Extreme Career Makeover: Become an Interior Designer
Are you a mom who is returning to the workforce? Or are you wanting to leave your day job and pursue something that is more meaningful to you?
Would you like to start your own business, and work your own hours? Start by ignoring all the sales pitches for get rich quick schemes and focus on getting a real education, while working from home at the same time.
The internet has brought education to the masses more than any other medium in history, and thankfully these days it is a perfectly acceptable form of learning.
There are hundreds of options to choose from, when it comes to your chosen career. In fact, there are so many, that sometimes doing a simple Google search can turn up so many options, that you have no idea where to even begin looking.
Today I’m going to talk about learning to become an Interior Decorator.
Do you have a flair for furnishings, colour and layout? Do people comment positively on your own home decor? Then this may be the perfect career for you, and it is completely flexible allowing you to work from home.
Everybody, at some time or another has decorated their homes, offices or apartments. That means that everybody is a potential client!
Someone with a little creative flair and skill can make this a career choice, and become successful as they increase their skills. The good news is that learning the skills to successful interior design and decorating is possible for everyone.
Is this something that you would like to see yourself doing?
Do you browse the paint section at your local hardware, and immediately start to imagine all the possibilities as you stand in front of the sample palettes?
Do you wish you could take the sample swatches from fabric and upholstery manufacturers home with you, to touch, feel, and accessorize with?
Do furniture stores send you into raptures of fantastical delight as you plan your ultimate perfect room?
If this describes you, then you could definitely make a career out of being an interior decorator!
You will need to learn about colour, space, layout, theme, mood, how to select measurements, where to source and select furnishings and how to sketch an internal design.
So where can you take a course, that you can complete in your own time, that will not cost a fortune, but will teach you more than enough to feel confident about starting your own interior design business?
Australian College QED is an accredited Australian Educational Institution, and registered with the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (with other numerous other affiliations and registrations).
They offer two options that can be completed via distance learning so you can be anywhere in the world and take this course!
Training materials are mailed out to you, and you can submit your assignments via mail, and in some cases (check for each course) online. They also offer supplemental online training for you. The banner at the end of this article, is clickable and will take you to Australian College QED online for more information.
- Interior Design and Decorating
- Advanced Interior Design & Decorating for Professionals
(Certificate INTD05; Diploma INTA16 plus SoA)
Each ACQ course has a tutor overseeing it, so in the case of the interior design course, a professional interior designer/decorator with years of experience is the one marking your assignments and offering very helpful advice and feedback with each assignment that you submit.
The economy is picking up again, and people are more comfortable with spending money, it follows naturally that many people who did not spend money on decorating their homes last year, will be in the market this year, making this the perfect time for you to begin your career as an Interior Designer or to start your own Interior Decorator business.
The banner below will take you to the ACQ website where you can learn about many more courses on offer. They have a wonderful variety, and it is a great idea to do a Small Business Course alongside your interior design course, or perhaps extend your range of services by doing an event management course.
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