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The Beautiful Truth of Interior Design: Beyond the Instagram Worthy Finish

Why Talking About Process Matters for Our Profession The Beautiful Truth of Interior Design: Beyond the Instagram Worthy Finish. As interior designers, we understand how easily the public can assume our work involves merely selecting fabrics, arranging furniture, and styling a few accessories. Social media reinforces this perception. A scroll through Instagram is filled with

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Handle Pricing Feedback with Confidence: Interior Design Talk Tracks and Prompts

Pricing and Profitability, BlogPost / Laurie Laizure

Handle pricing feedback with Scripts, boundaries, and templates for real-world conversations Designers tell us every week on Instagram: “Pricing is fine until clients push back.” This 2025 update gathers what’s working now from community threads, DMs, and recent podcast chats so you can respond with confidence and protect your profit. The Quick Take to Handle

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The Money Talk: How Interior Designers Explain Higher Rates to Returning Clients

Returning Clients: Explaining Higher Rates in Interior Design

Pricing and Profitability, BlogPost / Laurie Laizure

A recent post on Interior Design Community’s Instagram asked a question many designers have wrestled with: “How do you tell a returning clients that your rates increased?” You worked with a fantastic client a year or two ago, and now they’ve returned, ready to hire you again. However, your rates have increased since then. Your

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When Clients Don’t Pay: A Small Claims Court Guide for Interior Designers

Navigating Small Claims Court for Interior Designers: A Practical Guide to Handling Unpaid Clients

Client Communication and Boundaries, BlogPost / Laurie Laizure

Professional guidance for U.S. designers. This article is informational only and not legal advice. Most interior designers will face a payment dispute at some point. When polite nudges, revised invoices, and final reminder emails fail, small claims court can be a practical way to resolve a straightforward, money‑only dispute without hiring a lawyer. This guide

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What Would You Do If You Caught Your Client Cheating?

Client Communication and Boundaries, BlogPost / Laurie Laizure

Have You Caught Your Client Cheating? Interior designers walk into people’s homes and lives. Sometimes, they see things they weren’t meant to see. That’s what happened to one designer in the Interior Design Community, who posted about an uncomfortable situation during a Sunday morning site visit. The clients had gone away for the weekend. The

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From Bottleneck to Boss: Why Interior Designers Need a CEO Mindset

Operations and Project Management, BlogPost / Laurie Laizure

Developing a CEO Mindset Developing a CEO Mindset can help change that and enable you to scale your business successfully. If you’re an interior designer struggling to grow your business beyond “just me,” this one’s for you. Maybe you’ve landed your dream project, but feel overwhelmed managing it solo. Or perhaps you have a small

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Managing Client Expectations Around Interior Design Trade Discounts

Pricing and Profitability, BlogPost, Operations and Project Management / Laurie Laizure

Guide Managing Client Expectations Around Trade Discounts. It’s one of the trickiest and most common questions interior designers face: “Can I have your trade discounts?” Although this may feel like an innocent request from clients, it places designers in a challenging position. Your trade discounts represent professional relationships, proprietary pricing structures, and essential profit margins.

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How Interior Designers Can Use Local SEO to Attract More Clients Without Paying for Ads

Marketing and Lead Generation, BlogPost / Laurie Laizure

Interior designers are visual storytellers. But in today’s competitive online landscape, even the most stunning portfolio needs one extra layer: search engine visibility. The good news? You don’t need a big ad budget to stand out locally. You need smart, strategic local SEO that puts you in front of ideal clients searching right now in

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How Interior Designers Can Effectively Use the Meta Pixel in 2025

Marketing and Lead Generation, BlogPost / Laurie Laizure

If you’re marketing your interior design business online, chances are you’ve heard about Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel). But how exactly do you use it, and why should you bother? Let’s dive into everything interior designers need to know about the Meta Pixel in 2025. What Is Meta Pixel? Meta Pixel is a snippet of

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What Do You Say When a Client Wants to See Your Vendor Invoices?

Pricing and Profitability, BlogPost / Laurie Laizure

It’s a question that hits a nerve in the design community. Recently, a member of the @interiordesigncommunity asked: “Do you have language around not disclosing vendor invoices to clients? The client wants to see the invoices, and I want to say no. How do I say that professionally?” This isn’t just about one sticky conversation,

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