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December 24, 2025
What do I do when a client disrupts the design process?
In this episode of Ask Us Anything, Massachusetts-based interior designer Erin Gates joins the show to answer a question about establishing boundaries with clients who requested revisions too late in the design process.
business blueprint
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December 24, 2025
15 ways to maximize your firm’s growth in 2026
As we approach the end of a very uncertain year and plan for the next, we have three choices: Wait and see; do more of the same; or strategize to create an aggressive growth plan. Interior design business coach Gail Doby details how to proceed if you’re ready to step on the gas.
year in review
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December 23, 2025
The 10 best business lessons designers shared in 2025
Every week in Business of Home’s Trade Tales column, we ask designers around the world to share how they run their firms, manage clients and stay inspired. Here, we’ve rounded up 10 responses that stuck with us this year.
year in review
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December 22, 2025
7 great takeaways from the Trade Tales podcast in 2025
Getting a design business off the ground is a massive achievement. Keeping the engine running as the years go by is an even bigger challenge. Here are some of the best lessons we learned this year from the Trade Tales podcast and its biweekly new series, Ask Us Anything.
podcast
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December 22, 2025
Was 2025 the design industry’s ‘lost’ year?
On this week’s episode of The Business of Home Podcast, host Dennis Scully chats with BOH editor in chief Kaitlin Petersen, executive editor Fred Nicolaus and retail columnist Warren Shoulberg about how 2025 impacted the design industry—for better and worse.
year in review
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December 19, 2025
5 ideas to help you set good business goals in 2026
From embracing the irrationality of design to creating a thoughtful strategy, creative coach Sean Low offers practical advice to help you have your most successful year yet.
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