When is the right time to hire a designer?
The best time to bring in an interior designer can vary depending on your circumstances. Here are three opportune times, depending on your situation:
- When you start planning a new build or the renovation of an existing one.
Involving the designer right from the planning stage of the project is the ideal choice. At this stage it is very easy to make decisions about the future interior, such as the placement of furniture, drawing up an electrical plan that works in harmony with the layout, or different ways of dividing the space, without having to knock down or repair anything that already exists.
- Buying a new property.
Once you have decided to buy a new property and want to customise it to your needs, the next step is to bring in a designer. It is an advantage if the property is still under construction, at an unfinished stage, because it is much easier to make certain changes. It is therefore very important to start the design process as early as possible, to give the designer enough time to design the space in parallel with the works taking place on site.
- A change in lifestyle.
The Covid pandemic is a very good example of this, having completely changed the way our homes function. The need for a clearly defined work area has grown ever greater. There are also other changes in a person's life, such as a growing family, retirement or adapting the home for people with disabilities.
In general, working with a designer can begin at any time, but to make the process simpler it is best to communicate openly right from the idea stage. A design project started early can spare you a lot of headaches and wasted money, helping you achieve the best result for your space.
What happens when you postpone the interior design process:
- it becomes increasingly difficult to make changes to the space and more and more limitations arise (for example: unfavourable positioning of sanitaryware, being unable to place light fittings where you want them, impractical room layouts, etc.)
- the project becomes rushed and the designer does not have enough time to think the space through
- many hasty decisions are made that will affect the budget set aside for the interior
