The Interior Design Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Profitability, 3rd Edition

by Mary V. Knackstedt

• ISBN13: 9780471412328
• ISBN10: 0471412325
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Discover how you can run the practical side of your practice more profitably. This comprehensive guide to managing an interior design business gives you an arsenal of proven procedures and practical tools and techniques perfected over the course of some thirty years. New to this edition are sections on establishing an electronic office, the pros and cons of working alone and creating partnerships, hiring and working with off-site employees, and more. It also includes more than fifty sample forms and letters, such as an existing conditions survey and a letter of transmittal, that can easily be adapted to your own uses.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Finding Your Place in Interior Design	1	(28)
Starting a Business	29	(22)
Planning For Profit and Growth	51	(12)
Setting Up a Design Studio	63	(16)
Developing a Team of Staff and Consultants	79	(38)
Marketing and Selling	117	(74)
Succeeding in Project Management	191	(26)
Charging For Your Services	217	(24)
Working With Sources and Contractors	241	(30)
Managing Your Office	271	(44)
Mastering Financial Management	315	(56)
Growing as a Professional	371	(6)
Recommended Reading	377	(8)
Design Schools	385	(2)
Index	387