Interior Design Fees Should Not Decide If A Project Is A Good Fit If your interior design fees go down when you desperately want a project and shoot up when you hope a client says no, the fee is probably not the real problem. Designers often treat...
Small interior design projects often look like an easy way to get clients in the door. You offer a paint consultation, a decorating-only service, or a one-room package. The client gets to know you, trusts your expertise, and eventually hires you for a larger project....
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Do You Need More Interior Design Clients Or Better Opportunities? If you are busy, tired, and still wondering why your calendar is not translating into enough profit, you may not need more clients. You may need better interior design clients and a steadier flow of...
How To Handle AI Images In Interior Design Consultations A potential client pulls out a phone during your consultation and shows you AI images of exactly what they think they want. Your first reaction might be defensive: Why am I here if they have already designed the...
Does Your Interior Design Business Have Hot Potato Syndrome? You finally say the higher design fee. You explain the client boundary. You tell a referral partner exactly which projects you want. Then the other person pauses, and suddenly you are scrambling to offer a...
If you had told me that bringing home a puppy would make me rethink the way I approach business, I probably would have laughed. Then Apollo arrived. A tiny Italian Greyhound came into our house, and suddenly I was thinking about feeding schedules, house training,...
Some projects look perfect on paper and still have no business on your calendar. If you are an interior designer who has ever felt torn between a big opportunity and a bad gut feeling, this is for you. The project may be large. The referral source may be solid. The...
Interior designers are surrounded by inspiration. We can find beautiful rooms, fresh product introductions, impressive installations, and polished project photography every time we open our phones. Inspiration is everywhere. But inspiration will not tell you whether...
There is a point in the year when even smart, capable designers look up and realize the business has gotten noisy again. The calendar is full. The inbox is active. Projects are moving. But the structure that was supposed to protect your time, profit, and peace has...
Stop saying yes to every opportunity and start attracting the right ones. If your referral stream is keeping you busy but not building a stronger business, it is time to look at quality, not just quantity. Interior designers love to say they want more referrals. I get...