5 Interior Design Tools That Will Make Your Life Much Easier
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Hello and Happy Wednesday from Elite Design Assistants!
We’ve said it before….as an interior designer you wear a lot of hats. It can be quite overwhelming, but I don’t have to tell you that!
The following tools are going to help you manage several major facets of your business. We have tools for everything from visuals to communicate your design ideas to social media management and in between.
Canva: Canva is an incredible tool. You can create any kind of graphics you want and can even make videos! Anything you make can be saved as any file type you want and you can even have it printed. The best part is that there are really great templates so that you can put things together in a pinch. Just find one you like, customize it by changing color or text, and save! Easy as that. It is free for the basic version and it’s only $9.99 per month to upgrade. Totally worth it for everything it can help you do
A floor planning tool: There are many options for this based on exactly what you’re looking for. If you are putting together detailed floor plans regularly, CAD could be the right option for you. If you don’t have experience with CAD or just want to build basic floor plans, check out Floorplanner, Smart Draw, or RoomSketcher. These are all free options.
Planoly for Instagram + Facebook: Planoly is a free social media scheduling tool for Instagram. To also post on facebook, you can set it up to automatically send it over at the click of a button. Planoly allows you to view what your feed will actually look like visually, and you can easily add captions and hashtags, and schedule your posts in advance. There is an upgraded plan if you want to schedule more than 30 posts at once. $7/month.
Tailwind for Pinterest : Tailwind is a social media scheduler for Pinterest! It has several great features, allowing you to schedule in advance, create and check popularity of hashtags, and other awesome things!
Photoshop: Edit photos, create moodboards, create other types of visuals for your business.
Some kind of note app for your phone: Many designers like to keep notes on their phone. You can create a separate note for each client, so you can write down thoughts, ideas, or requests as they come up throughout the day. If you have an ipad you could keep them there, and there are even sketching apps where you could draw out your floor plan at the consultation.
Business Management Software: there are so many options for this one, so it’s best to do some research and see which one is best for you. If you want to read about some great options, check out our blog post from October, 2020 called Best Project Software for Interior Designers
When it comes to your business, anything you can do to make it run a little more smoothly is a win! Try out some software and tool options for yourself and see which are the most helpful in your day to day!
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XO, Danae