Know where the money
is going, while you design.
Set the client budget once, then let Workspace update the numbers as products, materials and project expenses are added. See what has been specified, what has been approved, what has been spent and what remains without rebuilding another spreadsheet.
Add the selections.
See what remains.
Trade price savings retained by the studio when products are sold to the client at the client price.
Track your product margin.
Add a designer / trade price for furniture when you have one. Workspace compares the trade cost with the client price and keeps a running total of the studio revenue created through product sourcing. The designer can choose to show the trade price to the client or keep it hidden.
| Item | Category | Qty | Client price | Trade price | Line total | Studio profit | Trade visibility | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gala Sofa Kave Home · Living room | Furniture | 1 | €7,200 | €4,800 | €7,200 | €2,400 | Hidden | Approved | |
Dining chairs Jan Chair · Dining room | Furniture | 8 | €1,050 ea. | €800 ea. | €8,400 | €2,000 | Hidden | Approved | |
Decorative lighting package Pendant + wall lights | Lighting | 1 | €4,800 | €4,000 | €4,800 | €800 | Shown | Pending | |
Arabescato Viola stone Kitchen island + bathroom | Materials | 1 | €18,600 | — | €18,600 | — | — | Approved | |
Custom joinery Paul Martin · Joinery contractor | External cost | 1 | €14,500 | — | €14,500 | — | — | Quoted | |
Electrical installation Mark Lewis · Electrician | External cost | 1 | €6,600 | — | €6,600 | — | — | Quoted | |
Timber flooring Oak · Hall + living spaces | Materials | 1 | €5,750 | — | €5,750 | — | — | Approved | |
Bedroom furniture allowance Bedside + bench + loose furniture | Furniture | 1 | €6,000 | €5,950 | €6,000 | €50 | Hidden | Allowance |
See the financial effect of every design decision.
The budget should not become accurate only when the project is almost finished. Workspace keeps it current as selections and costs enter the project.
Know what is really committed.
Approved FF&E, materials and recorded project expenses can all contribute to the same live project total.
Catch overspend before it happens.
See how much budget remains before approving another product, supplier quote or design change.
Stop maintaining duplicate spreadsheets.
The same product and cost information already used elsewhere in Workspace feeds the budget instead of being entered again.
The studio sees the detail. The client sees the clarity.
Designers can manage the full cost structure while clients can understand their total budget, approved selections and remaining allowance without editing anything.
Work with the full cost picture.
Track product costs, quantities, allowances, supplier quotes and external project expenses while keeping every line tied to the original project record.
Understand the budget without the spreadsheet.
The client can see what has been allocated, what has been approved and what remains, without access to edit the underlying budget.
The budget updates from the work already happening.
Products, client approvals, supplier quotes and external project expenses all feed the same financial picture.
Products feed the budget automatically.
Quantities and costs from the specification can update the project total without entering them again.
See what an approval commits.
Once the client approves a selection, the associated cost stays visible beside the project budget.
Attach quoted costs to real people.
Contractor, joiner, plumber and other professional costs can be connected to the person delivering the work.
Move from budget to order.
Approved items keep the same cost information as they move into ordering and delivery tracking.
Know whether the project is on budget before the client asks.
Every new cost changes the live total immediately, so the designer can make informed decisions while there is still time to adjust.
Design freely.
Know the number.
Keep the client budget, product costs and project expenses connected from specification through approval and procurement.