As a professional it is always important to increase your knowledge base, learn new skills and keep up on trends. I recently found a great blog all about color.
The blog is Colour Me Happy by Maria Killam. I have learn quite a few great tips from this. Her enthusiasm for choosing the right color and teaching you why is contagious.
I think you will really like the blog too. Check it out here:
http://colourmehappyblog.blogspot.com/
Julie
Sometimes I get the opportunity to speak to high school students about becoming an interior decorator. One question that often comes up is "Do I need to be good at math to become an interior decorator?"
My answer: You will use math everyday!
This surprises most of the students. Now note I said you use it everyday – I didn’t say you need to have an natural aptitude towards it.
To give you an example, I was recently helping my son who is in 5th grade with a math worksheet. These math examples came right from the math book:
Rashid can paint 2 square feet of fence in 10 minutes. How long will it take him to paint a fence that is 6 feet high by 25 feet long?
or
Regina wants to cover one wall of her room with wallpaper. The wall is 9 feet high and 15 feet wide. There is a doorway in the wall that is 3 feet wide by 7 feet tall. How many square feet of wallpaper will she need to buy?
See…you do use math in interior decorating.
Julie
