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"You're too expensive." Almost every interior designer has heard it, and even when you know your pricing is fair, those three words can send you straight into explaining, defending, and discounting.

In this episode, Laura walks you through exactly what to do when a potential client pushes back on your fees. You'll learn why "too expensive" does not automatically mean your price is wrong, how to uncover what the client actually means, and how to respond with confidence while protecting the profitability of your business. She also shares the discount maths most designers have never run, and it will change how you think about "just taking ten percent off" forever.

The goal is not to win every project. It's to communicate your value clearly, adjust the scope instead of your worth, and recognize when a client simply isn't the right fit.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

• The first move when you hear "you're too expensive": pause, and ask one question before you respond
• Why an expectation issue and a budget issue are two different conversations, and how to tell which one you're having
• The fee-versus-furnishings confusion: why clients often call the whole project investment "your price"
• How to reconnect your fee to your value with language that is specific, not defensive
• Why you adjust the scope, never the value, when the budget genuinely can't support the project
• The real cost of a discount: how ten percent off your fee can cut your profit in half
• How to gracefully decline when the client is not the right fit, and the difference between a client seeking clarity and one negotiating your professional worth
• Why your own discomfort with a number is not proof the price is wrong, and how to stop negotiating against yourself

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

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How much of your week is spent designing, and how much is spent writing emails, preparing proposals, chasing vendors, and updating spreadsheets?

In this episode, Laura shares 10 practical ways interior designers can use AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to take repetitive, administrative work off their plate, from the first client inquiry all the way through procurement. This is not about replacing your creativity, your judgment, or your client relationships. It's about getting past the blank page, organizing information faster, and buying back time for the work that truly requires you.

Whether you've been experimenting with AI for months or haven't typed a single prompt, this episode gives you a clear, low-risk place to start.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

• The ground rule for using AI in your design business: AI helps you reach your decisions faster, it never makes them for you
• 10 practical uses for AI, including turning inquiry notes into a client brief, drafting consultation follow-ups and proposals, spotting scope gaps before they cost you, meeting summaries, checklists, product and quote comparisons, procurement reviews, vendor and client updates, and building your SOPs
• A bonus for your drive time: how voice mode turns hours in the car into working time for business planning and brain dumps
• Why these 10 are just the tip of the iceberg, and how your comfort and trust grow with every small win
• A simple five-part prompting framework, with a word-for-word example you can adapt today
• How to protect your clients and your business: privacy settings, what not to upload, and where human verification is non-negotiable
• Why you are not falling behind, and the one low-risk task to hand to AI this week

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

In just one focused hour, we’ll dive into whatever you need most—pricing strategies, client management, attracting high-end clients or building repeat business. You’ll get clarity, strategy, and expert advice based on my 27+ years of running a thriving, seven-figure design firm.

This is your chance to get real answers to the questions you’ve been dying to ask—from someone who’s actually been there.

Book your session as you need it—no strings attached.

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

The Business of Beautiful Spaces  I @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces
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How much are you actually paying yourself? Not what your business generated last quarter. Not what you transferred after one good project. What are you consistently paying yourself, every two weeks or every month?

If you're waiting to see what's left over, this episode is for you. Laura breaks down why your compensation has to be a planned, budgeted line item in your business, not an afterthought. Because hope is not a compensation strategy, and you deserve a business that pays you reliably for the talent, leadership, and energy you pour into it.

In This Episode

• Why the owner is so often the last person to get paid, and why that can't be the long-term plan
• The problem with "I pay myself when there's enough money" and what it costs you personally
• How to choose your ideal salary based on your real life, not thin air
• Why your salary becomes your North Star, and how to work backward from it to revenue, margins, and project mix
• The trap of top-line sales in interior design: why a big bank balance after a client invoice doesn't mean you can pay your mortgage
• Owner compensation vs. profit, and why they are not the same thing
• Building your pay into the annual budget first, then layering in everything else
• Planning for consistency in an industry with lumpy revenue
• What to do if your business can't afford your ideal salary yet (hint: that gap is the most useful information you've gathered all year)
• Why growing revenue without growing your pay isn't growth, it's a bigger job with the same paycheque
• How paying yourself properly changes the way you price, choose projects, and lead

Your Homework This Week

1. Choose your ideal annual compensation and divide it into a monthly or bi-weekly amount.
2. Compare it with what you're actually paying yourself right now. What's the gap?
3. Check whether your annual business plan includes your compensation as a real expense. If it doesn't, add it.
4. Work backward: what revenue, gross profit, and mix of projects does the business need to produce to support it?

You don't need to solve everything in one afternoon. But you do need to stop avoiding the number.

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

The Business of Beautiful Spaces  I @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces
Thornton Design                                      I @thorntondesign

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In this episode of The Business of Beautiful Spaces, Laura Thornton explores the value of business coaching and the two paths entrepreneurs can take: figuring everything out alone through years of trial and error, or learning from someone who can help them move forward with greater clarity and confidence. She explains why the skills and people that helped you reach your first $100,000 in sales may not be the same ones you need at $250,000, $500,000, or one million dollars and beyond. As your business grows, your leadership, systems, financial knowledge, team, and decision-making must grow with it.

Laura also shares how her perspective on the cost of coaching has changed. She once worried about the investment, but now believes the greater risk is not investing in her own growth and business. Coaching can help shorten the learning curve, reveal blind spots, strengthen decision-making, and create a more direct path toward a profitable and sustainable company. You do not have to build your business the hardest possible way, and you do not have to do it alone. A free way to support the show is by leaving a five-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts so more interior designers can discover it.

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

In just one focused hour, we’ll dive into whatever you need most—pricing strategies, client management, attracting high-end clients or building repeat business. You’ll get clarity, strategy, and expert advice based on my 27+ years of running a thriving, seven-figure design firm.

This is your chance to get real answers to the questions you’ve been dying to ask—from someone who’s actually been there.

Book your session as you need it—no strings attached.

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

The Business of Beautiful Spaces  I @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces
Thornton Design                                      I @thorntondesign

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In this episode of The Business of Beautiful Spaces, Laura dives into a challenge many interior designers face: having a beautiful Instagram feed that attracts likes and compliments, but not actual inquiries. She explains why a stunning portfolio alone is not enough to convert followers into clients, and how designers can shift their content from simply showing pretty rooms to communicating value, expertise, process, and trust.

Laura shares practical ways designers can make their marketing more strategic, including how to tell the story behind a project, educate potential clients, clarify services, and invite people to take the next step. This episode is a reminder that your audience may already love your work, but they also need to understand why they should hire you. If your content is getting attention but not bringing in leads, this conversation will help you turn admiration into action.

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

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In this episode of The Business of Beautiful Spaces, Laura welcomes Massimo Ferrera, Account Manager and Stone Master at Cava Surfaces, to demystify the process of incorporating natural stone into interior design projects. With over 27 years of experience in marble sourcing, stone selection, and fabrication, Massimo shares practical guidance for designers who want to feel more confident specifying stone, working with fabricators, and guiding clients through the selection process.

Together, Laura and Massimo explore where designers should begin when using natural stone, the most common misconceptions about fabrication, key questions to ask before choosing a slab, and how to avoid costly mistakes before install. They also discuss creative ways to use stone beyond countertops, including fireplaces, showers, floors, backsplashes, furniture pieces, and statement walls. This conversation will help designers feel more prepared, informed, and inspired to bring the beauty, character, and timelessness of natural stone into their projects. A free way to support our show is by leaving it a five-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps other designers discover it, too.

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

In just one focused hour, we’ll dive into whatever you need most—pricing strategies, client management, attracting high-end clients or building repeat business. You’ll get clarity, strategy, and expert advice based on my 27+ years of running a thriving, seven-figure design firm.

This is your chance to get real answers to the questions you’ve been dying to ask—from someone who’s actually been there.

Book your session as you need it—no strings attached.

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

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Today on The Business of Beautiful Spaces, I’m sitting down with Kate Dickson, Principal Designer and Creative Director of The Dickson Design Group, an award-winning studio known for creating warm, elegant homes that are as functional as they are beautiful.

Kate and her team specialize in renovating older homes, and if you’ve ever wondered how to take a space that needs a lot of love and turn it into something bright, fresh, refined, and truly liveable, you are going to love this conversation. Kate’s superpower is space planning. She has a gift for uncovering purpose in the most unexpected corners of a home and solving the hard problems early by dissecting and reassembling floor plans in a way that sets the whole project up for success.

In this episode, we’re talking about getting out of your own way as a business owner, the power of delegation, and the processes that make growth and profitability possible, especially when you’re juggling big renovations and a busy studio.

In just one focused hour, we’ll dive into whatever you need most—pricing strategies, client management, attracting high-end clients or building repeat business. You’ll get clarity, strategy, and expert advice based on my 27+ years of running a thriving, seven-figure design firm.

This is your chance to get real answers to the questions you’ve been dying to ask—from someone who’s actually been there.

Book your session as you need it—no strings attached.

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately.
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

In just one focused hour, we’ll dive into whatever you need most—pricing strategies, client management, attracting high-end clients or building repeat business. You’ll get clarity, strategy, and expert advice based on my 27+ years of running a thriving, seven-figure design firm.

This is your chance to get real answers to the questions you’ve been dying to ask—from someone who’s actually been there.

Book your session as you need it—no strings attached.

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

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n this episode, Laura walks you through a “pipeline detox” to help you stop saying yes to almost ideal leads that quietly drain your calendar, energy, and profit. If you feel busy but not truly productive, this is your reset. You’ll learn how to sort every inquiry into three simple categories, Green, Yellow, or Red, so you can quickly spot which leads are aligned, which ones could work with boundaries, and which ones are a hard no because they are misaligned, unrealistic, discount-seeking, or asking for free labor.

From there, Laura shares the detox framework starting with the most important step: defining your non-negotiables. This includes your minimum project investment or design fee, the scope you do and do not take on, your purchasing and procurement policy, decision-maker requirements, geographic radius or site visit expectations, and a timeline reality check. When your standards are clear, you stop making decisions from scarcity and start running your business like a premium brand with a process that protects both profitability and peace.

Finally, you’ll learn how to run a structured Fit Check call, which is your discovery call reframed as a qualification conversation, not a free consult. Laura breaks down how to confirm the basics, clarify budget and expectations, and commit to a clear next step, whether that’s onboarding, redirecting to a smaller starter offer, or kindly exiting the lead. This episode will leave you with language, boundaries, and a system you can use immediately to create a cleaner pipeline, stronger clients, and a calmer schedule.

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

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Thornton Design                                      I @thorntondesign

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In this episode, Laura breaks down why a lead tracker is a non-negotiable tool for interior designers who want more consistent revenue and a calmer, more predictable pipeline. A lead tracker gives you visibility and control, so you stop relying on your inbox, DMs, and memory to manage inquiries. It also gives you grace, because when you can see the full timeline of a lead, you stop taking silence personally and start responding like a CEO with a clear follow-up system.

Laura explains exactly what to include on your tracker, from lead basics and lead source to project scope, budget range, and pipeline stage. The real game-changer is tracking key dates at every touchpoint: when you responded, when you sent the welcome guide, when discovery was scheduled and completed, when the proposal and contract were sent, when follow-ups happened (and how), and when the contract and deposit were received. Those dates reveal where leads ghost or drop off, help you calculate your standard time-to-close, and show you which stage needs refinement.

You will also learn when to send the “magic email” for drifting leads. It is a kind but firm message that creates a clear decision point, removes pressure, and protects your calendar by giving the client two paths forward: move ahead by a specific date, or pause and reconnect later. With a date-based lead tracker, you gain powerful metrics like conversion rates by stage, response time, sales cycle length, follow-up effectiveness, drop-off points, pipeline value, and lost-lead reasons, all of which help you nurture and finesse your process so closing clients becomes more predictable.

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

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Today’s episode is a Q&A grab bag, packed with the best questions that have come in so far this year. These are the real issues designers are navigating right now, and while some of the questions are too specific to stretch into a full deep dive episode on their own, together they create a powerful, practical conversation.

This is the episode to listen to if you want clear direction, language you can use with clients, and smart business moves you can implement this week to protect your time, your profit, and your peace.

A major theme you’ll hear throughout this Q&A is this: when things get quiet, it is usually easier to create momentum with the relationships you already have than it is to start from zero with strangers. Nurturing current clients, reactivating past clients, and staying connected to referral partners is often the fastest and healthiest path back to a full pipeline.

In this episode, we cover:

• What to do when the phone goes quiet and your pipeline slows down, without spiralling
• How to create momentum by nurturing current clients before chasing brand new leads
• How to reactivate past clients in a way that feels confident, not desperate
• What to say when referral partners are your fastest path to new projects
• How to have the tariff and price increase conversation with clarity and credibility
• How to raise prices without losing the client by presenting options and a plan
• How to respond to the “double dipping” objection and explain your procurement model with confidence
• Why scope creep is often a pricing and process problem, not a client problem
• How to create boundaries that actually hold through clearer deliverables, approvals, and revision limits
• What AI is actually worth your time in a design business, and what to keep off limits
• Why some small firms are quietly closing and what the firms who survive are doing differently
• How to build a business that does not burn you out, through systems, capacity, and boundaries

Key takeaways

• Slow seasons are normal, but spiralling is optional. Switch into CEO mode and take strategic action.
• Your fastest wins often come from the people who already know you: current clients, past clients, and referral partners.
• Clear communication protects profit. Most client pushback starts where your process is unclear.
• Procurement is a service. When you explain it like a service, clients stop treating it like a transaction.
• Scope creep thrives in vague processes. Build fee structures and approvals that prevent it from starting.
• AI is an assistant, not a decision maker. Use it for drafts and systems, not creative direction or exact details.
• Burnout is a business model problem, not a personal weakness. Structure creates freedom.

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If you have not embraced AI yet, do not worry. You are not behind, you are just busy. We have a beginner’s guide to implementing ChatGPT and Claude available in our shop. It walks you through how to set up your brand voice, set up your bots, and get started using AI in your business in a way that actually makes sense for interior designers.

Step-by-step guides, AI Chat GPT Made Simple and Claude Made Simple, start at the very beginning and then walk you through building your own role-based AI assistants, complete with prompts, checklists, and plug-and-play workflows you can implement immediately. 
Get both guides (and more designer resources) here: https://thebusinessofbeautifulspaces.com/designer-resources

In just one focused hour, we’ll dive into whatever you need most—pricing strategies, client management, attracting high-end clients or building repeat business. You’ll get clarity, strategy, and expert advice based on my 27+ years of running a thriving, seven-figure design firm.

This is your chance to get real answers to the questions you’ve been dying to ask—from someone who’s actually been there.

Book your session as you need it—no strings attached.

Be sure to follow along on Instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces + @thorntondesign to stay up to date on what we're talking about next week. If you love our podcast, please, please, please leave us a review. If you have any questions or topic ideas OR you wish to be a guest email us [email protected] or find us on instagram @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces

Laura Thornton is the  principle designer of Thornton Design Inc, located in Kleinburg, ON.  Since founding the company in 1999, Laura has been committed to creating a new kind of interior design experience for her clients. Thornton Design is an experienced team of creative talents, focused on curating beautiful residential and commercial spaces in the Toronto, Ontario area and beyond. Now sharing all the years of experience with other interior designers to create a world of collaboration and less competition. 

The Business of Beautiful Spaces  I @thebusinessofbeautifulspaces
Thornton Design                                      I @thorntondesign