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Must Have Questions in Your Interior Design Client Questionnaire

Does this scenario sound familiar to you? You’ve booked a new client (yay!) and jump right into the designing portion of the project. You excitedly present your hours of hard work to your client with material choices, layout and products only to get a LOT of feedback in return that steers the project in a completely different direction.

About Your Current Space:

1. What do you love about the current design/space?

2. What do you dislike about the current design?

3. Are there any furnishings, decor items, collections, or sentimental art pieces you absolutely want to keep?

Your Daily Life:

4. What does your family (or if a business – your team) normally do in this room?

– E.g. watching TV, playing with toys, brainstorming, having meetings, doing yoga, playing video games, reading.

5. Can you describe the ages and characteristics of who will be using the space?

– E.g. young children, remote workers, grandparents, boomers, teachers, mixed demographic of professionals.

6. Do the users of this space have any hobbies or extracurricular activities that need to be factored into the design?

– E.g pilates, cooking, reading, yoga, meditation, daily naps, arts & crafts.

7. Do any users of this space have any special needs that need to be taken into account? – E.g. wheelchair accessibility, inability to reach high places, need for dim lighting, trouble with stairs.

8. What are your goals for the room/ space?

– E.g. a space for one sole purpose vs a space for mixed activities, a space where parents can work while surprising children, a space that encourages collaboration and creative brainstorming.

9. What are your technical needs for this space?

– E.g. surround sound, wifi, home theater, computers, projector, smartboard, hidden cables