A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast
In today's world being a talented interior designer isn't enough to ensure that you have a profitable and successful business. Design school curricula doesn't always equip you with the business skills to have your interior design business be everything you imagined it would be! A Well-Designed Business® is here to fill in the gaps and give you real live business skills from some of the top interior designers. Your host, LuAnn Nigara shares her 40 years of success in the interior design industry, and she finds the most successful guests to share their interior design business best practices. This podcast is sponsored by Kravet Inc and Mydoma Studio.
Episodes
Today With Hannah Bowyer:
Hi, welcome to A Well-Designed Business! In this episode, I’m excited to dive into the world of virtual assistance and automation in interior design with the amazing Hannah Bowyer. We’re exploring how these powerful tools can help designers maximize their efficiency and elevate their client experience. I’ll share insights on leveraging a CRM to streamline your workflow and the importance of outsourcing tas...
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January 14, 2025 • 70 mins
Today With Jessamy Tsoris:
Hi, welcome to A Well-Designed Business! Today I'm thrilled to share my heartfelt conversation with Jessamy Tsoris, an inspiring interior designer who transformed her career after facing unexpected challenges in the graphic design world.
Jessamy opens up about her journey from sitting at a desk for hours to discovering her true passion in interior design. We delve into the importance of truly listening to...
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January 10, 2025 • 22 mins
Today With LuAnn Nigara:
Hi, welcome to A Well-Designed Business! This week, my wonderful friend, productivity coach, and the host of the Small Business Straight Talk podcast, Amber De La Garza, will kick things off with a heartfelt introduction.
In this episode, I will guide you through one of our most popular discussions from 2022: focusing on goal setting and the importance of starting the new year with intention.
We’ll dive int...
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January 7, 2025 • 33 mins
Today With LuAnn Nigara:
Today on A Well-Designed Business, we’re tackling a scenario every designer knows all too well: when a client’s expectations go completely off the rails.
What do you do when the budget doesn’t match the vision, the scope keeps growing, and they want you to manage tasks that were never part of the plan? Whether you’re trying to salvage the project or you know it’s time to walk away, this episode will give yo...
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January 3, 2025 • 72 mins
Today With Amy Posner:
Welcome to a Well-Designed Business. Are you the expert in your business? The one driving conversations? Solving problems? Showing your clients how valuable you are, setting expectations, and running the ship? Or are you an order-taker, following along, being passive, and serving as a yes-man for your clients?
Today, I’m joined by Amy Posner, business coach with years of experience helping freelancers and sma...
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December 31, 2024 • 35 mins
Today With LuAnn Nigara:
As we wrap up 2024, I’m taking a moment to reflect on the lessons, challenges, and wins from this past year—and looking ahead to 2025. In this episode, I share the stories and milestones that shaped my year, the powerful insights I’ve gained from incredible people, and a challenge for you as you step into the new year. Whether you’re celebrating a big win, planning your next move, or simply seeking inspirat...
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December 27, 2024 • 77 mins
Today With Melanie Lybrand:
Welcome to a Well-Designed Business! In today’s on-air coaching session, I’m helping my guest, Melanie Lybrand, conquer an ongoing fear of raising her rates–one that’s so strong it keeps creeping back even after she’s committed to changing it.
Today, we’re working through the stories she’s been telling herself and making a tangible action plan to get her over the hump that’s holding her back.
LuAnn Nigar...
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December 24, 2024 • 66 mins
Today With NeKeia McSwain:
In today’s episode of A Well Designed Business, I sit down with the inspiring NeKeia McSwain, a trailblazer in the interior design industry. NeKeia shares her journey of embracing authenticity and the importance of showing up as your true self in both personal and professional settings.
We dive deep into her experiences, discussing the challenges and triumphs she’s faced in an industry that can sometimes ...
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December 20, 2024 • 67 mins
Today With Jennifer Tokatyan:
Today on A Well-Designed Business, I speak with Jennifer Tokatyan, leadership consultant and partner with Eileen B Hahn. With over 20 years of experience, Jennifer shares her proven 7-step framework for building strong company culture that drives team performance and business growth. Don't miss information about her upcoming LuAnn University course, "Build an Exceptional Team that Gets Results," starti...
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December 17, 2024 • 28 mins
Today With LuAnn Nigara:
Hi, welcome to A Well-Designed Business! Have you ever faced a business opportunity that made you stop in your tracks? It’s equal parts exciting and terrifying, isn’t it? On this episode, I share a behind-the-scenes look at how I navigated one of those moments. With insights from trusted advisors like Kate O’Hara, I learned valuable lessons that can help YOU handle those big decisions in your business:
How...
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December 13, 2024 • 39 mins
Today With LuAnn Nigara:
Hi, welcome to A Well-Designed Business! Recently, I listened to Steve Jobs’ biography, and it sparked some big ideas. Steve was more than a tech innovator—he was a master of customer experience, a ruthless prioritizer, and a perfectionist when it came to excellence. In this episode, I’ll reflect on his genius and how we can apply it to our interior design firms.
From branding and systems to productivity an...
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December 10, 2024 • 85 mins
Today With Kristin Bartone:
Welcome to a Well-Designed Business. What would happen to your business today if something happened with you or a family member that uprooted everything in your life? Would you be able to continue your work.
The truth is that even a well-designed business can struggle in life circumstances. My guest today, Kristin Bartone, knows all about that.
She’s here to share a story of handling the unexpected—and h...
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Today With Kate O’Hara:
In this episode of A Well-Designed Business, we sit down with Kate O’Hara, CEO of O’Hara Interiors, to discuss effective end-of-year business strategies for designers. As the holiday season approaches and client activity slows, Kate shares actionable tips on optimizing workflow, reconnecting with past clients, creating engaging holiday content, and thoughtful gifting strategies. Whether you’re a solo designe...
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December 3, 2024 • 81 mins
Today With Megan Atkinson:
Today with Megan Rose Atkinson of MEGANROSE Interiors, we're discussing one of the most critical aspects of running a successful design business — vendor relationships. Megan shares her journey from wearing a tool belt with leather pants to building a thriving design firm with locations in Michigan and Arizona. With a "cheetah mindset" and philosophy of "whatever you are, be a good one," she breaks down e...
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November 29, 2024 • 87 mins
Today With Eileen Hahn:
Today on Power Talk Friday, I am joined by my cousin and hiring expert Eileen Hahn, who brings her 30 years of expertise in helping businesses find and retain exceptional talent. After seeing countless design firms struggle with hiring (and making some expensive mistakes myself), I knew we needed Eileen's proven 5-step formula for making outstanding hires. Whether you're building your team or planning your n...
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November 26, 2024 • 87 mins
Today With Melanie Zaelich:
Welcome to a Well-Designed Business. Many new designers try out consult-based design only to find themselves struggling with scope creep and feeling undervalued.
But my guest today, Melanie Zaelich, runs a thriving consult-only business. She’s a former full-service designer who deliberately chose to transition to this model—and she did so with intention, systems, and processes. Today, she shares how to ...
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November 22, 2024 • 28 mins
Today With LuAnn Nigara:
In this week’s episode of A Well-Designed Business, I’m sharing the no-fluff, practical strategies you need to set 2025 up for success. From defining what success truly means for you, to aligning your goals with your current season of life, to building the systems that keep you moving forward—this episode is your blueprint. Whether you’re scaling back or ready to seize new opportunities, it’s time to get in...
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November 19, 2024 • 58 mins
Today With Kelley Gable:
Today, with Kelley Gable of Gable Interior Designers, we dive deep into the world of niche marketing and luxury coastal design. Kelley shares her journey of redefining coastal aesthetics, moving beyond cliché beach motifs to create sophisticated, contemporary interiors. We explore her unique business model of serving clients with homes in both urban areas and coastal Delaware, and how she's structured her t...
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November 15, 2024 • 70 mins
Today With Karen Post:
Today with Karen Post, we dive deep into her journey of transforming Home Frosting from a staging company into a thriving interior design firm. Karen shares her experience of making a major business pivot while managing complex personal and financial challenges, including significant business loans and partnerships. As a former member of my Chairman of the Board program, Karen offers candid insights about fin...
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November 12, 2024 • 91 mins
Today With Lindsay Hunter:
Welcome to a Well-Designed Business. If you’ve been listening to the show for any amount of time, you’ve heard me tell you to niche at least a dozen times. So…if you haven’t niched…what’s holding you back?
My guest today, Lindsay Hunter, probably had all of those same fears. But she also had a passion—and she turned that passion into a profitable, thriving niche as the equestrian interior designer.
Today,...
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