The Interior Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting
eBook - ePub

The Interior Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Interior Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

About this book

This second edition is updated throughout and includes additional material on time management and numerous interviews with leading designers. Empowered by the step-by-step guidance in this book, interior designers will be able to establish prices and budgets that make their clients happy and their businesses profitable. Written by a designer and veteran expert on pricing, estimating, and budgeting systems, the book provides practical guidelines on how to value the cost of designing commercial or residential interiors, from the designer's creative input to the pricing of decorating products and procedures.The book shows how to determine a profitable and fair hourly rate, balance the client's budget with his or her wishes and needs, negotiate prices with suppliers and contractors, write realistic estimates and clear proposals, manage budgets for projects of all sizes and types, and position the firm's brand in relation to its practices. Interviews with experienced interior designers, case studies, and sidebars highlight professional pitfalls and how to master them, from daily crisis management and self-organization to finding the perfect office manager.

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Information

Publisher
Allworth
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9781581157185
eBook ISBN
9781581157697
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Interior Design

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter 1 Why Me?
  7. Chapter 2 How to Determine Your Hourly Rate
  8. Chapter 3 Compare and Contrast
  9. Chapter 4 The Client’s Budget
  10. Chapter 5 More on Value Rating
  11. Chapter 6 Fatal Errors
  12. Chapter 7 Pricing Options
  13. Chapter 8 The Details on Estimates
  14. Chapter 9 Proposals
  15. Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Estimates and Proposals
  16. Chapter 11 Successfully Establishing and Managing Budgets
  17. Chapter 12 Negotiating
  18. Chapter 13 Positioning Your Firm
  19. Appendix: Business Forms
  20. Selected Bibliography
  21. About the Author
  22. Index
  23. Book

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