Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Katie Decker-Erickson, Business Coach for Interior Designers
As an interior designer, do you find yourself caught between your love for design and the realities of running a profitable business? Whether you're launching your firm or scaling to new heights, the business side of interior design can be complex—and often overwhelming.That’s where Katie Decker-Erickson comes in. As a business coach for interior designers and the founder of a multimillion-dollar design firm, she knows firsthand what it takes to build a thriving, sustainable business while stayi...
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Episodes (135)
Ep. 127 The 5 Things That Actually Grow an Interior Design Business | The Design...
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126. If I Wanted to 10X My Design Firm, Here’s Where I’d Start
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125. The Business Advice I’d Ignore If I Were Growing a Design Firm Today
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124. Before You Hire: What Your Interior Design Business Actually Needs
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123. When Your Successful Design Business Stops Feeling Successful
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122. The Business Decisions I Wish More Interior Designers Made Sooner
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121. Overwhelmed Doesn't Mean It's Time to Hire
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120. The Client Email That Can Make Or Break Your Profit
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119. Why Small Interior Design Projects Might Be Your Biggest Opportunity
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118. Why Referral-Only Is Holding Your Business Back
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117. The Trade-Offs No One Talks About When Growing a Design Firm
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116. Booked Out, Busy, and Still Not Profitable Enough?
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115. A Profitable Design Business Is Not the Same as a Scalable Design Firm
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114. Your Business Doesn’t Need You As Much As You Think It Does
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113. The Art Of The Principle: The Hard Conversations No One Talks About That Wi...
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112. The Hidden Cost of Saying Yes to the Wrong Projects
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111. The Decision That Will Either Grow or Stall Your Business This Year
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110. What I’d Fix First If I Took Over Your Interior Design Business Today
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109. Lessons from High Point Market: How Interior Designers Actually Attract Bet...
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108. Scaling an Interior Design Business Takes More Than Bigger Goals
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107. The Smarter Way Interior Designers Increase Profit (Without More Clients or...
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106. The Hiring Mistake Keeping Interior Designers Overworked
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105. Why You Don’t Have a Million-Dollar Interior Design Business Yet
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104. Why Being Busy Isn’t Growing Your Interior Design Business
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103. Why Your Interior Design Projects Keep Going Over Budget
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102. Why Interior Design Clients Keep Changing Their Minds (And How to Fix It)
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101. Scaling an Interior Design Business Beyond Referrals
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100. 100 Episodes Later: The Real Reason Interior Designers Feel Stuck
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99. Why High Demand Doesn’t Mean You’re Ready to Scale Your Interior Design Busi...
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98. Signs You’ve Outgrown DIY Business Advice as an Interior Designer
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97. Why Raising Your Rates Didn’t Give You More Freedom (And What Actually Will)
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96. Why Your Team Keeps Asking You the Same Questions (And How to Fix It as a Le...
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95. Why Your Interior Design Business Feels Heavier as It Grows (Even With More...
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94. How to Choose the Right Coach for Your Interior Design Business
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93. Why Indecision Is Holding Your Design Business Back (And How to Take Confide...
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92. A Pep Talk For Interior Design Business Owners Who Want to Win In 2026
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91. Lessons From Our Big Mistakes w/ Michelle Lynne
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90. Top Questions Every Designer Has About Growing Their Business - And My Answ...
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89. Your 2025 Interior Design Business Audit
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88. Turn Your 2026 Vision Into a Design Business That Actually Works
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87: Your Business Reality Check Starts Here
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86. What Are You Waiting For? How to Break Through Overwhelm and Actually Move...
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85. From Designer to CEO: How Owning the Vision Grows Your Business
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84. Overcoming Self-Doubt as a Designer: Why Confidence Is Your Real Growth Stra...
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83: The Limiting Beliefs Stopping You from Scaling Your Business
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82: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There — And That’s a Good Thing
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81: Scaling Your Design Business Without Losing Your Sanity - A Coaching Convers...
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80: Building a Resilient Design Business - Even When the Economy Isn’t (Part 3...
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79: Creating Demand in a Slow Market (Part 2 of Thriving Through Economic Uncert...
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78: Pricing with Confidence in a Shaky Economy (Part 1 of Thriving Through Econo...
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