082: Artistry and Design Combined WITH BRITA DEREMEE

Brita DeRemee is joining us on the podcast today. She has over 30-years of experience helping clients create homes they love to live in.  She is their trusted design partner for everything from renovations to custom home furnishings.  Brita is passionate about leveraging art to inspire design and loves the collaborative and layered process.   Her  Swedish roots and modern sensibilities make her a natural advocate for craft and sustainability.  She  embraces the pragmatic and spiritual, the functional and the beautiful. Brita serves a wide variety of busy professionals, art lovers, dog lovers, busy families and empty nesters in Minneapolis, the greater Twin Cities area and beyond.   

Brita and I began working together a little over a year ago and it has been such a pleasure watching her create a business that suits her instead of having to shift who she was to fit into a mold. We will be talking about that process, embracing her superpower of ADHD and how giving herself the freedom to live and work outside of the box has been a joy. 

Topics Mentioned:

• Imposter syndrome
• Art
• Process
• Collaboration

Key Thoughts:

• So many people tend to think, well, Michele's just a financial coach. I use your financials to help determine “Are you where you want to be, or are you not where you want to be?” - Michele (03:46)

• There's also something the world tells you, that art is something that's completely separate from the business life…that it has this place that isn't part of the business world. - Brita (06:29)

• I always wanted it to be about creativity, ideas, resourcefulness, definitely buying quality products and knowing how to use them well, but sometimes I could make a difference in somebody's home just by telling them to move something or to recover something as opposed to selling. - Brita (09:26)

• My whole creative spirit really doesn't live very well in systems and processes. - Brita (18:08)

• If you find joy in going in and doing X and Y, then by gosh let's build a business of X and Y. There are people who need that. - Michele (28:50)

• But one thing that you helped me with, is really embracing this idea that you don't give things up for free. - Brita (33:28)

• Then we know that the process we've created is the one that allows us to really focus on and being deliberate on getting the outcome that you and the client both want. - Michele (42:02)

Contact Michele

• Email: [email protected]
• Facebook: Scarlet Thread Consulting
• Instagram: @ScarletThreadATL

Contact Brita

• Website: http://www.artistryid.com

References and Resources:

• EP. 026 with Peter Shankman - Listen Today
• Faster than Normal by Peter Shankman
• Understanding Your Finances - Enroll Today
• The Designers' Inner Circle - Become a Member Today