Separate revenue from client funds
Focus profitability on design fees and product markup rather than treating pass-through product, contractor or reimbursable funds as studio revenue.
INTERIOR DESIGN PROFITABILITY
Know which interior design projects are actually profitable.
Compare recognised design fees and realised product markup with the time and costs required to deliver the work. See the commercial position of a project before overruns become invisible losses.
For designers who need a clearer answer than revenue alone and studios that want to price future work using evidence from completed and active projects.
WHAT IT CONNECTS
Project profitability that stays connected to delivery.
The workflow keeps useful context attached to the client, project, room, product, document or financial record it belongs to.
Connect time to fees
Use tracked hours and billable work to understand whether a fixed or hourly service is performing as expected.
Compare actual and projected
Review recognised revenue, expected fees, committed costs and remaining work in the same commercial picture.
HOW IT WORKS
A practical workflow from first action to clear result.
- 01
Set the commercial plan
Record the fee model, budget assumptions, markup approach and expected delivery effort.
- 02
Track the work
Connect time entries, invoices, product markup and eligible studio costs to the project.
- 03
Review the current margin
See what has been earned, what has been spent and what remains outstanding.
- 04
Improve future pricing
Use completed project performance to refine service menus, estimates and team capacity.
WHY IT MATTERS
Spend less time rebuilding information and more time running the studio.
More accurate pricing
Base future proposals on real delivery data.
Earlier intervention
Identify projects consuming more time or cost than planned.
Cleaner financial reporting
Keep true studio revenue separate from money held for client purchases.
QUESTIONS
About project profitability in Workspace.
How is interior design project profitability calculated?
It compares eligible studio revenue, such as design fees and realised product markup, with the studio time and costs attributable to the project.
Are client product funds counted as revenue?
Pass-through funds for products, contractors and reimbursable costs should be excluded from recognised studio revenue.
Can I compare projects over time?
Studio finance and growth views are designed to compare current and previous periods, while project-level records show the source of each result.
Does time tracking affect profitability?
Yes. Connecting time to projects, phases, rooms and tasks makes the real cost of service delivery easier to understand.
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