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Locating & appointing a good interior designer
You should do it yourself only if you are good creative & dedicated designer otherwise hire a professional.
Ask your friends & relatives for recommendations as the chances of lending up with a wrong person are minimum. Only good reliable designers get references from clients, as architects & interior designers do not advertise, only they could be listed in yellow pages or be present on web with their portfolio & list of their clients. When you ask for the reference ask your friend / relative did he feel comfortable with the designer? Did designer communicate well? Did he do justice to your requirements, fancies, likes, dislikes & budget? Was he creative & innovative? Was he punctual? Then see the experience of the designer his creativity & capacity to deliver on time. See whether he is willing to put in hard work and save your money by using alternate material [now a days designers use more costly & fancy materials to enhance the interior without extra efforts].
Avoid contacting more designers if you are satisfied by one designer and finalize the professional fees; note that good professionals would not waste time on potential clients who are bottom fishing. Good interior designers know their professional worth & a proper payment to designers brings out the best creativity & sincerity in them. By paying less, chances are that designers' involvement could be less leading to more breakage, wastage & unnecessary use of costly products.
Hiring a reliable designer will help in determining how long you will be living with mess of decorating [it is a nightmarish experience]. My advice is to give empty house to the designer.
Designer should be such that you should feel comfortable with as he will practically become member of your family while your interior is under construction, all the family members will have to confine in him as he is suppose to design an interior which will fulfill all family members requirements ideas & style. A good designer will blend all fancies of the full family & churn out a stylist and comfortable livable interior.
Whole family will have to sit down and work out their requirement before the designer starts drawing layouts of the house. Be specific as possible as proper efforts put in the initial stage will be a solid base for good interior, rushing up in the initial stages can prove very costly if anything is to be removed or broken after constructing, hence all the decisions about designs are to be thought over & over before approving the same.
