As we anticipate the potentially compounding challenges tariffs will have on interior designers—inflating material costs, delaying timelines, and straining client relationships, it may be time to revisit your services agreement. As your first line of defense, having the right provisions in place can help you shift tariff-related risks from crisis scenarios into planned contingencies.

An NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) is a simple but powerful tool to keep your confidential information safe, whether you're sharing designs with clients, collaborating with contractors, or working with freelancers. Learn how NDAs work, when to use them, and why they’re a smart way to safeguard your business.

In this podcast episode I get to chat with Douglas Robb of Interior Designher, a business education hub for interior designers around the world. Check out our great chat where we cover critical legal aspects of running an interior design business - everything from avoiding litigious clients to the contract law basics.

A well-crafted contract is one of the most effective tools you can use to set expectations, define boundaries, and protect both your interests and those of your clients. Learn key ways you can use contracts to manage client expectations effectively.

Learn the different ways intellectual property registrations can help furniture designers protect their designs, both domestically and abroad.

Learn how to take advantage of the DMCA Takedown Notice process offered by Social Media sites to stop others from using your intellectual property without your consent.

Learn how Florida regulates (or doesn’t) the practice of interior design, including licensing requirements, documentation, disclosures, interior designer lien rights and more.

Interior designers use several types of insurance policies to protect themselves and their businesses from potential risks and liabilities. In this article, we summarize the 9 most commonly used insurance policies, the types of situations they cover and their average costs.

Learn how to use your E-Design Services Agreement to avoid common virtual interior design challenges.

Learn how open disclosure not only helps to strengthen the designer-client relationship, but also helps interior designers avoid potentially costly ethical and legal issues.

In this article, we explore the difference between the two main types of intellectual property protections for interior designers, copyright and trademark.

Interior designers know they need to protect their work but may not always know the best way how. It's time for interior designers to become copyright savvy.

Explore some of the advantages and limitations of arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution method that interior designers can use, and review the best practices for drafting a good arbitration clause for your contracts.

Not all written agreements are created equal. In this article we explore the key elements every interior designer should include in their client contracts to best protect their business, and to ensure all parties are in mutual agreement over the essential terms of the deal.