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Completely revised and updated, this guide includes the author's experiences and advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based interior design business. It covers everything from developing a business plan and estimating start-up costs to pricing the services and staying profitable once in business.



PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 729.068
EAN: 9780762705139
ISBN: 0762705132
Label: Globe Pequot
Manufacturer: Globe Pequot
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Studio: Globe Pequot


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Business and Legal Forms for Interior Designers
• The Interior Designers Guide to Pricing Estimating and Budgeting
• Estimating for Interior Designers
• A Guide to Business Principles and Practices for Interior Designers: Revised Edition
• How to Start a Home-Based Interior Design Business, 4th (Home-Based Business Series)


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Pretty Accurate Vision of Managing a Design Business -
Suzanne DeWalt really hits some key elements regarding running a home-based design business. For example, her advice regarding setting up an agreement before giving the client all your ideas is very good advice. True, she does emphasize window treatments as being your entrance into the clients home and that may not apply to every designer. So I took off one star. But the honest and practical advice she gives is well worth the price of the book. You can't just be "creative" you have to run a professional firm. As I am the owner of a seven-year old design firm, I say she is accurate on her advice.

how to start a home drapery business -
i definitely agree with the other comment that it's all about window coverings. interior design is not all about window treatments and trying to sell products to your clients. interior design is about designing the homes of your clients. definitely a misleading book.

This book gave me the courage! -
This is exactly the book I've been looking for. I completed my degree, but still felt
that I needed some "real world" guidance. This book did that. The author explained
the how to things that I couldn't figure out, like where to find the business, how to
estimate jobs, where to buy the stuff, etc. I love this book!

Awesome -
I thought this book was excellent! I read it completely in 2 days! I am just considering starting my own business and I appreciated Suzanne sharing such valuable infomation. I don't think a designer "in the business" would share any of this information with you. I would recommend it to anyone just starting out in the business.

Should be called "How to Start a Drapery Business" -
The title is truly misleading. The authors "Interior Design" Business is a window covering business. She sells window coverings, flooring and wallcoverings but is apparantly not a designer. Don't expect any in depth advice on working with clients creating integrated room plans, using trade-only showrooms etc. If you want to focus on one aspect of the business, simply selling floor or window coverings, great. But, I feel cheated even though this book was inexpensive

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