Considering Interior Design? If I COULD GO BACK in time, would I go to school?
Thinking about going to school for interior design? Before you commit to a degree, consider these questions.
Interior design school can be an incredible experience—but it isn't necessarily the right path for everyone.
In this video, I share Questions to Ask Before Going to Interior Design School, questions I wish more people would ask themselves before deciding how they want to learn interior design.
We’ll talk about:
• What do you actually want to do with your interior design degree? — Are you interested in residential design, working for a smaller firm, large-scale projects, healthcare design, or becoming an interior architect?
• How much time and money are you willing to invest? — How much are you comfortable investing in your education before you know whether interior design is actually right for you?
• How do you want to feel while you're learning? — Do you thrive in a structured, rigorous school environment, or would you prefer a more flexible, creative, and supportive way of learning?
I also talk about the different ways you can learn interior design—including interior design school, internships, online courses, YouTube, and learning from home—and why I ultimately realized that I personally wanted structure, accountability, assignments, and feedback from a teacher.
There is no single “right” way to become an interior designer. The best path depends on what you want to do, how you want to learn, and how you want to feel along the way. If you're currently trying to decide whether interior design school is worth it, whether you need an interior design degree, or how else you can learn interior design, I hope this video helps you make a decision that actually feels right for you.
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Video Transcript:
in summary, for you, I'd invite you to consider 3 questions if you're deciding if you want to go to school for interior design. I would say one.
Consider what you want to do with your degree, with your knowledge. Do you want to go design hospitals or like big institutions?
Do you want to become an interior architect? Then school is very worthwhile. But do you want to design residential spaces, either on your own or for a smaller residential firm? Then design school may not be worth it. Or maybe you're in between. Maybe you're like, I'm not sure yet what I want to do with my degree. But I'd like to kind of take a step towards it, try something without committing to three years.
Consider what you'd wanna do with your learnings from interior design. that's one.
two, I'd invite you to ask yourself, what is worth it? How much time, how much money am I willing to invest in something before I know if it is the right thing for me? Yeah, that would be my second piece of advice.
And three, invite you to ask, how do I want to feel while I'm learning design? So just an example from my experience, working in the studio, the energy was very intense. The teachers, the whole school was kind of like a well, if you want to learn this, you have to work hard. And we spend all night, you pull all nighters,
Like there was this efforting and
When you presented, There were grades, like it was very to me, like rigid and strict and formal. Which I get it, it's formal educational institution. That is why in my courses, you don't have to take them. I'm just saying what worked for me. In my courses, there are no grades. So you get feedback from me, you get feedback from your peers.
But it's all framed in this like wanting to amp you up way of like, wow, this is incredible. I love what you've designed. if you want to consider these other things that could enhance your design, but also know that you're enough and that you've created something incredible and beautiful. And so it's really empowering you to design spaces that feel good to you.
In my courses, I
The energy is like a lot looser and fluider and freer in that
I want you to create spaces that feel good to you, but also feel good in the process. So I teach a lot of somatic, embodied tools, breathing exercises, so that when we feel those nerves of starting a new project, of that blank piece of paper in front of us, how do we embrace it with love and gentleness and more ease? So yeah, the third thing. I'd invite you to ask yourself is how do I want to feel?
while I'm learning interior design. Yes. Okay, truly, truly this is not an advertisement.
I want you to figure out what's best for you. There are many ways to learn interior design. You can do internships, again feel out for you how do you like to learn? Do you like to read a textbook to learn? Do you like interacting with a person? a live teacher? do you want to move somewhere and walk to school every day? Or
Or do you want to stay home and learn from the comfort of your own home? There are no right or wrong answers to any of these. It's just about what you want and what's going to feel good to you. What type of people do you want to surround yourself with while you're working and learning? And
for me, I almost, I truthfully, I almost was like, okay, I'll just watch YouTube videos to learn interior design. But when I started doing that, I realized that I wanted that like feedback.
I wanted to like have that structured container of being given an assignment to kind of like push me outside of my comfort zone, give me that accountability, but then have a teacher that would give me feedback and help me grow. Because doing it on my own, I wasn't actually progressing. I was learning it cognitively, but I wasn't able to like actually do it or to check in with like, am
I doing this right?
Does it look good? Does it feel good? You know, I I really valued that in-person connection and in-person feedback. So that for me. I also had considered learning just through internships. But again, with an internship, you're sometimes thrown in the deep end, like figure it out, figure it out. And what I realized is, and also you don't know how nice the designers are gonna be to a newbie. so I wanted that structured approach of like,
Here's a lesson plan. Somebody has planned out all of the steps of exactly what I need to know in order to become a designer, somebody who's been through this. And so that's what I also created in my courses. Again, I wanted to give people, I wanted to give you what I wish I had had. So yes, okay. If you're interested in learning more about my courses, you can check out intuitionandinteriors.com. and if you're interested in exploring a different path, go you. Like.
I'm here cheering you on. I just want the best for you. Yes, okay.
Feel free to let me know in the comments what other videos you want me to record. Subscribe
if you like hanging out with me, if you like my energy. And yes.
Wishing you the best. I that sounds like cheesy, but I'm excited for you. I'm excited that you're even starting to consider these things and start your journey into interior design. Thank you for being here.
Wow, got really amped up and excited as I spoke about that stuff. It's activating, it's fun. Okay.
Think that's all for me.
you next time.