17 Signs You Work In Interior Design…

When I tell friends and family that I work in interiors a very agreeable noise ensues. It sounds something like this: “mm”. This is because those outside the industry see it as a very pleasant, relaxed day job. These people picture interior designers strolling through the ambient isles of John Lewis, vase in one hand and soy latte in the other smiling and nodding to everyone because they are having such a pleasant old time.

For those who work in the industry, this ideal could not be further removed from reality. Attending photo shoots that look fabulous, but just one step back will show that the curtains have been duct-taped to the wall, there’s a pile of boxes poised threateningly over your head and more than likely, you have to rush to get the kids from school/meet a client/find a new sofa/have a lie down.

Despite the overwhelming stress of the industry, I love it. Here are a few signs that you work in interior design…

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1.)    You go shopping for your kids’ birthday present and come back with a Gusto Illuminated Ice Bucket.

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2.)    You can’t walk down the street without peering over hedges to get a glimpse inside other peoples’ houses.

3.)    Instead of asking for sweets when you’re trick or treating with your kids you ask where they got that vase from?

4.)    You insist on decorating the Christmas tree in the exact colour scheme of your living room.

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5.) You paint your nails to match this season’s purple and grey trend.

6.)  You’re at your friends house and instantly notice that their curtains are becoming unhooked – is it okay to just hook them back on when they aren’t looking?

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7.)    You have to leave your phone on the table during dinner in case your client calls.

8.) You consider going to that extremely important client meeting even though you’ll be late to pick your kids up from school… It’s not that cold in January, plus they have mittens.

9.)    You spend time racking your brains on how to tell your client that orange velvet is not okay without offending them.

10.) You have about 12 boxes of fabric samples in your home and have thrown half your books in the attic to make space for them.

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11.)    Every time your mother-in-law visits you put her wedding gift/birthday present to you on the mantelpiece – it’s too ugly to have out at all times, but you don’t want to offend her.

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12.)    You pretend to your friends to be excited for fashion week but really it just means that it’s one step closer to design week!

13.)    You rely on to-do lists to get through your day but often won’t cross anything off until 4pm due to a few surprise client crises.

14.)    Friends will often pick a string of fabric out of your hair and you will have absolutely no idea when or how it got there.

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15.)    You know the difference between a swag, a tail and a pelmet – and you’re not okay with any of them.

16.)    You look at interior design blogs for inspiration and end up on the same blog for hours. Once you’ve snapped back to reality you realise you’ve been dribbling.

17.)    You refuse to put your children’s artwork on the fridge. If it’s not Dali, it’s not going up.

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If you have any others to add, please feel free to do so in the comments section.

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