Sometimes new clients can appear in the strangest of ways. This week, we asked three designers—Hilary Hays Greenhalgh, Amy Lee McArdle and Holly-Beth Potter—the most unusual circumstances in which they have found business.

What Happens Abroad Doesn’t Stay Abroad

“One client found me through a chain [of events] that started on another continent. A friend of a friend overseas recommended me, and it turned into a major project stateside! Previous clients—a professional golfer and his wife—relocated to Dubai, and when their friends were inquiring about an interior designer in the U.S., they mentioned us, and we ended up helping their friends design their home. What began as an overseas introduction turned into a project on the home front.” —Amy Lee McArdle, Amy Young Designs, Palm Beach and

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