"Life Is Not Meant To Be Lived All At Once" - Shannon McLaren, Founder of Prairie Interiors

Shannon McLaren is the founder of Prairie Interiors, a Newport Beach-based interior design studio she opened after years as a celebrity stylist and one accidental house flip that changed everything. In 2025 she opened a retail location on Mariner's Mile where you can walk into her design mind any day of the week. In this episode, Shannon and the Meet Bridget hosts talk about: → Building a design practice from staging to studio to retail — what the progression actually looked like → Years as a celebrity stylist under Petra Flannery and what those pennies taught her → The through-line from fashion styling to interior design that she did not plan → Why she designs for how people live, not how it photographs → The impulsive gut that has driven every good decision she has ever made → Moving at thirteen from middle-class Orange County to living down the road from Bill Gates → The floor plans she drew on Lake Washington at thirteen that her mom still has → Why there is no "arrive" — success is a sourdough starter → What she would tell young women who are trying to get somewhere too fast 🎙️ Meet Bridget | Season 6, Episode 158 Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday. [Prairie Interiors: worldofprairie.com | @prairie_interiors] [Meet Bridget: @meetbridget | meetbridget.com]