Hot Young Designers Club
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They're not that hot, or that young - but hosts Rebecca Plumb (Studio Plumb) and Shaun Crha (Wrensted Interiors) spill the tea every week on how a new generation of interior designers run their business. Join a community exploring the emotional, practical, and humorous side of the interior design business.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Hot Young Designers Club turns the daily complications of running a design studio into candid lessons about pricing, process, sourcing, and client management.
Rebecca Plum and Sean Serha treat interior design as an operating business, following aesthetic decisions into budgets, proposals, client expectations, sourcing systems, and the cost of completing a room properly.
A Costco sectional enters the budget conversation, and your furniture allowance suddenly needs a defense attorney.
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A plainspoken pricing chat that turns market pressure into studio judgment.
This Friday episode stays with pricing pressure in interior design: rising vendor costs, tariff chatter, and the awkward call between pushing a spec through before a change or just quoting the higher number. The real interest is in judgment, not polish.
A candid business check-in about calendar boundaries and the realities of design work.
This episode of Hot Young Designers Club focuses on the practical side of running a design business. Rebecca Plum and Sean Serha move from video plans and breakfast-on-camera awkwardness into meeting windows, calendar boundaries, and the hard limit on how much every client…
A mindset-led conversation that pushes designers to think less about the how and more about what they want to build.
Rebecca Plum and Sean Serha talk with Jacqueline Vasquez, known as Coach Jackie, about money mindset, EFT, NLP, and hypnosis. The conversation keeps coming back to a simple point: stop getting stuck on the how and stay with the vision.
A blunt holiday-season conversation about money, boundaries, and when a client fight is worth it.
This episode starts in holiday fatigue and drifts into a blunt discussion of fraud, nonpayment, write offs, and the point at which a client deserves a hard line.
A candid look at how creative instinct and lived memory can shape a profitable design business.
Jamie Young Co. reads like a story about instinct turning into a business. Jamie Young says the company began about 28 years ago, when she was pregnant with her first son, and that she and her husband built it after art school.
A year-end check-in that turns bookkeeping pain into practical planning advice.
The episode ends the year on a thoughtful note, looking back at the show's 2020 launch, when both hosts were still early in their businesses and figuring out where they fit.
A practical reset for sample chaos, with just enough mess to feel real.
Rebecca and Sean make materials libraries feel like part of the work, not a back-room afterthought. They keep the advice practical: split out outdoor fabrics, give sheers their own section, notice what is missing, and use reps and color bins before sourcing turns into a pileup.
Proposal deadlines can seem minor until they start shaping every client conversation.
This episode stays with the unglamorous side of design work: proposal timing, visible deadlines, and the awkward task of telling clients what to expect.
Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.
Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
SaaS operators on scaling, pricing and AI, metrics included.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Coach Jackie is in the house.
The hosts of the Hot Young Designers Club podcast discuss weather and seasons while teasing an upcoming trip to Ohio.
Custom can be the whole point.
Rebecca has a new background, and the tiny Zoom reveal turns into exactly the kind of designer tangent this show likes.
Rebecca hits record before anyone has fully landed.
Summer snuck up, and somehow the sample talk started.
Just stop, hotties.
Melissa finally gets pulled into the club.
Caroline Turner finally makes it into the club.
Danielle walks in like she already has a chair at the table.
December 2025 is already being boxed up.
Thanksgiving gets roasted first.
TGIF sends the whole thing sideways.
Christmas banter starts things off.
Natalie shows up sounding exactly like herself.
High Point can feel huge.
Vegas Market gets a more useful, less shiny treatment.
New year, same design-business habits.
Friday brings another mixed baggie.
September is coming up.
Rashida Gray starts with the career pivot.
The day begins with a beanie.
Accessibility gets practical fast.
Claire Jones brings the Sacramento studio tea.
Judy Lee Carr joins mid-banter.
The rant list is alive.
Renee Bush joins Rebecca and Sean.
Jamie Young brings the maker-side tea.
May finally gets the mental health episode.
Last episode of the year, y'all.
Summer is dwindling.
Hosts Rebecca and Shaun revisit a past interview with designer Kate Lester, discussing her approach to flat fee versus hourly pricing in interior design businesses.
The hosts discuss the rush of recording and remind listeners about their Patreon content.
Hosts interview an interior designer about her business journey and tips for running a design firm.
Hosts Rebecca and Shaun welcome listeners to the new year, reflecting on aging and the benefits of each decade, while promoting the show and community.
Hosts Rebecca and Shaun interview interior designer Heather Knight-Wilcock about her dual businesses in interior design and staging.
Hosts Rebecca and Shaun interview interior designer Kate Lester about managing a design business, including taking Mondays off to avoid burnout.
Hosts interview interior designer Rachel Moriarty about her business journey, product design, and online courses for visibility and social selling.
Hosts interview a sales expert about pricing and selling interior design services without feeling uncomfortable.
Hosts interview interior designer Katie Monkhouse about her career and business journey.
Hosts interview interior designer Abigail Horace about her career path and running her own design firm.