"The Designed for the Creative Mind Podcast"

My next guest started her business two months before the pandemic and during her first year of motherhood. Desireè Washington founded Designs By Des Interiors to help busy moms and professionals like herself create healthy spaces that would foster growth. By working through her own challenging experiences, she created healthy, comfortable environments for her growing family through a budget-friendly approach.

With a background in architecture, lighting, and psychology, she has helped to create her empire around what she loves. Desiree has also completed the Interior Design Business Bakery Program.

Despite her prior education and experience, Desireè still encounters imposter syndrome. In this episode, we chat about how becoming a mom changed her outlook as a designer, her favorite part of having an interior design business, and her next big business move.

"The Keenya Kelly Podcast"

In this week’s episode, Keenya sits down with Desiree Washington, an interior designer from Southern Massachusetts, to talk about how she gained the courage to step onto the TikTok scene and share a video that won her $10,000 on the platform! Plus, Desireè is uncovering what it’s like when your business becomes a family affair, life as a business-owning mama, the impact of social media, and the process of rebranding. You’ll hear all about how Desireè and her fam tackle ongoing growing pains of their one-stop-shop design biz and the power of being able to help customers cleanse their space in a way that means more than one might expect.

"Boldly Courageous Podcast"

Welcome back to the Boldly Courageous Podcast! Have you ever felt like you were not living into your fullest potential? Have you ever wanted to make an investment in yourself but were afraid you weren’t ready or didn’t have the money? That is exactly how my guest Desireè Washington felt when she decided to go all in on her dream of being her own boss and starting her very own home decor & design business.

"Prosperous Podcast"

Welcome to Prosperous, this week's episode is part of a series that highlights Prosperous Women living a life that is defined by their own terms.

Desireè Washington is a hybrid when it comes to designing and styling. With an architecture background (architect graduate at RPI) and minor Human Factors in Design (Human Psychology) she looks at the world differently. As a former lighting consultant of almost 7 years, she helped design professionals with lighting design and immediately emerged as an upcoming designer specializing in providing design solutions of all types. Through her professional experience over the years, she's worked to master distorting perspectives, brightening spaces, beautifying realities, and optimizing space through different techniques she's implemented. She is a huge fan in sharing a little bit of DIY and transformations that inspires anyone to try them in their own home. Now she's a full time working stay at home mom that shares her life in the lens of not only an entrepreneur, but how to balance work and home life mutually.