285: Lot 35 Homes: Husband & Wife Teams, Morgan & Ryan Motsinger

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Business, Design, Arts

4.8 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Welcome to today's show! Today we have another show featuring a husband and wife team and we're really excited to have Morgan and Ryan Motsinger, the owners of Lot 35 Homes as our guests. Ryan is a contractor and Morgan is a designer and until recently they each used to do their individual jobs. During the summer of 2017 however, they combined their skills and opened a business together and now they have a really cool thing going on! Listen in today as we take apart the way that Morgan and Ryan work together as a husband and wife team. Lot 35 Homes is a full-service residential construction and interior design company, specializing in creating spaces that are relaxing, comfortable, functional and also beautiful. Ryan and Morgan really love their local community in Tillamook, on the Oregon coast and so they align their business values as closely as possible with those of their community. Listen in now to find out more about the really awesome way that they go about their business. Show highlights: The really awesome website that Morgan created for their business. (lot35homes.com ) How they came up with the name of their business. What lead them to the decision to combine their businesses. How the great dynamic between Morgan and Ryan really works for them as a professional team. The major contract that they have recently signed. Where and how their new major client managed to find them. Their intentions for the marketing of their business in the future. The kinds of projects that Morgan undertook for her three guinea pig clients. The merits of using iPhone photos on Instagram versus using professional ones. Morgan's rationale behind the recent adjustment of her fees for consultations. How Morgan developed the confidence to present herself as a professional designer. The great features on their website. How Morgan highlights other people's creativity through the services that she offers. How Lot 35 Connect can really help make the lives of parents with special needs kids more comfortable. Their goal with Lot 35 Connect. Their game plan for engagement on Facebook Live. Links: Morgan and Ryan's website: Lot 35 Homes Go to Curated Kravet, select the items that you want and use the code CK Podcast at the checkout to get 10% off your entire first order.

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0:00.0	Have you heard about the exciting new exhibit by the Black Artists and Designers Guild,
0:05.6	which was commissioned by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City?
0:11.1	Big news, right?
0:12.6	The Cooper Hewitt's exhibition is called Making Home, Smithsonian Design Triennial.
0:18.2	Now, the batch designers exhibit is titled the Underground Library,
0:23.8	inspired by the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is the clandestine network
0:28.6	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 surrounded by art, objects,
0:43.5	artifacts, and books of black legacy.
0:46.9	In reimagining and repurposing the Andrew Carnegie Personal Library,
0:52.7	badge invites you to examine the power of home libraries
0:56.1	and the significance of literacy, remembering that African Americans were denied the right to read
1:02.3	under slavery. I'm honored to share that Window Works in Livingston was asked by badge to create
1:08.7	the flat panels for the windows. We used a custom design fabric
1:12.5	by badge members, and the fabric was fabricated by Stacey Garcia's team at Libatex. So please make a
1:20.0	point to visit this inspired space the next time you are in New York City. The exhibition runs
1:25.5	from November 24 all the way through August 10th,
1:30.1	2025. So you have plenty of time to get this on your calendar. We will put links in the show notes.
1:51.1	Welcome to a well-designed business with your host, Luann Nigara.
1:56.7	Luan has a lifetime of experience building a multimillion-dollar business with her husband and cousin,
2:00.5	and she knows the challenges you face in your interior design business.
2:04.1	Luann brings you real life answers to your most pressing problems,
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