You have decided to engage in interior design professionally as an individual entrepreneur or open your own studio. What's the first thing you need to know? If you judge the work of an interior designer from TV shows dedicated to apartment renovations, you get the impression that the designer simply chooses the color of the walls and sofa cushions or hangs pictures artistically. In fact, his task is to make the client’s dream of a beautiful, harmonious and comfortable interior come true, and this requires quite prosaic work: measurements, drawings, technical solutions, approvals, drawing up estimates, searching for the necessary building materials and furniture, working with builders. In addition, when a designer has a serious business, he has to think about taxes, advertising, finding new clients and much more. Natalia Mitina, architect and interior designer, founder and head of the Koncepcija studio, dispels the myths around interior design and talks about all the nuances professional work - from choosing an educational institution to creating your own design studio