Regardless of how talented you are, if you’re donating your time and not getting paid for it, you’re designing as a hobby. Would you like to be more serious and turn your passion into a career? For this, technique and training are crucial to turn your talent into a career. Taking a certification course will give you the confidence to show others that you are serious about using your talents to build a career as an interior design professional.

Growing up watching my mom design our houses, I thought that’s what adults do for fun. However, I don’t want it to sound glamorous. He brushed aside the fact that, while my mother raised five children alone, we didn’t always have our choice of homes. Fortunately, growing up in older Rhode Island homes and apartments usually meant amazing architecture, hardwood floors, and French doors. Typically, those features were not revealed until after several layers of turpentine had been removed to return the historic architecture to its original beauty. My mother always believed that a beautiful home was one of the key ingredients for a proud and happy family. Turns out she was right!

Mom, a born decorator, had a natural ability to balance objects and harmonize colors, always keeping in mind the function of a space. With that said, Mom would pick us up and explain that there was a neighbor who needed our help, and we all knew what that meant. Once again, we had to put on our overalls and tidy up our neighbor’s apartment. Yep, you guessed it: Mom never got paid for her decorating talents; it was a gift she gave from her heart and she never considered herself worthy of any payment for creating beautiful homes for those in need. To be honest, they couldn’t have paid anything anyway. Mother’s hobby was also her gift and she shared it with many in need.

I hope sharing my short story helps you decide what’s next for you. After attending college with a double major, one in fashion design and the other in interior design, I graduated with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, a nice tan, and lots of technical information, but very little hands-on or hands-on experience. . knowledge.