Week 3

This week has been busy. On Monday Rachel and I finished organizing the trim closet. I called vendors to check for pricing and availability. I assisted the designer find a fabric selection.

On Tuesday I called vendors for pricing and availability. I assisted the designer find a fabric that fits the client needs. Rachel and I went through Miles Tabbot fabrics to find the discontinues. I also order memo for the designer to give the client.

On Wednesday and Thursday Rachel had to assist on a job which means I was alone assisting the designers. It was busy and stressful, but it seems like a handle it well. I called vendors to check for pricing and availability. I also assisted designers to find fabrics and furniture.  Thursday was a little slower. I called vendors to check if the catalogs we had were current. I went through a discontinue list and marked the patterns that were discontinuing.

On Friday I called vendors to check for pricing and availability. I also assisted designers find a specific fabrics books. We received new books of fabrics. Before we put the new books away, I pull out the pricing so the client doesn’t see the suggested retail prices.

Yessick had a warehouse sale that involved the community in May. Yessick also has a facebook page for networking. A few of the interior designer are members of IIDA and attend meetings. The interior designers are NCIDQ certified. Yessick’s Design Center has been in business for 28 years.

This is Allyson who is the receptionist. Her responsibilities are answering the phone and welcoming customers. She started last week so we are both still getting used to how the business runs. She went to school with Jonathan who is one of the interior designers.

Comments

[MBR]

I can see that the time you are spending working with furniture and finishes and assisting designers, you are becoming a resource specialist! You are certainly flexing a "different muscle" this summer, which will be quite beneficial in the future. As you write in your post about Yessick's online presence, be sure to link the words to the URL. The reader will be able to go to the sites you mention and learn more. Thanks for introducing Allyson. Did she receive a degree in interior design? Include more details of the person as you introduce them. Great picture of her!