1015: Charlene Miranda: Transitioning to an Interior Design Career

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Business, Design, Arts

4.8 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Today With Charlene Miranda: Today, I am sitting down with Charlene Miranda, Creative Director of Miranda and Co. During her childhood living in Kuwait, Charlene's summers spent in India with her grandparents ignited her passion for creativity as she fell in love with the interior designs at her grandmother's friends' homes - a true creative from the very beginning! Join in as Charlene and I delve into her journey from Project Manager overseeing million-dollar projects to pursuing her deep-seated passion for interior design. More About Charlene Miranda We are an interior design firm based in Brooklyn working on high-end residential projects in New York City, Connecticut, the Hamptons, Westchester, and beyond. We curate beautiful spaces for our wonderful clients that reflect their lives and loves. Our designs strike a balance between warm minimalism with vibrant accents. We achieve this by layering neutral-statement-investment pieces and sprinkling in vivid art and accessories. Our Creative Director, Charlene Miranda, has a unique vision for every space that is influenced by her very multi-cultural background. Having grown up in Kuwait, she spent summers in India with her grandparents where she found herself enamored with the design of her grandmother's friends homes. Upon graduating, she moved to Canada where she lived for 10 years and eventually found herself in NYC. Being somewhat of a nomad, Charlene has always had to cultivate the feeling of home wherever she lived which ultimately fueled her creativity and passion for creating homes for other people that reflect their lives and things that they love. Her experience with New York based, award winning interior design firms, such as Chango & co. and Michael Dawkins Home, drives her to work on high-end residential projects that incorporate custom furniture and vintage finds. We work with you and your investment to bring your vision to life. We want you to love your space and guide you through the exciting design development process, all the while ensuring good communication and effective collaboration. Connect with Charlene Miranda Website Instagram Pinterest What’s new with LuAnn Nigara The Power Talk Friday Tour Watch the Docuseries! http://www.luannnigara.com/cob Get The Goodies! For checklists, resources, and extra goodies from A Well-Designed Business sign up for free here. To Get on LuAnn’s Email List, text the word designbiz to 444999! Purchase LuAnn’s Books Here: Book 1: The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action Audiobook: The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action Book 2: A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Book 3: A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Volume 2 Connect with LuAnn Nigara LuAnn’s Website LuAnn’s Blog Power Talk Friday Like Us: Facebook | Tweet Us: Twitter | Follow Us: Instagram | Listen Here: Podcast Other Resources: This podcast supports the Savvy Giving Design Coalition. Learn more about it here! AWDB #717 Susan Wintersteen: Interior design firm standards in a nonprofit passion project AWDB #164: Susan Wintersteen- Savvy Giving by Design Register for Window Works Lunch and Learn! Recipe for Press for Interior Designers Other Shows: AWDB #12: How to Get Your Interior Design Projects Published with Ren Miller AWDB #108 Power Talk Friday- Amy Flurry-How To Pitch and Get Press For Your Interior Design Firm AWDB #321: Power Talk Friday Ashley Hotham Cox: Why Regional Press is Important AWDB #323: Amy Flurry: How to Pitch Press and Build Relationships AWDB #939: Power Talk Friday: Amy Flurry: From Creating Media Opportunities to Creating a Product line; Aloka Home

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0:00.0	Have you heard about the exciting new exhibit by the Black Artist and Designers Guild, which was commissioned by the Cooper Hewitt's Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City?
0:11.0	Big news, right?
0:12.5	The Cooper Hewitt's exhibition is called Making Home, Smithsonian Design Triennial.
0:18.1	Now, the batch designers exhibit is titled the Underground Library,
0:23.7	inspired by the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is the clandestine network
0:28.5	established in the early 19th century through which many enslaved African Americans
0:33.6	traveled in search of freedom. This library installation represents a 21st century sanctuary
0:40.5	surrounded by art, objects, artifacts, and books of black legacy. In reimagining and repurposing
0:49.6	the Andrew Carnegie Personal Library, Badge invites you to examine the power of home libraries
0:56.0	and the significance of literacy, remembering that African Americans were denied the right to read
1:02.2	under slavery. I'm honored to share that Window Works in Livingston was asked by badge to create
1:08.6	the flat panels for the windows. We used a custom design fabric
1:12.4	by badge members, and the fabric was fabricated by Stacey Garcia's team at Libatex. So please make
1:19.8	a point to visit this inspired space the next time you are in New York City. The exhibition
1:25.0	runs from November 24 all the way through August 10th,
1:30.0	2025. So you have plenty of time to get this on your calendar. We will put links in the show notes.
1:49.8	Welcome. Welcome to a well-designed business.
1:53.7	My name is Luann Nigara, and I'm so glad you found this podcast.
1:59.7	Together with my husband, Vince, and our partner, Bill, we have grown our company Windowworks from the ground up, so I know and I understand the
2:02.1	challenges you face in running your interior design business.
2:05.6	I also know that your talent alone isn't enough to ensure your success.
2:10.6	So on this podcast, we talk about strategies and practical steps to help you grow your business. But make no mistake about it,
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