

You’ll receive an excel spreadsheet as well as a short e-guide to walk you through how to use it! If you want a free copy of this tool, click here. However, I do believe that you can get a lot of what you want if you are strategic and purposeful about the process. Rarely is anyone in a position to be able to afford EVERYTHING they’ve ever wanted in their dream home all at once.

How to estimate a budget total that gives you a realistic and comprehensive understanding of how much you’ll invest in materials and furnishings for your project.How to evaluate which elements in the design are most important to you.The two most important factors to consider before you start your budgeting process.Why establishing a realistic budget from the get-go is essential to the success of your design project.Think of this budget as your project compass. OR, worse, you could run out of money before you can get to the finish line!Ī clearly defined budget will be essential to the success of your decorating project because it will be driven by the overall scope of the project and the quality of furnishings you choose. Without a clearly defined budget, you run the risk of some major “sticker shock” once you see the total cost of your project once your project is complete! In either case-no budget at all or an unrealistic budget-the designer and client have little chance at successfully achieving the desired effect. It’s one thing to build your budget off of a gut feeling of how much a project should cost and an entirely other thing to base that estimate on real numbers! Reaction #2: The client confidently selects a budget range, but when we meet with them to discuss the project in detail and ask them how they arrived at that number they shrug and say, “That’s just how much I think this project should cost.” Reaction #1: They get to that question on the form, don’t exactly know how to answer and call us to say, “Um, I’m not sure. The funny thing is, prospective clients usually have one of two reactions: In fact, this question is even on our company inquiry form!

In every design project that we take on here at Arianne Bellizaire Interiors, one of the first questions we ask our clients is “What is the project budget?”
