How to Start a Home-Based Interior Design Business, 4th (Home-Based Business Series)

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How to Start a Home-Based Interior Design Business, 4th (Home-Based Business Series)
by Nita B. Phillips, Suzanne DeWalt
from Globe Pequot

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• Sales person... NOT a designer
  I am an interior designer. I was incredibly disappointed with this book. The author spends a single paragraph on what a designer actually does, then dismisses it as the lesser direction to go in. The purpose of a designer is to provide a service to clients, to provide guidance, advice, expertise, and help them create a beautiful space.
  Unfortunately this book spends much of its time concentrating on the sales aspect of the business. By doing this you do not have the interest of the client at heart, the... more info

• I am impressed with this book.....
  I agree with Juan's assessment that using "Interior Design" in the title could mislead potential readers. Since Juan sufficiently addressed this issue in his review, let's now assume that this book is titled more correctly, "How to Start a Home-Based Interior Decorating Business".
  After a successful 11-year career in apparel design/production, I found myself jobless due to corporate downsizing. After soul-searching and research, I decided that I wanted to go into business for myself and that becoming... more info

• how to start a home-based interior design business 4th
  Before I purchased this book I read Juan's review, but being the"Doubting Thomas" kind of person I am, I bought it anyway. I should have listened to Juan. His review is completely accurate.

• The title should have been: "How to Start a Home-Based Decorating Business"
  An even better title would have been "What You Need to Start and Maintain a Successful Home-Based Decorative Surface & Window Treatment Retail Business". If it had that title, I would have given it 5 stars! Why do publishers encourage such deception?
  The dust jacket information about this book leads you to think it is all about Interior Design, and it is not. For example: Ms. Phillips states one of the key differences between the designation of "Interior Designer" and "Decorator" is becoming a... more info

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