Interior designer CRM vs spreadsheets: a side-by-side demo

Tracking jobs in a spreadsheet works until it does not. This interior designer CRM demo for Casa Lumen Interiors shows each request landing in one list with status and notes, next to the website that collected it.

Studio on North Palm Canyon Drive · By appointmentSample (760) 555-0182

Palm Springs · Coachella Valley

Desert modern, made personal

Casa Lumen designs warm, livable interiors for midcentury homes, new builds, and vacation rentals across the desert. We handle the plan, the sourcing, the trades, and the install day, down to the last throw pillow. This is a demo, not a real design studio.

Plan your budget
Modern living room with a fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows
140+desert homes designed
Tradepricing passed to you
1 daywhite-glove install
ASIDallied member (sample)

Selected work

Recent rooms

Process

Consultation, then three clear phases

1

Consultation

90 minutes in your home. We talk about how you live and what you love.

2

Concept

Floor plan, mood boards, and a line-item budget for your approval.

3

Sourcing

We order, track, inspect, and store everything in our receiving warehouse.

4

Install

One day. You leave for lunch and come home to a finished room.

Design fees

How our design fee works

We charge a flat design fee per project, quoted after the consultation. A retainer reserves your spot on the studio calendar and starts the Concept phase. It's credited in full to your design fee.

  • Consultation fee credited if you sign within 30 days
  • Retainer is 50% of the design fee, the balance due at Sourcing
  • Furnishings billed at our trade cost plus 20%, often below retail
  • Changes after Concept approval billed at $175 / hour
ProjectDesign feeRetainer
In-home consultation$350—
Single room$4,500$2,250
Great room (living, dining, kitchen)$9,500$4,750
Vacation rental, 3 bedrooms$12,000$6,000
Whole home, about 2,500 sq ft$22,000$11,000

Project budget planner

Typical Coachella Valley budgets for furnishings, lighting, rugs, art, and window treatments.

Furnishings budget$0
Design fee$0
Retainer to start Concept$0
Typical timeline—

Budget planner

Talk numbers before we talk colors

Most clients have never priced a sofa built to last twenty years. The planner gives you a realistic range so the consultation can focus on your home, not sticker shock.

“They furnished our rental in nine weeks and it booked every weekend that season. The retainer was the easiest money we spent.”

— Dana & Luis, La Quinta

“They kept our Eames chairs and built the whole living room around them.”

— Gregory, Palm Springs

Questions

Before you book

Do you work with contractors and architects?

Yes. We coordinate finish selections and drawings with your builder, or bring trusted local trades for paint, tile, and lighting.

Can we keep furniture we already own?

Of course. We inventory your pieces at the consultation and design around the ones you love.

Do you design outside the Coachella Valley?

We take a few projects a year in Los Angeles and Orange County, plus E-design anywhere in the U.S.

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Behind the website

Every consultation request lands in the admin CRM

This example comes with a working admin CRM demo. Send a test request, then open the admin to book the consultation, track the retainer and project phase, send the design proposal, and invoice the fee. Test requests use made-up details and stay in this browser.

Open the admin CRM

Let's start with your favorite room

Book a 90-minute in-home consultation. You'll leave with a direction, a budget range, and a few quick wins.

Call (760) 555-0182