"Life Is Not Meant To Be Lived All At Once" - Shannon McLaren, Founder of Prairie Interiors
Shannon McLaren did not set out to become an interior designer. She set out to be in fashion. She studied business in London, worked at Stella McCartney, moved back to LA to become a celebrity stylist, and spent years working for Petra Flannery — her most formative mentor — learning how to run a small team, stay proactive, and never say die.
Then she accidentally flipped a house. Someone asked who staged it. She said she did. And that was that.
In this conversation, Shannon talks about what it actually looks like to build a design practice from staging to studio to retail, why her sweet spot…
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