How and when its best to involve an Interior Designer?

In the last post, we spoke about what exactly interior design was. Now that you know, let’s look at how and when to best involve an interior designer.

When constructing or remodelling our homes, we often feel like we can do it all ourselves, or try not to hire extra people to do the work. Interior design is one of those majorly overlooked phases, but here’s a guide to know if you really need an interior designer or not!

1. If you are building your dream house: They are best involved before construction begins or at the finishing and fittings stage.  When involved from scratch this enables them to plan the house together with the entire team; ie the architect, contractor, electrician, plumber and this saves on time and money, as well as increases on the functionality of the space.

2. Renovating or even remodelling an existing home: It’s very easy to visualize a makeover but to fully decide on what you want to achieve can be overwhelming. ie wanting more space but how to also make it beautiful and more functional. As the years go by, many things keep revolving and interior design is not an exception. They are there to make your life less daunting by helping you achieve all the new changes for your home; bring out new styles or blending the new with the old.

3. If you want to design an exquisite office space: That allows your team members to work in an optimized space & clients to gain trust in what you have to offer when done right.

4. Starting a business with a location: Businesses seemingly do better when they have a reason for customers to stick around. That’s what interior designers ensure with the meticulous work on your restaurant, boutique or salon.

5. When selling your home or property: An interior designer will do a good job in remodelling it and this will help to add value and get it, buyers, fast.

Interior designers help you to translate your floor plan from theory into a functional and beautiful space. Whether you have enough or limited space they help you utilize what you have and still make it beautiful and stylish. They help you spot corners you never knew existed in your home or even a relaxing atmosphere in your bathroom that you’ve always envisioned. The end goal is to make sure you enjoy your home.

They help you to focus on what exactly you want in simple and manageable ways. Your ideas are very important, that is why designers help you save time using their trained sense of urgency and practicality. Even if you are creative at heart there are so many furnishings, fittings and fabrics to choose from and it can be overwhelming to do it alone.

They know the technical job and the people involved in it and work with them seamlessly. They already work in the home improvement world and have made reliable connections that you may need and they include; contractors, architects, plumbers, electricians, engineers, carpenters, tailors, artists etc. They know how best they all work because they’ve done different projects with them. This saves you from having to interview and review work of different people which ends up being time-consuming and exhausting on your side. It may also save the trouble that comes with crooks in the business. Entrusting interior designers will also help you enjoy the transformation that your place will transition to.

From interior design school they learn the importance of every tiny detail. The small details magnify the beauty of a place. They often times show how much thought was put into transforming a space. In the end you get to see the big picture.

Planning for your house could take you a lot of time but because of the experience they’ve gained along the way, it definitely would take a shorter time. They help you budget, understand the dimensions of space and how to marry all aspects together.

Designed by: Henley Design

Designers’ experiences give them the best pair of eyes to view the space in which one lives. Remember interior design is an art and a science. They are able to know which furniture will fit in a space without cluttering it. They help you save time and money by knowing where to get all the products that are not available to the general public. Depending on your budget they know where to get what you need that fits in your budget and still looks nice. There are many hidden places in Kampala with beautiful things that don’t look obvious. People actually notice a well-designed home and at the end of the day, your comfort is what matters the most.

They are able to help you save on time. Designing a home is a process that requires time as work can stretch for months depending on what is being done exactly. They come in and take the burden off you and deal with all the details and the service providers.

They are able to offer you value for your money. Hiring an interior designer has been wrongly categorized as a service for the rich only. On the contrary, they help you organize and coordinate every step of your design project and also help you to minimize any setbacks that could happen along the way, which help to avoid extra costs. They know how to work with a strict budget and also how to get the best products within your budget.

Designers know the latest trends, products and suppliers. They know which supplier brings what, from where and at what price. And with the ability to see new designs on a daily, they are able to blend traditional with modern, old with new.

Designed by: Collov Home Design

At the end of the day the goal is to help you achieve a stylish, yet functional and cosy home according to your taste. 
With all these aspects a transformation to your home is guaranteed. If the added cost you get to pay them is still a concern, be rest assured that it is recovered in the value you get to achieve for your respective space. It’s definitely worth the investment!

For more information, please contact us at K’wanzi Accents where you get value for your hard-earned cash and achieve your dream space.

K’wanzi Accents is a small interior design firm based in Rwanda and Uganda & you can contact us via email: info@kwanziaccents.com or camilla@kwanziaccents.com and brenda@kwanziaccents.com