An Interior Decorator in Florida by any other name

Interior Decorator or Interior Designer, to many people they are one and the same, but not according to Florida State Law. At least, not for now.

To become a licensed Interior Designer, Florida law requires two years of classroom training and a four-year apprenticeship. Applicants also must pass an exam offered by a national design institute.

Anyone who doesn't complete the licensing requirements can't use the name "Interior Designer" or a similar title, such as "space planner."

But this may change, if a national conservative group, The Institute for Justice, has their way.

According to a recent article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the group is filing a federal lawsuit to overturn Florida's 21-year-old licensing laws for the interior design business.

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