How to Start a Home-Based Interior Design Business, 5th » (Original)

Nita B. Phillips is an interior designer based in Wilmington, North Carolina. She began her career working for a local firm and then started and ran her own retail business for six years. She currently runs her own home-based interior design business, which specializes in consultation for private clients and builders.

Learn how to develop a business plan, estimate your start-up costs, price your services, and stay profitable once you’re in business. Read all about getting clients and referrals, outshining the competition, bidding competitively, establishing your daily schedule, organizing your business, getting paid, and much more.

Table of Contents

1. Design 101

2. Setting Up Shop

3. Start-Up Costs

4. Writing Your Business Plan

5. Record Keeping

6. Advertising on a Budget

7. What to Charge

8. Now That You Have an Appointment, What Do You Do?

9. Product Overview

10. Managing the Growth of Your Business