FF&E Budget Builder

A fully-formatted budget template that does the maths for you across every room of a project. Set your mark-up percentage once and it applies to every line item, with VAT and delivery calculated automatically and a summary tab that tallies room totals, category totals, and contingency at the click of a cell. Designed around how interior designers actually quote — by room and by category — so you can build a client-ready budget in an afternoon instead of a weekend. No more broken formulas in inherited spreadsheets or rebuilding your budget format from scratch for every new project.

What's included?

• An Excel workbook with 10 pre-formatted room tabs (duplicate to add more)

• Project Summary tab that auto-pulls totals from every room

• Category dropdowns that automatically tally across all rooms (furniture, lighting, textiles, etc.)

• Built-in mark-up percentage setting per room — overridable per item

• Automatic VAT calculation at 20%, with the option to remove per item

• Manual delivery entry per item

• Built-in 10% contingency (adjustable)

• Read Me tab with full instructions

Who's it for?

Interior designers and procurement agents managing residential and small commercial projects who want a clean, reliable budgeting tool that handles mark-ups, VAT, and category totals automatically — without paying for a full software subscription.