Thurs. 5/20 - Week1

Today we finished cleaning and threw away a lot more things. Today one of the designers talked to me about the budgeting of a project, and how the percentages of fabrics or furniture get marked up to make a profit and how to go about marking a product up and then about the percent of commission she can make. This is really introducing me to the business side of interior design and I’ve realized a lot of what I have been doing is business. This is good because in classes we don’t learn much about the business side of design, sure we are taught terms and in future projects I know we’ll have budgets but dealing with it in the classroom and in the real world with real money and a real client is totally different. I’m glad I’m being introduced to this and learning about it.