7 | Lindsey Dickinson: Goodbye Mismatched Hand-me-down Furniture, Hello Beautiful Customized Space

Lindsey Dickinson, owner of Decorating by Lindsey, shares her story of getting started as a decorator and designer as she helps people love the place and spaces where they live. Lindsey will share with us the steps she works through with her clients, and we’ll discuss why knowing the flow and specific uses of the room is the most important step in the design process. There have also been many changes in her business over the last couple of years. Lindsey walks us through what she has learned for pricing, time to complete jobs, and balancing evening work time with family life.

SHOW NOTES

Do you have a room in your home that feels like a hodgepodge of hand-me-down furniture, and you just want it to feel like a nice “adult” room? Lindsey hears this from many of her clients and loves to step in and help bring a put-together, relaxed atmosphere to any room in your house. 

Decorating by Lindsey is a comprehensive design and decorating service that includes everything from initial consultation to shopping with clients for furniture, to hanging pictures, to returning store items at the end of the project. Lindsey has a design eye and can visualize a layout that others haven’t thought of. She takes into account all the ways you need to use the room, if there are kids or pets, and any other advantages or limitations in order to create a room that really suits her clients wants and needs. Join us as we discuss how Lindsey works with her clients through the design process and what changes she has had to make along the way.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE

• How Lindsey’s childhood home influenced her career choice
  
  
• First steps for the design process
  
  
• The importance of knowing the flow and specifics of an area (kids, pets, etc.)
  
  
• The one thing Lindsey wants to hear every client say when she finishes their project
  
  
• How being a decorator and designer may involve couples counseling and being a mediator
  
  
• The trial and error of pricing a service that includes unlimited time, shopping with clients, etc.
  
  
• The pricing system Lindsey developed that ensures no one feels taken advantage of
  
  
• The one thing Lindsey NEEDS to add to her design contract
  
  
• Why change in your business is a good thing
  
  
• The safety factor of a job in other people’s homes
  
  

RESOURCES AND LINKS

Website: Decorating by Lindsey
Instagram: Decorating by Lindsey
Facebook: Decorating by Lindsey

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