Sims have many possible jobs and career paths in The Sims 4. However, only a few of them actually allow the player to accompany their Sims to their work and directly influence the action. The latest career is the interior decorator, which takes advantage of the fact that most Sims players have already spent a lot of time decorating their families' homes anyway.
In this career, Sim works as a freelancer, takes on various interior decorating gigs, and can either build a positive reputation or a negative one. Also, as their career progresses, the Sims get access to more challenging gigs. However, doing well in this career isn't easy and there are some things the players should do if they struggle with working as an interior decorator in The Sims 4.
Updated March 12, 2021 by Ashely Claudino: The Sims has tons of careers to explore, and some of them are way more complex and detailed than others. The Interior Decorator career, for example, has a bunch of particularities that players can dig into to become the best designers. It comes as part of the Dream Home Decorater game pack, and holds huge appeal for players whose favorite aspect of the Sims is crafting beautiful homes. The following tips will help gamers that are having trouble discovering everything there is to know about the career. It will certainly improve their job performance and make decorating even more fun.
10 Check Out What Tasks Are Required
If a Sim wants to work as an interior decorator, each new gig will bring along a new set of challenges. To finish the gig and get paid, the Sim has to check off all the tasks required. These vary depending on the type of gig, which can range from redecorating a room to adding a whole new floor to the house.
What's more, the player has to finish the objectives early. Every gig has a deadline, just like in other The Sims 4 careers, especially active ones. So one of the necessary steps is to make sure the player knows all the things they will have to do in order to successfully complete the gig.
9 Follow The Clients' Likes And Dislikes
The job as an interior decorator is about more than just picking the best furniture and taking photos. The Sim has to work with the client in order to learn what the client likes and dislikes. The likes and dislikes update influences this pack the most since it's all about pleasing the client's tastes and making them happy.
Essentially, players have to know their clients' tastes before they can decorate the interior in a way the clients will like. To achieve this, have the Sim talk to the client and learn as much as required about their preferences. It will be a huge help later on since the interior decorator won't use blue, for example, if the client hates the color.
8 Get The Observant Trait
The Observant trait can be purchased from the Satisfaction Reward Store for 500 Satisfaction Points. This is a must as an interior decorator. It will come in handy when it comes to meeting a client, as it helps players learn their traits and interests as fast as possible.
This trait makes it so that the Observant Sim only needs to meet another Sim to find out all their traits. This makes social interactions much easier since it'll be no problem which interactions should be used and which ones should be avoided.
7 Increase The Sim's Reputation
As well as doing their work the best they can, interior decorators can also advance their careers by increasing their (positive) reputation. Once they've been promoted enough times, they can use social media to achieve this.
Sims can also write design books to get their name out there, which, in return, will bring more clients to them. A good reputation is important for a freelancer, and the interior decorator is no exception.
6 Follow The Budget
In addition to following likes and dislikes, Sim should also do another important thing when dealing with the clients. It's never a good idea to go over the budget the client has when decorating their home. This tip might seem like a given, but it can be surprisingly easy to get buried in the decorating and forget all about the budget amidst the decorating passion.
Working as an interior decorator is also a numbers game, which doesn't mean the Sim can't have fun coming up with creative decorating solutions even for a client with a smaller budget. The best way how to proceed is to then come close to the final budget but not cross over it. The clients don't like it when the decorator spends too much of their money but also aren't happy when they spend too little.
5 Work On The Charisma Skill
The Charisma skill is one of the most important skills in the game, because it greatly improves social interaction between Sims. Being in a confident mood will make a Sim increase their Charisma skill much faster than usual, so try brushing teeth or giving oneself a pep talk to gain a Confident moodlet. A Sim can gain and improve the Charisma skill either by reading Charisma books or using the mirror to practice a speech.
A Sim with a high Charisma skill will find it much easier to communicate with their client and get to know them as well as their interests, hobbies, likes and dislikes much faster. This will prove useful because, as mentioned above, understanding a client's tastes is important.
4 Be Professional
Reputation is important, but so is Sim's behavior. The Sim can be the best decorator in the world but if they act inappropriately, it will negatively impact their work as well as their professional relationship with the clients. When they arrive to do their gig, the Sims should have a good level of hygiene. They also shouldn't act flirty toward the client's partner or the clients themselves.
They should respect the client's home and don't eat their food, cook in their kitchen or use their shower. And last but not least, they shouldn't take their clothes off while they work in the client's home. It might seem like a given, but Sims are able to do many strange things if the mood takes them.
3 Take Before And After Photos
A vital part of the job of an interior designer is to take before and after photos. It's easy to forget this, especially if the Sim has only recently started working in this area. However, it's an essential for happy clients.
Before the Sims make any changes to the client's home and the player opens the build mode, they should take in-game pictures to be able to show the changes they made. For the same reason, the Sims should also take after photos in order to compare the before and after photos in a slideshow.
2 Check Out The Notifications
Sometimes the clients aren't so open and don't directly say what they like or dislike. That might make decorating their house that much more difficult.
Luckily, sometimes the information missing from the conversation with the clients pops up in the form of notifications. It's worth it not to click them away immediately, but to check them out and make sure they're not relevant for the interior change the Sim family wishes.
1 Get The Friendly Trait
In The Sims 4, it's not just about doing the job the best the Sim can, but about their personality as well. One tried-and-true tip that many players might not know about is to give the Friendly trait to the Sim who wants to work as an interior decorator.
The Always Welcome trait, as well as the Promotion trait, are also helpful to have, since they make the clients more open toward the Sim. That makes it easier to finish the gig to the clients' satisfaction and actually get paid. Knowing which traits to invest in as one's Sim earns Satisfaction Points is one of the most important things when it comes to moving up in the business world.