How to Start Your own Interior Designing Business is an essential first read for anyone who has ever found themselves complimented on the layout of their home or workspace.  If friends consult you for ideas about how to layout their new or existing home, and you’ve ever dreamed of having your own business (doing anything) then this recommended read is the perfect place to start.

In How to Start Your own Interior Designing Business you will discover the step-by-step processes you need to undertake to assess your own skills and abilities, the functions of interior designing, the clients and how to find them, the advanced skills and where to train for those, and much more.  In fact, we found that this book covers far too much to try and summarise it on a single web page.

Our Review

Although it’s a compact volume (printing out at 44 A4-size pages of well-organised text), it contains a wealth of information without the frills and fluff of larger tomes.  That makes it the ideal “quick-dip” into the topic, with enough detail to answer many of the questions you might have about the topic.

Just some of the topics it contains are -

• Develop an understanding for the vast number of people who NEED an Interior Designer.
• Discover 3 lesser-known niches in Interior Design where you could make a name for yourself with less competition.
• 5 invaluable tips to follow-through on, when searching for clientele and starting your business.
• Discover a 5 step plan for finding business when you decide to get started.
• Learn how to create a portfolio even if you have little to no experience.
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of being a commercial interior designer.
• Pore your eyes over a Pros and Cons chart of the Interior Design profession.
• 3 different avenues to pursue for an Interior Designer that does not want to go into business for him or herself.
• Understand what you can expect to see in wages as an assistant or certified Interior Designer.
• Learn what to expect from customers when you first get started. Some will Lie!
• 7 questions to ask yourself before entering the profession.
• 5 questions to ask yourself when deciding if you have the passion to design.
• 6 MORE questions to ask yourself to REALLY decide if you have the passion to design.
• Learn the different roles and responsibilities that an Interior Designer takes on.
• Discover the 4 major technical aspects of being an Interior Designer that you MUST be familiar with.
• 4 sections of business that you need to be aware of in order to have a successful career.
• Realize the importance of problem solving and you.
• 5 areas to be aware of, and work on, when gauging how personable you are.
• Learn why working with what you have is an important part of being creative.
• Learn the 7 necessities of the Interior Designer.
• 14 areas of the industry that you MUST be familiar with in order to be taken seriously as an Interior Designer.
• 8 items to have plenty of, when setting up shop with your own Interior Design Business.
• 5 tips to help you multi-task, especially for the person who thought they couldn’t do it.
• Learn when it is best to charge per hour or per project.
• Learn about the common practice of designers making their own product lines to generate business and revenue.
• Discover the realm of online Interior Design educational programs.
• Realize the benefits and shortcomings of attending a trade school instead of a university.
• Understand the difference between an accredited and non-accredited interior design college course.
• Discover the classes you can expect to take at an accredited college.
• 7 tips you need to use if you’re looking to try the “self-taught” method of Interior Design School.
• Understand the good and the bad of self-teaching yourself the art of Interior Design with a “Pros and Cons of Self Teaching” chart.

… and remember, that’s only some of the topics this extremely useful ebook covers.

Download Size = 623 KB in zip format, containing both Adobe pdf and generic .rtf versions of the book (.rtf is readable in both MS Word and WordPad) together with pre-built webpage files for reselling the package on your own website, or on eCrater and similar venues that permit digital download sales.