In Ask an Influencer, Business of Home explores the creator economy. This week, we spoke with Tennessee designer Lauren Sullivan .

When Lauren Sullivan enrolled in the New York School of Interior Design, she hadn’t yet let go of her first career as a pharmacist. Instead, she decided to pursue a master’s in health care design at the same time, thinking she could merge the two professions. Despite excelling in her remote coursework (and even securing the Chairman’s Award for the program), it didn’t take long to discover where her heart truly lay: in the world of residential design.

After completing a few more courses remotely from her home in eastern Tennessee, Sullivan began offering virtual residential design services. In 2020, she and her husband purchased their own home, and began

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