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Join professional interior designers Melissa Guerra, Melody Smith, and Timm Dolley as we explain the WHY behind hiring an interior designer. In a world full of social media fake experts and design-build companies that are more concerned about their bottom line than making you happy in your own home, the construction and planning process can be a heavy burden for the end user. On the other hand, interior designers and architects can sometimes be off-putting and pretentious, which - let's face it - isn't exactly a great marketing strategy! Let us demystify the industry for you and explain the good, the bad, and the ugly behind hiring a design professional for your next project. Laugh and learn with us, and let's start Surviving Design!

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Join professional interior designers Melissa Guerra, Melody Smith, and Timm Dolley as they discuss a huge elephant in the room in the design industry: Boundaries! Sick of your clients texting you at all hours of the night and day? Sick of working nonstop and feeling like you're getting nowhere? Sick of contractors asking for things last minute that you either weren't prepared for or sent them months ago? Yeah, us too. It's a complicated industry, but we're in it to win it! Laugh and learn with us, and let's start Surviving Design!

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Join professional interior designers Melissa Guerra, Timm Dolley, and Melody Smith as they discuss all things interior-design related. You think you know this industry? You don't know the half of it! In this special edition episode we interview famous Palm Beach interior designer Jennifer Garrigues to hear about her illustrious career as well as her take on the ups and downs of the interior design profession. If you're an interior designer or planning to be you need to hear her take on the industry. From stories about her career in modeling, her travels to India and Morocco for inspiration, and her experience in teaching, Jenny has some amazing insight into the industry that you may not have heard before! Get ready to laugh and learn about the industry, and join us  in Surviving Design. 

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When it comes to home decor, one should seldom skim on quality, and that passion seeps through every facet of Yester Home and its 2nd generation Managing Director, Edward Styles.

Sharing a glimpse into an entrepreneurial family in which he Co-Founded the business with his parents, Ed joins us on a heartwarming and homely episode of It Runs In The Family.

This episode covers:

• The inception of Yester Home with Ed’s family’s entrepreneurial grounding
• Working alongside parents and growing into leadership
• Uplifting customer stories that drive the heart of Yester Home
• Family values that thread throughout the business

Join Melissa Guerra, Timm Dolley, and Melody Smith as we take you behind-the-scenes in the interior design world! In this episode, we delve into the world of designer show houses, what they are, and what the process is if a designer wants to participate and market their business. We also discuss the recent Kips' Bay Decorator Show House in West Palm Beach, and we take you through some of our favorite (and least favorite spaces). 

Here's a link to the Jellyfish room we discuss (Melissa and Melody's favorite from past years): https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/designer-show-house-2013-pj-vj~1442974

Here's a link to Timm's favorite room of past years (search for Red Cross Show House 2013): https://www.nxgstudio.com/portfolio

Here's a link to more info regarding the recent Palm Beach Show House:
https://www.kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org/pbplanyourvisit

Christine Granfield, founder of Sea Squared Design, was a successful biotech and pharmaceutical professional when her home renovation project changed her career. Christine found herself really interested in all aspects of design. Curious about what this meant, she started working for a building company, and from the ground up, built a new career as a highly sought after interior designer.

Christine shares great tips on how to overcome fear, follow your curiosity, and find work that makes your heart sing.

www.seasquareddesign.com

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Join professional interior designers Melissa Guerra, Timm Dolley, and Melody Smith as they discuss red flags in projects and when to walk away from - or simply avoid - toxic clients. Just like personal relationships, you and your client will be together through thick and thin (sometimes for years depending on the size of the project). Make sure you're both ready for that kind of commitment! 

Think the interior design business is easy? Think again. We expose the secrets behind the often-shrouded industry to help you grow your business and your bottom line! What are you waiting for? Join us in Surviving Design!

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Join Melissa Guerra, Timm Dolley, and Melody Smith as they discuss the complexities of being professional interior designers and what the business is truly like behind the scenes. Spoiler alert: It is NOT for the faint of heart. During this episode we discuss how clients' anxieties during the project can transfer onto the interior designer and how overly controlling personalities can derail a project from start to finish. Get ready to laugh and learn, and let's start Surviving Design!

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Join Melissa Guerra, Melody Smith, and Timm Dolley as they discuss their different methods for inspiration when it comes to designing a room. Other topics range from picky clients to overpriced furniture manufacturers and everything in between (including BDSM)! Get ready to laugh and learn about the design industry, and join us in Surviving Design!

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Recorded March 6, 2021

Guest notes: 

Dara Segbefia, Interior Decorator (but we call her a House Whisperer)

Questions/Topics:

How did you get started in the decorating?

What's the difference Interior Design and Interior Decorating?

What's the process for engaging with you? 

How do you take a client from a magazine clipping  to a reality in their real space?

How do you deal with difficult clients? Have you ever had to fire a client?

Tell us about the pretty rocks (crystals) in many of your reveal pictures. 

What if I don't have a big budget? If I only have $500 can you still help me?

How is cost determined?
 

Guest Quotes:

I ask a lot of personal questions [of the clients] because every room has energy in it. I ask, "How do you want to feel in this space"?

I ask questions to dig into who you really are then I find the core pieces that an speak your love language.

Every time I put a crystal in someone's home, they love the feeling. It's my way of reminding them that there is peace within their home.

I love to put at least one DYI item within every client's home to give it that personal touch. I'm really big on it. That's what I believe really set me apart from other interior decorators.

Patience has to be one of the main things with getting your space together. You don't want to rush buying furniture and then not be completely invested in it by the end. That's a common mistake. Don't rush!

When I bought my current house I hired an interior decorator to help me.... It was the best money I'd spent. When I tell you I never ever regretted any of the money I spent on my decorator at all... I didn't.
 - Rhumel
 

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How can we design our spaces in a way that calms us down? How does design affect introverts and extroverts differently? And why is clutter killing us? In this episode, Laura sits down with architect Angela Mazzi to discuss these things, as well as what she and Fabricio should keep in mind when building the retreat center.

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Welcome to Episode #26 of Profiles in Franceformation. This is your host, Allison Grant Lounes, and this week, our guest is Sumner Hargrove, a native Texan who left the financial sector on Wall Street to work in Paris at age 30, raised multi-lingual twins in Paris, and finally went back to school for a diplôme d'état to pursue her childhood dream of becoming an interior decorator. She created her interior decorating agency, Flights of Fancy in Paris in 2018. 

Through our conversation, you’ll also learn:

• How an advertisement on a bus encouraged her to overcome the hurdle and challenging experience of learning French at the age of 30 years old, and what she did to increase her confidence while speaking French
• The steps she took to “reinvent” herself in order to work in France
• How €27,64 almost stood in the way of Sumner’s ability to gain French nationality
• The magic and power of the French words “je suis désolé de vous déranger"
• What Sumner has learned in creating and developing friendships in France, and how this differs from the same experience in the US
• The decision to raise her twins to be bilingual and what steps she took to ensure they successfully learned French and English
• The steps Sumner has taken to integrate herself into her community, whether that is in English or in French, and how she has stayed true to herself throughout it all
• In what ways Sumner feels French when she goes back to Texas, and in what ways she feels very American when interacting with the French
• What Sumner loves about living in France, and her suggested route to anyone wishing to explore Paris or for Americans with an interest in history or chateaux
• The part of Paris that inspires Sumner’s creativity and how it has been the source of some of her best ideas, including her business’ tagline
• What Sumner means when she says she’s in “the business of daring” and how she combined the skillsets of both her parents in her current job
• Her favorite French meals, which seem to pay a bit of an homage to her Texan roots

To learn more about Sumner’s company, Flights of Fancy: https://www.flights-of-fancy.paris

Be sure to check out her YouTube and social media pages as well!

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYctsP-8Kef48-gZADxKdPg
• https://www.facebook.com/paris.interior.design/
• https://www.instagram.com/the.only.parisian.sumner/?hl=en

If you are considering moving to France like Sumner, Foolproof French Visas can help you navigate the path toward finding the right visa for you. It can be purchased here: https://www.yourfranceformation.com/books or in paperback on Amazon.

If you would like to pursue your own Franceformation, you can also request a free 30-minute clarity call with Allison to review your visa options and decide how to move toward creating your ideal life in France: https://www.yourfranceformation.com/free-call

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सुनिए सोनी जैन की प्रेरक कहानी। ये एक एटेलियर डिज़ाइनर एंड टैटू आर्टिस्ट हैं, जो स्टूडियोज़ को डिज़ाइन करने और पिक्चर्स को रियलिटी में बदलने के लिए एक कलरफुल ट्विस्ट लेकर आती है। जी हाँ एटेलियर टैटू फर्म की ओनर सोनी जैन बीतें कुछ सालों से अपने इसी बिज़नेस को सफल बनाने के लिए कड़ी मेहनत कर रही है।राजस्थान के कोटा शहर में जन्मी सोनी ने अपना बचपन कोटा शहर में ही बिताया। वही इन्होंने अपनी पढाई भी इसी शहर से पूरी की। और पढाई के बाद इन्होने करियर में आगे बढ़ने के लिए अपने इंटरेस्ट का फील्ड ही चुना और धीरे धीरे इस क्षेत्र के बारे में प्रॉपर रिसर्च करने के बाद पूरी प्लानिंग के साथ इस फील्ड में कदम रखा।ये मानती है कि हर क्षेत्र में आगे बढ़ने के लिए पहले उसके बारे में थोड़ा रिसर्च करना और प्रॉपर प्लानिंग करना बेहद ज़रूरी है।आज ये पेशे से एक टैटू आर्टिस्ट है और अपने इस बिज़नेस को सफल बनाने के लिए प्रयासरत है। पूरी कहानी पढ़ें: https://stories.workmob.com/soni-jain-fashion-apparel

वर्कमोब द्वारा #मेरीकहानी कार्यक्रम के माध्यम से एक नयी पहल शुरू की गयी है जिसके ज़रिये हर कोई छोटे बड़े बिज़नेस ओनर्स अपनी प्रेरक कहानियों को यहाँ सभी के साथ साझा कर सकते है। क्योंकि हर शख्स की कहानी में है वो बात जो जीवन को बदलकर एक नयी दिशा दिखाएगी, और ज़िन्दगी में ले आएगी आशा की एक नयी चमकती किरण। #प्रेरककहानियाँ #सोनीजैन #टैटूआर्टिस्ट #डिज़ाइनर #डिज़ाइन #एटेलियरटैटूफर्म #बिज़नेस #रिसर्च 

जानिए वर्कमोब के बारे में: जुड़िये वर्कमोब पर - ये है भारत का अपना एक प्रोफेशनल सोशल नेटवर्क। जोश और जुनून से भरी प्रेरणादायक कहानियां देखिये। मजेदार प्रतियोगिताएं खेलिए, उनका हिस्सा बने, लाइव जुड़िये, और भी बहुत कुछ पाए वर्कमोब पर । यह सौ प्रतिशत बिलकुल मुफ्त है। जाइये इस लिंक पर - https://stories.workmob.com और देखें ढेर सारी प्रेरक कहानियाँ। 

हमारे ऐप्प को डाउनलोड करें: 
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.workmob
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/workmob/id901802570