5 Reasons You Should Hire an Interior Designer
Deciding to build, rebuild or remodel your home or commercial space is a big decision and investment. Hiring an interior designer can help elevate your project and bring your vision to life. In the end it can also save you time, money, and headaches. Here are a few things to evaluate when you consider hiring an interior designer.
1. TIME
Time is money. The management of any interior design project from start to finish takes a lot of time. There is a lot of scheduling, people and product management, with many steps involved. All of it takes time and great designers know how to navigate this process and make the project move along as efficiently and smoothly as possible.
From managing dozens of vendors to mitigating mistakes, working with a designer can help you save time and allow you to enjoy more of what you value while keeping the project moving.
2. BUDGET
Timelines and budgets are the most challenging and important aspects during the construction and design process. We tell your money where to go and why. Hiring an interior designer to manage these can be a life saver, not only because of their expertise, but also because of the deep relationships they have with the needed professionals and vendors to get the job done. Knowing the vision and team from the start will absolutely help keep things within your budget.
3. EXPERTISE
Interior designers are professionals, and the profession is quite complex. It’s more than making your project look pretty, it’s all the steps that get it there. A designer is educated, credentialed, and understands the full cycle of the design process, which often includes skills far beyond just decorating, such as furniture sourcing, understanding specifications and elevations, space planning, technical drawings, and all the finishing details. Designers also work with many other industry professionals including builders, contractors, artists, furniture dealers, craftsmen, architects, and many other specialists. There may also be unique items that designers have access to in terms of merchandise or resources, which can add a brilliant touch to your home that you otherwise may not be able to acquire. Our LGID team prides itself on being licensed in Florida and all our designers have interior design degrees.
4. COMMUNICATION
Communication is key, as is true for most things in life. An interior designer speaks the language and can serve as the control tower for your project. It is your home and your vision, and it is critical to keep constant communication between all parties. Knowing the lingo can help expedite any potential issues along the way and elevate the outcome. Our job is to make sure your custom design is implemented correctly.
5. PROCESS
Trust the process. Whether you are interested in a full turnkey design, rethinking a room, recreating spaces, or increasing your home value, interior designers are the trained eye you need to get there. It is the constant and keen attention to details and plans that make the design process effective. Bringing an interior designer into the process early will allow for a better experience, stronger teams and promote the vision from the start to completion.
Our job is to make your vision a reality and make your home or office the beautiful and customized space that you desire. It is all the big and little things throughout the process that can make the design and your project a success.
As a team our strength lies in our ability to hold fast to each client’s vision for the duration of a project, through every stage, and in the face of every challenge. Good interior design often looks effortless, but behind the scenes, a great deal of effort is poured into every selection, drawing and detail.
Finding balance, understanding the art and science of what pleases the eye, and taking the psychology of what is being asked of us into account are all components of the everyday decisions we make as designers. Technical skill, budgeting and creativity are required in equal measure to deliver a true sense of place, function & aesthetic.
We Make Living Beautiful.