A Guide to Business Principles & Practices for Interior Designers

Interior Design is often combining function and art in a delicate balance. Running an interior design business requires balancing different elements and often a different skill set. This two-part book gives you the step-by-step practices of the business side of the interior design business. The book, the first and most' respected in the field, continues to be a must for all interior designers, architects, space planners, and certainly students. Features four sections to prepare you to become an interior designer, or to help you run your interior design business: Part 1 of this complete guide discusses how to establish an interior design practice. Part 2 describes how to carry a job though and charge for it. Includes valuable checklists to help the designer handle initial contacts with the client, descriptions of the use of combination of fees and allocation of budget amounts, as well as three completely new chapters on analysis of scope of services, as well as approaches to the f