Before the mood board.
Ask the right questions.

An interior design questionnaire helps you understand how a client lives or works in a space, their taste and their budget before the first concept. Follow it with an interior design proposal once you’ve seen the space.

Details

• Client / company: [Name]
• Completed by: [Name, role]
• Date: [Date]

The space

• Which rooms or areas are in scope? [Answer]
• How is each space used, and by whom? [Answer]
• What doesn’t work about it today? [Answer]

Style

• Describe your style in three words. [Answer]
• Images of rooms you love (and why)? [Answer]
• Colours or materials to avoid? [Answer]

Keep and change

• Furniture or pieces you want to keep? [Answer]
• Any building work planned or needed? [Answer]

Budget

• Budget for design fees? [Answer]
• Budget for furniture, fittings and works? [Answer]

Timeline and decisions

• When does it need to be finished? [Answer]
• Who makes the final decisions? [Answer]

1. Send it before the first site visit.
2. Ask for pictures of spaces they love and why.
3. Separate the fee budget from the goods budget.
4. Note pieces to keep and works needed.
5. Confirm the decision-makers.
6. Use the answers to shape the proposal.

Microsoft Word

1. Download the Word (.docx) file and open it. If Word opens it in Protected View, select Enable Editing.
2. Use Find (Ctrl+F or Cmd+F) and search for “[” to jump between the placeholders you need to replace.
3. Save a clean copy as a Word template (File → Save As → Word Template) so every new document starts from it.

Google Docs

1. Upload the .docx file to Google Drive.
2. Right-click it and choose Open with → Google Docs, then File → Save as Google Docs to keep an editable copy.
3. Use File → Make a copy for each new client so your master stays clean.

PDF

Fill it in Word or Google Docs, then export it: File → Save As → PDF in Word, or File → Download → PDF document in Google Docs.

Sample answers from a fictional client.

Sample answers

• Use? Reception and two meeting rooms used daily by clients.
• Style? Calm, natural, professional.
• Keep? The boardroom table.
• Budget? Design fee as quoted; up to $25,000 for furniture and fittings.

• Ask how the space is used hour by hour.
• Separate design fee and goods budgets from the start.
• Find out who has the final say before presenting concepts.

Angelwood turns questions like these into an onboarding plan: requests with instructions, owners and dates that clients answer in their portal, reviewed by your team before kickoff.

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