If you were looking to become an interior designer like I am you should know all the important facts before thinking about anything else. If you are not a creative and you don’t an opened mind then I would find another occupation because this one is not for you. The average salary for an interior designer in the U.S. Is 42,380 per year. In order to work In the interior design image.jpegfield you must have at least a associate or bachelors degree.if you are not a big people person than I won’t not recommend going to get a degree for this occupation because you have to deal with a variety of people and know how to handle yourself in a bad situation. The reason why you have to go to college in order to become an interior designer is so you can get the knowledge of these important things: you have to know the history of design, the structural integrity of the buildings that you are going to be working in, you have to know the building codes and keep yourself updated on them every year, ergonomics, spatial concepts, ethics, and computer aid drawing.
There is a lot of competition in the interior design field, but the most important thing that you can do is to get noticed and to put your name out their to as many people as possible. You must know how to how to plan a room for the client and if their not 100% about what they want to do draw a 3D picture imageon a iPad or another piece of technology. You must also have an excellent time and project management skills because if you are accurate with the time line that you gave your client and did excellent with the project at hand than there is a great possibility that person will want you to come back or tell other people about your work. The five best schools that I have found to go into for interior design In 2015 is George Washington University, University of Florida, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Minnesota-twin Cities, and University of Michigan-Madison .image.jpeg