What's the going rate for an interior designer? ?

Interior Designers and Decorators work for themselves or through design firms and each formulates how they will charge their clients through varying methods. Design fees are usually charged through two means—an hourly rate or a fixed rate. Interior Designers and Decorators will calculate how much time they feel it will take them to research and coordinate all the details of your project and will give you an estimate. If they are charging an hourly rate, expect to be charged for the time the Interior Designer spends in the office preparing, making phone calls to contractors and the supervision of deliveries and installations. Do not assume you are being charged only when the designer is at the design site, but for the entire scope of work for the project. If the Interior Designer or Decorator is charging a fixed rate, he or she has estimated the amount of time the project will take and will require a retainer. You should also expect a schedule for additional payments with the final paym ... more