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Designers who have gained experience in interior design may decide to become freelance designers/consultants. It could be argued that a sole practitioner designer is a freelance designer. For our purposes, however, this discussion refers to designers who work irregular hours, not necessarily full time, and not directly for end‐user clients such as a home owner or commercial space owner.

A freelancer might work in one or more specialty areas of interior design. They might provide specialized services to other designers such as rendering. She might provide consulting to designers concerning lighting design, or commercial kitchen design, or other highly technical design areas.

Freelancers contract with the designer/client for whom they will do work and are not considered employees of the design firm. Their compensation could be an hourly, daily, or per‐job fee. Depending on experience, such a designer might work for more than one client at the same time and even do more than one kind of project at a time.

This type of freelance consultant enjoys variety and does not want to work full time. The Internet allows freelancers to work on a global basis if they so choose. It is unusual for the freelance consultant to have employees. Drawbacks include an irregular income, as work comes at an unsteady pace. These individuals must also pay their own working benefits, taxes on income, and have the self‐discipline to work to the extent required for each consulting job.