I recently read a study that evaluated a survey of hundreds of interior designers. Among the many questions, one caught my attention.
What makes it most difficult for you to run your own business as an interior designer?
The most common answers were:
Faster project completion and
Better work planning and organization.
True. Without a good organization of tasks, there is no way to complete projects faster. But that's not all.
How can you better plan and organize your work as an interior designer?
Multitasking is the most dangerous myth of modern times.
Unfortunately, you do not learn that in school.
It robs us not only of the sense of agency but also of the joy of life. I have been working as an interior designer since 2006. One piece of advice I gave myself back then is:
Do one project at a time.
With this approach, it's a necessity to complete a project faster. So...
How can you do interior design faster?
I wish I had known that earlier.
Interior design is a process that can be saved, analyzed, and improved.
Think about the next repetitive steps and write them down as a list. Then pick up a stopwatch and time each stage of the project.
Do you already know what will take the most time? Then improve this phase of your process in the first place.
In summary, follow these 6 simple steps:
Write down the steps you take during the design process.
Measure the time it takes you to complete each subsequent step
Focus on improving the step that takes the most time.
Once you know how much time it takes to prepare a project, you can put its completion on the calendar.
As you schedule projects, remember to do them one at a time.
Analyze your process immediately after completing the project and update the list from point 1.
This is how interior designpreneurs do it.