How to Find the Right Interior Designer for Your Project?

Are you a new home, studio, or apartment owner? Can’t figure out how to style it up and give it the special charm it needs? Well you’re in luck!! We are going to tell you the perks of hiring an interior designer while maintaining your budget.

Quick Tips for Finding the Right Interior Designer

Finding the right interior designer for your project takes time and there are many resources available to help you finalize your choices:

1. There are various search engines such as the Google, Yahoo, or even Bing where you can research interior designers.
2. Look up images on interior design or home remodeling magazines and they’ll have the name of the designer on the bottom of each pictures and their contact information.
3. Many furniture showrooms can connect you with their interior designer and help get you started.
4. Ask your local paint shop for designer recommendations.
5. Websites like Yelp and Houzz are great resources to research and find interior designer in your area. You can also read reviews from other clients on these sites.
6. Your friends, co workers, and family are excellent and reliable resources as well!

Selecting an Interior Designer for Your Project

Once you have an idea of how you want to stylize your space or even if you don’t know how to approach it, you can still go ahead and contact an interior designer of your choice. Setting up a consultation (free options) before hand is highly recommended and important so you understand the various fee structures and when you will be billed. It’s also important to do this so you’re well aware of the designers expectations as well as yours and what time frame the job will be done. As long as you have a budget in mind and communicate your needs creatively and financially, you’re good to go! The more information you provide the better, in order to help accommodate your desired outcome. Bay area interior designer love to give their input and you’ll be surprised at how many compliments you receive from guests based on their work.

4 Ways Interior Designers Charge for Their Services

There is a variety of ways professional interior designers charge for their services depending on location. Each one of them is more than willing to work with your budget regardless of how high or low it is and will do their best to help tailor your needs.

• Cost Plus

  Designers use this traditional approach to charge their clients which is known as, “Cost Plus”, where the designer determines the services, materials, and furnishings at wholesale price and sells it at the designers cost plus a fixed percentage increase, or at retail rates or slightly less, to compensate the designers fees and services.

• Hourly

  The next approach is to charge “Hourly” where designers charge based on how much time they’ve put into contributing to the project.

• Square Foot Basis

  The “Square Foot Basis” approach is used by charging the client a set amount per square foot of space.

• Fixed or Flat Fee

  Another approach is the “Fixed or Flat Fee” where one total fee covers the sum of all services rendered ranging from consultation to cost per service.

Questions to ask at the initial consultation

Hiring an interior designer is one of the most rewarding things in life because not only do they have the capability to transform your living space into your own haven, but they see to it that your family, friends, and pets easily transition to the change and enjoy every bit of it. You both share this intimate connection and have a special goal in common which is to transform space. When you hire an interior designer you open up a range of endless possibilities and turn your imaginations into reality.

Here at Kanika Design we’d love to answer any questions you’ve about interior design or your next home or office makeover or remodel. Contact us here.