An interior designer's website is doing sales work before a client ever calls, someone browsing designers wants to see a portfolio that matches the style they're picturing for their own space, and a clear sense of what working with you actually involves. A template built for design in general often fights against that, since the sample layouts and placeholder copy don't reflect your actual aesthetic.
Describing your work to Nova, for example "a website for an interior designer specializing in warm, minimalist residential spaces, with a portfolio, services, and a contact form for consultations," produces a site structured around that description, with a live preview before you publish. Because the gallery and services copy are generated from your actual specialty, the draft starts closer to something that reflects your real design point of view instead of a generic "elevated living spaces" template.
One thing worth planning for: Nova builds the showcase and contact site itself, but it isn't project management or client billing software. If you manage projects, mood boards, or invoices through a dedicated design tool, you'll keep using that separately, Nova's site is the public-facing piece that gets someone to reach out, not the backend for running an active project.
Yes, describe how you want your work grouped, and Nova will structure the gallery around that instead of one flat list.
No, Nova builds the public-facing site; ongoing project management, mood boards, and invoicing stay with whatever dedicated tools you already use for client work.
Yes, add real testimonials from past clients; avoid fabricated quotes, since that undermines the trust a portfolio site is meant to build.
Describe your design work to Nova and see a site built around your actual style, not a generic template.