Interior Design Education Beats the Clutter

Interior design professionals pick up the trend of professional organizing.

by Joe Taylor Jr.
joe.taylor@www.interior-design-schools-search.com
Interior Design Schools Search Columnist

Peter Walsh and Molly Luetkemeyer are TLC’s Clean Sweep dream team. Luetkemeyer, an interior design school graduate, and Walsh, a professional organizer, work together on the show to create “livable” rooms. With an interior design education, you can celebrate this new organization trend with a potentially lucrative career.

Students enrolling in an interior design school now have the option to focus on the new trend of professional organizing. Some previous interior design school graduates have already started joint services incorporating organization skills into interior design.

Interior design education already captures the necessary skills that you need to become a professional organizer. Those qualities include:

• Furniture placement
• Storage solutions
• Clutter removal
• Communication between client and designer
• Time management

License your interior design education

Once your interior design education is complete, you must be certified to carry a license as an interior decorator. Beginning next year, you will also be able to earn certification as a professional organizer through the National Association of Professional Organizers.

Having both certifications makes your more marketable to the professional world of interior design. Adding organization to your interior design education allows you to increase your billable hours and earn more money.

Career options using an interior design education and organization

A professional organizer with an interior design school degree has flexibility in their personal branding. Having a joint background in interior design education allows for a large range of available positions. Projects you can be hired for as a professional organizer with an interior design education include:

• Packing for a move
• Closet organization
• Office space planning
• Management of financial records
• Organizing a home to sell

With an interior design education and a flair for organization, you can offer potential clients a unique service that is catching on across the country.

Sources

Canyon Courier
National Organization of Professional Organizers

About the Author

Joe Taylor Jr. coaches musicians, entrepreneurs, and other adults that want to shift their careers. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Ithaca College.

Posted on March 5, 2007 at 11:23 AM

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