Meet The Go-To Business Coach for Profitable Interior Designers, Melissa Galt
The interior design business strategist & success coach with the expertise, passion, and drive to get you where you want to go.
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You're more than an interior designer and design firm principal, you’re a creative leader with so much to offer your clients and the world.
And you’re ready for (and worthy of!) affluent clients, bigger projects, and talented team members who not only get you leaping out of bed in the morning, they also help you grow your business to a level beyond what you even imagined was possible.
You know, the one where your design firm is regularly earning multiple 6-7-figures and you’re also…
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Getting home at 6pm nightly for dinner with your family,
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Investing in activities you love (that will also likely grow your business), plus
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Enjoying regular vacations and romantic date nights with your spouse or partner
[insert dreamy sigh here]
Well, I’m here to tell you – that big, audacious vision of yours is far more achievable than you realize. It just takes the right strategy, systems, and support.
Hi There
I’m Melissa
Interior design business strategist and success coach, here to provide the smart strategies, smooth systems, and proven processes that will help you achieve your goals faster than you’ve ever imagined.
Beyond my last 15 years working with countless talented design firm principals, architects, and creative home industry leaders to make their big, audacious vision a reality –
I’m also an interior designer myself, having founded and led my own residential design firm for nearly 3 decades, and I come from a long line of recognized creatives and designers too.
I refer to them as my famous dead relatives — and you may know some of them like my late great grandfather, architect and icon Frank Lloyd Wright, and my late Oscar-winning mother, actress Anne Baxter... and they inspire me every day.
Your interior design firm isn’t just a business.
It’s an art.
A way of life.
A creative passion.
A unique way of serving the world that only YOU can offer.
From the perfect floor plans to the ideal architectural accents… from the sublime finishes to the elegant lighting… and from the custom upholstery to the bespoke casegoods… from getting to know your clients and really listening to their needs to watching their eyes light up like a Christmas tree, glowing with sheer delight at their Grand Reveal…
You, my oh-so-talented designer, make dreams come true.
And that tingle of joy when all of those pieces you creatively assembled click into place to bring a vision to life, and your client experiences the breathtaking impact of their interior transformation.
That moment is nothing short of magic.
Which is exactly why you don’t need to be stressed about where your next leads are coming from, charging hourly rates that leave you undervalued and profit-impaired, or struggling to find talent that will take your brand and business to the big vision you have for it.
Your clients are fortunate to work with you, and you and I both know it.
Which is why I want you to really hear this –
You design spectacular interiors so you can absolutely renovate your design practice to deliver the lifestyle you truly want.
Your creative power doesn’t need to stop at executing the perfect layout, sourcing the right furniture, or leading a team through the interiors process –
You can use your creative force for your entire business and life to build exactly what you want, not just for your clients or your team, but for YOU.
I’ll guide you through the essential but important decisions so you can build your design business the smart way.
I’m talking about the way that delivers the freedom you want and the resources you deserve to invest your time the way you want to – whether that’s finally going kayaking, buying a horse like one of my clients did (yup, his name was Ernie), or spending every weekend with your family.
That’s what I call Design Business Freedom™.
Whether your Design Business
Freedom™ looks like...
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$250K+ per year in profit so you can pay yourself more than enough to live well and still have plenty to invest in the business routinely
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Getting to be selective about the projects you accept because you enjoy a VIP paid waitlist of ideal design clients you both really want and who truly deserve you, because you are the #1 option
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Hitting the $1M mark in annual revenue, then doubling and tripling that number, all while you are in your zone of genius, creatively engaged, and building a business of sustainable impact and profit
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Growing beyond $2M per year and exploring new avenues of revenue and impact, from licensed lines of product to influencer opportunities to share your wisdom and build your legacy.
You can have it.
And I’ll guide you step-by-step on exactly how to get there without wasting time, energy, or money on tactics, resources, or team members that won’t help you increase your profit margins, free up your time, or reduce your stress.
Working with me,
you'll experience that priceless sense of fulfillment from your design firm, and the joy in your impact with your clients, your team, and your family.
That’s what I stand for, and what I’ll work fiercely with you to create.
You can have the life of your dreams with a design business that you love.
See What’s Possible
Increased my monthly billables by nearly 40% in just the first month of coaching!
Stopped sacrificing my life to my business.
I had my design firm for a little over 10 years, and with several new home builds and published projects, I felt like I had ‘made it’. However, all I seemed to be doing was working. There was no work-life balance, and I was turning down projects, even repeat clients. Instead of me being an entrepreneur, my business was running me.
Melissa was the taskmaster who held my feet to the fire and helped me prioritize myself and identify the three key activities I love doing most in my design practice. She also identified ways I was losing valuable time billing hours. After instituting her recommendations, I increased my monthly billables by nearly 40%. Thanks to Melissa, my financials are getting stronger. My gross margin is now above 40% and my net income as a percentage of revenue exceed 30%. Melissa paid for herself 5x over!
I've got my life back and we've grown more than 2x in revenue year over year.
Even beyond the numbers, but the fact that I know what those numbers are is such a milestone for me to move from just a principal designer to owner of what I now would say is a beautifully run business. The catalyst for where I’m at today was Melissa.
Melissa's coaching skills were top-notch. I was able to double my rates and find more time in my life to do the things that matter to me.
She really helped me to establish my actual worth with my clients and allowed me to raise my rates and hone in on my ideal client, and ultimately what that did was help me to double my rates and find the time to travel the world.