How to Start a Home Design Business
Wednesday April 30, 2008
Excerpted from a Home Design Services startup guide, this in-depth look at home design businesses on Entrepreneur.com is a good read for anyone with a flair for design who is thinking about starting a business offering home design services.
The piece looks at a few different types of home design businesses:
Overall employment of designers is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2012. Actually, with the increasing popularity of home improvement networks like HGTV, D-I-Y and others it's easy to see that there's a great deal of interest in making one's home the best it can be, which would suggest that demand will continue to be above the average for this type of business that lends itself to starting at home.
When economic times are good and home prices are soaring, homeowners can see an excellent rate of return on home design projects and have plenty of home equity they can use to fund their design projects. When the real estate market is struggling, like it is today, it gets increasingly difficult to sell a house and sellers look for ways they can stand out in an overcrowded home resale market. Either way, it sounds like a potential win-win home business opportunity.
How to Start a Home Design Business (Source on Entrepreneur.com)
Home Business Idea: Home Staging Business
The piece looks at a few different types of home design businesses:
- Interior Design
- Interior Redesign
- Professional Organizer
- Restoration/Preservation
- Faux Painting
Overall employment of designers is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2012. Actually, with the increasing popularity of home improvement networks like HGTV, D-I-Y and others it's easy to see that there's a great deal of interest in making one's home the best it can be, which would suggest that demand will continue to be above the average for this type of business that lends itself to starting at home.
When economic times are good and home prices are soaring, homeowners can see an excellent rate of return on home design projects and have plenty of home equity they can use to fund their design projects. When the real estate market is struggling, like it is today, it gets increasingly difficult to sell a house and sellers look for ways they can stand out in an overcrowded home resale market. Either way, it sounds like a potential win-win home business opportunity.
How to Start a Home Design Business (Source on Entrepreneur.com)
Home Business Idea: Home Staging Business
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