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May 2023
42m 52s

Designing vs Decorating | 8 Misconceptio...

Alice Lane
About this episode
In this episode we are going to talk about the misconceptions between being a designer and a decorator. We’re going to discuss what people often think we do vs what we actually do, which is often quite different than people might think. This is an important episode because every once in a while we have a young person come up to us and say they wanna go to co ... Show More
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