So You Want to be an Interior Designer
Every week Adam Scougall breaks down the nuts and bolts of creating a design life that is unique to you. Focused on the those considering a mid-career sea change, the show aims to support you in creating the ideal lifestyle business in design. Forget having to do it the way all of the other design moguls tell you 'it should be done'. You do you.
So You Want to be an Interior Designer
EP 17# Am I too old to be an Interior Designer?
Let me ask you a question? Have you been considering getting into the design industry, but worried that you are too old? In today's episode, I want to speak with you about this topic and provide some much needed clarity on the value of starting a design business at a mature age.
Hello again! It's Adam Scougall of the So You Want To Be An Interior Designer podcast, and welcome to EPISODE 17.
This show really is for mid-career aspiring interior design or decorating solopreneurs that need support in building their own interior design business whilst working 9 to 5.
My aim is to help you balance your time and make more money, whilst being able to choose the projects you want to work on rather than ones you have to take to pay your bills.
In today's episode I talk about 3 key points that support starting your business later in life:
1. You have life experience.
- People feel comfortable under the guidance of someone with real life experience and values.
- Mature aged designers are regularly less flippant and more open to unique situations, recognising [rather than wiping out] their clients rich family histories.
2. You recognise what people need, rather than what’s in fashion
- Not everybody needs an 'on trend' home or design aesthetic. Unless your target market are Millennials, you will find that your broad sense of style and aesthetics attract the lucrative empty nester market.
3. You have an authentic story to tell
- Starting your passion later in life is an advantage, not a detriment. People love hearing of others that have taken the path less travelled, including starting a passion led business at a later age.
Need some direction and support in your design career? *Take the quiz over at adamscougall.com/quiz