The Second Draft
At The Second Draft, we believe the best work isn’t created in the first pass. It’s refined in the revision. This is your behind-the-scenes look at new chapters, fresh designs, bold pivots, and the breakthroughs that shape meaningful work. The edits. The recalibrations. The uncomfortable growth seasons no one posts about.
You’ll hear raw conversations on what it takes to grow an interior design business, creativity, identity, leadership, and building something that actually reflects who you’re becoming. Think of this as your front-row seat to the rewrite: where ambition meets alignment, and good ideas turn into powerful ones.
Because the first draft builds it.
The second draft defines it.
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The Second Draft
The Design Process at Caroline Klein Design
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In the this episode of House Call, we cover:
- why people typically hire an interior designer
- how we kick off a design project at Caroline Klein Design
- what happens during a discovery phone call
- the basics of a design consultation
- the process to discover your dream style
- how we infuse your personality
- what happens during the design phase and a design presentation
- the procurement phase
- how we wrap things up
Episode
0:00 Introduction
1:01 What I’m loving this week
3:19 Why people typically hire an interior designer
5:50 Discovery phone call
7:15 Design consultation
8:35 Sending you a proposal
9:19 Contract and retainer
10:13 Our 6-Step Design Process
11:35 Audit your chaos
13:05 Design discovery
15:06 Add soul
16:35 Design phase and presentation
19:52 Execution and procurement
21:11 Installation
21:52 Our ultimate goal
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