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How to Start a Home-Based Interior Design Business (Home-Based Business Series) [Paperback]

Suzanne Dewalt (Author)

3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews) |

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Series: Home-Based Business Series | Publication Date: January 1997

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based interior design business, but didn't quite know how to get started? A successful home-based interior designer, author Suzanne DeWalt shares her experience and down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based business, from developing an initial business plan to record keeping and marketing.

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Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based interior design business? Have you been hesitant to put your business plans into action? This book contains all the necessary tools and success strategies you need to launch and grow your business. Author Suzanne DeWalt shares her experiences and advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based interior design business. She will show you how to develop a business plan, estimate your start-up costs, price your services, and stay profitable once you're in business. Learn all about getting clients and referrals, outshining the competition, bidding competitively, establishing your daily schedule, organizing your business, getting paid and much more. (7 x 10', 240 pages, start-up cost worksheet, products and services chart, sample balance worksheet, profit-and-loss worksheet, cash-flow projections worksheet, weekly accounting ledger, vendor sale sheet, bid sheet)

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About the Author

New Braunfels resident Suzanne DeWalt started her own home-based interior design business in Texas in 1988, successfully growing and expanding the enterprise. She has also worked as a representative for a carpet, window covering, and fabric manufacturer.

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Product Details

Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr; 1st edition (January 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1564408604
ISBN-13: 978-1564408600
Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,067,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Should be called "How to Start a Drapery Business", January 17, 2000

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The title is truly misleading. The authors "Interior Design" Business is a window covering business. She sells window coverings, flooring and wallcoverings but is apparantly not a designer. Don't expect any in depth advice on working with clients creating integrated room plans, using trade-only showrooms etc. If you want to focus on one aspect of the business, simply selling floor or window coverings, great. But, I feel cheated even though this book was inexpensive

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1.0 out of 5 stars how to start a home drapery business, August 7, 2003

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This review is from: How to Start a Home-Based Interior Design Business, 3rd (Home-Based Business Series) (Paperback)

i definitely agree with the other comment that it's all about window coverings. interior design is not all about window treatments and trying to sell products to your clients. interior design is about designing the homes of your clients. definitely a misleading book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book gave me the courage!, August 26, 2002

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This is exactly the book I've been looking for. I completed my degree, but still felt
that I needed some "real world" guidance. This book did that. The author explained
the how to things that I couldn't figure out, like where to find the business, how to
estimate jobs, where to buy the stuff, etc. I love this book!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Accurate Vision of Managing a Design Business
Suzanne DeWalt really hits some key elements regarding running a home-based design business. For example, her advice regarding setting up an agreement before giving the client... Read more

Published on June 18, 2007 by Elizabeth Bennett

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
I thought this book was excellent! I read it completely in 2 days! I am just considering starting my own business and I appreciated Suzanne sharing such valuable infomation. Read more

Published on March 1, 2002 by cnelson5

5.0 out of 5 stars I agree with Tampa, FL and USA. Great for the beginner.
Great insite to the business of Interior Decorating for the beginner. The book helped me decide if I wanted to go into this business or not. Read more

Published on April 15, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent jump-start to a complicated business
I just started a home-based interior design business, and this book helped me enormously. I highly recommend it to anyone who is just beginning or expanding an existing business.

Published on April 5, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars An easy-to-follow process for starting a business in ID.
I intend to become an interior designer, and someday I would like to own my own business. This book gave me a true picture of what it will really be like. Read more

Published on March 26, 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars This book suggests an education in design is NOT necessary.
As a professional interior designer who is now ready to start my own business, I found this book of little use. Read more

Published on December 13, 1997

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