Blakely Interior Design’s Founder Discusses Doubling Revenue and Growing Staffing on GoLocal LIVE
Blakely Interior Design’s Founder Discusses Doubling Revenue and Growing Staffing on GoLocal LIVE
Three children and a degree from Rhode Island School of Design degree later, she launched her firm, Blakely Interior Design.
Now, Blakely Interior Design has grown into one of the fastest-growing and one of the largest firms in the region. The firm has grown to seven professionals and is doing significant interior design work from the mid-Atlantic through New England.
“I started actually in business -- I graduated with a marketing degree, went to work in advertising for a while in corporate America -- it was at AT&T, for many years working in corporate communications. I always had a love of design and it wasn't until I had children that we moved from the New York City area to Rhode Island and I was home with my kids and we reimagined our home,” said Blakely Photopoulus.
“It was from there that little process of reimagining our home. When people saw it, they said are you a designer, and I said well no but I loved it, and they said people would pay you for this. So I said, well maybe that's my next career,” she said.
She says her recent success has been bolstered by her participation in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program. She says it helped her envision a bigger company and helped her develop a growth plan.
On Wednesday, the firm is hosting Art & Design Salon and Pop Up Boutique in North Kingstown at Blakely Interior Design's studio at 650 Ten Rod Road, North Kingstown. The event begins at 5:30 PM. Register here.