The concepts and planned business strategies of successful interior decorators is examined in this class. All successful businesses have a well-constructed budget and record-keeping system. Study techniques to maintain positive cash flow and discover what systems work best. Find out the best methods to set and stay within a budget, and how to organize documents for tax preparation.
Gain knowledge of proficiency in planning and marketing strategies for your interior decorating business. Topics include researching the market, preparing presentations, overcoming obstacles, and closing the sale. Be trained on how to profile competitors and how to market yourself to stand out. This is a must-have class for interior decorators who desire to become the best in their field.
Explore the advantages of starting an interior design business as a sole proprietor. Learn how to create a business plan and how to implement various business strategies used by successful interior decorators.
Create an aggressive 12-month marketing plan to obtain customers and retain 99% of your existing customer base. Learn what your clients are really saying and what they really want from you as an Interior Decorator. Expand your knowledge with this fun and in-depth course that will help drive more money into your business! Prerequisite: Marketing Your Interior Decorating Business, and Starting and Building Your Interior Decorating Business Note: Counts as a Business Core for the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
A downturn in the economy does not mean your business cannot be profitable and still grow! Learn how to make money for your business regardless of what economic times we are in. Analyze how companies watch the market, and learn what will help boost profits for your business. Learn about the psychological effects of customer spending, and what colors and furnishings have been popular in different economic times and why. This is a must-have class for the serious professional who wants to grow their business in any economy! Pre-requisites: Starting and Building Your Interior Decorating Business: The Sole Proprietorship, Budget Setting and Record Keeping, Marketing Your Interior Decorating Business, Furniture Styles and Arrangements, and Color Theory, OR completion of the Interior Decorating Certificate. This course counts as a Business Core toward the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate.
Learn to calculate your current business needs and how to grow your business in the future. Discover how to make sound business decisions and budget projections for increasing your profit. Examine strategic plans that have been used by top decorators and learn how to re-create them to suit your own individual business. Prerequisite: Marketing Your Interior Decorating Business Note: Counts as a Business Core toward the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
Learn the different options and careers available in the field of interior decorating. Become skilled at starting and building your interior decorating business, business forms, record keeping, marketing and selling your service.
Work with a Brewster color wheel and produce beautiful rooms for any interior. Start by examining rooms that have been produced by top decorators and train your eye to see what color theory has been used to get the stunning results. Discuss the psychological effects of individual colors. Study the warm and cool shades on the color wheel and produce award-winning palates for your own rooms. Tints, values, shades, intensity, primary and secondary hues, and muting colors are taught in this course. Produce monochromatic, complimentary, achromatic, neutral, direct, split and triad compliment, double and alternate compliment, and triad color schemes - all with the use of a color wheel. Work with boards, sheets and mixed acrylic paints. An additional fee for supplies is paid to the instructor on the first night of class. (Core)
Explore period furniture styles including Early American, English, Mediterranean, and French, as well as Twentieth Century styles. Learn how to mix and match within these styles and produce finished scale drawings using furniture templates. After completing this class, it will be easy to identify and mix these furniture styles with confidence and ease.
This class will offer students an opportunity to create beautiful rooms by mastering color coordination, fabric choices, textures, lighting, and overall visual harmony. Furniture arrangement will also be explored as you work with templates guided by a professional interior decorator.
Discover the different types of lighting and lighting practices used by interior decorators to provide homes with elegance, style and function. Pull together distinctive lighting elements in a room that impart harmony and produce an interesting unified effect.
The fireplace is said to be the 'heart of the home'. The mantel should reflect this in your individual decorating styles. Learn how to pull together wonderful looks for your mantels for all seasons of the year! Discover the importance of adding depth, texture, and lighting to your mantels as you work with the templates of Georgian, Federal, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Farmhouse, Contemporary, and Traditional mantels. After completing this class, your mantels will always have a rich decorator look. (Elective)
Learn tricks of the trade from a professional interior decorator to make your home shine for the holiday season! Garland arrangements, wreath design, floral arrangements, furniture arrangement and lighting are taught in this special holiday class. (Elective)
Ever wonder why some homes sell quickly on the market and others don't? In this class you will learn the secrets of the design trade to decorate your house to sell quickly. You will learn what to decorate your home with, and how to pull together 'the look' without breaking the bank!
Learn simple 'tricks of the trade' to design and decorate for winter efficient living, which will allow you to save lots of money on your winter heating costs! Did you know that improper arrangement of furniture can cost you money on your heating bills every month? Learn the ways top designers winterize their clients' homes, and how it saves them big bucks. (Elective)
This class is designed for the savvy decorator that is ready to transform their kitchen. We will explore the world of the 'work triangle', faux painting techniques for the kitchen, appliances, flooring, texture and overall visual harmony to make the most-used room in the home the most inviting room in your home! Don't miss this opportunity to make the most of your kitchen. New and exciting window treatments for kitchens, as well as new flooring concepts will also be explored.
This class covers various floorings and care of floorings used in residential and commercial spaces. Carpets, Oriental rugs, hardwood floors, concrete, marble, vinyl, tile, staining, painting, coating and care of floors will be taught in this class. Upon completion of this class, you will know what flooring is best for all situations, and why it works and performs the best. You will also learn easy maintenance tips to keep these floors looking 'show room fresh'.
Are you wondering how to decorate these little gems? Make a decorating statement! These are your spaces of opportunity! The mystery will be abolished as you discover how to make your hallways and foyers appear wider, longer, and more alive with color, all while maintaining their inviting affect. You will walk away with 'tricks of the trade' from this class, as you are led by a professional interior decorator. (Elective)
This class will offer design tips and tricks for creating elegant baths. Learn what designs work well for this space, how to do a simple tile job for the bathroom, what floor coverings work well, elegant painting and lighting techniques, and what to always avoid! Many aspects of bathroom decorating and design from past to present will be discussed in this course. You will leave with the inspiration to start working on your own perfect designer bath!
Come explore advanced color theory! Work with the Brewster Color Wheel to produce award-winning rooms through use of textures, wall washing, finishes, fabrics and lighting. Each student will be given a floor plan of a home to produce color details that will make the rooms flow smoothly from one to another. Students should bring colored pencils to class. Prerequisite: Color Theory Note: Counts as an Elective for the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
Analyze solutions used by top designers for maximizing the most efficient furniture and lighting arrangements on scale drawings based on client needs. Learn how to use color shading on floor plans to enhance client perception of these spaces. Prerequisite: Color Theory, Lighting Techniques, and Furniture Styles and Arrangements, OR completion of Interior Decorating Certificate Note: Counts as an elective toward the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
Explore all the elements of functional and elegant dining rooms. Topics include wall coverings and displays, furniture arrangement, lighting, flooring, fabrics, and table arrangements. Learn significant terms pertaining to table settings. Each student will be given a picture and scale drawing of a dining room to produce a finished presentation board to present at the last class. Note: Counts as an Elective for the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
INT210.05: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Mar 22-Mar 25 | 1:00pm-4:00pm | Inst. Creech | Fee $139 | New
Window treatments can make or break a room! Whether you sew, or will have someone else fabricate your treatments, this class will teach you how to bring designer styles to every window in your home. Learn measuring, rods, board mounts, trims, bandings, linings and much more. Get exactly what you want for your windows! Students should bring a calculator to class. Note: Counts as an Elective for the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
The graphic details of floor plans indicate the spatial boundaries of the home that strongly influence the occupants' lifestyle and well-being. Becoming acquainted with reading and evaluating a floor plan is essential for both the occupant and the professional designer. Analyze basic types of floor plans including rectangular, square, L-shape, T-shape, U-shape, circular, A-shape, atrium and multistoried. Learn architectural symbols that relate to floor plans. Note: Counts as an Elective for the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
INT210.03: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Feb 8-Feb 11 | 1:00pm-4:00pm | Inst. Creech | Fee $139 | New
In this advanced class, you will learn 10 Steps to Improve Lighting in rooms, the glossary of lighting terms, and the different color plays of 2700K and 3500K CFLs. The instructor will bring different wattage bulbs of many types so that students will be able to see and learn where, and where not, to use these in rooms. Students will also work on templates to light various rooms and identify the type of light that they select for the rooms based on client need. Prerequisite: Lighting Techniques for Your Home Note: Counts as an Elective toward the Interior Decorating Certificate, OR as a Core course for the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
Examine the different architectural styles of houses, and learn how to identify them by their roof styles, exteriors and interiors. Discover the components of creating and recognizing home interior styles such as French Country, Country, Traditional, Contemporary and many more. Expand your knowledge of interior design as you become proficient in creating these home styles! Note: counts as an Elective for the Interior Decorating Certificate, OR as a Core class for the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
In this class students learn how to master sketching rooms and scale drawings. Architect symbols will be taught with exact scale drawings. the class will start with free hand sketches, moving to graph paper, and finishing with scale drawings using 3H and H pencils, the T-square and triangles. You will become proficient with the use of the Scale Ruler. You will also learn how to sketch elegant window treatments, furniture, and beddings for your rooms. A supply list will be provided with the course confirmation letter. Note: Counts as an Elective for the Interior Decorating Certificate, OR as a Core class for the Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate
