1. It is expensive – I cannot afford an interior designer
Yes, you can afford an interior designer, and I’ll tell you why an interior designer will save you a lot of money compared to what you could do on your own. Because he knows a lot of products, a lot of suppliers and their prices, the best stores to buy what you need, the right order of implementation…etc, so actually what he’ll save you, it will always be a bigger amount than what he will charge you. So at the end of the day you are left with more money in your pocket.
2. It is only for big houses
Wrong, an interior designer can actually have more value added in small spaces, and that’s because he will give you the optimal layout for your apartement, and give you very ingenious ways to save space
3. I can also do what an interior designer does
Many people think that all that an interior designer does is browse through magazines and flip textile samples. Let me tell you that half the time is much less glamourous than that, and I can’t tell you how many times after finishing a project the client told me that it would have been impossible to finish the project without my help. What we imagine renovating a space is and what actually is at the end, are 2 very different things. And you can only know that after a first experience with you first home. For the second one the majority of clients look for an interior designer 🙂
4. It is not for my modest home
Absolutely every house deserves to have a nice design and you don’t need expensive pieces to obtain the result that you want. If you tell your designer what your expectations are and what your budget is, you’ll be surprised of what he can do with that.
5. Interior designers make a pretty interior, but not a livable one
Interior designers are creative people, that is true, but all of them have also a very practical side, otherwise they will probably be crazy starving artist 🙂 . As Arh. Louis Sullivan said: “Form follows function”. So your interior designer will always want to find out what you want, what you need, how you live, and he will design your space according to you.
6. An interior designer will make me buy only expensive products
Interior design is a job that most of us do out of passion and the most important aspect of our job is the satisfaction of a great result, so we will always advise you to purchase the most adequate products for your project, not the most expensive. An interior designer will always take into account your budget, for many reasons, but the simplest one is: if you spend all your budget on a few items, and you don’t have the money to finish your project or buy decorations, than the interior designer is left without a finished product and without photos….which let me tell you is the most excruciating thing for a designer!