Interior Design

More time for design, more opportunity to grow

Connecting enquiries, proposals, project communications and invoicing can help an interior design studio reduce repetitive admin and make more time for clients. For an eight-person team, the opportunity could look like this:

30 hours saved each week
60% less time spent on routine admin
20% potential increase in annual design-fee revenue

Where the time savings could come from

Enquiries and follow-up - 6 hours weekly
Automatically record enquiries, assign them to the right person and trigger follow-up reminders.

Proposals, contracts and onboarding - 8 hours weekly
Use AI to prepare drafts from client details and approved templates for staff to review. Create project records and onboarding tasks once agreements are signed.

Project admin and client updates - 9 hours weekly
Turn meeting notes into draft actions and updates, with clear ownership, deadlines and reminders.

Invoicing and reporting - 7 hours weekly
Prepare invoices from approved milestones, automate payment reminders and bring reporting into one place.

Reducing these tasks from 50 to 20 hours per week would release 30 staff hours - a 60% reduction in routine admin time.

How revenue could increase by 20%

With 120 qualified enquiries annually, increasing conversion from 25% to 30% would mean 36 projects instead of 30. Faster responses, clearer proposals and consistent follow-up could support that improvement.

At an average design fee of £40,000, six additional projects would generate £240,000, increasing annual design-fee revenue from £1.2 million to £1.44 million - a 20% increase.

This depends on sufficient capacity to deliver the additional projects and recognise their fees within the year. The revenue calculation excludes VAT and procurement pass-throughs; any profit benefit would also depend on implementation, software and delivery costs.