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Leila
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Interior design looks very glamorous? Is it as fun as it looks?
I love HGTV and considering a career in it.
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kelly marino
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Hi Leila,
HGTV is like a lot of Instagram accounts -- they only show the good, the fun and the glamorous. I LOVE interior design (although there are aspects of it that are boring or tedious or dreadful) but came to it much later in life. However, the jobs I had prior definitely helped prepare me (understanding and mastering marketing, dealing with tough clients, working collaboratively on a team vs working solo, learning when to say 'no' and so much more).
My advice to you would be to read AND immerse yourself as much as possible in the design world. Ask a local designer if you can shadow them and/or get an internship at an interior design firm; even get a job at a high-end furniture store (some of your customers will be designers), go online and check out the curriculum of different college interior design programs to see if the necessary classes look interesting. In high school, take art history, marketing, graphic design, art classes, etc. You can even buy used books from college interior design classes to see if the material interests you. Along the way, you may even discover something related to interior design that you love and send you on a totally different career path (wallpaper designer, interior design photographer, and so on).
Best of luck to you!
Kelly M.
HGTV is like a lot of Instagram accounts -- they only show the good, the fun and the glamorous. I LOVE interior design (although there are aspects of it that are boring or tedious or dreadful) but came to it much later in life. However, the jobs I had prior definitely helped prepare me (understanding and mastering marketing, dealing with tough clients, working collaboratively on a team vs working solo, learning when to say 'no' and so much more).
My advice to you would be to read AND immerse yourself as much as possible in the design world. Ask a local designer if you can shadow them and/or get an internship at an interior design firm; even get a job at a high-end furniture store (some of your customers will be designers), go online and check out the curriculum of different college interior design programs to see if the necessary classes look interesting. In high school, take art history, marketing, graphic design, art classes, etc. You can even buy used books from college interior design classes to see if the material interests you. Along the way, you may even discover something related to interior design that you love and send you on a totally different career path (wallpaper designer, interior design photographer, and so on).
Best of luck to you!
Kelly M.
Thank you for your advice, Kelly M.! It gives me a lot of ideas for where to start. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Leila