HOW TO FIND THE BEST INTERIOR DESIGNER FOR YOUR HOME

Before you go about hiring an interior designer for your home, there are some pros and cons you should keep an eye on. If you have felt a certain inspiration to re-do your space, but have found no real way to achieve replication of that idea by yourself, hiring an interior designer seems like a good idea – but interior design is an expensive proposition and being the business that it is, creative designers have their own subtle tricks to their trade.

Here are 10 things you should know before hiring an interior design professional for your home -

 

1.      Professional interior designers thrive on business connections

Interior designer are creative people driven by passion, but at the end of day, they have to undertake projects that are commercially viable and achievable. When you hire a person to do a job in your house, even if it looks like a small deal like selecting the right kind of kitchen tiles that goes well with a certain design of floor tiles that you like, always remember that you are in the middle of a business deal with a professional and interviewing them is step that shouldn’t be skipped.

Hire a designer who has been in the trade for long – that just makes sure the designer has good connections with manufacturers, in this case, tile companies. The interior designer would also know the specific type of kitchen tiles or floor tiles that the tile companies sell and might also be able to negotiate a good price for you.

 

2.      Discuss and Plan your Budget

Interior designers don’t always keep your financial benefit as their priority number one. It is always a good idea to know your options. You might not know the exact advantages of engineered marble over floor tiles, or whether you should use it in the place of kitchen tiles, but your interior designer with some help from tile companies should be able to help you budget and come up with tailor-made packages that fit your budget.

 

3.      Discuss and Plan your Budget

Designers are always vulnerable to personal bias. They do not need constant supervision, but, communication with them is of utmost importance. If your requirements are not communicated properly, the designer might have no option other than to use his own imagination, and your home might end up looking like a page on the designer’s hobby book. Speak up if you want a certain column at the entrance, or if you don’t like the color blue of your kitchen tiles.

 

4.      Like with everything else, learn to say no

Saying ‘no’ to a finished design is probably one of the most difficult things to do. We learn to adjust with the pink of the floor tiles for which you paid a bomb to the tile companies and which now has gone brutally wrong – but always remember you’re paying the interior designer to translate the design inspiration you had, and not incurring cost that doesn’t justify the idea you had in mind.

 

5.      The All-or-Nothing philosophy

All or nothing is a good virtue in personal life, but when it comes to interior design, this is not the rule of thumb. If you want floor tiles that go well with your designer kitchen countertop, you don’t have to hire an interior designer who insists on re-doing your entire kitchen space.  You don’t always have to have a huge project to find a good designer.