With over 20 years of design experience, Chelsea Coryell specializes in building strong client relationships, emphasizing trust and effective presentation techniques that result in an impressive 98% close rate on first design presentations. Chelsea now runs Design for a Living, a community that helps new independent designers feel comfortable working with clients and close more sales. Her passion lies in sharing the joy and fulfillment she has found in her career with other design professionals, helping them create thriving businesses with loyal, long-term clients.

Led by Marla Marshall, an industry expert of 15 years, Designer Accounting provides bookkeeping and consulting services to interior designers. With specialized expertise in Studio Designer, Marla and her team of consultants help clients set up and implement the software. On the accounting front, Designer Accounting helps designers with monthly reconciliation, weekly transaction management, sales tax filings, budgeting and more.

DesignerAdvantage is not solely a software solution or account manager, but an entire back-office team for your interior design operation. They offer start to finish order management, purchase order reporting and comprehensive bookkeeping for their clients. DesignerAdvantage can take care of your books (banks and credit card reconciliation, client invoicing and sales tax filings) and project management (proposal and PO generation, time-tracking).

The Designer CPA can serve as your part-time CFO, not just keeping you compliant, running your reports and managing your books but help you plan out short, medium and long-term financial goals of your business. Peter Lang, and the team at Designer CPA help provide comprehensive year-round cash flow analysis and tax planning for their interior design clients. The average client saves $6k in taxes in the first year of working with Designer CPA. The firm is distinguished for its personalized approach and serves as a trusted partner for design professionals seeking expert.

DesignerAdvantage is not solely a software solution or account manager, but an entire back-office team for your interior design operation. They offer start to finish order management, purchase order reporting and comprehensive bookkeeping for their clients. DesignerAdvantage can take care of your books (banks and credit card reconciliation, client invoicing and sales tax filings) and project management (proposal and PO generation, time-tracking).

Ethos Design Collective is a premier membership-based search engine that connects customers with vetted luxury interior designers. This platform serves as a robust directory, offering networking opportunities for service providers, a marketplace for members to promote products and services, an academy for professional development, and support for students and emerging designers.

Found provides all-in-one banking solutions for small and medium businesses. Interior Designers can use Found to handle their banking (no hidden fees or credit checks), bookkeeping (track expenses, write-offs and receipts), taxes (tax estimates, auto-savings) and invoices. With Found, designers can more easily navigate the challenge of entrepreneurship, promoting financial freedom and saving valuable time for their clients.

Freshbooks can be used by interior designers to handle their invoicing, accounting, expense tracking, time tracking and client communication needs. With Freshbooks, interior designers can build a solid accounting system, accurately track their billable hours and expenses and maintain strong visibility into their financials.

Gather is an interior design software that enables firms to centralize client communications, approvals and specifications. The platform saves teams 7-10 hours per week by generating accurate and visually appealing reports, fostering collaboration, and providing visibility into project details. Gather provides project management features such as a Google Chrome extension for product clippings, a flexible room budget tool and a project tracker from order to installation.

Hawthorne House, established in 2003, stands as a premier provider of high-quality furnishings, premium lighting, and decorative accessories as procurement partners for interior designers and homeowners. Hawthorne House connects consumers to top-tier craftsmen through its showroom and online platform, representing over 100 carefully curated brands known for quality craftsmanship, style, and function. Hawthorne House's specialists, backed by decades of experience, offer a seamless experience for both homeowners and trade industry professionals, providing expertise, knowledge, and an extensive product collection to inspire and fulfill unique design projects.

Homestyler provides efficient online 3D interior design tools for designers, streamlining the process of visualizing interior spaces. Homestyler offers designers a suite of 3D design and visualization tools, high quality rendering and virtual reality integrations. Homestyler also enables designers to manage different projects, maintaining client information, providing updates and managing deadlines within the application.

Houzz Pro is a comprehensive interior design software that designers can use from planning and pitching all the way to product purchasing. Houzz Pro enables designers to create mood boards, 3D floor plans, client presentations, market to customers via lead generation tools, source products online, and send invoices to their customers all in the same location. With Houzz Pro, interior designers are able to use a business management and marketing solution under one roof, enabling project success and client happiness.