A weekly blueprint for interior designers who want to build a business as thoughtfully designed as the homes they create. a note from my desk.... As interior designers, we spend countless hours thinking about how our clients will experience their space. We consider flow, function, beauty, and purpose. We ask how a family will live in the home, how they'll move through it, and how each room can better support their everyday life. Yet when it comes to our own businesses, many of us simply......
12 days ago • 3 min read
Design Clarity Weekly Helping Design Professionals Streamline, Simplify & Succeed Hello Friends! Summer has officially arrived. For my Canadian Designers, we will be celebrating Canada Day on July 1. It's crazy how quickly June zipped by. Let's talk about what summer is looking like..... For many designers, this season naturally looks different. Maybe your kids are home from school. Maybe your family is heading to the cottage every weekend. Perhaps you're welcoming houseguests, taking a...
19 days ago • 3 min read
Design Clarity Weekly Helping Design Professionals Streamline, Simplify & Succeed Hey Friends! If you've been around here for a while, you've heard me talk about the CEO Date, the Model Calendar, and the Pomodoro Method. If you're new here; welcome! And for my OGs...you're probably thinking, "Not this again. Marsha needs some new content." 😂 But bear with me. I've been using these strategies since 2019 when they were first introduced to me by a business coach. That's seven years. This...
26 days ago • 3 min read
Design Clarity Weekly Helping Design Professionals Streamline, Simplify & Succeed Hi friend, Summer has a way of changing our rhythm. The kids are home, vacations are on the calendar, projects seem to pick up all at once, and before we know it, the routines that served us so well in the spring begin to feel a little more chaotic. At the same time, there's another reality quietly sitting in the back of our minds; we're halfway through the year. If you're anything like the designers I work...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Design Clarity Weekly Helping Design Professionals Streamline, Simplify & Succeed Hi Friends, How Is It June Already? Summer has a way of sneaking up on us. One minute we're setting goals in January, and the next we're planning beach days, welcoming kids home from university, preparing for visitors, or sneaking away to the cottage whenever we can. As much as I don't want to talk about fall just yet, we are officially halfway through 2026. Which makes this a great time to pause and ask: How's...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Design Clarity Weekly Helping Design Professionals Streamline, Simplify & Succeed Hello Friends! One thing I get asked about often is the pipeline. How do I attract new business?How do I get more of the right people inquiring?How do I talk about what I do in a way that actually lands? This is something we spend a fair amount of time on inside Bring Calm to Chaos, because your pipeline is not just about visibility. It is about clarity. And one of the exercises we do is simple, but not always...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Design Clarity Weekly Helping Design Professionals Streamline, Simplify & Succeed Hi friend, This Sunday, we’ll be celebrating our son turning 20. He just finished his second year of university and starts his summer job this weekend. Our daughter is 18, just completed her first year of university, and is working part-time with an equine veterinary team. And I have to say, I am really loving this season of their lives. But I also know this season didn’t arrive out of nowhere. About three years...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Design Clarity Weekly Helping Design Professionals Streamline, Simplify & Succeed Hi friends, This week, I’ve been reflecting on how much of running a successful design business has very little to do with actual design. It’s leadership.It’s communication.It’s boundaries.It’s learning how to support clients, teams, and ourselves through stressful seasons without losing ourselves in the process. The truth is, many designers are carrying an invisible mental load behind the scenes while trying to...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Design Clarity Weekly Helping Design Professionals Streamline, Simplify & Succeed Hey Lovely! There’s a lot of conversation in our industry around design, aesthetics, and client experience. But I think one of the most overlooked conversations is leadership. Not just leadership when things are going well. But leadership in the everyday moments. Leadership in how you speak to your team. Leadership in whether you give credit. Leadership in whether you train someone properly instead of expecting...
2 months ago • 2 min read