Interior Decorating Professionals Grow Exposure at Show Houses

More and more decorator show houses are allowing local designers to outfit a room each, providing ample opportunities to show off each designer's personal style to hundreds of potential clients.

by Joe Taylor Jr.
Interior Design Schools Search Columnist

One of the biggest obstacles to starting an interior decorating career is showing your style to potential clients. The growing trend of decorator show houses, especially in larger cities, is a perfect way to showcase your work to hundreds or even thousands of potential clients. If you’ve got great interior decorating ideas and want to show them off, this is an excellent way to do it.

The trend in decorator show houses has moved from featuring only one designer to featuring unique interior decorating in each room by many different designers. Decorator houses usually are quite large, offering plenty of opportunities for interior designers to secure a space and put into practice their interior design course background.

Show Houses Offer Benefits and Challenges

The way an interior decorator designs a room in a decorator show house can launch a career. Many interior designers take the opportunity to mix what they’ve learned in interior design courses with their own creative flair and their idea of what’s trendy in interior decorating. For example, in a house in Washington, D.C., an interior designer created a boy’s room around wallpaper featuring line drawing of dogs. Every person who tours the decorator show house and sees the room becomes a potential client.

If you’re considering a career switch to interior decorating, online and distance learning programs are a great way to learn the basics while working your current job. Programs offer interior design courses such as space planning, colors and the history of design. Potential clients may look for interior decorators who have complete interior design courses, which will prepare you well to outfit a room at your city’s next decorator show house.

Sources

CBS News
Washington Post

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 August 26, 2007 at 12:28 PM

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