How to Design Vacation Homes and the Joy in Niching Down Your Business | Design Business Podcast

One of the best kept secrets in the interior design industry is designing for vacation homes. How do you do it? How do you get into it? What are the benefits? Today’s guests, Melinda Cahill and Suzanne Glavin of North Shore Nest, discuss the ins and outs of vacation home design. Stay tuned!
“We began North Shore Nest in 2004 from our basements in Glenview. Prior to launching, we were doing design projects on the side for family and friends while we worked our full time careers. When the market crashed, we made the decision to launch North Shore Nest full time, and we have spent the last seventeen years designing spaces for working professionals and young families along the North Shore. Our shared passion for great design paired with sensibility allows us to transform interiors into warm, livable spaces that stand the test of time. By taking a fresh updated approach to traditional styling and building rooms with layers, we are able to provide depth and individuality allowing our clients to live beautifully everyday. We are based in Glenview Illinois, serving the Chicago area and surrounding suburbs, as well as the Lake Geneva Wisconsin area. We are also currently working on new construction design projects in Scottsdale Arizona and Naples Florida and enjoy the diversity and learning opportunities offered by working in communities other than our own.”
0:00 All about North Shore Nest
6:43 Designing vacation homes
10:00 Niche nerves
14:00 Making connections in a new place
17:45 Why is a vacation home different?
20:30 Work with Wingnut
21:45 Making entertaining easy
25:40 Considering resale value
30:50 How to design vacation homes
34:30 The What Up Wingnut Round!
39:15 Darla wraps up the episode
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"While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence" by Meg Kissinger
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🏠Designed by Liz Potorazu, LP & Co. Design
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📸Photographed by Angela Newton Roy Photography
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[@WhitneySchanie]

Designing for all four seasons sounds like an absolute blast!

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Definitely will keep a designer on their toes.

[@AlexandraTai-eh1po]

Loved hearing all about designing for vacation homes! Great episode, as always.

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Thanks so much!

[@NicoleLyonsWingnut]

So interesting about designing the homes with entertaining in mind and making it easy for the guests!

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Definitely a different ballgame!