From Project Information to a Proposal You Can Stand Behind
DesignSpine Quote organizes the information behind a project, surfaces work that needs to be considered, and gives you control over the assumptions that shape the estimate.
How it Works
Capture
Bring the information you already have into one place. Use consultation notes, transcripts, questionnaires, plans, or a voice recap without rebuilding the project from scratch.
Interpret
DesignSpine Quote identifies the rooms, selections, deliverables, design work, and supporting activities that may be needed to fulfill the client’s vision.
Validate
Review the proposed scope, adjust complexity, confirm assumptions, and apply your firm’s rates, roles, buffers, and estimating rules.
Propose
Generate estimated hours, fees, scope, and a client-ready proposal. Use hourly pricing or convert the estimate into a protected flat rate based on the work you have defined.
Built for Interior Design Firms
Generic estimating tools do not account for the work hidden inside an interior design project. DesignSpine Quote was developed inside a working design firm to help studios think through the real work behind the finished space.
It supports the expertise of experienced designers with a more structured, consistent way to estimate scope and hours.
You Stay in Control
Your Professional Judgment Leads
DesignSpine Quote helps you see what you might otherwise miss. You make the final call.
Your Estimate Remains Yours
Review and adjust the scope, hours, complexity, rates, and assumptions before anything goes to your client.
Design Complexity Matters
DesignSpine Quote is built around the way interior design projects actually work rather than treating creative services like generic labor.
The Business Impact
Better Estimates Change More Than the Proposal
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Account for more of the hours, coordination, procurement, installation, and project work your firm actually performs instead of quietly absorbing what the original estimate missed.
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Create stronger alignment around scope, fees, assumptions, and deliverables before the project begins. When something changes, you have a clearer baseline for discussing its impact.
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Give your team a repeatable estimating process instead of rebuilding every quote from memory, scattered notes, and one-off spreadsheets.
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Use a clearer understanding of project requirements to make more informed decisions about workload, team capacity, pricing, and the work your firm can profitably take on.
Every Project Makes the Next Estimate Better
Estimate. Track. Compare. Improve.
Your estimate creates a baseline. Your completed project creates actuals. The difference reveals what you learned.
Over time, DesignSpine Quote helps your firm build a clearer understanding of what its work actually takes—from design hours and client communication to procurement, installation, coordination, and unexpected changes.
That knowledge becomes part of your next estimate, helping you plan more accurately, protect your margins, and make better decisions about the work you accept.
Finish the Project Still Loving the Project
Before
“I hope I've included enough hours.”
After
“I understand what this project is likely to require, and I’m comfortable with the price I’m putting in front of my client.”
When the work is visible before the proposal goes out, you can price more confidently, protect your margin, set clearer expectations, and reduce the resentment that comes from repeatedly absorbing unpaid hours.
Ready to Put It to Work?
Bring a real project into DesignSpine Quote and see how it fits the way your studio actually works.
Start with the information you already have, build the estimate, and see what becomes clearer when the work behind the project is connected.