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The McClain Method | Business Tools For Interior Designers

The McClain Method | Business Tools For Interior Designers

Author: John McClain

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Welcome to The McClain Method — the go-to podcast for interior designers who want to grow a profitable, polished, and well-run design business.


I’m your host, John McClain—award-winning interior designer, business mentor, author, and branding strategist. If you want to learn how to:


• price your interior design services

• attract high-value clients

• streamline your design process

• improve your client experience

• elevate your brand and visibility

• run your design firm with confidence


…you’re in the right place.


This podcast isn’t about pillows and paint swatches.

Here, we focus on the business of interior design—marketing, pricing, branding, sales, systems, visibility, mindset, and everything it actually takes to build a thriving design firm.


Each episode gives you clear strategies, actionable tools, and behind-the-scenes insights you can use immediately to grow your business and elevate your clients’ experience.


If you’re ready to step into your next level as an interior designer—and finally run a business that reflects your brilliance—welcome home.

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This is a replay, and it is one of my favorites. A while back I was in Italy for Marmomac, the natural stone show in Verona, sponsored by the Italian Trade Agency. I added almost two weeks onto the trip and traveled alone through Verona, Bologna, Florence, the hillsides of Tuscany, Milan, and Lake Como. I did not bring my computer. One night in Florence, walking home from dinner past the Duomo, I heard a woman singing in the middle of the street. I stopped, I listened, and then I pulled out m...
Episode 100 is here, and I am recording it on my iPhone from a makeshift desk in Bangkok, where I am living and running my whole business for the next four months. Three years ago I turned on a microphone with no plan and no idea if I would make it to episode 10. This one is not a highlight reel. It is 10 things that 100 episodes have taught me, and more than anything, it is a thank you. In this episode: It did not start as a podcast Episode one was never meant to air. Why you do not have to...
Episode Overview In this episode of The McClain Method Podcast, John McClain sits down with Debbie Mathews LeRoy, owner and principal designer of Debbie Mathews Antiques and Designs in Nashville, to talk about antiques, sourcing, retail, and profitability inside a modern interior design business. Debbie shares why antiques are becoming relevant again, how she blends her antique showroom with her luxury design studio, and what designers need to know before sourcing antique furniture for client...
Stop Trying to Keep Everyone Happy: 5 Permission Slips You Need Today What happens when you speak honestly, hold a boundary, or make a decision that is right for you, and someone else does not like it? In this episode, John shares the story behind a recent one-star podcast review and the reminder that followed: not every criticism is an instruction, not every misunderstanding requires a rewrite, and not every disappointed person deserves a vote in your next decision. This episode is about lea...
After attending Milan Design Week and then heading straight to High Point Market, I found myself sitting with a lot of thoughts about our industry, our clients, and what actually matters when it comes to design. This episode is a very honest reflection on the contrast between those two experiences and the bigger lesson I walked away with. I talk about: Why designing for real life matters more than designing for attention The difference between exclusive design and approachabl...
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