Interior Designers can sometimes be viewed as drama queens with no sense of concern for the homeowner’s opinion, sentimentality, and taste or often mere creatives with no real understanding of business acumen, budget, or care for timing. As with any profession, the negative stereotypes can certainly be true in limited instances, but after 12 years in the design industry, here is the value I see added from the interior design field:
Interior Designers empower homeowner(s) to make educated decisions in a methodical order within a given timeframe for their home project.
Designers give the client a voice in the necessary jargon (with contractor, architect, electrician, painter, carpenter, etc.) to avoid *MOST errors in communication.
Designers act as a third party on your behalf, giving clients a voice when issues/disagreements arise with a builder or contractor, to keep builder relations professional and not personal.
We help manage your time- always considering how meetings can be efficient and effective to best honor everyone’s schedule and ensuring selections are made by the desired deadline.
We keep data and decisions organized (meeting notes, photos, selection spreadsheets/ schedules, drawings, email responses…) so that all necessary parties stay informed.
If you think that any of these points could be of value to you in your own home project, please contact us for help in guiding you towards your design goals.