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Accelerating your Interior design and home brand business. Hosted by interior design pro, Darla Powell.

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Accelerating your Interior design and home brand business. Hosted by interior design pro, Darla Powell.

    Franchising Your Design Business (with Guest Host Rebecca Hay)

    Franchising Your Design Business (with Guest Host Rebecca Hay)

    Are you offering micro design in your interior design services? If not, you could be leaving money on the table. Guest Host Rebecca Hay sits down with Miranda Cullen of Inside Stories to discuss the rise of micro design, plus everything you need to know about franchising your design business. Stay tuned!
    Miranda Cullen is an internationally recognized interior designer and founder of Inside Stories, one of Colorado's top design firms. She currently leads a team of 20-plus designers in her Denver-based studio, which has earned more than a few accolades. In 2022, Miranda won the Design & Architecture award from the International Design & Architecture Committee. This year, Inside Stories was listed among the "Top 13 Interior Design Firms" in the Southwest by Architectural Digest PRO.
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    📲CONNECT with Miranda:
    Website: https://insidestories.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insidestories_design/
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    Website: https://rebeccahay.com
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msrebeccahay/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resilientbydesignpodcast/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkeH21grLjMPHDXhrrcVo5A
    Podcast: https://rebeccahay.com/podcast/
    📲CONNECT with Darla:
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedarlapowell
    📚Resources & People Mentioned:
    Wingnut Academy is LIVE: https://wingnutsocial.com/wingnut-academy/
    "The 6 Keys to Success on Instagram" (Free Webinar): https://wingnutsocial.ewebinar.com/webinar/free-webinar-the-6-keys-to-success-on-instagram-9971
    "Women's Murder Club" Series by James Patterson
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    • 42 min
    Tips for Designers to Procure Furniture Profitably (with Guest Host Liz Potarazu)

    Tips for Designers to Procure Furniture Profitably (with Guest Host Liz Potarazu)

    Are you a new designer struggling to make connections with furniture manufacturers? Are you an experienced designer looking to streamline your sourcing and shipping? Today's guests, Peter and Alexander Spalding, are the creators of Daniel House Club, a website that helps designers find products, manage vendors, and maximize their creativity. Stay tuned!
    The concept behind Daniel House Club is both personal and professional to CEO Alexander Spalding and Chief Brand Officer Peter Spalding. As past owners of an interior design firm, they had experienced the many challenges and complexities of running a design business themselves. The Spalding brothers knew all too well that designers spend excessive amounts of time finding products, managing vendors, and handling logistics – and spend less time on being creative.
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    📲CONNECT with Peter and Alexander:
    Website: https://danielhouse.co/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielhouse.club
    📲CONNECT with Liz:
    Website: https://www.lpandcodesign.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lpandcodesign/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC4oEBg5pzm0bN_oOwassV2w
    📲CONNECT with Darla:
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedarlapowell
    📚Resources & People Mentioned:
    Wingnut Academy is LIVE: https://wingnutsocial.com/wingnut-academy/
    "The 6 Keys to Success on Instagram" (Free Webinar): https://wingnutsocial.ewebinar.com/webinar/free-webinar-the-6-keys-to-success-on-instagram-9971
    "The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo" by Irving Stone
    "Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business" by Gino Wickman
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    • 50 min
    How Your Sleep Habits Directly Impact Your Business (with Guest Host Rebecca Hay)

    How Your Sleep Habits Directly Impact Your Business (with Guest Host Rebecca Hay)

    Are you struggling with your sleep hygiene? Do you feel the need to fight sleep in favor of productivity? When you do finally go to sleep, are you having trouble staying asleep? Today's guest is sleep expert Terry Cralle, and she shares lots of sleep tips for solopreneurs. Stay tuned!
    Terry Cralle, MS, RN, is a Registered Nurse based in Washington, DC. She is certified in clinical sleep health and has co-authored two books on sleep; Snoozby and the Great Big Bedtime Battle (Rowe Publishing, 2015), the first nonfiction book directly messaging the benefits of sufficient sleep to young children and Sleeping Your Way to the Top (Sterling Publishing, 2016), the ultimate guide to success through sufficient sleep. Terry serves as a spokesperson for the Better Sleep Council.
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    📲CONNECT with Terry:
    Website: https://bettersleep.org/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bettersleeporg/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BetterSleepOrg/
    X: https://twitter.com/BetterSleepOrg/
    Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bettersleeporg/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BetterSleeporg
    📲CONNECT with Rebecca:
    Website: https://rebeccahay.com
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    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resilientbydesignpodcast/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkeH21grLjMPHDXhrrcVo5A
    Podcast: https://rebeccahay.com/podcast/
    📲CONNECT with Darla:
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedarlapowell
    📚Resources & People Mentioned:
    Wingnut Academy is LIVE: https://wingnutsocial.com/wingnut-academy/
    "The 6 Keys to Success on Instagram" (Free Webinar): https://wingnutsocial.ewebinar.com/webinar/free-webinar-the-6-keys-to-success-on-instagram-9971
    "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker
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    • 38 min
    How Interior Designers Can Start Their Own Furniture Collection (with Guest Host Nicole Heymer)

    How Interior Designers Can Start Their Own Furniture Collection (with Guest Host Nicole Heymer)

    Are you an interior designer wondering what it takes to create your own furniture collection? Today's guest, Antonia Caicedo, created a luxury collection of pieces that forges a bond between Art Deco and Mid-Century modern styles. With her experience on both sides of the manufacturing business, Antonia knows what it takes to make a great vendor and a great design client. Stay tuned for lots of tips and another fantastic guest host, Nicole Heymer of Glory & Brand!
    With an innate understanding of the relationship between design and architecture, Antonia Caicedo serves as Design Director at JIMECO and is the creator of the Antonia Collection, a luxury collection of pieces that forge a bond between Art Deco and Mid-Century modern styles. This collection, continuing to transform and featuring an assortment of case-goods, occasional, and upholstery pieces, together with its own lighting collection, communicates Antonia’s unique vision of “effortless luxury”.
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    📲CONNECT with Antonia:
    Website: https://www.jimeco.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimecointeriors/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jimeco/
    YouTube: https://youtube.com/@jimecoantoniacollection4931?si=jkSJcD6L4yMZiJXP
    📲CONNECT with Nicole:
    Website: https://gloryandbrand.com
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloryandbrand
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glory-and-brand/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gloryandbrand
    📲CONNECT with Darla:
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedarlapowell
    📚Resources & People Mentioned:
    Wingnut Academy is LIVE: https://wingnutsocial.com/wingnut-academy/
    "The 6 Keys to Success on Instagram" (Free Webinar): https://wingnutsocial.ewebinar.com/webinar/free-webinar-the-6-keys-to-success-on-instagram-9971
    "The Architectural Detail" by Edward R. Ford
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    • 31 min
    Tax Tips for Designers to Keep More Money in Your Pocket (with Guest Host Liz Potarazu)

    Tax Tips for Designers to Keep More Money in Your Pocket (with Guest Host Liz Potarazu)

    Are you afraid of the IRS? Well, you don't have to be! Tax expert, Sugey Piedra, sits down with our guest host Liz Potarazu (LP & Co) and shares lots of tips on how interior designers can keep more money in their pockets and set their future finances up for success.
    As an enrolled agent and 20+ year certified tax preparer, Sugey Piedra likes to make her clients’ money work for them so that they don’t have to work forever. In her daily work as co-founder of Prominence Business & Wealth Management, Sugey supports high-earning, service-based business owners achieve long-term wealth through a holistic approach to financial services, providing bookkeeping, tax preparation, financial planning and tax strategy under one roof.
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    📲CONNECT with Sugey:
    Website: https://www.prominencebusiness.com/
    Instagram: www.instagram.com/prominence.services
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/Sugey/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProminenceBMgmt
    📲CONNECT with Liz:
    Website: https://www.lpandcodesign.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lpandcodesign/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC4oEBg5pzm0bN_oOwassV2w
    📲CONNECT with Darla:
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedarlapowell
    📚Resources & People Mentioned:
    Wingnut Academy is LIVE: https://wingnutsocial.com/wingnut-academy/
    "The 6 Keys to Success on Instagram" (Free Webinar): https://wingnutsocial.ewebinar.com/webinar/free-webinar-the-6-keys-to-success-on-instagram-9971
    Liz's Episode: https://youtu.be/LvajsamXejc
    "We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power"
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    • 39 min
    Everything You Need to Know About Buying a Couch in 2024 (with Guest Host Liz Potarazu)

    Everything You Need to Know About Buying a Couch in 2024 (with Guest Host Liz Potarazu)

    Guest host Liz Potarazu (LP & Co) interviews Couch.com founder and CEO, Alex Back. They discuss how people are buying couches these days, how AI plays a role in interior design and the retail experience, and how Couch.com can be a resource for interior designers. Stay tuned!
    Alex Back is the founder and CEO of Couch.com, a new platform dedicated to solving the single biggest problem facing the furniture industry: no one knows where the heck to buy a couch! He previously founded and ran the popular furniture brand, Apt2B, for 13 years prior to his exit in 2023.
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    📲CONNECT with Alex:
    Website: https://couch.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/couchdotcom/
    X: https://x.com/couchdotcom
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3snTFDVUdnDTCXxy7_Cejg
    📲CONNECT with Liz:
    Website: https://www.lpandcodesign.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lpandcodesign/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC4oEBg5pzm0bN_oOwassV2w
    📲CONNECT with Darla:
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedarlapowell
    📚Resources & People Mentioned:
    Wingnut Academy is LIVE: https://wingnutsocial.com/wingnut-academy/
    "The 6 Keys to Success on Instagram" (Free Webinar): https://wingnutsocial.ewebinar.com/webinar/free-webinar-the-6-keys-to-success-on-instagram-9971
    Liz's Episode: https://youtu.be/LvajsamXejc
    Fulhaus: https://www.fulhaus.com
    Medley: https://medleyhome.com
    "Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys" by Joe Coulombe
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    • 37 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
239 Ratings

239 Ratings

Jeanne Collins ,

We laughed a lot

Darla was such a fun host for this podcast. Her journey is inspiring and I love her mission to help other designers through her platforms. Her episodes add great value at any stage in a designer’s career so this is definitely one to follow.

MollyTS ,

Love Darla's Humor and Insight

Darla always brings the humor and lightness to what can be a very stuffy industry that takes itself very seriously. She has really insightful guests across a broad range of topics that can help an interior designer at any stage in their career.

Crimson peony ,

Jasmin Crocket interview

Just finished listening to the latest podcast episode featuring interior designer extraordinaire Jasmine Crockett, and let me tell you, it was pure inspiration! Jasmine's relatable and down-to-earth approach to design had me nodding along and feeling like I could tackle any home project. This episode a must-listen for all design enthusiasts. Keep up the fantastic work, and bring on more incredible guests like Jasmine!

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