Why Should You Hire an Interior Designer?
The better question is why shouldn’t you hire an interior designer.
If you’re remodeling an existing residence or building your dream home from the ground up, it’s critical to have an interior designer involved in the entire process — and the sooner the better. And here’s why:
1. Education and experience
Interior designers are knowledgeable far beyond picking out furniture and wall coverings. ASID-certified interior designers, like Cathie Clark, study architecture, art history, lighting, and space planning. Their creativity and vision, along with technological tools like 3D modeling, can show you options you didn’t even know existed.
2. Selection
Interior designers aren’t limited to products available to the general public. They have the ability to shop furniture markets, work directly with manufacturers and purchase products otherwise not available to clients. Room With a View, for example, maintains more than 100 accounts with vendors of all types ensuring you get the best selection of furniture, fabrics, decor, artwork, finishes, floor coverings and anything else you need to create the exact home you envision.
3. Relationships
Since interior designers regularly work closely with architects, builders, contractors and vendors, they understand the home construction and remodeling process from beginning to end. They interact with virtually every entity involved in construction, acting as your liaison and advocate throughout the project and providing you advice and direction throughout the process.
4. Convenience
Do you really want to look through hundreds of magazines and catalogs or spend hours scouring the internet for fabric and paint colors? While you always have the final decision, interior designers can present you with options narrowed down to meet your needs (case in point: selecting specific fabrics durable enough for pets and children) and also offer products and services you wouldn’t have access to.
5. Cost
Hiring an interior designer will save you lots of time and avoid costly mistakes. When brought in early enough, your interior designer can make suggestions and changes before plans are completed or construction begins, saving you considerable money in change orders and rebuilds.
While hiring an interior designer certainly isn’t a requirement for building or remodeling a home, the skills, knowledge and expertise ASID-certified interior designers, like Cathie Clark and Room With a View, bring to the project can truly make your house a dream home.
