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Today with Joyce Downing Pickens:  LA interior designer, Joyce Downing Pickens of JDP Interiors used to intern for Nathan Turner and now she’s running her own design business. Joyce shares how she got amazing press as a #babydesigner, what helped her not fear an empty pipeline, and what she’s rethinking as she graduates to her sixth year in business.   Pick it apart: [21:31] Joyce shares about the press needing content [22:03] Joyce shares advice from Nathan Turner about submitting projects to press [36:50] Joyce shares about how her rates have changed since she started her business [45:57] Joyce shares about her mindset surrounding her pipeline and plans for a shift in the next year [49:20] Joyce shares her ideas about the scalability of interior design and her interest in product design   LuAnn and Joyce Downing Pickens’s Ah-Ha moments: “The best learning experience is working for yourself. You have to juggle so many hats and you learn quicker than learning underneath someone.” - Joyce Downing Pickens     More About Joyce Downing Pickens: Joyce is a Los Angeles based interior designer and owner of JDP Interiors. After traveling throughout her childhood, Joyce's love of design was born. She strives to create beautiful, comfortable and textural spaces, while providing her clients with superior customer service and project management. She continually collects and curates to achieve the perfect blend between vintage and modern and consistently enjoys watching her visions come to life - there's nothing better than a good "before and after"!   Connect with Joyce Downing Pickens: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest   What's new with LuAnn Nigara Luannlive.com luannnigara.com/launch 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 Book 2:  A Well-Designed Business - The Power Talk Friday Experts   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   A Big THANK YOU to Today’s Podcast Sponsor: Kravet has sponsored our show from the very beginning and is a designer's go-to source for excellent fabrics, trims, and accessories. Get 10% off at Kravet.com when you use coupon code AWDB10. And our friends at Kravet Inc. are committed to ensuring a safe, sanitary, and secure experience for you, in all their showrooms and locations. Kravet promises to serve you from a distance by adhering to CDC guidelines and by taking extra precautions. Their warehouses are open and operational, so that means Kravet is ready to ship your orders quickly and efficiently! Visit www.kravet.com for more information and to book an in-person or virtual appointment with your sales rep.

Today with Joyce Downing Pickens:  LA interior designer, Joyce Downing Pickens of JDP Interiors used to intern for Nathan Turner and now she’s running her own design business. Joyce shares how she got amazing press as a #babydesigner, what helped her not fear an empty pipeline, and what she’s rethinking as she graduates to her sixth year in business. Pick it apart: [21:31] Joyce shares about the press needing content [22:03] Joyce shares advice from Nathan Turner about submitting projects to press [36:50] Joyce shares about how her rates have changed since she started her business [45:57] Joyce shares about her mindset surrounding her pipeline and plans for a shift in the next year [49:20] Joyce shares her ideas about the scalability of interior design and her interest in product design LuAnn and Joyce Downing Pickens’s Ah-Ha moments: “The best learning experience is working for yourself. You have to juggle so many hats and you learn quicker than learning underneath someone.” - Joyce Downing Pickens More About Joyce Downing Pickens: Joyce is a Los Angeles based interior designer and owner of JDP Interiors. After traveling throughout her childhood, Joyce's love of design was born. She strives to create beautiful, comfortable and textural spaces, while providing her clients with superior customer service and project management. She continually collects and curates to achieve the perfect blend between vintage and modern and consistently enjoys watching her visions come to life - there's nothing better than a good "before and after"! Connect with Joyce Downing Pickens: <a href="https://www.jdpinteriors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="http://instagram.com/jdpinteriors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/jdpinteriors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/JDPInteriors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> What's new with LuAnn Nigara <a href="http://luannlive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luannlive.com</a> <a href="https://luannnigara.com/launch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">luannnigara.com/launch</a> <a href="http://www.luannnigara.com/cob" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.luannnigara.com/cob</a> Get The Goodies! For checklists, resources, and extra goodies from A Well-Designed Business sign up for free <a href="http://luannnigara.com/goodies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.  To Get on LuAnn’s Email List, text the word designbiz to 444999! Purchase LuAnn’s Books Here: Book 1: <a href="https://luannnigara.com/making-business-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Making of A Well - Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action</a> Book 2: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1092291229/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=luannnigara-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1092291229&amp;linkId=656ba722778d6a368f2f9e778c25e2ed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Well-Designed Business - The Power Talk Friday Experts</a> Connect with LuAnn Nigara LuAnn’s <a href="https://luannnigara.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> LuAnn’s <a href="https://luannnigara.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blog</a> <a href="http://powertalkfriday.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Power Talk Friday</a> Like Us: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/awelldesignedbusiness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | Tweet Us: <a href="https://twitter.com/windowworks_nj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | Follow Us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/luannnigara/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | Listen Here: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/well-designed-business-interior-design-designers-business/id1084245525?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Podcast</a> A Big THANK YOU to Today’s Podcast Sponsor: Kravet has sponsored our show from the very beginning and is a designer's go-to source for excellent fabrics, trims, and accessories. Get 10% off at <a href="http://Kravet.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kravet.com</a> when you use coupon code AWDB10. And our friends at Kravet Inc. are committed to ensuring a safe, sanitary, and secure experience for you, in all their showrooms and locations. Kravet promises to serve you from a distance by adhering to CDC guidelines and by taking extra precautions. Their warehouses are open and operational, so that means Kravet is ready to ship your orders quickly and efficiently! Visit <a href="http://www.kravet.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kravet.com</a> for more information and to book an in-person or virtual appointment with your sales rep.

633: Joyce Downing Pickens: Building an Interior Design Business with Hard Work, Press & Pricing without Fear

Our guest this week is the founder of Los Angeles-based design firm JDP Interiors, Joyce Downing Pickens. She is the primary designer, and her work has been featured in the LA Times, Elle Décor, domino, and many more. We talk about her effortless design which features a California style mixed with a rustic English cottage look. Joyce gives us tips on bookcases and built-in stylings and other ways to make your space unique.What You’ll Hear on This Episode:  Trials &amp; Triumphs about over power washing a deck, hurricane debris, packing for a move and 4 days without power. Joyce has a varied style that is often a meld of her aesthetic mixed with her clients’ desires. How Joyce describes the California style; laid back, rustic textures, linens, etc. Joyce leans towards using a cream or a richer white rather than pure white to add depth. Joyce has a quirky loft in her home that she managed to turn into a cozy lounge/sleeping space. Ways to make a builder's home seem unique like trims, furniture and collectibles. Styling bookcases and built-ins are difficult but so important; Joyce shares some tips. What design changes Joyce has made, or wants to make, during the pandemic. The go-tos Joyce likes to use on projects (plants!) and when she entertains. When to use sconces vs. a table lamp. Joyce had a project in San Francisco with huge windows and few walls; how she designed for this. Finding a designer as you’re house shopping, or building, will save a lot of headaches. How Joyce was able to design with intention (and velvet) in another space with floor-to-ceiling windows. Mentioned In This Episode:Joyce Downing Pickens on InstagramJDP InteriorsDecorating Dilemma Hi Susan,The long skinny room is hard! The best thing you can do is what you’ve almost already done; break it up into two or three places. There is a lot going on, so try to think of those designated spaces and what you’d really like to achieve. Think of that center point as a place to have an entry center console table or an area with a daybed by the fireplace (see some examples from Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus). You could also use a bigger sofa in here; maybe on the left side that wraps in front of the window. Walking out of the kitchen area into two chairs could help break that up, but I understand wanting to be able to look out the window…this is not an easy room! Window treatments on the far left could really help warm up the room and finish it; think about them as the eyebrows to the room! I would do Roman shades on the double hung windows and either skip one on the sliding door or put a drape. Window treatments will overall give some height to this room. A standing tree or lamp could also help with height. I wouldn’t do a custom area rug for the whole room; use three rugs, that sort of tie together, to designate the different areas. Some vintage Turkish rugs that pair well together, but aren’t the same, I think would look great.We all agree that there are too many seating arrangements; you should really try for one big, focal seating arrangement. Maybe an L-shaped sofa with a chair; you could break up the “blockiness” by finding a chair with legs. Then you can have the chaise lounge in front of the fireplace. Then another seating area in the space you walk right out of. I even think you could make that a substantial dining area right by the kitchen instead of pushing the table into the corner; when you have guests over you can look out onto the water. The room is a little too piece-y now; I like to mix two different types of furniture but never more than that.One other thing you might want to consider is a floating desk; either where the table is now or in the kitchen nook. Both ways you can look out onto the sea.-JoyceThe Ballard Design Room Planner would be really helpful here! It’s a beautiful room! Please send us some photos and then invite us over for that wine!

Our guest this week is the founder of Los Angeles-based design firm JDP Interiors, Joyce Downing Pickens. She is the primary designer, and her work has been featured in the LA Times, Elle Décor, domino, and many more. We talk about her effortless design which features a California style mixed with a rustic English cottage look. Joyce gives us tips on bookcases and built-in stylings and other ways to make your space unique.What You’ll Hear on This Episode:<ul> <li> Trials &amp; Triumphs about over power washing a deck, hurricane debris, packing for a move and 4 days without power.</li> <li>Joyce has a varied style that is often a meld of her aesthetic mixed with her clients’ desires.</li> <li>How Joyce describes the California style; laid back, rustic textures, linens, etc.</li> <li>Joyce leans towards using a cream or a richer white rather than pure white to add depth.</li> <li>Joyce has a quirky loft in her home that she managed to turn into a cozy lounge/sleeping space.</li> <li>Ways to make a builder's home seem unique like trims, furniture and collectibles.</li> <li>Styling bookcases and built-ins are difficult but so important; Joyce shares some tips.</li> <li>What design changes Joyce has made, or wants to make, during the pandemic.</li> <li>The go-tos Joyce likes to use on projects (plants!) and when she entertains.</li> <li>When to use sconces vs. a table lamp.</li> <li>Joyce had a project in San Francisco with huge windows and few walls; how she designed for this.</li> <li>Finding a designer as you’re house shopping, or building, will save a lot of headaches.</li> <li>How Joyce was able to design with intention (and velvet) in another space with floor-to-ceiling windows.</li> </ul> Mentioned In This Episode:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jdpinteriors/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joyce Downing Pickens on Instagram</a><a href="https://www.jdpinteriors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JDP Interiors</a> Decorating Dilemma Hi Susan,The long skinny room is hard! The best thing you can do is what you’ve almost already done; break it up into two or three places. There is a lot going on, so try to think of those designated spaces and what you’d really like to achieve. Think of that center point as a place to have an entry center console table or an area with a daybed by the fireplace (see some examples from <a href="https://www.jeremiahbrent.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeremiah Brent</a> and <a href="https://www.nateberkus.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nate Berkus</a>). You could also use a bigger sofa in here; maybe on the left side that wraps in front of the window. Walking out of the kitchen area into two chairs could help break that up, but I understand wanting to be able to look out the window…this is not an easy room! <a href="https://www.ballarddesigns.com/rugs-drapery/drapery/all/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Window treatments</a> on the far left could really help warm up the room and finish it; think about them as the eyebrows to the room! I would do Roman shades on the double hung windows and either skip one on the sliding door or put a drape. Window treatments will overall give some height to this room. A standing tree or lamp could also help with height. I wouldn’t do a custom area rug for the whole room; use three <a href="https://www.ballarddesigns.com/rugs-drapery/rugs/all/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rugs</a>, that sort of tie together, to designate the different areas. Some vintage Turkish rugs that pair well together, but aren’t the same, I think would look great.We all agree that there are too many seating arrangements; you should really try for one big, focal seating arrangement. Maybe an L-shaped sofa with a chair; you could break up the “blockiness” by finding a chair with legs. Then you can have the chaise lounge in front of the fireplace. Then another seating area in the space you walk right out of. I even think you could make that a substantial dining area right by the kitchen instead of pushing the table into the corner; when you have guests over you can look out onto the water. The room is a little too piece-y now; I like to mix two different types of furniture but never more than that.One other thing you might want to consider is a <a href="https://www.ballarddesigns.com/ProductSearch2?searchTerm=floating%20desk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">floating desk</a>; either where the table is now or in the kitchen nook. Both ways you can look out onto the sea.-Joyce The <a href="https://www.ballarddesigns.com/howtodecorate/ballard-designs-room-planner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ballard Design Room Planner</a> would be really helpful here! It’s a beautiful room! Please send us some photos and then invite us over for that wine!

Ep. 173: designer Joyce Downing Pickens

Joyce is a Los Angeles based interior designer and owner of JDP Interiors. After traveling throughout her childhood, Joyce's love of design was born. She strives to create beautiful, comfortable and textural spaces, while providing her clients with superior customer service and project management. She continually collects and curates to achieve the perfect blend between vintage and modern and consistently enjoys watching her visions come to life - there's nothing better than a good "before and after"! https://www.instagram.com/jdpinteriors/?hl=en https://www.jdpinteriors.com/

Joyce is a Los Angeles based interior designer and owner of JDP Interiors. After traveling throughout her childhood, Joyce's love of design was born. She strives to create beautiful, comfortable and textural spaces, while providing her clients with superior customer service and project management. She continually collects and curates to achieve the perfect blend between vintage and modern and consistently enjoys watching her visions come to life - there's nothing better than a good "before and after"! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jdpinteriors/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jdpinteriors/?hl=en</a> <a href="https://www.jdpinteriors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jdpinteriors.com/</a>

EPISODE 41 - JOYCE DOWNING PICKENS