Lauro Dominici

Lauro Dominici Interior Design Studio

15/06/2026

4 legal & logistic documents every
interior design studio needs from day one.

The biggest reason interior designers stay
stuck at freelancer level isn’t the design.

It’s the missing paperwork.

After 15 years in industrial operations,
I learned one thing about premium businesses —
the documents are part of the product.

A studio without documents is a freelancer
with a Figma license.
A studio with the right documents
is a real company.

These are the 4 that make the difference.

→ CLIENT AGREEMENT · a binding contract — not
a Word file copied from Google, not a handshake
over coffee. Scope, payment schedule, revisions
in and out of scope, right to terminate,
intellectual property, late payment terms,
liability clauses. Plain language so the client
actually reads it, legally enforceable the moment
they sign. The single document that separates
a studio that can defend itself from a freelancer
hoping nothing goes wrong.

→ CALL RECAP · the formatted summary every
client gets after a meeting. Not a transcript,
not a voice note, not a chaotic email. A real
document with the same visual language as the
contract. Every key decision captured. Zero
“I thought you said something different”
three weeks later.

→ PREMIUM INVOICE · the document most designers
get wrong. A premium client doesn’t want a PDF
generated by a free invoicing app. Same
typography, same hierarchy, same calm as every
other document. The premium feel never breaks
at the moment of payment — because that’s the
moment the relationship gets tested.

→ PRE-WRITTEN EMAIL SEQUENCE · every project
milestone already written for you. Payment
confirmation. Visit scheduling. Project updates.
Delivery notifications. Final handover. Review
request. You never reinvent how you communicate
— the system stays consistent, you stay free
to focus on the work that actually matters.

Four documents.
Built once.
Used forever.

Save this for the next time you sign a client.
And comment “STUDIO” — I’ll send you the operating
system I built for interior designers, one that
smartly relies on AI.

14/06/2026

For 15 years I was the version of myself the corporate world wanted.

Competent. Reliable. Sharp. Available. Optimized.

I was very good at being that person.

I had the calendar to prove it. The salary. The relocation history.

The problem is, I’d become so good at being that version that I’d lost the original.

You don’t notice atrophy in real time. You see it when you try to use the muscle and it’s gone.

I couldn’t read a book without checking my phone.
I couldn’t eat a meal without thinking about work.
I couldn’t sit in a room without scanning it for ROI.

The skills corporate rewarded had quietly eaten everything it didn’t measure.

Patience. Curiosity. Slowness. Beginner’s mind.

I’d become a high-performing version of nobody.

When I left, I didn’t have a plan to “find myself.” That language always felt fake to me.

I had a different plan. I’d start something I wasn’t already good at.

So I drew badly. Designed badly. Priced badly. Missed deadlines. Sent bad emails.

For the first time in 15 years I wasn’t one of the most competent people in the room.

And slowly, something came back. The version of me corporate had never seen.

But here’s what I didn’t expect.

I didn’t just get the old version back. I built new skills I didn’t even know existed at 33.

How to design. How to build a brand. How to write something people actually read.

Was it humiliating? Sometimes. Was it scary? Often.

Was it the most useful thing I’ve ever done for myself? Without a doubt.

Today I make less than I did as a General Manager in Canada. I have more of my life back.

The trade is uneven in my favor — in ways the spreadsheet can’t measure.

The most surprising part?

The version of me that came back turned out to be a better designer than the one that left.

Because design isn’t a skill. It’s a way of paying attention.

And paying attention is exactly what corporate life had trained me to stop doing.

What’s your story?

11/06/2026

Comment “DISCOVERY” to access the Client Questionnaire template I use to build briefs that never derail.

10/06/2026

The first week after signing
is the most fragile week of the entire project.

The client just spent thousands of euros
on someone they barely know.

They want to feel safe.
They want to know what’s next.
They want to feel like they made
the right choice.

If you go silent, they fill the silence
with doubt.

I learned this managing accounts worth
hundreds of thousands of euros
in my corporate years.

Now I apply it to every interior design client.

The Welcome Pack isn’t a document.
It’s the answer to the question
they would’ve asked you on Sunday at 10pm
if they had your number.

Give them the answer before they ask.

Comment “ONBOARD” and I’ll send you the 44-page document I deliver the day my clients sign.

Comment “ONBOARD” and I’ll send you the full template you can customize for your studio in less than five minutes.
09/06/2026

Comment “ONBOARD” and I’ll send you the full template you can customize for your studio in less than five minutes.

08/06/2026

The 8 tools running my interior design studio that nobody expects a designer to use.

I’m not a developer. I don’t write code. I never will.

But behind my studio there’s a digital backbone — landing pages, lead capture, tracking, automations — that used to require hiring an engineer. Now AI runs it for me. These are the 8 tools that make it possible.

Every single one is free — except the first.

→ CLAUDE CODE · the brain. I describe what I need in plain English and it builds the workflow shortcut for me. Automations that save me hours every week. The only one I pay for. €20/month.

→ VISUAL STUDIO CODE · the cockpit. Where everything takes shape in front of me, in real time. I see and adjust without touching anything I don’t understand. Free.

→ SUPABASE · the engine room. Where my studio’s data lives — leads, form submissions, records. The invisible system behind every landing page. Free.

→ VERCEL · the publish button. It puts a landing page or tool live online, with a real link, in under a minute. Free.

→ GITHUB · the safety net. Every version of my work saved automatically. Nothing lost, every change reversible. Free.

→ UPTIMEROBOT · the night guard. Watches everything 24/7 and alerts me the second something breaks — before a lead ever notices. Free.

→ CLOUDFLARE · the front door. Connects my domain, keeps it fast and protected. Set once, forgotten. Free.

→ POSTHOG · the mirror. It shows me exactly how people move through my pages — where they click, where they leave — so I improve with data, not guesses. Free.

Eight tools. One paid. A full operations stack, run by one designer.

This is the real shift: you don’t need a tech team anymore. You need the right tools and the discipline to use them.

Save this for your Monday morning. And comment “STUDIO” and I’ll send you the complete toolkit I use to run my studio.

07/06/2026

When people heard I left a $300k+ job
to start over in interior design,
they all asked the same question.

“Weren’t you scared?”

Yes.

But not of what they thought.

I wasn’t scared of the market.
I wasn’t scared of starting from zero.
I wasn’t scared of making less money.

I was scared of myself.

Because for years, I had been the loudest voice
telling me not to do it.

Every cage outside me had a lock I could open.

The contract. The salary. The relocation package.
The mortgage. The corporate ladder.

All of them had a date.
All of them had an end.

But the voice in my head had no expiration.

“Wait for the next promotion.”
“You’re too senior to restart.”
“This is not the right moment.”
“What if you fail?”

That voice didn’t come from HR.
It didn’t come from my boss.
It came from me.

At some point I understood something simple.

The corporate world doesn’t keep you trapped.
It just gives you better excuses to trap yourself.

The system doesn’t need to lock the door.
You’ll do it for them.

So I stopped negotiating with the voice.

I didn’t wait for the next bonus.
I didn’t wait to “feel ready.”
I didn’t wait for permission.

I left in the middle of a fiscal year.
I left without a backup client.
I left without a plan B.

Was it reckless?
Probably.

Was it the only way?
For me, yes.

The first six months were brutal.

I doubted every decision.
I missed the structure.
I missed the certainty.

There were nights I almost went back.

But every week the voice got quieter.

Because the voice feeds on stillness.
The moment you move, it loses oxygen.

Today I run a studio that consistently
generates five figures a month.

Not because I’m braver than you.
Because I stopped waiting for the voice
to give me permission.

It never will.

Comment “REVEAL”
and I’ll send you the blueprint
I built when I finally moved.

04/06/2026

Comment “SETUP” to access the Service Agreement template I use to get paid on time, every time.

03/06/2026

Most designers think chasing payments is just part of the job.

It’s not.

It’s the result of a contract that forgot to set the rules.

When the payment schedule is vague, the client decides when to pay. When the payment schedule is in writing,
the project decides for both of you.

I learned this running international operations for years.

Then I applied it to my design studio.

Now every project moves on a payment rhythm my client agreed to before we even started.

No chasing.
No discomfort.
No 11pm reminders.

Just a system that protects both sides and lets me design instead of negotiate.

Comment “SETUP” and I’ll send you the Studio Admin
my studio runs on.

Comment “SETUP” and I’ll send you the full template you can customize for your studio in less than five minutes.
02/06/2026

Comment “SETUP” and I’ll send you the full template you can customize for your studio in less than five minutes.

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