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Control Your Destiny: Top Ten Home-Based Businesses for Women (continued)

# 3-Interior Decorator

If you have a knack for making things look pretty, interior decorating could be the perfect field for you. While some interior decorators prefer to receive training, you can just as easily become an interior decorator without any training at all. The most important qualities you can have for this field are a keen eye for detail, a passion for decorating, and a great love of shopping. As long as you have those three things, you're off to a great start!

Unlike interior designers, interior decorators do not need to have any knowledge of construction, architecture, or anything along those lines. Interior decorators simply need to know how to make things look mighty good. This type of job will require you to visit other people's homes to understand what they are looking for, but the rest of the work can be done from your own home. From there, you can order materials from the Internet, plan out the design schemes, and put together the majority of the materials. Once you have all of your supplies, you just have to go to your client's home and bring it to life.

It is quite easy to start an interior decorating business, but you will need a couple of things before you get started. The first thing you will need is a tax ID, as no business is complete without taxes. The second thing you will need is a resale number, which will make it possible for you to buy all of your supplies at wholesale prices. Once you have these two things, you'll be ready to find your potential clients and begin your new career.

# 4-Basket Business

An increasingly popular at-home business is that of the basket maker. Women in this field put together baskets for a variety of occasions, and either sell these baskets from their homes or from the Internet. All you need to start one of these businesses is a lot of creativity, some great people skills, and a general love of shopping for presents. If you have all of these qualities, you're definitely looking to start a business in the right field!

Some basket makers prefer to make baskets for all occasions, but others would rather specialize in a particular area. For instance, you may want to limit your business to busy holidays such as Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Father's Day. Holiday seasons such as these can bring in a great amount of clients and give you a lot of time off for the remainder of the year. Plus, you will have the added benefit of being able to shop for all of your supplies in the same places at the same times.

Of course, you can concentrate your company on a variety of other occasions, too. If you are looking for year-round business, you may want to focus your baskets on causes for celebration, such as birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations, and graduations. You could also focus on more somber themes such as get well soon baskets, apologies, condolences, and sympathy.

No matter what theme, if any, you choose for your company, there are a few things you should do before you start your business. The first thing you should do is to build a professional looking website and advertise it through various search engines to draw in a variety of clients. You should also register your company so that you can shop wholesale, as that is the only way to realistically make a decent profit off your baskets. Once you do these two things, your new basket making business will be well on its way to success.  Continued>