What is your name?
Amanda Arcone
What is your occupation?
Interior Designer
What is your business name?
Farmhouse New England Home & Interiors
How long have you been a Boston Business Women’s Member?
Less than 1 year
What is your Instagram handle?
@farmhousenewengland
What is your LinkedIn URL?
👉 linkedin.com/in/amandaarcone
Were you born and raised in Boston? If not, what brought you here?
No, I am from Louisville, Kentucky, and moved here after I married a New Englander!
Tell us more about your job or company and what led you to your career?
I’ve recently started my business, which I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I also work as a commercial banker in treasury management for a Boston Bank, and I am looking to grow my virtual interior design business and eventually ease out of my corporate career in the coming years.
What would your clients say about you and your company?
I’m just getting started, but the few clients I’ve worked with love my creativity and friendliness and my skill of listening more than talking!
What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Stay curious!
What is your favorite book?
Little Women
What is your secret weapon?
Getting up early every day, like 5 am early! And coffee, lots of coffee.
What is your most recent WIN? How are you slaying it in your career or business?
Finally committing to doing the thing: building the website, determining a brand, and pricing my services.
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Go easy on yourself, you’re doing better than you think you are.
How do you enjoy your free time?
Family and outside, cooking and with nature.
What is something that not many people know about you?
I raise chickens.