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Composed editorial living room with camel velvet sofa and plaster walls — considered, deliberate space that reinforces designer authority when presenting an AI render to a client.

Tech + AILatest

How should interior designers present AI renders to clients without ceding creative authority?

A field guide for interior designers: frame AI renders as directional studies, keep authorship, and stop clients from treating pixels as spec.

Christina ValenciaCo-founder, Colossus Mfg. & Madespace / HGTV host16 Sept 2026 · 9 min read

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Editorial-modern dining room with a walnut credenza and soft linen drape — the caliber of finished space a solo interior designer can specify once trade accounts are live.
Business of design

How do I set up trade accounts as a solo interior designer?

The five documents, the fast-approval vendors, and the markup norms nobody publishes for solo designers.

Christina Valencia16 SEPT14 min read
Editorial-modern living room with a rust velvet sofa and jute rug — the kind of finished $60K room this piece runs through three fee models.
Business of design

Should I mark up furniture or charge a design fee only? A solo interior designer's guide to fee models

Cost-plus, flat fee, or retainer? Run the same $60K living room through all three P&Ls and pick the model that fits.

Christina Valencia16 SEPT14 min read
Moody golden-hour living room with fireplace surround, angular ceiling planes, and pampas grass — the kind of orthogonal architectural geometry diffusion-based AI renders routinely distort.
Tech + AI

Why AI interior design tools keep getting your ceiling wrong (and what that tells you about what they can't do yet).

Why AI renders melt coffered ceilings and curved walls — and how to sequence AI vs. manual renders on complex rooms.

Kele Dobrinski16 SEPT9 min read
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