About Kathleen
Designer. Founder.
System Builder.
Interior Designer. MBA. Expat. Dog Walker. Spontaneous Traveler. Textile Huntress.
15+ years of high-end residential design, three continents, and a lot of hard-won lessons about running a business that actually works.
The story
Kathleen DiPaolo has a system for everything.
For decades she has run her own design business, producing projects in the US while living in India, Hungary, and England. Managing complex, high-end residential projects across three continents meant building systems that could actually hold up under pressure.
Not theory. Real projects, real clients, real stakes. That discipline — combined with an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business and a California Real Estate Broker's license — gave her an unusually complete picture of what it takes to run a profitable design studio.
By the numbers
What Kathleen brings to the table
15+
Years of design experience
High-end residential design across the US, India, Hungary, and England.
3
Continents
Managing complex projects across three continents builds systems that actually hold up.
MBA
USC Marshall School of Business
Business thinking combined with creative expertise. A rare combination in the design world.
The work
Systems that help designers run better businesses.
Kathleen developed her courses and tools to keep her own design work on track, and began offering them to the design community to help other designers transform the way they work.
For 15 years, those systems have helped hundreds of designers get more time back for themselves while running businesses that are more productive and profitable.
- Quick Reference Guides — 49 visual guides for every selection conversation
- Design Project Blueprint — the complete Asana-powered project management system
- Return on Interiors System — the complete business system with personal onboarding
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Starting point
Quick Reference Guides
49 visual guides for every selection conversation. Stop re-explaining and start presenting.
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Most popular
Design Project Blueprint
The complete Asana-powered system for running organized, profitable design projects.
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Complete system
Return on Interiors System
Everything you need to run your business with confidence. Personal onboarding with Kathleen included.
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