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January 15, 2021
What was the most important business lesson you learned in 2020?
We asked 10 interior designers—Ashley Ross, Bradley Stephens, Whitney Jones, Marguerite Rodgers, Eric J. Smith, Leah Alexander, Julie Weber Gligor and Joe Ireland, and Kylie Bodiya and Mary Maloney—to share the most important business lesson they learned in 2020.
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December 21, 2020
13 amazing pieces of advice designers shared in 2020
Every week in our Trade Tales column, we ask designers from across the country to weigh in on how they run their business, manage clients and stay creative. Here, we’ve rounded up 13 of our favorite responses from this year.
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December 18, 2020
How does your firm measure success for the year?
With 2020 winding down, we asked four designers—Barry Goralnick, Courtney McLeod, Rachel Cannon, and Justin Q. Williams—how they define their firm's success for the year.
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December 11, 2020
9 designers on how they make the holidays special for clients
With the holidays in full swing, we asked nine interior designers—Ahmad AbouZanat, Ria Beckford, Susan Ferrier, Lisa Gilmore, J.P. Horton, Gary Inman, Mallory Mathison Glenn, Tiffany Leigh Piotrowski and Maureen Stevens—how they make the season special.
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November 20, 2020
Does your firm use a waitlist for new clients?
We asked eight designers—Max Humphrey, Bella Mancini, Constanza Collarte, Allison Babcock, Yuna Megre, Tina Ramchandani, Philip Thomas and Mark Lavender—if they offer a waitlist when they’re too busy to take on new clients.
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November 13, 2020
7 designers share which fees clients question most often
We asked seven designers—Cheryl Luckett, Eilyn Jimenez, Nicole Rivers, Sara Hillery, Cheryl Kees Clendenon, Fernanda Loyzaga and Sophia Loyzaga—which fees their clients question and how they handle it.
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November 6, 2020
How do you go the extra mile on project reveals?
We asked six designers—Fernanda Loyzaga, Sophia Loyzaga, Nina Nash Long, Cheryl Kees Clendenon, Eilyn Jimenez and Sara Hillery—how they go the extra mile on reveals.
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October 30, 2020
Are you talking about the election with clients?
We asked eight designers—Noz Nozawa, Jamie Drake, Corey Damen Jenkins, Gail Davis, Joy Moyler, Becky Shea, Jeffery Quaritius and Ashley Evans—if they’re talking about politics with their clients.
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