This article takes you though the steps you need and most interior designers will go through when you engage their services.
1. The meet and greet: It is best to have a face to face meeting with your new project manager. In this meeting they are likely to show you some examples of their work and you may already have some ideas of your own to share with them,
now is the time to let the interior designer know if you have specific themes or items that need to be included as part of the finished product. You should take time to mull the meeting over before deciding to retain their services.
2. If you have liked what you have seen, then set up another face to face meeting. This is where you will go in to more detail and discuss opinions, options potential timescales and of course, budgets. This discussion is likely to form the basis of your contract.
3. Once the contract has been signed and a retainer or deposit has been paid. The interior designer will visit the space that is to be developed or if the building is still in the construction stage, speak with the architect. They will take measurements and if applicable photographs for the 'before shots.'
4. It starts to get very exciting at this stage as you are presented with sketches and samples of possible colours, fabrics and pictures of furniture that may be included in to final result. These items are usually only purchased through a purchase order after you have signed on the dotted line to agree to the purchases. Should there need to be an inclusion of any construction work such as internal wall elevation, electronics for lighting or even smart home systems, and then it is at this stage this will be arranged between the appropriate tradesmen. Bear in mind this will have usually have a significant impact on the cost and timescale for the completion of your project.
5. A final end date is usually only given as the work nears completion and any handmade or bespoke accessories are completed. Then comes the best bit of all, after all the hours of work that you have put in pay off and everything fits in to your space to complete your new look. Your interior designer will usually take you on a walk through so that you can both admire the fruits of your labour.
Ellen Ralph is an accomplished writer in the field of interior design. If you are looking for a high end interior designer she recommends you visit http://www.gillhornerdesignsltd.co.uk/
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