A clear interior design hourly billing policy protects your income and your client relationships. Here’s how working designers decide what counts as billable time.
Interior Design Hourly Billing: How to Set Boundaries That Stick Read More »
Receiving and storage costs are hard to predict. See how designers use contingency percentages, retainers, and pass-through billing to protect margins.
FF&E Receiving and Storage Costs: How to Estimate Them Accurately Read More »
When clients ask for your vendor’s contact, your answer reveals your entire procurement model. Here’s how interior designers handle it.
Should Clients Get Your Vendor List? What Designers Need to Consider Read More »
When high-end fabric fails early, who pays for reupholstery? See how designers build markup, reserve funds, and vendor scripts to cover these losses.
A strong retainer policy for interior designers means work product never goes out before payment clears. Here’s how to build one that actually holds.
Interior Design Retainer Policies: Why Yours Needs Teeth Read More »
How interior designers handle raising their rates for repeat clients, from contract clauses to the exact wording that keeps the conversation short and professional.
Raising Your Interior Design Rates: How to Keep Repeat Client Relationships Intact Read More »
A friends and family discount policy protects your margins, your time, and your relationships. See how working interior designers handle this recurring ask.
Friends and Family Pricing: How to Set Boundaries That Stick Read More »
A vendor return that eats hours of your time is a pricing problem, not a client one. Here’s how designers build that cost into their procurement fee upfront.
Interior Design Procurement Fees: Why Vendor Returns Should Be Covered Read More »
What should you charge per square foot for whole-home interior design with full deliverables? See what designers are actually earning on complex projects and why many are raising their rates.
Charging Per Square Foot: Are Your Interior Design Fees Leaving Money on the Table? Read More »
Christie Leu joins Laurie Laizure and Nile Johnson on To-The-Trade to talk about why flat fee designers still need to track their hours, and what the habit actually protects.
To-The-Trade S3E25 Christie Leu on Why Flat Fee Designers Still Need to Track Hours Read More »
