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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.

Specifications & FF&ECustom joineryTrade requestsOrders & installation
05
Completion

Close with a useful record.

Document studio
SolutionsResourcesPricing
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Workspace feature, Product markups

See the margin
before you sell.

Store the trade price you pay, the client price you charge and the profit you make on every specified product. Product revenue stays visible inside the same project, instead of disappearing into a private spreadsheet.

Know the trade cost.
Set the client price.
Track the profit.
Rue de Varenne · Product margins
Project
Overview
FF&E
Budget
Design review
Orders
Product markups
Invoices
Profit from products
Product markups
Designer view
Client value€24,200
Trade cost€17,250
Product profit€6,950
Average markup40.3%
Trade prices can stay hidden from client
Product
Retail / list
Trade cost
Client price
Markup
Profit
Client can see trade?
Gala sofaKave Home · Living room
€7,200
50.0%
€2,400
Hidden
Morro coffee tableKelly Wearstler · Living room
€5,800
38.1%
€1,600
Hidden
Jan dining chairs × 8Kave Home · Dining room
€8,400
29.2%
€1,900
Shown
Alima NDS3&Tradition · Bedroom
€2,800
60.0%
€1,050
Hidden
Decorative vaseAccessories · Entry
€420
0.0%
€0
Shown
Client-facing pricing

What the client sees

Gala sofaApproved FF&E selection
€7,200
Morro coffee tableApproved FF&E selection
€5,800
Jan dining chairs × 8Trade price visible
€8,400Trade cost €6,500
Studio margin

Private studio view

Total product profit€6,950
Average gross margin28.7%
Marked-up items04
Zero-markup items01
Why it matters

Product profit should not disappear inside procurement.

If the studio buys a sofa at €4,800 and sells it to the client for €7,200, Workspace records the €2,400 difference as product profit instead of treating both numbers like the same cost.

01

Store the real trade cost.

Keep the amount the brand charges your studio attached to the exact FF&E item.

02

Set the client-facing price.

Charge retail, a custom selling price or no markup at all. Workspace calculates the markup and gross profit instantly.

03

Choose what the client sees.

Keep the trade cost private or deliberately show it to the client on selected items. The studio controls visibility product by product.

Everything connects

One markup updates the whole commercial workflow.

Because the product already lives inside FF&E, changing its trade or client price can flow through budgeting, invoicing, procurement and studio finance analytics.

FF&E

Pricing stays beside the exact product.

No second spreadsheet is needed to remember what the studio pays and what the client pays.

Live budget

The client budget uses the selling price.

Project spend can reflect the amount the client is actually expected to pay.

Invoices

Invoice from the client price.

The correct selling amount can flow directly into the invoice builder.

Finance analytics

Markup becomes studio revenue.

Product profit can be tracked separately from design-fee income across the studio.

More than project admin

See where the studio actually earns.

Design fees are only one revenue stream. Workspace keeps product margin visible so sourcing and procurement can become measurable parts of studio profitability.

Product markups inside Workspace

Source it.
Price it.
Keep the margin.

Track the difference between trade cost and client price on every product without leaving the project.

THE DESIGN INDEX · WORKSPACE

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