--- title: "Interior design inquiry forms: collect the project brief" description: "Design an interior design inquiry form around project scope, location, budget context, and reply details. 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Ask for the project type, location, requested work, and a reliable reply route. Have the studio owner decide which questions belong before a conversation and which belong later. The form should create a usable inquiry without presenting the submission as an accepted project. This article proposes a website form and acceptance checklist. It does not claim an observed conversion increase or prescribe a studio's fees. ## Match the questions to the work you accept Begin with the current service list. Distinguish the studio's approved categories for a room project, furnishing work, renovation, or another offering. Do not add a category because a template includes it. Give visitors a way to describe uncertainty. Someone exploring a project may not know the technical scope. Ask for the problem they want to discuss and let staff determine whether it fits. Keep existing-client change requests on the studio's approved project channel. A new-business form should not become the instruction record for active drawings or purchasing. ## Build the initial field list Use this proposed list as a discussion with the studio owner. Require only the information the first review needs. | Field | Purpose and proposed treatment | | --- | --- | | Name and reply details | Let staff contact the person who submitted the request | | Project location | Check the studio's actual service coverage | | Requested work | Match the inquiry to accepted services | | Project stage | Distinguish early exploration from an active project | | Budget context | Use an approved range question and an unknown option if needed | | Desired timing | Record the visitor's preference without confirming availability | | Short description | Capture the requested discussion in the visitor's own words | Explain what any budget field means. Separate a visitor's overall project budget from the studio fee where the business uses that distinction. Have the studio approve those labels. ## Put instructions where the visitor needs them W3C recommends identifying required and optional fields, expected formats, and other completion instructions. Give that information before the visitor submits. [W3C form instructions, checked 2026.10.22](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/instructions/). Use a persistent label for each field. W3C explains how labels associate purpose with the control and support assistive technology. [W3C form-label guidance, checked 2026.10.22](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/). Write examples as examples. Avoid a default budget, location, or project type that could silently change the visitor's request. ## Decide whether uploads belong in first contact Ask which documents staff need before discussing fit. If none are required, leave uploads for the studio's approved later process. If the scope includes uploads, name the permitted types, size limits, storage destination, access owner, and failure behavior. Test with synthetic files. Keep client plans and photographs out of development tests. Do not describe an upload as an approved design brief. Staff must still confirm scope and the current project record. ## Explain what happens after submission Use wording that matches the office process. State that the studio reviews the request before confirming fit or availability. Publish a reply expectation only when the studio approves and can maintain it. Give the visitor a useful confirmation and an alternate contact route when the business provides one. Keep those details aligned with the receiving team's process. ## Accept the form through controlled inquiries Test a complete inquiry, missing required fields, optional budget information, a long description, and any upload failure. Check keyboard operation and a phone layout. Confirm the studio receives the location, work requested, timing preference, budget context, and reply details intact. Compare the received record with the visitor's entry. Record failures and repeat the affected case after repair. Bring the approved field list to the [architecture and interior design website page](/for/architects-and-interior-designers). Request the form and receipt checks through [Scale With Search's written scope](/work). 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