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Interior Design - Crabs in a Barrel?

On craft, credentialing, and what we forgot about ourselves.

Kia Weatherspoon
Mar 06, 2026
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When did decor, decoration and decorator become a slur?

Because for many of us, interior design began in a home. A grandmother’s living room. A bedroom rearranged for the tenth time. A dining table where we first understood that space shapes memory, safety, and belonging.

And yet, somewhere along the professional ladder, we began distancing ourselves from…

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