Certified Decorating Professional ® programs
Two courses designed with you in mind

We offer a real life decorating courses that will equip you with the right tools and techniques to offer your client’s affordable and creative solutions. This is not a course in interior design, but a course designed so you can work with a variety of clients and with every budget!

More and more people are looking for advice and creative ideas, rather than an expensive “designer” solution. You will be able to offer client’s affordable design plans and create beautiful rooms that will improve the functionality and aesthetic of a home. Let us help you take that first step so you feel confident in your ability to decorate with style!

Develop your natural talent for interior decorating and begin a career doing what you love! Our training course will compliment any previous design training you may have.

MULTIPLE COURSE PRICING IS AVAILABLE. The CDP course can be combined with a variety of courses and expanded to meet the 5-Day course material. Please contact us for details.

CERTIFIED DECORATING PROFESSIONAL ® THREE-DAY PROGRAM
9:00-5:00. (See calendar  for dates.)

This course is designed for the professional who wishes to add interior decorating to their services.

What will you learn?

• Decorating from the floor up – from finishes to finishing touches

• Color – why color is important and not just for walls

• Space planning and furniture arrangement – how it all fits together

• Furniture – blending styles with ease

• Details – accessory placement and selection

• Presentations and proposals – putting together a Style File and design boards

• Fabric, textures and window fashions

• Creative solutions – Kimberly’s signature tips and tricks

• Communicating with your client

• The art of consulting and working with other trade professionals

• Studio exercises and demonstrations

• Marketing – Successful strategies for today and tomorrow
  …and so much more!

Our three-day program includes:

• A comprehensive training manual

• Detailed training exercises and visual presentations

• Lunch, snacks and beverages

• Limited seating for individual attention

• Business to business support

Combine this course with either our Dewey Color class, (and earn double certification) or our Business by Design class for the ultimate training experience.

COURSE COST - $1695.00
A $500.00 deposit is required to reserve you space in the program. The balance is due two weeks before class begins. (Hotel and additional transportation costs are not included.) Click here to register. Or contact us for more information.
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CERTIFIED DECORATING PROFESSIONAL ® FIVE-DAY PROGRAM
9:00-5:00. (See calendar for dates.)

What will you learn?

• Decorating from the floor up – from finishes to finishing touches

• Color – why color is important and not just for walls

• Space planning and furniture arrangement – how it all fits together

• Furniture – blending styles with ease

• Details – accessory placement and selection

• Presentations and proposals – putting together a Style File and design boards

• Fabric, textures and window fashions

• Creative solutions – Kimberly’s signature tips and tricks

• Communicating with your client

• The art of consulting and working with other trade professionals

• Interior Redesign Fundamentals

• Introduction to Color

•  Details – Art and Accessories

•  Hands-on Redesign and Studio Exercises

•  Marketing – Successful strategies for today and tomorrow

•  Structure your business

•  File for licenses and insurance needs

•  Develop fee guidelines

•  Manage your business

• Create the necessary forms and contracts

Our five-day program includes:

•  A comprehensive training manual

•  Detailed training exercises and visual presentations

• Lunch, snacks and beverages

• Limited seating for individual attention

•  Business to business support

COURSE COST - $2500.00
A $500.00 deposit is required to reserve you space in the program. The balance is due two weeks before class begins. (Hotel and additional transportation costs are not included.) Click here to register. Or contact us for more information.

Why choose our training program?
Kimberly has taught hundreds of people across the country and beyond how to create beautiful rooms. A magazine columnist and author, her students have praised her enthusiasm for creating beautiful spaces and her dedication to her students long after the workshop has ended.

Please contact us with any questions you may have.