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Your local interior design studio business is every bit as complicated as larger, national companies as both types of businesses need to have general management, marketing, sales, operations, finance, human resources, and purchasing.
Our team of researchers and editors approach the business processes that have the greatest impact on your success and well-being. We provide you with the hacks, tips & tricks, and best practices that will make your life feel lighter and your business more effective.
7 Reasons You Should Be Designing Your Own Furniture
Discover the rising trend among top interior designers like Kelly Wearstler and Susie Hersker, who are creating bespoke furniture to provide unique interiors for their clients.
Interior Designers With Decor Stores – They’re Onto Something
Power of the Niche: Decor Stores As a designer, it is common to wonder, “what makes for a successful interior designer?” This article examines the portfolios, stories, and reviews of success...
Working for an Interior Design Studio vs Your Own Business
If you are currently an interior designer unhappy with your job, or are new to the industry, you have come to the right place! Luckily for you, our industry is filled with possibilities. You...
How to Prepare to Start an Interior Design Business
Many interior designers face several challenges in promoting their unique talents and adequately marketing their business. Conquering the marketing side of a business can be a complicated pr...
Becoming a Great Interior Designer:
Skills and Qualities
“The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion...
Is Design for You? Learn if You Have What It Takes to Be an Interior Designer
Design is the intersection of form and function. It is artistic, yet it is also deeply practical. Being a designer is much more complicated than being a recluse artist. You’ll need to work w...
Drafting an Interior Design Contract: Things You Should Not Miss!
Before we start this process, we need to state the obvious. We are not lawyers and this is not legal advice. You need to hire a legal professional to write your contracts and provide you&hel...
Interior Design Client Questionnaire: Everything You Need to Ask
What Is a Client Questionnaire? A client questionnaire is a document that is shared with a potential client which consists of a list of questions to help the designer understand the requirem...
The Best Interior Design Magazines
For designers, there is an inexplicable excitement that comes with the act of flipping through a beautiful design magazine. Right from seeing the envelope wrapped magazine in the mailbox, to...
Trading Up: Securing Reliable Tradesmen for Your Interior Design Studio
We’ve all heard sob stories from our fellow interior designers that recount the pain of unreliable tradespeople who delivered nightmarish services. Responses to these laments in safe spaces...