You’ve hired an architect and he said he’d provide plans for both the structure and interior of your house. So, should you spend money to hire an interior designer too? Yes. Isn’t that redundant? No. Here’s why. Luciana Fragali Director, Design / Solutions First things first. When you decide to build or completely remodel your home, certainly you start with an architect. His fundamental job is to design the construction of the building, obviously a multi-faceted and complex task in and of itself. Among other concerns, your architect has to determine how the structure can best occupy the lot, how he will harmonize the building’s multiple facades, what the optimal placement will be regarding setbacks and sun exposure, of course that it looks like the home you imagine, and plenty more. And he has to pull all this together while complying with the many requirements of today’s dizzying building codes. The truth is, the inside of the building (i.e. your home) is an after-thought for
Hiring an interior designer to reinvent your home is a Big Deal, financially and emotionally. It’s exciting. It’s nerve-wracking. It’s adventurous. It’s a journey. But what happens, exactly? Here’s how it goes at Design / Solutions. Luciana Fragali Director, Design / Solutions June 8, 2019 As a journey, an interior design project with an experienced and renowned team like ours at Design / Solutions is one that you can choose to be completely immersed in, completely detached from, or fluctuate your level of involvement in. That’s your choice and it’s possible because you have a group of professionals who are completely immersed in and intensely committed to your project from the first meeting. Right up front, we’ll say that on the subject of involvement, there actually is one thing we strongly advise against. That’s trying to micromanage the project. Can you imagine choosing to stay awake during a major surgery so you can direct the surgeon on what to do? That’s a bit of a d