3 tips I share with junior designers!

Here are three powerful tips to boost your confidence and step into your role as an interior design genius:

1. Trust Your Eye and Build Your Signature Style

Confidence comes from clarity. Spend time identifying what you naturally gravitate toward in design—whether it’s clean minimalism, cozy maximalism, or a mix of textures and patterns. Create mood boards, collect fabric swatches, and sketch ideas regularly. The more you refine your aesthetic, the more assured you’ll feel when making design choices. Clients and collaborators will sense that confidence and trust your vision.

2. Keep Learning and Stay Inspired

Interior design is an ever-evolving field—colors, materials, and technologies shift constantly. Read design magazines, attend trade shows, take workshops, and follow top designers. Surrounding yourself with inspiration not only keeps your creativity sharp but also gives you the tools to confidently explain why your design choices work. That “why” is what transforms you from someone who decorates into someone who designs with genius.

3. Practice Fearless Experimentation

Every interior design genius breaks rules—tastefully. Try bold color pairings, unexpected furniture arrangements, or mixing vintage with modern. Not every experiment will succeed, but each one builds experience and intuition. The key is to treat “mistakes” as stepping-stones. Over time, this willingness to explore will boost your confidence and set you apart as a designer who innovates, not imitates.

✨ Bonus mindset: Confidence is as much about presence as it is about skill. Communicate your ideas with passion, show your clients the “big picture,” and remind yourself that design is about creating spaces that improve lives—not perfection.