Hothouse Weekly Newsletter
This newsletter keeps members of the Hothouse interior design business accelerator informed about news and forthcoming events
Hothouse #56 - 💘 Love Letters To The Things That Make Business Work
Hello 👋 and welcome to this week’s Hothouse Newsletter
This issue is about the unglamorous but essential supports that make a design business sustainable - the pricing decisions, systems and structures, the management skills that quietly do their job day after day, long after the initial exciteme...
Feb 08, 2026
Hothouse #55 - From Energy to Engine
Welcome to February.
If you measured your business through January - tracked your activity, and benchmarked yourself against a plan - you’ve already completed one twelfth of the year. That matters. Not because January was perfect, but because momentum has begun.
This is the point where intention...
Feb 01, 2026
Hothouse #54 - Building For The Year, Not The Month
Welcome 👋
If this week’s issue feels a little more boardroom than moodboard, that’s intentional.
January is our final check on strategy and planning before heading out into the year. We’re making sure the foundations are sound, the numbers are understood, and the person at the helm knows where th...
Jan 25, 2026
Hothouse #53 - Quiet Structure, Serious Progress 🚀
Welcome back.
January has a particular kind of energy: powerful if you give it structure. This week’s Hothouse is about exactly that - designing systems, rhythms and intentions that steady your business and quietly move it forward, even when enthusiasm ebbs.
1. The Hothouse 2026 Planning Event
O...
Jan 18, 2026
business planning
crm
hothouse calendar
Hothouse Newsletter #52 Designed, Not Accidental - the intentional growth of your interior design business.
Hello and welcome to Hothouse 👋
This is the weekly newsletter for the Hothouse group, and the best place to keep up with the free support on offer for your interior design business in the next week or two.
If you are new here, it's lovely to have you join us!
1. Radical Ownership
As part of b...
Jan 11, 2026
Hothouse Newsletter #51 - Happy New Year 2026 🥳
Welcome back to Hothouse 🌱
A hopeful, practical beginning to 2026
A new year always brings a surge of intention. And that’s no bad thing.
But the designers who will make the greatest progress in 2026 will not be the ones who start loudest in January. They will be the ones with a clear vision, a w...
Jan 04, 2026
Before I sign off for Christmas 🎄
I’m about to take a short, two-week break from my regular newsletter over Christmas. I’ll be back in your inbox in early January.
Rather than send a “festive edition” that adds to the noise, I wanted to use this final note of the year to share something that feels genuinely useful, and very alig...
Dec 21, 2025
Hothouse #50 - Reflection, Direction and the Year Ahead 🌱
Welcome to Hothouse No.50. This is the final newsletter of 2025. 🙂
Before we charge into a new year with fresh notebooks and bold resolutions, I’d like to offer something quieter. A moment to pause and reflect on what you built this year, what you learned, and what deserves to be carried forward....
Dec 14, 2025
Hothouse Week Forty-Nine: The Clear-Eyed Look Back; The Courageous Look Ahead ✨🌱
Welcome to Week Forty-Nine.
As we approach the finish line of 2025, we’re taking a steady, honest look at what this year gave us and what it taught us. You are part of a community of designers who want more than vague dreams. You want clarity, momentum and a business that feels intentional. Welco...
Dec 07, 2025
Hothouse Week Forty-Eight - 🎨Colour, Clarity, and the First Glimpse of 2026 ✨
1. Welcome
Welcome to my weekly newsletter. First and foremost, I write this to support a growing network of professional - and ambitious! - interior designers. Each edition gathers ideas, insights and practical tools drawn from the week’s conversations inside my coaching practice and my various ...
Nov 30, 2025
Hothouse Week Forty-Seven - 🌕 Heart and Head in Harmony 🌑 the Yin and Yang of Successful Sales Communication
1. Welcome!
Welcome to my weekly newsletter. First and foremost, I write this to support a growing network of professional, and ambitious!, interior designers. It is a weekly collection of ideas, reflections and resources inspired by the conversations I have with designers through my coaching and...
Nov 23, 2025
Hothouse Week Forty-Six - ✨Trust, Truthfulness, and Time Saved Through Better Collaboration
1. What is Hothouse?
Hothouse is a free professional development group for ambitious interior designers, built around the Hothouse Method of Business Growth: Design – Declare – Deliver.
✨ Design – we plan our businesses with care and creativity
✨ Declare – we set bold goals and targets in public
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Nov 16, 2025
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