For interior designers
Before you sign that interior design agreement, check these three things.
Interior design agreements combine design fees with purchasing on the client's behalf. They decide how you are paid on products you source, how many design changes the fee covers, and who owns the plans and drawings.
This design agreement covers revisions until approval and pays nothing for purchasing work.
Revisions until approved
A fee that covers revisions until approval can double the work without changing the price.
Ask for
Look for a stated number of rounds, with a rate for extra ones.
- Purchasing at net cost, with no feeMedium · Payment
- Plans reusable on any future projectMedium · IP
The numbers
In May 2025, there were 71,500 wage and salary jobs for interior designers in the U.S., with a median annual wage of $67,190.
These figures count jobs, not people, and do not include self-employed work — so they say little about how many interior designers work freelance or run their own business.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, national estimates for SOC 27-1025. Public domain.
Purchase fees, design rounds and your plans
- Fees on purchases — Check how any markup or purchasing fee is set out, and when it is paid.
- Design changes — A fee that covers “revisions until approved” can double the work. Look for a stated number of rounds.
- Plans and drawings — Check whether the client may reuse your plans for other projects.
Check the agreement before the first mood board
A design agreement decides how purchases are paid for. Free: one analysis every 30 days, no card. Each analysis gives a risk read of the key clauses, quotes the contract's own words for its findings, and turns each flagged clause into a specific ask.
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