Why did you open this business? “I always knew I wanted to do it. As a small child, I was doing floor plans. When I was 8, my ...

Debbie Wolfe is an author and content creator. In addition to being a contributing writer at Forbes, she writes for other leading online home improvement, DIY, and garden media outlets and online ...

A good interior designer can take a space from bland to beautiful, but there's more to this seemingly glamorous profession than what meets the eye. Insider spoke to professional interior designers to ...

Interior designers create functional and beautiful indoor spaces. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were a total of 40,120 interior designers employed in the United States in 2010.

As a residential housing developer, I felt like I could do it all—visualize a project, stand for hours on permitting lines, then run all the crews needed to build the house. But I was hiding a secret: ...

Have you ever considered hiring an interior designer to help decorate your home? Today, we’re looking at the pros and cons of hiring one and if it’s really worth your money. You would think decorating ...

Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Though popular media may make it seem that trips to antique markets, fabric houses, and furniture showrooms are all it takes to decorate a home, building a career as an interior designer requires far ...

“The future of design isn’t about playing it safe or clinging to trends of the past. It’s about storytelling, substance, and ...

It's that time of the year where we start to take stock of things, and think about what lies ahead. For our homes, it's a question of whether we will start the new year with a fresh look, and what ...