RIDQC: Should I get the certificate? Hello everyone, I’ve loved interior design for as long as I can remember. I recently graduated from the New York Institute of Art and Design with a certification in Interior Design. Their program is certified by the Designer Society of America. Now that I have graduated, I’m eligible for the Residential Interior Design Qualification Certificatio…

A year done and wanting to drop out of studying? Is there hope for me getting a career I finished my first year of design (3 left) and I feel like dropping out again, the learning structure doesn’t work for me (online) and i feel sick with stress and I think it’s affecting my health despite being young. (23f) Is it possible to still get in the design industry without a degree? Am I a lost cause? Feeling hopeless, I’m in Australia …

Do you think this layout and design works well? Currently a blank canvas so any suggestions are welcome submitted by /u/o_oli

What is a hospitality suite I am taking a entry portfolio class at college right now, and our prompt was to make a hospitality suite. My original idea was to make a hotel hospitality suite, but my professor said it was an overdone idea. She doesn’t give us any resources, and I couldn’t find examples online of other types of hospitality suites that are not hotels. I am very…

Help! How do we arrange our living room/dining room space？ Limited empty wall space for television and lots of windows we don’t want to cover up. We have an L couch. Would LOVE some suggestions 🙂 submitted by /u/Rupurrt-munchkin

Kitchen Cabinet Pulls – Silver or Black? I just moved into a new apartment and want to spruce up my kitchen. It’s a rental so I can’t do much, but there are currently oversized silver pulls on the cabinets and drawers. I was thinking of swapping out for sleeker black ones, but before going through the effort wanted to see what other people think about what would look best. The hardware…

How do you deal with fear of messing up? I have a lot of things to hang, I’m scared to hang them because I don’t know how to and also I fear I might put it one place then move it and then I’ve drilled all these holes? Also part of this will be a slow process as I want to paint paintings and hang them. Help! submitted by /u/FinancialPeacock

Some questions about NCIDQ prac exam NCIDQ prac exam Hello. I plan to take NCIDQ prac exam the conning months. I passed the other two exams last year. I have a few question for the veterans here – 1. Do you feel 4hr still pretty challenging to finish the exam? 2. Since All the reference code will be given, do I only need to get familiar with the code instead of memorizing the numbe…

How to find internships Hi! I am a junior in high school hoping to go into interior design. I was wondering how I could find internships with my lack of experience. Thanks! submitted by /u/AsteroidPlayz

Good Schools for Interior Design in California Hello I’m currently in community college in California. Are there any recommendations on which public schools in California I should apply to for Interior Design. Thanks! submitted by /u/RubyKhandjian

Construction / ID pivot Hi everyone – I am in my mid 20s and just made a career pivot from psych/HR to project coordinator for a large general contractor (psych major, art history minor). Something that interests me is being involved in the residential design space 3-5 years from now. Doing things like contributing to the design of a house (or hospitality, etc). Mainly…

Design Careers within the Interior Design field with an adjacent design degree? Hi all. I am new to this group and so grateful that it exists. I am currently an experienced Industrial/Product Designer; and my career has spanned small kitchenware products (gadgets/food prep) to working on large scale fixtures for the kitchen/bath (think Moen/Kohler); and now working in retail designing fast-fashion product for private label …

Is this a terrible idea? submitted by /u/akg81

Thoughts on art/accent colors? This is my bathroom – the pendent light and sconces are mock ups, but everything else is there already. What can I do to improve this space? I want a Japandi vibe – remaining wall colors will be a muted ivory. Thoughts? Suggestions? submitted by /u/froggiefroggie

PSA: Include lamps in a room. Don’t rely only on overhead lighting submitted by /u/Arkamus1

Is Red the trendiest colour for kitchen cabinets? Hey everyone! Help me understand something. My cousin works as an interior designer with Livspace. She mentioned that of all the projects that she did in the last 7-8 months, most clients went for red-colored kitchen cabinets. (Some went for wardrobes also) Is red really the hottest bolod colour choice fot kitchen cabinets now? I am asking coz…

What is a splice in a sliding panel shade? I’m ordering some sliding panels for my patio door from the Bali website. I understand the number of tracks. That is, if I decide to keep the panels split (both left and right when fully open), each track will have 2 panels. So a 5 track mount will have 10 panels. But, I don’t understand what they mean by splice? They have options like 1 splice …

Should we add a new window? Please disregard the vertical couch and mess, we are in the middle of renos. We are about to change all our windows to new stuff that’s lowE3, which means less light goes though. We were wondering if we should add a picture window as drawn in red to add to the light of the room. This wall is southwest facing a gets a lot of light in the afterno…

Different way to set up my huge ass bed in the room? I just want to sort it in a way to where there’s more room to walk. I like the set up I have but just would like more space in a way that isn’t awkward. I was thinking of putting it on its side against the front wall but then it’s just kinda awkward with the back board of the bed, but I guess I could use it as a divider? submitted by /u/…

Help on new sofa layout pls Interior designers i need your help. I just moved into my new place and need some help on positionings on things like the sofa. The tv position is alongside the wall as you can see in the pic and would preferably leave it there as i dont want cables along the floor but if other optimal places are seen somehow i can work with that. I was plannin…