Cost plus – sometimes designer purchases all the material needed at the project himself which include the wood, picture framing carpentry etc. and designer charged the cost plus specific percentage which is agreed before. This service usually charge 20% to customers.

v Retail – some designers produce all the furnishing in bulk from the wholesalers and sell it to customers on the retail price and charged the difference between retail price and the wholesale price. In that way customer gets the services of the designer at very cheap price.

v Per square foot – some furniture designers also charge on the basis of the area. This type of price structure is used in commercial sector. It is very profitable for the designers to charge this mode of price.

v Some designers need the advance fee which is called the retainer fee that is balanced at the end of the project.

Income Potential

One thing is very strange about the furniture designer is you never get a chance to do the same work twice. There is no specific price which is charged from all the customers. This price is varying from customers to customers and also depends on the work to be done. .

According to Suzanne Dewalt which is the author of the book titled as “How to Start a Home-based Interior Design Business,” he has mentioned in his book that a home-based interior designer can earn an average of $734 per job and if you are working at four jobs simultaneously per month, you can expect monthly sales of $3,670 per month. First year of his starting business furniture designers can expect to earn about $44,040. With the passage of time and after getting exposure designer can earn more.

The role of IT in Furniture designing industry

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