About Our Marketing Firm
So, who is Wingnut Social? Great question.
We’re a team of dedicated experts who specialize in strategic planning, social media management,and SEO for interior designers and shelter related businesses. We make your life easier and free up your time to focus on your business.And how do we make your life easier? Oh, so many ways.
We’ve put in our ten thousand hours to master every platform. But our philosophy is also grounded in the ability to evolve, pivot, and adapt to the ever-changing digital marketing landscape.Founder and CEO, Darla Powell, is an interior decorator herself and knows firsthand how to successfully market in this niche. After receiving countless requests from fellow designers for help with marketing their interior design firms, Darla saw a tremendous need for an agency well-versed and laser focused on marketing strategies and practices tailored specifically for designers and architects. The solution? Wingnut Social – an agency focused on the best digital marketing for interior designers, architects and related niches.
Basically, our entire staff is composed of nerds. By which we mean cool creative people with marketing degrees who stay on top of emerging technologies and study marketing trends for fun. Which is exactly who you want on your interior design team—industrious, dedicated dreamers/doers. Our approach is equal parts applied analytics and rule-breaking creativity. And everything we offer is always completely custom to you and your interior design business.
Sound amazing?
We got you. Contact us and let’s chat!Meet the Wingnuts

Darla Powell
Head Wingnut. Founder of Wingnut Social and Darla Powell Home.
- Podcast host
- Interior decorator
- Debbie Cake lover

Taylor Gerrity
Marketing Director
- Jam band afficianado
- Moonlighting graffiti artist
- Sunrises over sunsets

Abigail Wideman
Senior Social Media Manager. BA in Journalism: Public Relations, Texas A&M University.
- Avid beach-goer
- Plant mom
- True crime junkie

Emily Labarbera
Project Manager, MA in Mass Communication: Digital Strategy, University of Florida.
- Classically-trained violinist
- Art pop & industrial metal fan
- Chocoholic

Whitney Schanie
Social Media Manager. BA in History & BS in Secondary Education, University of Iowa.
- Devoted country music concertgoer
- Coffee addict
- Allergic to avocados

Alexandra Tai
Social Media Manager. BA in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley.
- Avid reader
- Vinyl collector
- Go-to takeout is Thai or Mediterranean

Sydney Hill
Social Media Manager. BA Business Marketing, San Diego State University.
- Sunset watcher
- Interior design lover
- Outdoor adventure enthusiast

Nicole Lyons
Podcast Producer. BA in Cinema and Media Studies, Hamilton College.
- Psychological thriller enthusiast
- Comfort meal is a McChicken
- Owner of 5 pet rats