Interior Insider | August 12th 2025

Welcome to this weeks update!

Blog Highlight

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 solution.

Interior designers walk into people’s homes and lives. Sometimes, they see things they weren’t meant to see.

Podcast Episode

Designer and vintage curator Ariene Bethea joins To-The-Trade to share her journey from HR to bold, colorful interiors, the lessons of running a retail shop, why “products lead to projects,” and how she’s building a brand that blends maximalism, sustainability, and storytelling.

Event Spotlight

Anaheim Convention Center
​800 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.

This isn’t your average networking dinner. This is a no-phones, no-judgment, completely off-the-record GOSSIP SESH for insiders only.

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