10% Inspiration (FUN) vs 90% Paperwork (UGH)
I remember the very first day of classes to become an interior designer, my favorite instructor, Sherry Shroyer (now gone but not forgotten) uttered this phrase, ” Design is 10 % inspiration and 90% supporting that inspiration with paperwork. If that doesn’t sound like fun to you, there is the door!” Seriously? What had I gotten myself into? Frankly, I had chosen to be an interior designer because law school would take too long, in my estimation, and I was no spring chicken then.
At forty-two years young I had decided that I needed to make a living for myself facing divorce and having been a former award-winning artist, I figured interior design was my thing….after all I had been helping all of my friends for years with advice. Now, theoretically, I could charge a fee for what I had been giving away for years.
All these years later I can say that what Sherry spoke that day was prophetic. For all of those out there who think that fun or glamour plays a big part in this business must know that this is business and glamour, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. read more
