About Us

(Actually, this is about you.) 

A word from Kami Gray, our founder.

Hey YOU! I’ll talk more about us in a minute. For now, I’d like to share a little story because I wonder if you can relate to how I felt right before I changed everything and became an interior designer? I was working in a job that checked off several boxes.

☑️ a steady paycheck
☑️ health insurance
☑️ vacation and sick time
☑️ retirement fund

Even so, I wasn’t fulfilled and in my head I kept thinking, “This job doesn’t feel like me.” I knew there was something missing. I knew I had a bigger life purpose. And I knew I was creative and my skills and talent were being completely underutilized. I was not living the dream. 

On Sunday nights, I often had a pit in my stomach thinking about working this job for another week. I’d come home from work tired, barely able to exercise or engage in passion projects or other interests. I was drained from giving so much of my energy away without doing anything that actually lifted me up. Even when I managed to hang out with friends or take a vacation, it didn’t matter, that nagging feeling of “this job doesn’t feel like me” would return again and again.

Way too much time passed before I made the decision to try something else. I was terrified, but I needed to flex my creative muscles. My soul was begging me.

I set out on a journey to find out what I was truly made of and discovered that I had a real knack for designing and creating home spaces. My seven-year old self said, “duh, I could have told you that.” That younger version of me was right, I have a gift and I’ve loved designing, editing, and manipulating the rooms in my homes for as long as I can remember. And if I was being brave and honest, I would do anything to get paid to do this for other people. 

What followed was a lengthy and winding path to get me where I am today.

A formal education teaches a lot of theory and various skills, but I needed to learn how to actually go out and get clients and build a successful and sustainable interior design business. It took me a very long time, full of trial and error, with plenty of costly and painful mistakes. But over time, I figured it out and fully understood that this work brought out the best in me. Now the voice in my head says, “this job is so perfectly me.” 

One of my very favorite quotes: 

“Someone once told me the definition of Hell: 
The last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.” 
—Anonymous

I look back on this huge journey of not just figuring out the art of design and building the necessary skills, but also the practical skills needed to make it a business that would not just support me, but actually help me to live a thriving and rewarding life. 

I have good news if you can relate to the story of my life before I made the giant leap. I’ve created a design school that is the fast-track, inside scoop, and the real deal on how I did it. I’m going to share everything I know with you. Being an interior designer is seriously the best job ever and I can’t wait to show and tell you how to make it happen for yourself. Let’s do this.

Our number one objective is that you will, pardon our French, go out in the world and kick some serious ass with a SIX-FIGURE income and a career that makes you say to yourself, “this job is so perfectly me.“

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Yours Truly,

Kami

Hi, I’m Kami Gray – CEO & Founder of Psychologie of Home


A brief overview of Kami’s experience, career highlights, and background:

  • Bachelor of Arts in Design, The Art Institute of Portland, 2002
  • Instructor of design and business classes, The Art Institute of Portland, 2010-2014
  • Founder/Lead Designer, Kami Gray Interiors, 2004 to present
  • Founder/Lead Instructor, Psychologie of Home Design School
  • Art Director for Pendleton, Nike, and Rejuvenation (a Williams-Sonoma brand)
  • Featured in Huff Post, Country Living, Real Simple, Apartment Therapy, Oregon Home, Women’s Day, 1859 Oregon Magazine, Portrait of Portland Magazine
  • On-Camera Style Expert, AMNW-PDX 2010-2014
  • Author of Home Matters (Abrams/Cameron Books, 2023)
  • Instagram Profile: @psychologieofhome 178K followers


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1 COURSE - 6 SESSIONS


30+ HOURS OF RECORDED CONTENT


WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:




1. The Business of Design


This first course is the inside scoop, the fast-track, and the real deal on how lucrative and rewarding this job can be…and of course, there’s some practical lessons too. We’ll start out broad and then take a deep dive into what it takes to become a successful interior designer.

2. Creating Design Concepts

In this course, we will show you how to create winning design concepts to land jobs and sell your ideas to potential clients. How? Practice. Practice. Practice. This course not only teaches you to create superstar concepts, but you’ll simultaneously be honing your design skills and becoming a better designer.

3. Marketing for Design Businesses

We focus on building credibility through tools like your website, online portfolio, and an engaging "About" page, while sales drive direct conversions. Boosting visibility involves leveraging SEO, collecting Google reviews, and utilizing key social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok to connect with your audience.

4. Floor and Space Planning

Floor and space planning is not the necessary evil of this job. It’s the skill that will make your design talent soar to the highest level possible. We have the greatest (and inexpensive!) tool that makes floor and space planning easy to learn and execute. We don’t believe this aspect of the job has to be hard and complicated when such a brilliant tool exists.

5. The Design Process: Furnishings

This course shares the process behind these fun and fabric-filled jobs from creating design concepts to installing at a client’s home and everything in between. So many details, but who doesn’t love pretty things and shiny objects? We’ll show you how and where to source everything imaginable that goes in a home or office headquarters.

6. The Design Process: Remodels

Whether you’re a bit intimidated or you’re ready to roll up your sleeves, remodeling is a great way to expand your interior design services and it’s more accessible than you may think. We’ll demystify home remodeling and simultaneously show how it’s not as easy or as cheap as they make it look on those shows. We love home reno and will guide you through the step-by-step process from design planning to construction.

What Our Students Are Saying!

"In terms of my interior design career, I had the willpower and had taken some "action" helping my friends here and there. The missing piece that Design School provided was *knowledge*! Kami has crafted a curriculum that clarifies the whole process of becoming a profitable interior designer. She shares with so much candor, generosity, encouragement and humor. I left feeling like my goal to be a successful designer is inevitable. This was a life-changing experience that left me with an amazing "I've got this" energy. If you're considering a real career in interior design, take this leap!"


- Kendra




Our Design School believes HOME MATTERS. Like not just a little. Home matters a lot. We may not be curing cancer, but interior designers that truly care about their clients are making a difference and a serious contribution to other people’s lives. The science on this is clear. Our home environment greatly affects our wellbeing.

While Interior Design may seem like a complicated career involving many different skills, we’re going to break it down and simplify it for you in a way that other schools, webinars, courses, and workshops don’t. Oh, and it’s going to FUN.

But skills and fun don’t make a living do they? That’s why our focus is LEARNING and EARNING. With the right education, this job can easily earn you a SIX-FIGURE annual income

We have a unique philosophy that goes beyond learning the necessary and very learnable skills of this industry. We think interior design is more than just stuff you buy and put in your home. We think it’s more than just copying what you see on HGTV. We think it’s more than just showing luxury homes on our Instagram feeds with #homegoals. 

Homes are not one size fits all and we believe that home is an extension of each one of us. The line between home and self is a blurry one because the place we live is not just made up of living rooms, dining rooms, or bedrooms, it’s the exact location that most things happen in our lives, including (and maybe especially) how we feel about ourselves. Home and self are unconsciously linked. You’ll learn all the necessary skills, but we go a little deeper around here. And of equal importance, we show you how to make a real living at a job you love.