What's the Real Value in Hiring an Interior Designer?

An interior designer has the training and experience to help the homeowner achieve the best possible results, while saving the homeowner time, money and stress. Taking the burden off of the homeowner, a designer can coordinate and work closely with architects and builders to maximize the impact of the dollars you spend on your home investment.

With specialized skills and knowledge, a designer can see how a space will work and can understand how traffic flows from one room to another and the aesthetic and functional relationships between those rooms. A designer's eye is trained to envision furnished interiors in order to make educated and insightful observations. Not only can a designer help the homeowner visualize the space, but the designer can also offer practical suggestions and creative solutions that will address the homeowner's wish list and individual lifestyle for a more appealing and personalized environment.

Here are some of the exact areas where a designer can offer invaluable help to homeowners:

• Space planning and organizational and storage planning
• Floor plans and furniture layouts
• Interior detailing of background elements such as walls, ceilings, fireplaces, etc.
• Painting, wall coverings, wall treatments (plastering, faux finishing, wall upholstery)
• Lighting plans and design of fixtures
• Window treatments
• Selection of appliances, plumbing fixtures and flooring materials
• Accessorizing with personality and style
• Color schemes
• Artwork purchases, framing, arranging and hanging
• Cabinetry, built-ins and closet design
• Custom furniture
• Furniture refinishing and/or refurbishing existing furnishings
• Safety and accessibility and design for people with special needs
• Problem solving
• Historical renovation and restoration
• Home staging for selling
• Long term project and lifestyle planning

Learn more about whether it will benefit you to hire an interior designer for a particular project by calling Sesshu Design Associates in Scottsdale, Arizona at 480-275-2968.