Here With Laura is a podcast by Laura Williams, founder of Living Oak Interior Design. Each week, she sits down with inspiring creatives, business owners, and dreamers to have honest conversations about building a life with intention. From slow mornings to the chaos of growing a business or raising a family, this is a space for all the messy, magical moments in between.
How An Organized Home Changes Your Life | Christina & Rebecka of Graceful Spaces on Luxury Organizing
What if getting organized was not about the bins or the baskets, but about finally being able to breathe in your own home? Laura sits down with Christina Lee and Rebecka Jodeit, co-founders of Graceful Spaces, one of Austin's most sought after luxury home organization firms, to talk about what it really means to create a home that works for your family, your season of life, and your goals.
From meeting at a birthday party when their youngest kids were toddlers to building a team of over a dozen organizers and landing their first international project, Christina and Rebecka share how they turned a passion for intentional living into a thriving business. They open up about working together as best friends, setting firm boundaries around work hours, and why the best organized homes are never one size fits all.
They also share the moment a client called to say she had cancelled her vacation because she just wanted to stay home.
Topics Discussed
- How their daughters' friendship led to the founding of Graceful Spaces
- What luxury home organization actually means and why it goes far beyond bins and baskets
- Their signature services from legacy builds to ongoing concierge refresh visits
- Why they work with clients two years before a new build even breaks ground
- Setting boundaries as business partners and best friends. No work before 7am, after 7pm, or on weekends
- How organized homes create calmer mornings, better weekends, and more present families
- Teaching kids to let go, take ownership, and feel needed at home
- Growing from Austin to Charleston, Los Angeles, the Cayman Islands, and beyond- How their opposite strengths make them the perfect team
Resources and Links
Learn More About Graceful Spaces : https://graceful-spaces.com/ (https://graceful-spaces.com/)
Follow Graceful Spaces on Instagram: @gracefulspacesorganizing (https://www.instagram.com/gracefulspacesorganizing)
Shop Living Oak: https://livingoakhome.com (https://livingoakhome.com)
Learn More About Laura and Living Oak Interior Design: https://www.livingoak.com/about (https://www.livingoak.com/about)
12 Aug 2026
Building an 8-Figure Construction Company | Sean Skellinger of Skelly Build
What does it take to scale a construction company from a one woman operation to an 8-figure business with 32 staff members, an in-house cabinetry shop, and 77 jobs closed in a single year? Sean Skellinger, CEO of Skelly Build, sits down with Laura to share how he joined his wife Diana's boutique renovation company and how they transform it into one of Austin's most respected residential construction firms.Sean shares the systems, strategies, and mindset shifts that turned Skelly Build into a fixed-price construction company known for transparency, trust, and an exceptionally high level of client service. From hiring his first project manager to launching a separate small projects division, acquiring an in-house cabinetry company, and now integrating AI into the business, Sean offers a candid and practical look at what it really takes to grow a construction company the right way.He also opens up about the philosophy behind fixed-price building, why Skelly Build charges a preconstruction fee, and why their best clients are almost always people who chose the cheapest option the first time around.Topics Discussed- How Skelly Build grew from a small renovation company to an 8-figure construction firm- The fixed-price building model and why transparency wins in residential construction- Charging a preconstruction fee and why it leads to a 90% close rate- The "ask who not how" philosophy that changed how Sean approaches growth- Launching Skelly Renovations as a separate small projects division- Acquiring an in-house custom cabinetry shop and the value it adds for clients- Training project managers, delegating with trust, and protecting macro decisions- How Skelly Build is integrating AI tools across the business- Why paying subcontractors weekly builds loyalty and raises the standard of work- Working on Austin's 15-story Milago tower on Rainey StreetResources and LinksSkelly Build: https://skellybuild.com/ (https://skellybuild.com/)Follow Skelly Build on Instagram: @SkellyBuildShop Living Oak: https://livingoakhome.com (https://livingoakhome.com)Learn More About Laura and Living Oak Interior Design: https://www.livingoak.com/about (https://www.livingoak.com/about)
29 Jul 2026
Austin Luxury Real Estate Agent Erin Scialabba of Erin Sells ATX on Selling Beautiful Homes & Building a Business
What does it take to build a thriving luxury real estate business in Austin from scratch, with no connections, no clients, and no playbook? For Erin Scialabba, it started with a catering shift at the South Congress Hotel and a gut feeling she was meant to do something more creative with her life.
Laura sits down with Austin luxury realtor Erin Scialabba to talk about her journey from finance and data analytics in New York City to becoming one of Austin's most trusted real estate agents. Erin shares how her authentic home tour videos helped her break into the Austin luxury real estate market, why radical transparency has cost her listings and saved her clients hundreds of thousands of dollars, and what buying a home in Austin really looks like right now.
She also gets honest about building a small business without a roadmap, hiring her first team, and why protecting creative downtime is not a luxury but a business strategy.
Topics Discussed
Leaving a New York finance career to start over in Austin with no connections
How a catering job at the South Congress Hotel opened the door to luxury real estate
Building an audience through authentic Austin home tour videos
Why she turns down listings rather than oversell a property
How she saved a client half a million dollars through radical transparency
What buyers and sellers need to know about the Austin housing market right now
Hiring an operations manager and learning to delegate for the first time
Why stand-up comedy and a pandemic walk on the greenbelt changed everything
Building systems, setting boundaries, and scaling a real estate business without burning out
Resources and LinksLearn More About Erin : https://www.erinsellsatx.com/Follow Erin on Instagram: @ErinSellsATX (https://www.instagram.com/erinsellsatx/)Shop Living Oak: https://livingoakhome.com ( https://livingoakhome.com)Learn More About Laura and Living Oak Interior Design: https://www.livingoak.com/about (https://www.livingoak.com/about)
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