Do you really need an Interior Designer?

You are the only one that knows what you like in your home. You know what would work best with your lifestyle. You have been picking out your own furniture and paint colors for years. Do you really need an Interior Designer? For some, this question is easy to answer. Some have a natural gift for decorating; maybe they’ve been helping their friends redecorate for years. For others, the answer is ‘Absolutely I need a Designer! Help!” For the majority of people, we fall somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.

I firmly believe that it is possible for you to design the perfect home for you and your lifestyle without the aid of a designer. However, there are benefits of hiring a designer to help you with your vision. Here are some reasons to consider hiring your local designer.

You already have a job. So does your Designer.

You are busy. From the corporate world to the stay at home spouse, you are busy. You have earned your position either through education or life experience and you are good at it. An Interior Designer has gone to school to solely learn how to design with taste, creativity, color, and sensitivity to their clients wants, needs and budget. It is a job they work at 7 days a week and it is time consuming. Before you begin your project—Make sure you don’t underestimate the amount of time it may take you.

Your Interior Designer will plan to fit your lifestyle.

You are right when you think only you know exactly what you like and what will work with your lifestyle. The first thing a good designer should do, however, is sit down with you, preferably in your home, and get to know how you live and what is important to you. If this crucial step is followed, the final design should appeal to everything you told them and more because it is a fresh pair of eyes looking at your home and it’s possibilities.

A Designer can get to places you can’t.

There are a lot of stores that sell furniture, accessories, lighting etc. that will only sell to the trade. Designers have access to every new product on the market that you don’t. Another plus is that you hire them to sort through the millions of choices available to them to find the perfect pieces for you.

Working with your gifted Friend may not be the best idea.

Your gifted friend I mentioned earlier may have their feelings hurt if you don’t like everything they pick for you. If you are paying someone to find these things for you, you won’t have a problem letting them know it isn’t your style. Also, your gifted neighbor will not be responsible for furniture delivery, placement, and damage like most designers will.

Don’t Start it if you can’t finish it.

Many times people will start buying things for their remodel or new home only to fid they get ‘stuck’ on a color scheme, space plan, or piece of furniture that is just not fitting in. Hiring a designer at this point will help get you out of a jam, but wouldn’t it be nicer to do it right the first time and not waste money and time trying to force an idea?

Now, I mentioned earlier that I firmly believe you can design your home like a pro. Let me tell you how.