Top 10 Reasons to Hire an Interior Designer

At Lisa Scheff Designs, we believe that everyone deserves to live in a space that make them happy and reflects their unique style.  We think that your space should not only look amazing, but that it should be a reflection of your personality and style, and it should function in a way that works with how you live your life.

Hiring an interior designer can help those who already know their style and are looking to execute that look in their home, and can also help those who need to discover what they like and the style that makes them happy.

Hiring An Interior Designer

We all want a house we’re proud of and enjoy being in, but sometimes achieving that look and flow is easier said than done. If you haven’t already done so, hiring an interior designer is something to think about when trying to achieve your ideal style in your home.

Hiring an interior designer is the right choice if you’ve invested a good bit of money into your home and want to be able to showcase it to look its best or if you’ve found your forever home, but need help making it “yours!”  

Whether you have no idea where or how to begin to furnish and decorate your home; whether you have an idea but need help tying pieces together; or whether you simply haven’t the time to execute your style and desires due to your busy life, an interior design firm can help you.

Here are our top ten reasons why hiring an interior designer is the right choice.

1. Save Money.

The idea that interior designers are only for the rich and famous or those with so much money that they don’t know what to do with it all is not the case at all. In reality working with a good designer will save you a great deal of time and money and headache medicine!

It might sound strange that hiring someone to decorate your home would save you money since you have the additional fee of the designer; however, hiring a designer can help you to avoid costly mistakes. Ever bought a piece of furniture that looked so good in the store, but was a too big once you got it home? Ever painted three or four times trying to find the right color palette?

It may seem like like an oxymoron because you’re going to have to pay the additional designer’s fee, but the truth is that hiring a designer can help you avoid costly mistakes and help you make design decisions that will increase the value of your home. And if you’re on a tight budget, a designer is going to know how to get the best value out of what you can spend. An experienced designer is used to working on a line item budget and will help you understand where every penny is going.

2. Save Time

We’d figure to start off with the two things most people wish they could have more of: time and money. Just like hiring a designer will benefit you financially, a designer will also save you on time. A designer already has a trained sense of what needs to be done and when it needs to be done, and they’ll be able to anticipate any obstacles that may come up.

You won’t need to spend hours scouring the Internet or running from store to store looking for the right pieces for your home.  A designer has thousands of resources that they know well.  Often, we leave a meeting and already know exactly what piece from what line will look perfect in your home.

3. Professional Assessment.

A designer can give you a professional assessment of your home, that will will lead to a solid plan of action. The order of things in a design plan is key. This will not only effect the budget but help you to spend it more efficiently. A designer offers an extra set of eyes, but these eyes are trained to see and notice things that you may not. When you hire a trained designer, you get an immediate plan of action for your space. Professional interior designers are not just decorators.  They went to school and have years of experience in the industry.  Their trained pair of eyes will see things you’re guaranteed to miss.  

4. Budgeting and Planning.

A designer can keep you on budget and save you time and effort. A designer knows where to go for resources for everything related to your home. This will save you endless amounts of time researching products, brands and prices. A designer will have all this readily on hand, and should he or she not, will spend the time researching so that you don’t have to.

5. Liaison

A designer will act as a liaison between you and your architect or contractor early on and can head off design misses in your overall plan. Designers speak the same language as contractors, which can be helpful for a homeowner who doesn’t know what an ogee edge is for their granite, or doesn’t know the difference between a bullnose or waterfall on a stair runner.

Also, Designers are trained to think about things you may overlook. It’s so important that the lighting and furnishing needs are addressed before construction. If your living room sofa is floating in a the middle of the room you want to make sure you have the proper placement for floor outlets. and you want your recessed cans placed relative to your floor plan.  Making these changes after construction begins will be costly and add time to the process.

6. Wide availability of resources and contacts

There are things available to designers that are not available to the general public in terms of connections, resources and general merchandise. By culminating these resources designers can help to make your space look more collected, unique and pulled together. We aim to offer high quality pieces at competitive pricing.

Designers also have many home improvement industry contacts who they trust and know the quality of their work. You can save time and headaches in not having to interview electricians, contractors, plumbers, etc.

7. Wow Factor.

Designers can help to give you the “wow” factor you’ve been looking for. They are trained to think differently, spatially and to see an overall picture that clients often cannot.  Interior designers are trained to think creatively and spatially and learn to see an overall picture that clients often cannot. Thinking outside of the box is what designers do on the regular.

Not only will you get a good design sense, but you’ll also get an attention to detail from proper lighting and furniture placement to fabric choices and color palette and fixture options. A professional interior designer will create custom-designed pieces to make sure everything fits perfectly and is truly special to your home. Designers can also get you certain furniture, fabric, and materials that’s trade-only and not accessible to everyone else. People notice a well-designed home. Try to do it by yourself, and you’re stuck juggling the many elements that go into designing that a designer is specifically trained to do. And when they’re done, not only will your home look beautiful and cohesive, but it’ll be well thought out and highly functional.

8. It All Makes Sense

Mixing metal finishes, patterns, colors, etc. can be challenging, but your designer will pull together a cohesive looks that works.  Plus, the pieces will fit the style of your home and work well in scale.  Somethings looks great in store showrooms, but just don’t work in your particular home. Your designer will make sure that all of your pieces make sense for your style, the style of your home and within the overall design.

9. They’ll Be The Bad Guy

Let’s face it, when you are renovating or working on a home, you want someone who will ask the right questions and fight for you. Contractors, electricians, inspectors and the like can be pretty intimidating. It’s really nice to have a middle man (your designer) who can ask questions for you, get things done for you and generally be the “bad guy” and stand up on your behalf. Many of my clients are so nice and hate to ask for more than what they are given. A designer will do that for you. Plus, if pieces arrive with freight damage, or in the wrong fabric, or really any issue, you have a team who will deal with that headache for you.

10.Home sale.

A designer can potentially add a great deal to the aesthetic of your home, which in turn can increase showings and sales. This increased appeal can exponentially speed up the amount of time your home sits on the market before it is sold. The benefit here is two-fold, a faster turn-around time and more money in your pocket.

Given all this information will you consider hiring an interior designer the next time you remodel, buy a home or move?

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