…that you may not have thought about!
YOU GET SO MUCH MORE FOR YOUR MONEY when you employ an interior designer than just a great interior. Apart from making your home look amazing, an interior designer can alleviate your stress, give you confidence, save you money and inspire excitement. Read on to find out how…..
Saving you money
1. What’s more important? Bifold doors or suitable storage, for example. Your designer will help you prioritise how you spend your budget.
2. Stay on budget – as long as you’re honest about what your budget is. By sharing accurate budgetary information with your interior designer the focus can be on sources that are appropriate.
3. If time is money for you, employing an interior designer will save you both on research.
4. It’s easy to get carried away on any renovation project. An experienced eye will help you avoid costly financial mistakes.
Give you confidence
5. Everyone tells you that your interior plans won’t work, will look inappropriate, or will be too costly. If they’re correct, your interior designer will be able to interpret your aspirations into something that does work, if they’re wrong, you’ll be given the confidence to go ahead.
6. To help you understand how your project is going to work out, there’ll be moodboards, samples of finishes and even visits to specialists, if you wish.
7. One of the first things most interior designers work with is colour. You’ll have someone to hand who understands the different attributes of colours, how they affect an interior and how they can work together.
Alleviate your stress
8. Undertaking a renovation is stressful. Trying to plan out the order of how works should be tendered, commissioned and executed takes an experienced manager aka an interior designer.
9. You know your home and how you live in it, and your interior designer will want you to share this with them. They will also be able to spot those areas that don’t work for you: rooms that no-one wants to spend time in, storage areas that are in the wrong place, areas that would benefit from the repositioning of an item of furniture or a wall.
10. As our lifestyles change, our home needs to change with us. Spatial planning or the ability to spot how a home would benefit from an extension, the removal or addition of walls, or a room adapted to another purpose is a skill that comes with experience and a fresh eye on the subject.
11. Did you know that your interior designer is a natural mediator? Finding common ground between individuals with different tastes or requirements is often part of the success of an interior project.
Inspire excitement
12. Most interior design projects begin with an initial consultation. Your designer will visit your home and talk to you about what you are looking for and what can realistically be done with the space and budget you have available. This is the beginning of something new and inspiring.
13. Even if you are regularly on Pinterest, collect tear sheets from magazines and follow Instagram your interior designer should be able to bring ideas to the table that you’ve never thought of. This is because they are your ideas, that you want for your home, combined with the experience and inspiration of an interiors professional.
To get an idea of some of the projects that we’ve been working on visit our Portfolio pages.
