How to Reset your Mindset When it Comes to Decorating Your Home

No matter how far we go in life we, as human beings, tend to focus on what there is still left to do. By the time we accomplish a goal, we are often so focused on the next one, we forget to actually take a moment to enjoy our success! While this mindset can propel…

Turning Your Love Of Interior Design Into A Business or Side Gig

What does it take to turn my interior design passion into a business or a paid side gig? I want to help you drill down on three key considerations and by doing this, it should help point the way whether it’s a great idea for yourself to turn your passion in interior design a…

5 Furniture Placement Mistakes

Hello my Delish Design Lovers! SO HAPPY to be here with you again! Today we’re talking about The 5 Common Furniture Placement Mistakes. So buckle up and let’s free you from them! Tell me what YOU struggle with most when it comes to placing your furniture…I definitely want to know. Let’s see if you ‘re…

Coffee Table In A Box

Each month we put together a new collection of accessories that work beautifully together to style out a coffee table with a designer’s touch. Coffee Table in a Box is the perfect alternative to cumbersome and confusing decor style box services. With monthly style boxes, you receive a number of items with no plan for…

How to Turn Your Love of Design into a Paying Side Gig: What’s Stopping You?

When it comes to taking the plunge to start an interior design business to make money – whether a nicely paying side hustle or a full-time gig. I know very well the thing that stops brilliant, wise, talented women like you: The “F-bomb” and the terrible “C-word” that makes our stomach sink. Fear and Confidence.…

5 Things Nobody Tells You About Running a Design Business

I’m Donna Hoffman, they call me The Interior Design Advocate because I empower design lovers across the country and beyond to up their design game, and I’m constantly getting questions about what it takes to run an interior design business. If you’re either thinking of starting your own business or have started one the…

Inside Scoop on The Home Furnishing Industry

Between low-quality goods and less-than-helpful customer service, the home furnishings industry can feel like a nightmare for DIY Design Lovers these days. Stick around for an inside scoop on how to avoid headaches and heartaches while sourcing for your home. AND if you’re looking for more guidance on this topic, check out this video vlog…

Coffee Table In A Box

Thinking of Becoming a Professional Interior Designer? Ups and Downs of Being a Pro

But I LOOOVE interior design and looking at beautiful things. But I LOOOVE decorating my own home (AND, everyone tells me I have a “knack”). But I LOOOVE to help OTHER people make their homes fabulous! Yes, yes, yes, my lovely. I do know how you feel. If you’re thinking seriously of going pro, and…

Why Are Space Plans So Important?

Hey, there girlfriend, I’m Donna Hoffman and they call me the Interior Design Advocate because I advocate on behalf of design lovers everywhere. To help you wipe out the ugly room, get rid of the disappointing result, and get rid of that room where the ideas in your head are just falling flat. Okay,…

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