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Workspace
ONE CONNECTED WORKFLOWFrom brief to completion.

Explore the parts of Workspace through the way an interior project actually moves.

Explore all features
01
Project

Set the work up properly.

Project Setup & TemplatesBrief & IntakeTimeline & tasksShared calendarsTeam & timeAI Design Assistant
02
Design

Develop and approve every idea.

Room boardsMood boards3D ModelsClient reviewInteractive floor plans
03
Finance

Keep the commercial picture live.

Live budgetInvoices & paymentsTime & profitability
04
Procurement

Move selections into delivery.

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05
Completion

Close with a useful record.

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Workspace feature, Studio finance analytics

Know what the studio
actually keeps.

See design-fee revenue, product-markup revenue, business expenses, estimated tax and monthly profit across every active Workspace project. Set the currency you work in, add recurring studio expenses and let the numbers update automatically.

All projects.
All revenue streams.
One monthly profit.
Studio-wide finance · August 2026
Studio
Overview
Projects
Calendar
Team
Finance analytics
Invoices
Settings
Studio finances
Finance analytics
Design fee revenue€14,250
Product markup revenue€7,400
Studio expenses€2,980
Left this month€12,825
Monthly profit after expenses and estimated tax
€12,825
Calculated across every active project in this studio workspace.
Total revenue€21,650
Business expenses− €2,980
Estimated tax− €5,845
Where revenue came from

Project revenue this month

Project
Design fees
Markups
Total revenue
Rue de Varenne ApartmentParis · Residential
€0
€0
€0
Chelsea ResidenceLondon · Residential
€0
€0
€0
Lake Como VillaComo · Residential
€0
€0
€0
Barcelona ApartmentBarcelona · Residential
€0
€0
€0
Highest-revenue projectRue de Varenne
Active revenue projects04
Business costs

Monthly studio expenses

Estimated tax

Set the tax rate on studio revenue.

Workspace uses this percentage as an estimated tax reserve against recognised revenue, so the “left this month” figure is closer to what the studio actually keeps.
Why it matters

Revenue is not the same thing as profit.

A studio can look busy and still not know what it actually earned. Finance Analytics brings product margin, design fees, overheads and tax into the same monthly view.

01

See all studio revenue together.

Design fees and product markup revenue are pulled across every active project instead of being checked project by project.

02

Track the cost of running the business.

Add software, marketing, studio rent, travel and any other business expenses that reduce what the studio actually keeps.

03

Reserve for tax before spending.

Set an estimated tax rate and Workspace deducts it from revenue alongside business expenses to show a more useful monthly profit figure.

Everything connects

The finance dashboard uses work you already entered.

The studio view aggregates the commercial data already flowing through your project workspaces, so there is less manual finance admin to rebuild at the end of the month.

Invoices

Design-fee revenue flows in.

Paid and recognised project fees can contribute to the studio’s monthly revenue total.

Product markups

Product profit becomes visible.

Margin earned through trade pricing can be tracked separately from professional design fees.

Projects

See which projects earn most.

Compare project-level revenue while still keeping the full studio total in view.

Expenses

Studio overhead is deducted once.

Recurring business costs sit at studio level instead of being incorrectly attached to one client project.

A clearer business

Know what is left before the month is over.

When project income, product margin, overhead and estimated tax live together, the studio can make decisions from profit instead of just revenue.

Studio finance analytics inside Workspace

See the revenue.
See the costs.
See what stays.

One studio-wide finance view built from the projects, markups, invoices and expenses already inside Workspace.

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