HOME STYLING & STAGING
We're a socially-conscious interior design company in Minneapolis, MN.
YOU'RE TALENTED.
Let’s make sure the world knows.
Clients seeking you out—not the other way around.
With our expert-led business, branding, SEO, and marketing courses built for interior designers, organizers, and home stagers, your business becomes impossible to ignore.
THE DESIGNER'S BLUEPRINT:
Mastering A Consult-Driven Interior Design Business
This is the only business course tailored to interior design firms that offer advice-only interior design consultations. This course is designed to help you stand out, succeed and have your business on auto-pilot fast.
Whether interior design consultations are a small part of your services or your main focus,
this course delivers unmatched value. From marketing and branding to client experience and beyond, you'll gain the tools and strategies to elevate your business with confidence.
Perfect for interior designers, home organizers, and home stagers looking to grow
their brand and maximize their impact.
Included: Exclusive discounts on resources that could enhance your business,
such as Maria Killiam's Color Boards and Classes.
Add the Watch, Learn & Succeed Videos (below) for $99 each with purchase of this course.
$549
Self study and self paced.
Start Immediately.
Lifetime Access.
THE DESIGNER'S BLUEPRINT:
Master Marketing & SEO
Not as busy as you’d like to be? Exhausted from posting on social media with little to no results? Wasting money on ads? This course is your solution. Learn how to attract your ideal interior design, home organizing, or staging clients—so they come to YOU.
Even if tech isn’t your thing and you prefer to outsource SEO, knowing the strategy ensures you hire the right people—and hold them accountable for real results.
Includes: Watch, Learn & Succeed Video Training: Behind-the-Scenes SEO
We'll will walk you through the exact SEO strategies on the back end of a website to ensure your business gets in front of the right clients. From building a powerful strategy to implementing key SEO steps, you'll gain the tools to make your marketing work smarter, not harder.
• No more paid ads.
• No more endless posting.
Just a fully booked calendar—effortlessly.
This Course is currently in production and ON PRE-SALE.
$225
Self study and self paced.
Lifetime Access.
$175
THE DESIGNER'S BLUEPRINT:
Master Branding & Create Your Own Unforgettable Brand
If you're doing everything right with your marketing but still not booking enough clients, the issue isn’t your effort—it’s your branding. Most small businesses miss the mark, and it costs them more than they realize.
Branding isn’t just a logo or a color scheme. It’s the feeling, trust, and connection that make clients choose you over the competition.
Includes: Watch, Learn & Succeed Video Training:
How to Make Your Brand Unforgettable
If you’re a visual learner who thrives on transformation (think HGTV-style reveals),
this Watch & Learn Branding Training Video was made for you.
In Part One, you'll follow along as an interior design business evolves from just a name into a fully realized brand. You’ll see it come to life through a custom website built in Wix, beautiful Instagram templates made in Canva, and crystal-clear messaging.
But that’s not all—in Part Two, you'll watch an existing Interior Design business get a thoughtful refresh, strengthening its visual identity, website, and content so it speaks directly to the right audience. These practical branding lessons go beyond theory—you’ll see exactly how it’s done.
It’s not just informative—it’s empowering. You’ll walk away understanding how to turn your own ideas into a cohesive brand that feels right and looks amazing.
Don’t miss out—get this bonus training and bring your brand vision to life with confidence.
This Course is currently in production — ON PRE SALE NOW.
Purchase at a discount before it goes live on April. 15th— Tax day.
(Remember Courses are tax deductible!)
$225
Self study and self paced.
Lifetime Access.
$175
THE DESIGNER'S BLUEPRINT:
Master The In Home Advice-Only Interior Design Consultation
Want to offer in-home interior design consultations but unsure how to make them seamless and unforgettable—every single time? This course is your guide.
Includes: Watch, Learn & Succeed Video Training: How To Deliver A Game-Changing Consultation
Watch real in-home and virtual consultations in action, step by step, and gain the tools
to craft your own signature client experience with confidence and ease.
This Course is currently in production.
$225
Self study and self paced.
Lifetime Access.
$175
THE DESIGNER'S BLUEPRINT:
Brand Book Canva Template
Effortlessly create a stunning Brand Book with this beautifully designed template—just drop in your brand elements and go! A Brand Book is essential for every business owner, saving you hours of work while ensuring your brand looks polished, professional, and cohesive. Keep it next to you as a go-to guide to keep all your marketing efforts on-brand and consistent.
This is currently in production.
Purchase for less than when it goes live.
$19.99
This is a Canva template.
Canva Pro Version
is NOT necessary.
$12.99
STOP GUESSING. STOP STRESSING.
START LIVING YOUR DREAM.
“Thank you for such a great Course. It's packed with super-helpful info!"
Jodi Warren
"Despite my level of overall experience doing similar consults over the last several years — I am finding the Course dense with valuable information, and helping me understand in more depth many parts to the business side and Marketing/SEO side."
I am so grateful for you! "
Kristie Moore
“I am finding SO much value in this course. Love it! ”
Cindy Dickson
DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL.
GET THE BLUEPRINT TO A WELL-OILED MACHINE.
"Your strategies are very valuable. I love them."
— LuAnn Nigara, A Well-Design Business Podcast Host & Industry Leader
I’m Melanie— a former ad-girl and branding expert turned successful interior design business owner turned educator. I’ve come full circle.
I spent years building brands and helping businesses thrive, only to begin my own interior design business. And now, I'm here to teach other interior designers how to get their business running effortlessly with solid branding and focused, simple marketing.
I’m here to help you achieve the same ultra-success I have enjoyed.
Since starting Happy Place Interiors in 2016, my business has been nonstop. During the pandemic, I was booked solid for three months and over 100 people on a waitlist.
I’ve taken 20 years of branding and marketing, added 9 years of interior design business and 2,000 clients, and mixed in everything I’ve learned to create
an straight path for you.
And I have never paid for advertising.
In The Designer's Blueprint: Mastering a Consult-Driven Interior Design Business course, I’ll walk you through how to build an advice-based interior design business that’s flexible, freeing and attracts clients who can’t wait to work with you— all without being tied to social media, paying for advertising or stressing about where the next client will come from.
I know what it’s like to navigate the winding road of entrepreneurship, and I’ve learned a lot valuable lessons along the way. Instead of you having to figure it all out the hard way like I did, I’m here to hand you the shortcut to success.
Let’s make your dream business a reality together!
Melanie
Melanie Zaelich, ASID
True Colour Expert™
Owner of Happy Place Interiors
Listen to Melanie
on LuAnn Niagara's
A Well-Designed Business Podcast
Melanie Zaelich sat down with LuAnn Nigara on A Well-Designed Business Podcast, and it’s a must-listen! She opens up about why she left full-service design behind to go all-in on her consultation-based business model—and let’s just say, it’s been a total life transformation.
She shares some of her best tips and strategies that have made this approach such a game-changer for her.
"Your strategies are very valuable. I love them."
— LuAnn Nigara
But honestly, this episode is just the tip of the iceberg—her business course, The Designer’s Blueprint, takes it to a whole other level.
Give it a listen—and get inspired!
ARE YOU IN?
Ready to invest in yourself, your dreams and build a business that’s bursting with creativity and profits?
You don’t have to figure it all out on your own—I’ve got you!
Whether you're just kicking things off or shifting gears, you can skip the overwhelm
and dive straight into what lights you up—
and makes you money.
Together, we’ll make it happen!
"When interior designers succeed from the very beginning—
focusing on their talent and clients, rather than a stressful business—
we touch more lives and spread more happiness through
the transformative power of design."
— Melanie Zaelich