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Ask an Accountant: Six Ways to Manage Your Small Business Finances

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Ask an Accountant: Six Ways to Manage Your Small Business Finances

Running an interior design business is a mix between project management and business operations. Kee...
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  • Margot LaScala
    February 9 2023 . 9 min read

Ask an Accountant: 6 Keys to Surviving a Recession

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  • Margot LaScala
    January 5 2023 . 7 min read

What is ‘Work in Progress’ and Why is it Important for Accounting?

Interior design firms have complex bookkeeping and accounting processes compared to most other indus...
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  • Margot LaScala
    June 15 2022 . 5 min read

How ACH/Bank Transfers Transformed My Interior Design Business

Consumers and businesses are used to making and accepting electronic payments, and ACH payments are ...
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  • Margot LaScala
    September 9 2021 . 5 min read

Staying in the Black: Using Time Tracking and Billing Software For Your Interior Design Business

Billing is a complicated issue for interior designers. With a multitude of potential pricing methods...
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  • Margot LaScala
    July 7 2021 . 17 min read

Measuring Success: Key Performance Indicators for Interior Designers

Running an interior design business is not only an art, but a science. As a business owner, it's ess...
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  • Margot LaScala
    June 10 2021 . 8 min read

3 Alternative Revenue Streams for Interior Designers

The business model of interior design has experienced drastic disruption over the last decade.
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  • Margot LaScala
    April 22 2021 . 7 min read

Monthly Bookkeeping Checklist: 9 Reports to Review Regularly

While you’d probably love to focus on design all day, the reality of running an interior design firm...
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  • Lindsay Paoli
    February 24 2021 . 4 min read

How to Prepare Your Interior Design Business for Tax Season

2020 has been a year like no other, so preparing your 2020 taxes will likely be different than in ye...
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  • Margot LaScala
    February 17 2021 . 11 min read

Ask An Accountant: Andrea Hipsher, Director of Finance for Bria Hammel Interiors, on Learning Design Manager

Andrea Hipsher, director of finance for Bria Hammel Interiors and its sister company, Brooke & L...
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    March 10 2020 . 6 min read
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