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What is an Interior Re-Designer and How Can They Help Me?
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By by Mary L. Brown, Interior Re-
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An interior re-designer specializes in arranging everything in aroom, from the existing furniture to the flowers. Often used inmagazine shoots, re-designers or stylists make rooms lookfabulous on camera. Now homeowners can hire a re-designer tomake their own rooms look fabulous...in real life!
I'm often asked just how the process works. It starts withtalking with my client about their lifestyle needs. Forinstance, does the "man/woman of the house" sit in a certainchair in the family room and does it need to be lined-up withthe TV or need a good reading light by it for using a laptop? Dothey have young children or rambunctious teen-agers so nobreakable decorations on the coffee tables? (This is my secretfor why the finished rooms live as good as they look... I haveseen family members from early grade school children tounenthusiastic spouses come home and wander around the newlyre-designed rooms commenting on how they like it!)
Next I look at the furnishings with an eye to arranging theminto a room with some real style. While I'm at it I will "shop"the home to see what I can find and put to better use in otherways. Often times the initial shopping list gets shorter asinspiration strikes, and we find new use for existing items.Just today I was re-designing a living/dining room combinationand was able to place a console piece backed up to the sofa soit could also be used for additional serving service in thedining room. The client was thrilled not only with the new lookbut the added functionality of her room when entertainingwithout buying another piece of furniture. Other times I'vefound a chair tucked into a walk-in closet and a trunk, artwork,and area rugs stored in garages.
Then I direct an assistant to empty the room of everything butthe largest pieces so I can begin with a clean slate tore-design a beautiful professionally decorated room. Thisincludes not only arranging the furniture but hanging art andpictures, placing lamps and plants, accessorizing tables(tablescapes), mantles, curio cabinets, china hutches andbookcases. We complete the room down to the last detail theclient gives me to work with. Having been a florist, I oftenarrange silk or use fresh flowers from the yard to add thatextra style to the room.
If a client needs additional items, I then will write them ashopping list at the end for finishing touches. If they wanthelp shopping, I can help them with that as well. I have oneclient who hates to shop because she finds it hard to visualizethe items in her home. She has been living there several yearsfeeling like it felt unfinished and not very "homey". We've madeseveral shopping runs now and after the last one, she sent me ane-mail and said "The house looks awesome." Some times you justneed a little help to get your home where you would love it tobe!
I hope this helps you understand what an interior re-designercan do for your home. They can make all the difference within afew hours. The most common response I hear when a client walksinto see their newly re-designed room for the first time is: "Ican't believe it. I would never have thought of doing it thisway but I LOVE it!" So consider using an interior re-designerwhen you move into a new home with your previous furnishings orafter you've remodeled or when you just want the home you'vebeen dreaming of as you flip through those decorating magazines!A re-designer probably added their flair to the very rooms youare looking at. Why not hire one to do the same for your home?
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