How to Get Along With Your Interior Designer
If you’ve never met your interior designer before or if you’ve never used a home decorator before, you might be a little nervous or feel somewhat awkward about hiring someone to help you with your home. Some homeowners firmly believe that they should be able to decorate their own homes. Some people actually believe that hiring someone to help is a sign of incompetency, but this is simply not true. Choosing to hire an interior designer is a personal, private decision. No one needs to know that you hired someone, and even if they do, no one has the right to judge that decision. Feel confident and empowered in your choice to take control of your home. Maybe you’re ready for a new change or perhaps you purchased a new home and are ready to make it “your own”. Whatever your reasons to redecorate, rest assured that the right interior designer can turn your home into a haven.
An interior design specialist does much more than simply decorate your home: they become your friend. An interior designer gets to know the “real you” in order to help you get the best, most comfortable, most personalized home possible. Whether your interior designer will be working on one room or your entire home, it’s important that you take the time to get to know your interior designer so that you can get along as well as possible and come up with the best ideas for your home.
When you first meet your interior designer, get to know him or her a little bit. Tell your designer a little bit about your hobbies, your job, your interests, and your family. If you plan to have a lot of house guests, let your designer know. If you want your home to be child-friendly, this is also something to let your interior decorator in on. If your home will be used primarily for business, again, talk to your interior designer. Let your designer know as much as possible about your home and your life to get the best experience possible. If your interior decorator doesn’t know that you plan on having children in the next three years, she won’t know that one of your rooms should be designated as the nursery. If you plan on having a lot of company and guests, your designer will be able to help you designate one area especially for guests. And, if your home will be used for business, your interior decorator can help you to organize and arrange an office that is not only functional, but pleasant to spend time in.
Never be embarrassed if you have something unusual that you’d like to feature in a room. Maybe you have an outstanding bottle collection that you want displayed or perhaps you want a bedroom with glow-in-the-dark stars and paint in the room. If you don’t explain your exact wishes, your designer can’t help you make your home the house you’ve always dreamed of.
And if you aren’t entirely sure what you want – don’t worry! That’s what your interior designer is here for. She can help you, based on your personal history and interests, create a home that is warm, welcoming, and fun to spend time in.
Lily Candice is regular article writer at London based Interior Designer Company – Global Interior Design
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