weekly post of the latest IDC news and events
Interior Insider November 18th, 2025 Welcome to this week’s update! Blog Highlight Fall High Point Market 2025 Recap High Point Market has always been a source of inspiration and innovation, but this season, it transcended trends to become a full-on movement. What to do when custom orders disappoint Custom orders are the heartbeat of our industry, […]
Interior Insider November, 11th 2025 Welcome to this week’s update! Blog Highlight Is Your Favorite Brand Actually Designer Friendly? We asked design pros a simple question that hits the heart of the business of interior design: what makes a brand truly designer-friendly? Should Interior Designers Charge for Client Texts? This post collects perspectives from the Interior
Interior Insider October, 28th 2025 Welcome to this week’s update! Blog Highlight Bookkeeping Red Flags for Interior Designers, Money management is not glamorous; it is essential to the business of interior design. Interior Design Procurement, A Practical Playbook We see the same patterns, concealed damage, wrong finish, off by an inch, back orders, or packaging
Interior Insider October, 21th 2025 Welcome to this weeks update! Blog Highlight What Tough Times Teach You About Running a Design Firm Running a studio involves more than just taste; it’s the business of interior design. When projects stall and supply chains wobble, the weak spots in your systems become apparent. In this blog, designer
Interior Insider October, 14th 2025 Welcome to this week’s update! Blog Highlight 5 Scary Truths Every Interior Designer Needs to Face, Before They Haunt You! I’m here to talk about something truly terrifying the nightmares that keep design business owners awake at 3 a.m Discount? What Do You Say When a Repeat Client Asks? The
Interior Insider October, 7th 2025 Welcome to this weeks update! Blog Highlight Should Interior Design Firms Pay Commissions? Interior design commissions spark spirited debate across the trade. Should a lead designer who signs a client get a commission, or is client acquisition simply part of being a loyal ambassador of the firm? here Keeping Your
Interior Insider | September, 30th 2025 Welcome to this weeks update! Blog Highlight When Clients Gift Their Designers a Piece of the Past Client gifts for interior designers often arrive at the end of a project, in the quiet, grateful space between the final walk-through and goodbye. Read The Blog Mistakes, Own It, Fix It,
Interior Insider | September, 23rd 2025 Welcome to this weeks update! Blog Highlight What To Do When a Client Wants To Be the Designer? A client falls in love with the process, decides they are a “designer,” and starts promoting themselves as one… Read The Blog Communication With General Contractors When roles are blurry, delays
Interior Insider | Sept, 16th 2025 Welcome to this weeks update! Event Spotlight THIS WEEK! Anaheim Convention Center800 W Katella Ave. Anaheim, CA 92802 September 18-19, 2025 The only designer event of its kind, Design Edge brings leading designer-centric manufacturers to premium markets throughout the country. RSVP Blog Highlight Niche in Interior Design, Do You Need
Interior Insider | Sept, 9th 2025 Welcome to this weeks update! Blog Highlight People Pleasing, Set Client Boundaries Without Guilt That impulse is kind, yet it can slide into automatic yesses. As one designer put it, “Every yes to them is often a no to myself. Read The Blog Client Approvals, Keep Projects Moving Without
