The Interior Designers Fix Kit
Built for interior designers.
Interior design money leaks in procurement and in time. A trade discount handed to the client with nothing added, a sofa ordered before the client paid for it, freight and receiving eaten, a return that cost a restocking fee, a sixth round of revisions on a flat fee. This kit works from your contracts, purchase orders and timesheets.
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The 9 leaks it covers
7 you can close it · 2 a pro decides
- Procurement terms missing from the contractWhere to look first: Read your design agreement: does it say how furnishings are priced to the client (net, cost plus a set percentage, or retail)?Keep it from coming back: No procurement starts without signed procurement terms.You can close it
- Trade discounts passed to the client with nothing added for your workWhere to look first: For last year's projects, list each item's net cost, what you billed, and the time spent sourcing, ordering and tracking it.Keep it from coming back: Track procurement time separately from design time.You can close it
- Hours not recorded, so hourly projects bill shortWhere to look first: Record time as you work: calls, shopping, site visits, drawings, emails.Keep it from coming back: Same-day time entry.You can close it
- Unlimited revisions on a flat design feeWhere to look first: Count revision rounds on your last five flat-fee projects.Keep it from coming back: Count rounds on every project.You can close it
- Custom orders placed before the client paidWhere to look first: List open purchase orders and what the client has paid on each.Keep it from coming back: No PO without signed approval and payment.You can close it
- Freight, receiving, storage and installation absorbedWhere to look first: Total last year's freight, receiving warehouse, storage, delivery and installation invoices by project.Keep it from coming back: Add the line to the invoice when the vendor bill arrives.You can close it
- Returns and restocking fees paid by youWhere to look first: List last year's returns: reason, restocking fee, freight both ways.Keep it from coming back: Approval forms state the return terms every time.You can close it
- Sales tax and resale certificates handled by guessworkWhere to look first: List where you buy and sell furnishings and whether you collect sales tax from clients.Keep it from coming back: Review sales tax setup when you take a project in a new state.A pro decides
- No tax set-aside from design income that arrives with nothing withheldWhere to look first: Mark which of your design money comes in with no tax held back (1099, direct pay, app or card deposits).Keep it from coming back: Move the set-aside the same day each client payment lands, and keep the quarterly dates on your calendar two weeks ahead.A pro decides
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Procurement terms missing from the contract
You can close it- Read your design agreement: does it say how furnishings are priced to the client (net, cost plus a set percentage, or retail)?
- Write it in plain words, the same for every client.
- Say who pays freight, receiving, delivery, installation and sales tax.
- Have it reviewed before your next signing.
Your part: Write the terms and have them reviewed.
Procurement clause: Furnishings and materials purchased through [STUDIO] are billed at [NET COST PLUS PERCENT / RETAIL]. Freight, receiving, storage, delivery, installation and applicable sales tax are billed [AT COST / AS LISTED]. Purchase orders are placed after client approval and payment.
No procurement starts without signed procurement terms.
What this kit can't decide for you: Contract enforceability is for an attorney in your state.
That's 1 of 9. The other 8 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When interior designers go looking for answers, they search things like “interior designer fees”, “interior design pricing”, “interior design contract” and “interior designer markup”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 9 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Procurement terms missing from the contract: where do I start?
Start here: Read your design agreement: does it say how furnishings are priced to the client (net, cost plus a set percentage, or retail)? To keep it from coming back: No procurement starts without signed procurement terms.
Trade discounts passed to the client with nothing added for your work: where do I start?
Start here: For last year's projects, list each item's net cost, what you billed, and the time spent sourcing, ordering and tracking it. To keep it from coming back: Track procurement time separately from design time.
Hours not recorded, so hourly projects bill short: where do I start?
Start here: Record time as you work: calls, shopping, site visits, drawings, emails. To keep it from coming back: Same-day time entry.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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Next step
- Run your free LeakReceipts check — it reads your own receipts and records and shows where money is leaking out, line by line.
- TrueNET — the whole-picture money truth: what you actually keep after every cost, across everything you earn and spend.
Use Jobber or Housecall Pro? Run the free leak check — it reads your job export in your browser and shows the money leaks the software doesn't flag. Nothing is uploaded.