As designers, we would like to anticipate our client's every need by having the tools on hand to be able to answer their questions quickly and be able to show them additional options for other rooms, closing the sale as quickly as possible. These are just a few reasons a designer's "toolbox" is so essential.
Please share with us what you have found important to have with you in your "toolbox."
It may be necessary to bring some of the following tools with you on your appointments:
Schematic Design:
· Business Cards
· Contract
· Proposal
· Sales forms – for taking Deposit
· FAQ Sheet about your business
· Sketch Pad
· Graph Paper for Adjacency Matrix and Bubble Diagrams
· Pens/Pencils
· Inspirational Picture Books
· Color/Stain Fan decks
· Tape Measure
· Digital Camera
· Recorder
· Level (laser)
· Or Cell Phone with the following apps
o Level
o Recorder
o Camera
o Benjamin Moore color App
o Sherwin Williams Color Snap
o Convert Pad
o CAD
Design Development:
· All of the above and
· Material/fabric/finishes
o Fabric Lining Options
o Bay Window Protractor (determine angle of Window)
· Drawings- Floor
o Furniture Tentative plan
Construction Documents:
· All of the above and
· Final Floor Plans
Bidding & Negotiations:
· All of the above and
· Estimates
· Bids
· Specialty list
o Contractor, Faux Painter
Construction Administration:
· All of the above and
· Order all
· Material/Furniture/Accessories
· If needed:
o Re-spec items due to B/O or shipping time
If you do Installation/Furniture Repair:
(Note: if you do Furniture Repair yourself it may negate the warranty.)
· Three Way Light Bulb
· Hammer
· Screwdrivers
· Pliers
· Touch up kits
· Touch up Sewing Kit
· Picture Hanging Kit
· Hammer
· Ladder
What's in your toolbox?
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