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05-12-202002-10-2025

540: Robin Baron: Strategic Thinking on Product Development

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540: Robin Baron: Strategic Thinking on Product Development

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business! LuAnn’s guest is Robin Baron, who first joined LuAnn in episode #32. Robin is a #smartlady with an incredible body of work which includes being a celebrity interior designer, lifestyle expert, and a luxury home-furnishings designer. Based in NYC, Robin always brings a striking sense of fashion and style to everything she does as a successful interior designer. Robin knows that flexibility is important, so customization is available in almost every piece in her collections.

Celebrating 30 years in business Robin could have spoken on several topics but chose her strategy for designing and bringing a product to market. If you have ever dreamt about designing your own product, please, get a pen and paper for this show. Robin truly shares every aspect that you must consider before you set out on this path. Her advice is well earned and it is easy to hear the depth and breadth of her experience as a thoughtful business woman!

Robin thrives on creating homes that are unique and fabulous while maintaining a warm and inviting atmosphere. Reflecting her motto that “Confidence Begins at Home”, she prides herself on her ability to capture her clients’ individual personalities and bring positivity into their homes.

Robin has significant experience on TV, video, and radio including appearing on HGTV, Bravo, and NBC and has been featured in many print and online publications. Robin is the Brand Ambassador for the NY NOW show, and also tours the country as a spokesperson, speaking to audiences at events both within the industry as well as to the public. She enjoys providing lifestyle and design tips through her award-winning blog “Simplifying Fabulous!” and her multi-platform social media presence.

Show Highlights:

There are five categories of products that Robin has brought to market:

Hardware
Case Goods
Upholstery
Rugs
Lighting

You have to set your macro goal, and then from there, set your micro goals, which are the goals that will get you to the bigger goal.
Robin addresses licensing and how it needs to be a part of your overall marketing plan because it doesn’t really make you money, initially.
Robin shares some tangible advice regarding bringing a product to a market:

First, analyze the need in the market for your product idea. Have you looked around to see if anyone else is providing it?
Next, are you the one to fill this need? Do you have the solution?
Do you have the pockets deep enough to fund your idea and take it across the finish line?
Does it fit into your overall goals for yourself and your business?

A ‘Robin-ism’: If you don’t take a chance, you don’t get one!
You don’t have to be an extrovert to be successful, you just have to know who you are.
You’re only as good as the people you surround yourself with. You have to have support.

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05-08-202009-03-2025

539: Window Treatment Friday: Look to Your Window Treatment Partner to Sell Remotely

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539: Window Treatment Friday: Look to Your Window Treatment Partner to Sell Remotely

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business! LuAnn’s co-host of WTF, Vita (Vitalia) Vygovska, joins her today to chat about some of the things that interior designers can be thinking about in relation to window treatments during this time of quarantine.

Whether you’re settling nicely into virtual consultations or you can’t wait for the brick-and-mortars to open back up, you’ll want to listen in to this conversation to learn how important window treatments are to your business!

Vitalia Vygovska (Vita for short), CWFP, MBA, is an award-winning window treatment specialist, author, speaker, mom, wife, and a ballroom dance enthusiast.

Her company, Vitalia, Inc, provides all-encompassing concierge-level, tech-driven fabrication, measurement, installation, and project management services exclusively for interior designers.

Show Highlights:

Vita gives shout-outs to the #maskAmerica initiative and to local designer, Michele Plachter, who gave a wonderful gift to her industry partners.
Remember that your window treatment specialist is your partner in this. LuAnn covers the different reasons why window treatments are important ANY time.
Window treatments are:
money-makers!
an essential part of an interior design project!
beautiful!
Vita suggests that it’s time to lean into your workrooms and window treatment specialists and she shares the ways that a specialist can support an interior designer:
They can provide product knowledge.
They can do renderings on your pictures.
They can give you a ballpark budget.
Window treatment specialists: Consider offering up your services and asking your designers how you can be of value to them.
Here are some great ways thats you can still incorporate window treatments into your 2020 projects:
virtual consultations
when presenting mood boards, remember the windows
clients can take their own rough measurements
#WTF Live!! Vita and Kim will be discussing drapery pleats!! Friday, May 8th at 12 PM, EST on LuAnn’s Window Works – Facebook.
If you are not happy with your resources, now is the time to expand your reach and look for additional or alternative resources, in window treatments, or otherwise.
This podcast and past episodes are excellent sources of information and resources.
Vita has some encouraging words from the heart regarding our low points.

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05-07-202010-03-2024

538: What Would Lu Do? LuAnn Answers Listener Questions

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538: What Would Lu Do? LuAnn Answers Listener Questions

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business, it’s time for another episode of “What Would Lu Do?” where you ask the questions and LuAnn helps out with the answers.

Today’s questions come from listener Christina, who struggles with expanding her prospects beyond client referrals. Christina is asking for tips on finding a space where she won’t be competing with architecture firms with in-house designers, and would like LuAnn’s opinion on the best social media platform.

Listen in as LuAnn digs into the details, susses out the situation, and lays out her reasoning on the resolutions.

Show Highlights:

LuAnn shares listener Christina’s detailed email.
Lean into the referral business because these are the best clients you can have.
Look for ways to keep you referral clients engaged with you.
Even when you do a fantastic job it may not be enough to make them remember you.
Proudly build your referral pipeline!
For more tips on how to build referrals, check out Episodes #93 and #426 with Stacey Brown Randall. Stacey is also one of the co-authors of LuAnn’s second book, A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts. Stacy’s chapter is about leveraging those A-list clients and maximizing the great work you have already delivered to them, so check it out!
You may need to work smarter to grow a design firm in a rural location.
Unfortunately, many architecture firms, builders, and kitchen showrooms may be laying off their in-staff designers during this economic downturn due to the coronavirus event. However, this may open the door for some freelance work and give you the chance to make an impression.
Look for the local people there that can refer you to boutique commercial work. Check into organizations that have architects, property developers, builders, and commercial realtors, call each one and introduce yourself.
You may need to join an organization in a larger nearby city.
LuAnn suggests some additional episodes that will help Christina learn how to work with architects and builders and how to build a hospitality commercial firm. These shows are linked below.
LuAnn provides a detailed overview of a potential social media strategy. For additional tips and social media strategies involving LinkedIn, please see the episodes referenced below.

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05-05-202008-13-2024

537: Nicole McGuire: Design + Build + Property Development

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537: Nicole McGuire: Design + Build + Property Development

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business! Just wait until you meet today’s guest, Nicole McGuire. Every word of her bio is expressed in every word of her conversation, and in LuAnn’s eyes, that makes Nicole one #smartlady. If you don’t epitomize your written bio, this conversation will make you rethink yours!

Listen in, as Nicole has some great tips and lessons for us all. You’ll notice right away that she is clearly a business woman running a design firm.

Passion and drive define Nicole. These traits have been foundational to her success in the highly intense and competitive building market. She is a visionary leader and disrupter of the status quo. Nicole is a gifted conceptual thinker with strengths in strategic planning, team leadership, mentoring, and community outreach. She has actively worked to create space for women to be empowered and given leadership opportunities within the design and construction industry.

Nicole was raised in a home building family, but she has never been one to rest on legacy. After graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nicole partnered with her father, the late Jeff McGuire, to begin a new venture, building spec homes, and eventually creating unmatched custom homes and personally curated design pieces, all available within the McGuire Homes Collection. Nicole has continued to dive deeper into best practices for the industry, even studying Sustainable Business Strategy at Harvard University- expanding her business through social and environmental sustainability standards.

Show Highlights:

A custom home-building company, McGuire Homes, is the foundation of all of their businesses.
Nicole’s passions are in design and bringing women into construction leadership roles.
She started Nicole McGuire Design Studio as another revenue stream, giving her the opportunity to sell all of the products, the finished materials, that go into a new construction home or a remodel, back to themselves. This includes cabinetry, flooring, lighting, and furniture.
McGuire Development Group is a company that holds homes that are hire-in leases to professionals. The homes come furnished, unfurnished, or a full executive rental, as well.
Nicole shares a mistake they made in 2019 and how they have been correcting it. Stay focused on your core business, she suggests.
Nicole details her marketing philosophy.
All about Around the House with Nicole McGuire. Nicole provides advice about how to get your own show!
Communication between her clients, her design team, her build team and herself is extremely important, and Nicole does it all within project management software.
Nicole describes the three different mood boards that clients get, and why.
Getting clients on board with “important” vs. “urgent”.
One of the biggest challenges is managing client expectations.
If you have a question that you’d like LuAnn to answer- go to wwld and she’ll answer yours on air in the coming weeks.
There’s a new episode of WTF this week with Vita! Also on Friday at [12:00] noon, EST Vita and Kim will be going live on LuAnn’s Window Works FB, talking tips, and design for custom window treatments. Please follow Window Works too, both on FB and IG, and be sure to join WTF Live every Friday on FB.

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05-01-202001-28-2026

536: Monogram Appliances: Robert Koller and Alexandra Skobel

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536: Monogram Appliances: Robert Koller and Alexandra Skobel

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business! LuAnn’s guests today are Robert Koller and Alexandra Skobel with Monogram, a new sponsor of the podcast. Monogram was also a valued sponsor of the recent 19hours virtual event sponsored by Mydoma Studio.

You’re going to love the energy that comes out of Monogram and its team members, so listen in meet Rob and Alex and learn more about what Monogram has to offer you!

Rob is the Senior Brand Manager for Monogram and Alex is the Senior Manager of the Monogram Design Center.

Show Highlights:

Alex shares the company mission.
Monogram is the luxury line of appliances for GE and has been in the business for more than 33 years.
Monogram launched two new collections earlier this year: Their Minimalist collection and their Statement
The appliances offered include built-ins, such as refrigerators, dishwashers, wall ovens, and 48-inch ranges.
A “built-in” means that an appliance is built into the cabinetry around it. A built-in often has custom exterior panels, which gives an integrated, seamless look to your kitchen.
In 1987, Monogram was the first luxury brand to create a full built-in package for their clients.
Rob shares his background in Food and Beverage, and what excites him about the time he’s spent at Monogram.
Monogram performed extensive research before putting pen to paper on their latest designs. After careful consideration, they developed three main pillars to support their new look and feel: Materials, Performance, and Ownership. Each of these upholds their commitment to high quality, innovation, and their ongoing relationships with designers and consumers. Through these pillars and their new collections, they’ve created a luxury brand experience that you can see and feel for yourself.
“Social Currency” – Something to talk about with your friends!
Monogram has a couple of programs specifically set up for the designer community to educate them on the Monogram products.
Resellers (and there are over 1,100!) have updated displays and presentations. You can see, touch, and feel!
The flagship showroom in Chicago is open to the public Monday through Saturday.
The showroom does not sell the products, but directs the inquiries to the local Monogram sales manager if it’s outside of Chicago.
If a designer is registered for Monogram’s Rewards Program, they get to extend preferred-builder pricing to the client, which is a great discount.
If a designer is NOT registered for Monogram’s Rewards Program, then the client would be using the rebate. There are 3 tiers where the clients qualify for free items with certain purchases.
Engineering details make all the difference in the design and ease-of-use of the appliances for the consumer.
“Monogram Talks” – a webinar series that will be launching the first week of May!
Different technologies are incorporated into the Monogram appliances.
Designers, when you introduce luxury items into your projects it benefits your profitability!

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04-30-202010-03-2024

535: What Would Lu Do? LuAnn Answers Listener Questions

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535: What Would Lu Do? LuAnn Answers Listener Questions

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business, it’s time for another episode of “What Would Lu Do?” where you ask the questions and LuAnn helps out with the answers.

Today’s questions come from listener Samantha, who would like some suggestions on how to find income when your projects have been put on hold during this COVID-19 event, the top ten recommended processes and systems to be putting in place, and the best practices for social media presence when you have no active projects.

Listen in as LuAnn digs into the details, susses out the situation, and lays out her reasoning on the resolutions.

Show Highlights:

LuAnn shares listener Sam’s detailed email.
Sam’s professional focus is mostly on hospitality design (9) but also residential (1). All ten projects are on hold, and she’s looking for suggestions on how to pull in income.
LuAnn’s advice is to weather the storm for the time being and offers lots of great ideas that Sam can work on right now to successfully position herself for when things open up.
Sam would like to know the top ten processes and systems that she needs to put in place.
LuAnn offers 3 prerequisites and promises the other 7 when the first 3 are firmly in place.
The first 3 are: bookkeeping, reviewing or creating a solid contract, and designing a thorough work flow.
What level of social media presence is appropriate during Sam’s work lull?
Recycle old pics with a new spin or a new caption, but avoid stating that it’s from an old project or that you’re not currently working on a project.
Definitely post on SM to drum up business while not busy.

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#201 Dorien Morin van Dam,

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534: Collective Interiors: An Innovative Collaboration Breaks New Ground

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534: Collective Interiors: An Innovative Collaboration Breaks New Ground

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business! Are you in for a treat today! LuAnn welcomes

Stephanie Castillo, the principal of Rumble Interiors, back to the show. Stephanie was a guest on Episode #391, as well, and is joined by Renee Fyall of D. Marie Interiors and Sam Mikel of Nest Design Studio. These ladies are all interior designers, doing business in the city of Ellensburg, Washington. Ellensburg is a rather small city of just 20,000 people and sort of between Portland and Seattle. Wait until you learn what these 3 #smartladies have created!

Listen in to hear how these three interior designers chose to be open-minded, innovative entrepreneurs rather than wary competitors. Together, they form what’s known as Collective Interiors. You’re going to find their story fascinating!

Stephanie Castillo: Rumble Interiors

Communicator, observer, entrepreneur and creative…… Stephanie has been in a creative field her whole working career. Stephanie started Rumble Interiors as an extension of her success as a hair designer.

Design, balance and harmony are built into everything Rumble Interiors embodies. Stephanie’s ability to design a space comes naturally and her passion lives in her strength to envision a space for the people who live in it.

Rumble Interiors specializes in taking your home or room from uninspired to a unique, inviting warm space that speaks to the people who live in it. Whether it’s a Re-Style which is taking what you already have and Re-thinking, Re-imagining and Re-vamping your space; or a complete home decoration with results that reflect your world refined. Stephanie’s special talent comes in the form of helping people define their design style, the consultation technique is one of her favorite parts of the process.

Renee Fyall: D. Marie Interiors

When it comes to Interior Design Renee joins function with aesthetics seamlessly on projects both big and small. With over 10 years’ experience, much of her career has been focused on project management. With an eye for quality, superior sense of style, Renee assures the space functionality is forefront, including the project running smoothly and on budget while still creating a beautiful and inviting space.

Kitchen design and kitchen remodeling have become a large part of Renee’s focus and priority throughout her time as a Designer. She possesses an innate desire to create and design Interiors that exceed clients’ expectations. As many of us spend a large amount of our time in the kitchen, it’s important to Renee? that she delivers? a return on the investment as the kitchen is the best place in the house to add value, both in design and function.

Sam Mikel: Nest Design Studio

Design is a bastion of individuality and creativity. However, as with other creative endeavors, the gap between one’s inner vision and its ultimate expression can be vast. The function of the professional designer is to help you bridge that chasm. By asking questions and listening attentively, a good designer can help you explore your needs and wishes and define and create the possibilities in your heart and mind. As a wise man once noted, “limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” Sam’s goal as a designer is simply to help you make the best use of your imagination. Open communication throughout the design process helps develop trust and a comfortable, working relationship. Building on your input, Sam’s job is to guide your consideration of such elements as your home’s existing features, the sources of light, and the function required of each space to best define and create your individual style.

Working collaboratively with her clients, she strives to create warm and inspired rooms—unique spaces that tell your own personal story in a timeless way. Managing every detail from conception to completion, Sam’s aim is always to create an ambiance that reflects your taste and unique lifestyle.

In every project she undertakes, she strives to be budget-conscious. Also, whenever possible, she tries to incorporate eco-friendly green products and materials.

Show Highlights:

Stephanie shares how she met Renee and Sam, how the three of them worked over the idea of sharing a collective space, and their result.
“Glorified space sharing” is their business model: Collective Interiors is a building, and inside of this are their three businesses.
Stephanie and Renee share an office, and Sam has her own office. Sam is also the main leaseholder and she has retail space there. Collective Interiors is a interior design / decor / full-scale store.
Renee relates the reaction she had to Stephanie’s request for coffee and mentorship, and how she appreciates directness.
Sam describes her passion for her retail store and her love for people.
Ways they make their collaboration successful.
Mutual trust helps to make this business model work.
Re-evaluation, as they grow and learn, is necessary.
How their lives have been enriched since the inception of Collective Interiors.
Guidance for others that might be interested in the same kind of business model.

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Rumble Interiors Website

Connect with Renee Fyall!

Marie Interiors Website

Connect with Sam!

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04-24-202002-21-2025

533: Power Talk Friday: Katie Krimitsos: Listening to Ourselves

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533: Power Talk Friday: Katie Krimitsos: Listening to Ourselves

Welcome to A Well-Designed Business! It’s Power Talk Friday! LuAnn’s guest today is Katie Krimitsos, Creator of the Women’s Meditation Network. The last time that Katie was featured on A Well-Designed Business on episode 253, she was the fearless leader of the Biz Women Rock community.

Listen in to catch up with all that’s been going on with Katie since her newest endeavor. She truly has a passion to help you become your best you, and if this current Corona Virus event has left you a bit more fearful than usual, you’ll want to hear about guided meditations that can help you feel more centered in this anxiety-ridden environment.

Katie Krimitsos is Creator of the Women’s Meditation Network. She is also a mom, wife, adventurer, podcaster, seeker, and change maker. She’s committed to brightening the light of women around the world through the Women’s Meditation Network, which provides guided meditations and related resources specifically created with the special journey of women in mind. She’s passionate about giving women the tools, strategies, and inspiration to live lives they truly love. She loves the water, the sound of her two girls laughing with each other, and is constantly evolving to make her life and the lives of others as magical as possible.

Show Highlights:

Katie shares her compelling story of how the Women’s Meditation Network came about.
Women naturally have a beautiful light but they are often dimmed by self-doubt or comparison.
Katie is not a meditation teacher, but she does give women the TOOL of meditation to help them learn more about themselves and learn how to deal with life’s troubling moments.
Meditation doesn’t mean having a blank mind. It’s about managing your thoughts, which is crucial to master in both your personal and business lives.
Meditation helps you to distinguish between, “What’s the noise?” versus “What’s the voice?”.
Stop and set aside the fear of what is and what could be. Then reflect on what you can do or how you can help. How are you uniquely qualified to help your clients right now?
What you choose to do and how you choose to show up right now might not pay “right now”, but if you lead with love and do the right thing, it will pay a thousand-fold in the future.
Katie describes the ease of using her 5-20 minute, guided meditations and she also has a sleep bundle.
LuAnn points out that research backs up the physiological benefits of meditation.
It’s so important to tap in and understand what’s really best for us at this moment and how we can best serve others.

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