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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 staying true to your creative vision. With nearly 20 years in the industry and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Katie is actively in the trenches—elevating her own firm while helping other designers master the business of design. We’ll answer questions like: How do I get more interior design clients? What should I charge for interior design services? What are the best marketing strategies for interio
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Signup to Generate a PitchAs 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.
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design is hosted by Design. The show has published 135 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "134. Why Your Interior Design Business Isn't Changing (Even When You Know What to Fix)" (28 October 2026, 18 minutes), "Your Interior Design Business Needs a Different Plan for 2027" (21 October 2026, 23 minutes), and "132. Why More Services Won't Grow Your Interior Design Business | The Design Business Diagnostic, Part 6" (14 October 2026, 24 minutes).
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 135 episodes.
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Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! “But Katie, I don't have time.” “But Katie, I can't afford help.” “But Katie, every project is different.” If you've been following The Design Business Diagnostic series, you probably...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! If you want your interior design business to look different in 2027, you can't simply hope the market gets better. You can't control interest rates, economic uncertainty, changing client...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! When the market slows down or clients start approaching projects differently, it's tempting to respond by adding more services, creating new packages, or changing your pricing. But what if...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! At some point in the growth of an interior design firm, the problem is no longer your design talent, your clients, or even the number of people on your team. Sometimes the constraint is...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! If your interior design firm keeps running out of leads, your problem may have started months before your pipeline went quiet. In Part 3 of The Design Business Diagnostic , I'm diving into...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! You can have a $500,000 interior design firm and be broke. You can have a million-dollar firm and still be broke. Revenue alone doesn't tell me whether I'm looking at a financially healthy...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! What if the thing you're trying to fix in your interior design business isn't actually the problem? I've had designers tell me they need more clients when the real issue is profitability...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! If I wanted to 10X the revenue of my interior design firm, I wouldn't start with marketing, higher prices, bigger projects, or another revenue stream. I'd start by asking whether the business...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! If your interior design firm is already making six figures, multiple six figures, or seven figures, the business advice that helped you get established may not be the advice that gets you to...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! If you're overwhelmed in your interior design business, hiring someone can feel like the obvious next step. But bringing another person into a business with unclear processes, weak financial...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! What happens when you build the interior design business you spent years dreaming about—and realize you don't really enjoy running it anymore? In this episode, I'm talking about a stage of...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! Some of the most important decisions you'll ever make in your business won't feel urgent. There won't be a client demanding an answer or a deadline forcing your hand. Instead, they'll be the...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! Feeling overwhelmed is one of the most common experiences for growing interior design business owners. When projects begin piling up and every decision seems to depend on you, hiring can feel...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! What happens after a client asks you to expand the scope of a project? For many interior designers, this is where profitable projects begin to lose momentum. Without a clear process...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! Are you turning away small projects because they don't seem profitable enough? You may be missing one of the biggest opportunities in your business. In this episode, I challenge the common...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! Referrals are one of the best compliments your business can receive—but they shouldn't be the only way you're attracting clients. In this episode, Michelle Lynn and I unpack one of the...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! Growing your business should feel exciting—but if you've ever wondered why success suddenly feels heavier, this episode is for you. One of the biggest misconceptions in the design industry is...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! Most interior designers think they have a revenue problem. But what if the real issue isn't how much money is coming in? What if it's how much money is quietly leaking out? In this episode...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! One of the biggest misconceptions I see in the interior design industry is the belief that profitability automatically means your business is healthy. It doesn't. You can have beautiful...
Mastering the Business of Interior Design: Success by Design
Send Katie a Text Message!! What if the biggest thing holding your business back isn't your team, your workload, or your schedule? What if it's the fact that your business still depends on you for everything? In this...
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