03/05/2015
9 REASONS TO HIRE AN INTERIOR DESIGNER
1. What you want is not always what you need:
Those glossy chandeliers that you saw at the hotel were impressive weren’t they? But would you be willing to compromise on a cozy sofa given your budget constraints?
Your Interior Designer can help you prioritize needs, wants, whims and fancies and help you make firm decisions.
2. Red and Violet don’t go together:
You like a colour while your spouse likes another and that causes a confusion? Wish colours were easy to choose? Your designer would have probably spent his / her entire college life studying the colour wheel and has done all the home work on how to combine different colours and make them look harmonious.
3. Penny wise; Pound foolish:
Your marble could be from Italy and your timber from Burma. But, without the aid of a creative mind and skilled hands the result might be an eyesore. Innovative design is not a place to think about cost cutting.
4. You get access to a material library:
Do you go by best sellers or classics or rare finds? Whatever your preference may be, you still make a decision only after comparisons right?
Your designer would give you an access to his / her material library that was built over a period of time. The knowledge on the different kinds of available materials in the market can directly bring down your costs by avoiding excess wastage, easy transportation, etc.
5. Lighting makes a huge difference:
Diva’s look great by themselves, don’t they? Alas! We are not that fortunate anymore. But thankfully we do have a few close competitors.
Your Interior designer will know where to have white lights and where to use warm lights and can give the right amount of lighting to a room with the help of his knowledge in photometrics. Bad lighting may end up showing a great design look worse!
6. What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG):
There is no undo button in real life. It is essential to give yourself an opportunity to evolve your premature ideas by visualizing the progress.
A designer gives you a preview of how your space is going to develop with the help of the 3D visualization tools making it easy for you to give your inputs to the design process. Revisions based on those images help avoid unpleasant surprises later. This is one of the biggest advantages in hiring a 3D capable interior designer.
7. You wouldn’t want a huge hole in your wallet:
Do you shop till you drop? This could prove disastrous when combined with the general lack of planning. Interiors market is too big not to get carried away by a few products. Having knowledge on a wide range of materials, your designer will be able to cut down the cost by using easy to maintain, durable, locally available, less expensive yet more valuable materials which would still give you the desired finish.
8. You’ll be at the top of the pyramid:
Your time is the only non renewable resource in your life. Your designer’s top most priority is what you want and how you want it. His decisions are entirely based on your needs. He’ll be the one point contact between the contractor and the vendors.
9. You don’t have to know Latin:
Your interiors is probably among one of your biggest investments. You might need an expert’s advice to bring the best value out of it. Your interior designer will be able to understand your language and interpret the picture in your mind in a way that satisfies you and your budget. By his / her numerous observations on how you want your dream space to be, your designer will tag you along through the entire design process giving you the perfect product without any pressure of not knowing its technical side.
