzss7ocb2tHoly crapola! #idcdesigners17 Sep 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpzss7ocb2thttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvpt5gusjx2q"I'm not quite ready. I didn't realize it was this." Photographer Regan Wood hears that from newer designers all the time after she sends her rate. Her read on why: we live in a visual age, and everyone has a camera on their phone. So people are genuinely surprised by what professional photography17 Sep 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpt5gusjx2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvnjex424k2cDelicious! #idcdesigners16 Sep 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnjex424k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvncoazfyh2tTurn the lamps off. Photographer Regan Wood shoots interiors, architecture, and hospitality for a living. Here is what she tells designers who are still shooting their own work: Natural light only. Turn off all the lamps, turn off the overheads. Mixed light gives you hot spots where the lamp is an16 Sep 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvncoazfyh2thttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvkyqewmwa2gDisappointing. #idcdesigners15 Sep 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkyqewmwa2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvksfxlz4j2qYou do not need to hire a PR agency to get your work published. Here's what most designers miss: the manufacturers you specified already have one. Laurie's hot tip from this week's episode with photographer Regan Wood: Ask your client which major brands went into the project. Then reach out to th15 Sep 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvksfxlz4j2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mviidvu2i422Time to celebrate you! #idcdesigners14 Sep 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviidvu2i422https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvfyh3rxov24Never again. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.13 Sep 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfyh3rxov24https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvfxydqc2v2g😘😘😘😘 #idcdesigners13 Sep 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfxydqc2v2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mvarvepp2e23"I love this building, isn't it beautiful?" That's the reaction Marcy Sagel wants from everyone who walks through one of her commercial projects, no matter the budget. On this week's To-The-Trade, Marcy Sagel of MSA Interiors and Designer Bank tells Laurie Laizure why she refused to design the repe11 Sep 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvarvepp2e23https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mv6bewlklp2jA budget conversation is not the awkward part. Skipping it is. On this week's To-The-Trade, Marcy Sagel of MSA Interiors and Designer Bank tells Laurie Laizure that getting a budget range upfront, even a loose one, is what keeps a project from turning into a disaster. Her comparison: it's like any c10 Sep 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6bewlklp2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mv4lmlckxu2g😒 #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.09 Sep 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4lmlckxu2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mv3stgo3aq2cNo contractor waits to get published in a magazine before calling himself a contractor. So why do designers? On this week's To-The-Trade, Laurie Laizure names something most designers have felt and rarely say out loud: imposter syndrome runs rampant in this industry. We wait for a certain number of 09 Sep 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3stgo3aq2chttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3muzchc3kgt23She scratched her client's floor sample with his own key. On purpose. On this week's To-The-Trade, Marcy Sagel of MSA Interiors and Designer Bank tells Laurie Laizure about the moment she had to prove, fast, that a client's wood floor pick was wrong for a high-traffic event space. He had picked a $ 08 Sep 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzchc3kgt23https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3musru6ezxo2c🤷‍♀️#IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.06 Sep 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3musru6ezxo2chttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3murtsjhrws23The ability to anticipate problems is part of what makes you a valuable interior designer. It is also why your body can be sitting at home while your brain is still managing the delayed delivery, reviewing the installation and composing a response to that client email. Research connects psychologi05 Sep 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3murtsjhrws23https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3muq4etesk32gDon’t do it! #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.04 Sep 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq4etesk32ghttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mup7rsewr22bIf a designer corrects the measurements, redesigns the layout, selects the finishes and designs the cabinetry, why should someone else collect the profit attached to that work? Yes, contracts matter. Procurement rights, drawing ownership and compensation should be established before a project begin04 Sep 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup7rsewr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3munktgyzyk2lDo it now.03 Sep 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3munktgyzyk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mumntjhki32vWe are spending far too much energy deciding who gets to call themselves an interior designer while most homeowners are deciding whether they need one at all. According to Houzz, only 8% of renovating homeowners hired an interior designer in 2025. That is the conversation our industry should be ha03 Sep 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumntjhki32vhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mufy7pqeot2cClose. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.31 Aug 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufy7pqeot2chttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mub4m47csn24Hahaha30 Aug 2026 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mub4m47csn24https://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mu346pbp3c2iI would love to do a series of videos that help designers select based on good margins. What do you think? @hooker furnishings has incredible casegoods and there is $$$$ there. #IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.27 Aug 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu346pbp3c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mu32sviroz2v"She's a Pisces, and I'm a Virgo. Anyone who's into that stuff will say that speaks for itself." Yvonne Christensen and her business partner, Nicole, ran separate firms for about 10 years before they merged. Six years in as partners, here is how they describe the split: Nicole is creative and off-th27 Aug 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu32sviroz2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mtzdx7q3af2i😬#IDCDesigners Make sure to DM me your questions. We are here to help one another.26 Aug 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzdx7q3af2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/interiordesigners.bsky.social/post/3mtykflguc425Before she quotes a new build, Yvonne Christensen calls the builder. Not the client. The builder. Because the client does not know what the builder will require. Renderings of every wall? 3D drawings? Is the designer placing orders through the builder's subcontractor vendors? Every one of those chan26 Aug 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:km5fl2766cnx52lm6kodhcpp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtykflguc425