Build Your Design Career With Support Behind You

The Lake Hazel Collective is a business-building and professional development community created for interior designers who are ready to turn their talent into a sustainable career.

Because being a talented designer and knowing how to build a profitable design business are two very different things.

Inside the Collective, designers get access to business education, mentorship, community, portfolio-building opportunities, professional resources, and pathways to real-world design experience.

Learn the Business of Interior Design

Develop the skills they don't always teach in design school—from pricing and profitability to proposals, contracts, marketing, sales, client management, workflows, and growing your business.

Get Mentorship & Feedback

You don't have to figure everything out alone. Members can receive guidance, design critique, business mentorship, and support as they apply what they're learning.

Build Real Experience

The Collective creates opportunities for designers to strengthen their portfolios and gain practical experience through assignments, design submissions, collaborative projects, and other opportunities available through Lake Hazel.

Create Pathways to Paid Work

As Lake Hazel grows, our goal is to create a network of talented, trained designers we can confidently turn to when opportunities become available.

Depending on membership level and project availability, members may have access to paid assignments, Lake Hazel project opportunities, lead referrals, marketplace submissions, and other ways to earn through their design skills.

We don't promise an endless stream of clients simply because you become a member. Instead, we're building something more sustainable: a place where designers can learn, practice, grow, become ready for opportunities, and have a professional network behind them when those opportunities arise.

From Talented Designer to Thriving Business Owner

Think of the Collective as the bridge between knowing how to design and knowing how to make a living doing it.

Learn the business. Build your portfolio. Get supported. Gain experience. Grow your career.

Whether you're trying to land your first real project or you're ready to build a more profitable design business, there's a place for you inside the Lake Hazel Collective.

Find the Path That Fits Where You Are

Every designer enters the industry at a different stage. Whether you're building experience, growing your own client base, or ready for bigger opportunities, the Lake Hazel Collective has a pathway designed to help you move forward.

Explore the pathways below to find the membership that best matches where you are today—and where you want your design career to go next.