A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design  Business Podcast

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Episodes 1,201
Avg. Duration 1h 4m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (775)
Since Feb 2016
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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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.

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1200: SPONSORED SHOW: Mr. Steam: Optimize Wellness Design with Steam Showers Built for Performance

Jun 12, 2026 1h 6m

Today with William Kauker and Dawn DiGregorio of Mr. Steam: We all know that wellness-focused design is steadily trending. And in today’s sponsored show, we’re talking about what exactly that means…

1199: Jasmine Roth: Say No to the Small Things So You Can Say Yes to the Big Ones

Jun 09, 2026 1h 13m

Today with Jasmine Roth: We all want to stand out and get noticed in our businesses…but sometimes we get so caught up in trying to do what we’re “supposed” to do or put out what we think people are…

1198: Isabel Ladd: Build a Business that Matches Your Vibe

Jun 05, 2026 1h 24m

Today with Isabel Ladd: Today with Isabel Ladd, self-taught interior designer and unapologetic maximalist, we are getting into what it actually looks like to build a business entirely on your own…

1197: Jason Saft: The Systems, Standards, and Boundaries Behind Luxury Home Staging

Jun 02, 2026 1h 44m

Today with Jason Saft: Today with Jason Saft, founder of Staged To Sell Home and one of the most recognized names in luxury staging. Jason has built a business staging multi-million dollar properties…

1196: OVERHEARD: How to Build a Referral Pipeline That Actually Works with Liz Walton, Amy Peletier, and Janelle Blakely-Photopoulos

May 29, 2026 1h 20m

Today with Janelle Photopoulos, Amy Peltier and Liz Walton: Today we're continuing our referral marketing series with three more designers who transformed their businesses by working with Stacey…

1195: BEST OF SHOW: Campbell Minister: Building a Referral Based Interior Design Business

May 26, 2026 1h 7m

Today With Campbell Minister: Welcome to a Well-Designed Business. Building a referral-led business isn’t always easy. It takes commitment, dedication, integrity, and accountability. Most of all, it…

1194: Zach Perez & Zach Keenan: Automate Tedious Tasks and Scale Productivity with Agentic AI

May 22, 2026 1h 2m

Today With Zach Keenan and Zach Perez: Are you spending more time checking boxes in your project management software than you are actually designing? We all love the idea of technology making our…

1193: What Would Lu Do?: Listener Question: Buying an Existing Interior Design Business, What to Know

May 19, 2026 33m

Today With LuAnn Nigara: What happens when you have the opportunity to buy an established interior design business? And more importantly… How do you honor someone’s legacy while still protecting…

1192: BEST OF SHOW: Jaclyn Marie: Build an Authentic Instagram Following

May 15, 2026 1h 1m

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business! In this episode, LuAnn chats with Jaclyn Lankiewicz, the woman behind the Instagram handle, Jaclynmari_. She is the principle of Jaclyn Marie Interiors based in…

1191: BEST OF SHOW: Park & Oak Interior Design: From the Park Bench to Luxury Design Firm in 3 Years

May 12, 2026 1h 13m

Welcome to the show! We have Christina Samatas and Renee DiSanto, the founders of Park and Oak Interior Design Studio, located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, with us today. These ladies work on new…

1190: Josh Cooperman: Building What's Next While Protecting What Works | Live From KBIS 2026

May 08, 2026 42m

Today With Josh Cooperman: Josh Cooperman and I have been crossing paths at trade events for years — waving at each other across the hall, meaning to sit down, never quite making it happen. We…

1189: Helen Bygraves: How to Grow a Design Firm to 50 People Across Two Countries

May 05, 2026 1h 17m

Today With Helen Bygraves: It’s easy to look at massive design firms and wonder how they could have possibly done it. When you’re growing your business, it can seem like top-tier firms must have a…

1188: In Good Company: CEO Conversations with Kate O’Hara: Scaling Your Design Firm Part 1: The Three Paths Forward

May 01, 2026 57m

Today With Kate O’Hara: As you grow your business, you inevitably hit a point where you just can’t force more projects into your pipeline. So…what happens next? Do you bring on another designer? Are…

1187: WWLD: If Talent Isn’t the Problem, Why Aren’t You Getting Hired?

Apr 28, 2026 19m

Today With LuAnn Nigara: You’re talented. You’ve built something thoughtful, elevated, even exceptional. So why isn’t it landing? That’s the real question behind today’s What Would Lu Do. In this…

1186: BEST OF SHOW: Candy Scott & Rachel Cannon: Interior Design is a Service Business Not a Commodity Business

Apr 24, 2026 53m

Welcome to today’s show! We are really happy today to have Candy Scott and Rachel Cannon join us on the show! In today’s episode, these two smart ladies will be talking to LuAnn about the changing…

1185: Kia Weatherspoon: The Cost of Performing Leadership

Apr 21, 2026 1h 9m

Today With Kia Weatherspoon: Today with Kia Weatherspoon, we explore what it truly means to lead, not performatively, but fully and honestly. As the founder of Determined by Design, Kia has built a…

1184: Geraldine Morrison (NKBA): Stop Guessing—Use Industry Insight to Grow Your Business

Apr 17, 2026 24m

Today With Geraldine Morrison: What happens when you stop guessing in your business… and start making decisions based on real industry insight? In this episode, LuAnn is joined by Geraldine Morrison,…

1183: BEST OF SHOW: Fred Berns: Own Your “Only” Word & Tips to Discover Yours

Apr 14, 2026 42m

The guest on today’s Power Talk Friday is Fred Berns, the only Interior Design Industry Business Coach, and Speaker.  Fred was a Speaker at the Design Blogger’s Conference, held in L.A. In March,…

1182: Sponsored Show: Studio Kasa, How to Source Art That Elevates Your Projects and Increases Your Profit

Apr 10, 2026 1h 29m

Today With Josh Kasper of Studio Kasa: Art is one of the most overlooked, and under-monetized, elements in interior design. In this sponsored episode, LuAnn sits down with Josh Kasper, founder of…

1181: Sponsored Show with Duke Renders: Is AI Saving You Time… or Wasting It?

Apr 07, 2026 1h 2m

Today With Duke Renders and Jenna Gaidusek: AI is everywhere right now. Some designers are excited about it. Others are frustrated by it. And many are quietly wondering… Is this actually helping my…

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