Interior design is both an art form and a professional business endeavor. It requires a combination of creativity, technical skills, and effective project management. As an interior designer, maximizing efficiency within your design process is crucial to delivering exceptional results and providing your clients with an enjoyable experience.

In this blog post, I’ll share a few ways interior designers can make their design process more efficient, enabling them to work smarter, improve their client experience, AND, for those who bill flat fee, increase their profitability. Woop woop. 

We’ll start from the very beginning, before the whole thing goes off the rails, then move through onboarding, concept phase, designing, and presenting. Here we go!

Have you ever been in a position where you knew you should decline a potential interior design project but weren't sure how to do it? Maybe you didn't have capacity, the project wasn't in your wheelhouse, the budget was too small, or your personalities clashed.

Or, maybe your instincts were telling you to RUN and you couldn't quite put your finger on what was off.

As a business owner in ANY industry, saying no and turning away business can be scary. However, I've found it's often MORE costly and damaging to your reputation in the long run when you say YES to projects that aren't a good fit. 

In this article, I'll share a few tips for turning down potential clients (and some simple ways to prevent bad-fit clients from making it past step one in your inquiry process).

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