How to Work with Interior Design Trends as a Professional

Interior design trends are ever evolving. Keeping up with them or ahead of them requires attention. Design trends develop and evolve by reflecting social movements, overall lifestyle, fashion changes, and even economic outlooks. To easily stay ahead of trends, we’ve put together a few pointers. Stay Classic on Big Ticket Items Trends come and go,…

Our Top Interior Design Trends for 2022 & 2023

If you’ve taken one of my online interior design courses, you know I have a love-hate relationship with trends. Used appropriately, trends can make a room feel stylish and current. Overused, trends can make a room feel dated in just a few short years. So, proceed with caution, lovelies! Below are the interior design trends…

Innovative Ways to Use Tile

I am going to put it right out there: I am a huge fan of using tile. Many clients hesitate when I suggest it. Immediately a look of apprehension clouds their expression, and I can literally see traumatic memories pass through their psyche—they are instantly transported back through time to their grandmother’s powder room, where…

Top 5 Interior Design Trends for 2021 / 2022

It seems like 2020 was the longest year of our lives, so we know we have good reason to feel delighted when leaning into the interior design trends for 2021-2022. We are ready to look ahead, wouldn’t you agree? Here’s an inside look at key trends that will affect your “home”. Because there are multiple…

How Interior Design Trends Adapt & Change Over Time

Hey, guys! Donna Hoffman here. We’re at the 2020 Highpoint Furniture Markets, spotting trends. We’re putting a lot out on our Insta stories. I want to show you how trends combine and morph. We’ve been posting that the barrel chair, it’s picking so much continued steam and it’s changing, finding new shapes. Here’s a great…

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.…

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…

Top 3 Interior Design Trends for 2020 / 2021 and How to Use Them In Your Home

If you’re one of our followers here at The Interior Design Advocate, you know that this is the time of year where we usually give our peeps a sneak peek into the biggest interior design trends for 2020 / 2021 by way of the Kips Bay Show House in New York City. However, due to…

Struggling with Color: Are You Abnormal?

I hate to be the barer of bad news. So happily for me, today I get to be the barer of good news!!! When it comes decorating & design, you are SUPER normal if color makes you nuts. In fact, you have tons of company! Whether you stress out from picking wall paint colors or…

From Runway to Room: Modern Glam Dining Room

Listen up TIDA peeps! You don’t need to limit yourself to interior design resources when looking for décor ideas. This month we drew inspiration from a red-carpet ensemble and used it to create a swoon-worthy Dining Room! First, we selected a sleek oval dining table to mimic the gown’s graceful silhouette. We then surrounded the…

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