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Is He Right for You? Finding the Best Interior Designer in Just 9 Steps

Friday, September 2nd, 2016

FFDM Vintage Classics: This bedroom balances the beauty of wood, glass, white sheets and pillows, as well as art.

FFDM Vintage Classics: This bedroom balances the beauty of wood, glass, white sheets and pillows, as well as art.

Just like marriage, you also need to find out if the interior designer that you’re about to hire is a good fit. Find out your style then let this expert help you; but before you sit down and discuss your design project with your choice, there’s that phase when you need to thoroughly get to know this person.

Step One: Know Your Designer’s Style

It is crucial to know your style but it is also equally important to know the interior designer’s signature style. If the portfolio that he or she shows is filled with traditional design, then you should think twice before you propose a modern home project.

Step Two: Look Through Numerous Portfolios

Let’s say that you already know what you are looking for and that you are now targeting a handful of designers. Try to see who among them share your design preferences. Look through several portfolios and imagine yourself living or staying in one of the spaces that they designed.

Step Three: Set Up a Budget

It is important to find out how much you are willing to spend before you begin your construction or remodel. There are designers who ask for a fixed fee while others ask for an hourly payment. These are factors that you need to consider when narrowing down your list of candidates.

Step Four: Schedule a Meet-Up

As soon as you have narrowed down your list to just a name or three, then it’s time to meet these experts face to face. Majority of interior designers do not charge for this session but it would also be great if you ask about it as you set up the appointment over the phone.

Hooker Furniture Home Office 42-in Leg Desk provides the perfect contrast to the whitewashed surroundings.

Hooker Furniture Home Office 42-in Leg Desk provides the perfect contrast to the whitewashed surroundings.

As you sit down with candidates, ask for references whom you can contact. This is so you would be able to gauge the designer’s capacity through his or her past works. Ask about costs that are specific to your project, how long it would take before the project is completed, and just about any question that you could come up with.

Think of specific questions then write everything that you both have discussed on a sheet of paper.

Step Six: Be Open-Minded

It is rare for clients to love every bit of element that the designer used on a project. Even if the two of you have the exact same style, you still need to prepare for that moment when you won’t agree on a certain detail. Always keep an open mind and don’t immediately close your mind to what your designer is suggesting. Give his or her idea a chance.

Make sure, though, that this expert is not pushing you to make any decisions. Suggestions can be made so you have to be open to other ideas.

Step Seven: Compare Your Notes

When you’re done meeting with the designers, it’s time to compare all the notes that you made. Compare the numbers (estimates) that these experts have provided, their references (past projects), and whether or not you click as a working team. Always keep in mind that the cheaper or priciest option may not always be the right and best choice.

You can only sign the contract as soon as you know who you would hire. You should know how much you would pay, what responsibilities you would give to the designer, the timeline, and your budgetary limits.

Step Nine: Create a Plan

Now is the time to go about with your plan of attack. Know where you would begin. Several rooms may need to be redesigned so find out which materials you would soon buy. Choose with the help of your designer.

Modify the plan if needs be.

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Playing the Role of Interior Designer – Are You Creative Enough?

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

Traditional and modern elements are creatively mixed in this bedroom. The wooden pieces take centerstage as the decorative elements effectively frame their beauty. Featured furniture is from FFDM's American Cherry Collection.

Traditional and modern elements are creatively mixed in this bedroom. The wooden pieces take centerstage as the decorative elements effectively frame their beauty. Featured furniture is from FFDM’s American Cherry Collection.

The artists – oh what wonderful people they are. They seem to be wandering about with creative brains that are filled to the brim with DIY ideas. See their homes and you’d know that they have Midas’ touch. If you envy the creativity exhibited by artists and designers, then you’re not alone. A lot of homeowners also secretly wish that they could just do interior design projects on their own.

Being creative is a choice, though. You just have to learn how to express your identity in your works. In essence, it is a manner of operating or doing things.

Most humans are creative at heart, it’s just that some are more able to express themselves freely than others. If you want to train yourself to become more creative so you can decorate your own home, then here are the characteristics and habits that you should be moulding –

Ritualize

‘Waiting for an inspiration to come? It rarely does. Rather than wait, seek it. Creative individuals are able to push through writer’s block or inspiration famines. These are the people who doodle even when their minds feel empty.

‘Feeling down? Create anyway. You must comprehend the power of consistency.

Lighten Up

You only live your life once so stop taking it too seriously. You can design your home without pulling your hair.

Creative folks know how to have fun. Most of them are playful, even childlike. Adapt the mind of a child whose imaginations know no boundaries. Weed out the mundane and dull. Be excited to live life. There is no such thing as a boring home, just a boring interior design.

So, if you want your home’s interiors to be admired by all, know how to have a little humor in your life.

Explore

Interior designers are naturally curious. These are the people who are often voracious readers. To them, ideas are a fusion of elements that have already existed in the past. All they need now is to harmonize these elements and what they would achieve is no less than a masterpiece.

Pablo Picasso amounted to something (that’s an understatement because he was actually great) because he studied long hours. He feasted upon Iberian and African sculptures displayed in Louvre.

Ideas should be constantly fuelled, remember that.

Be In Touch with Your Higher Self

One of the most amazing creative techniques is the ability to relax and allow your subconscious to do the job for you. Who can better attest to this than Thomas Alba Edison?

Edison was stumped for so many times but he did not buckle. He took the time each day to leave his desk and nap. This may sound easy, even futile, but this is a habit that every creative mind should get used to.

Mastering the art of relaxation can help you switch off from creative problems. Once you wake up, you will marvel at the results.

Mingle

Creative people are interested in other people, at least this is the case in majority of the best designers. These are compassionate people who are drawn to the raw emotions evoked by others.

If most people are not good listeners, then change that. Listen, be interested, say hello to people. You would be surprised at the wave of creative ideas that your friends or relatives will be able to offer to you.

A great interior designer must also have excellent communication skills. You should be able to engage in meaningful conversations. It is in such conversations that you can glean creative ideas.

Adapt

No great designer is considered successful without the ability to adapt. The interior design industry is an ever-evolving world. Study new approaches and techniques in interior design. List down your choices and preferences; understand how each material will work with or against a certain project.

Always be a problem solver, a doer, and a visual person. Once you acquire these skills, you should be able to design the rooms of your home without effort.

Hooker Furniture Corsica Collection: This is the perfect harmony of contradicting elements – from dark and light, curvy and straight, distressed and block colors. The unique vase of greens in the middle of the table provides a fresh divergence.

Hooker Furniture Corsica Collection: This is the perfect harmony of contradicting elements – from dark and light, curvy and straight, distressed and block colors. The unique vase of greens in the middle of the table provides a fresh divergence.

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