Shea McGee and her husband Syd are the married pair behind Studio McGee, an interior design and e-commerce firm with 70 workers and clients worldwide.
They say their home design firm began “in a spare bedroom with plenty of grandiose ideas and no place for fabric swatches.” A booming business and the Netflix original series Dream Home Makeover sprang from those modest beginnings.
After Syd’s digital marketing agency was bought, the pair founded their own. “While Syd was re-grouping, I assumed I’d do what I could (with a two-month-old baby) to tide us over with my burgeoning tiny design business.”
“So, I established a website and acquired an Instagram account.” “And everything changed,” Shea wrote on her blog in 2014.”My company expanded at an exponential rate,” Shea remarked.
“I had individuals contacting me from all over Southern California, and even from across the nation, wanting me to design their homes.” I had no idea how to handle the burden and had never considered working alongside my spouse.
Then it clicked one day. Syd was looking for a new venture to invest in, and the ideal candidate was in front of him. ‘Are you sure we can do this?’ I recall weeping. As it turned out, the answer was a resounding ‘Yes!'”
With that new strategy in mind, the couple sold their house, relocated to Utah, and established Studio McGee in Salt Lake City. And the rest, as they say, is history in the making.
Forbes reported, “the pair increased their gross revenue to “$59.7 million in 2020.”
