Clients hire designers for their artistic ability, design sense, skills and creative vision – and then the professional and experienced ability to actually deliver all of this in the form of a beautiful and cohesively designed home. Beyond what some people will try to tell you, the COST of a well designed and decorated home design is NOT the client’s primary consideration when interviewing designers. I’m not saying they don’t have budgets – it’s the great decorating results that they are after – within their budgets. Which do you think clients thinks about (or discuss at cocktail parties) after their home’s installation: how much money they saved by hiring a discount decorator – or how much they love their new surroundings that they will live with for the next decade or so?
I will be explaining with this blog over time how I feel Interior Designers and Decorators should be charging for their services and at what price points. But I would love to first get your feedback to 4 multiple choice questions about how (in general terms) you currently charge your clients for the following services so I know how to direct the content of these blog posts:
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