There are Farrow and Ball sample books, cute mini pots with a dozen appellations of white, the dining table is heaving with Elle Deco and World of Interiors, numerous tiles or marble and terrazzo, wallpaper books, swatches, fabrics, antique dealer cards and the catalogue from B&B Italia. You still have fresh romantic ideas from the weekend in Provence and ’that trip’ to LA.
How will it all fit together into something that is unqiue to us and a vision of who we are? The colours, chairs, patterns and materials. Then there is your favourite picture, the collectors chair and the artefact from Marrakesh. The exciting journey has begun to creating the perfect interior. The world of design and creativity is your oyster.
So why use an interior designer?
Very few of us start with a completely blank canvas, even those of us cursed with an eye for aesthetics and decades of design experience will inevitably, despite trying to live a minimal and clutter-free life, end up with a lot of ’stuff’.
The charming cottage or the imposing manor house will present as many enhancement opportunities as obstacles and challenges. Often these demands lead to extra expenses but can also play a part in some of the best design solutions making a home truly unique.
As well as seeing scope within a property, a professional interior designer can also help enhance your personal style, curating your thoughts and inspiration to articulate it into a complete vision. Creating mood boards and comparing samples is essential to harmonise ideas for a living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and beyond into the garden spaces.
The journey of working with a Interior designer helps to see the possibilities of space and light, the correct proportion of furniture, the balance of colour and textures, the way a room and house changes throughout the day and season, the transitions between rooms, their functionality and ambience. By understanding the lifestyle of clients it helps to inform the choice and durability of materials and furniture while keeping the perfect style.
One must also consider the 'nitty gritty’ of the project to which Interior designers are very familiar. The strange electrical layouts, the listed beams, uneven floors, narrow doors, irregular walls and layers of various builders fabrications some good, some bad and some inventive. The years of being on site and problem solving gives an Interior designer a unique ability to solve these issues without compromising the design.
The paint is now dry and the furniture unpacked. Many interiors look beautiful from a distance but look a little closer and there is the jarring modern door handle of an Edwardian door and cheap plastic plug sockets. The final stage of any project (prior to the shoot for Elle Deco or Instagram) is the styling. What makes the interior design in magazines so captivating is the attention to detail - 'the finishing touches'. Ambient lighting, the scent, the feel of Egyptian cotton sheets, the weight of the cutlery and a carefully placed piece of ‘objet d’art’.
So, in summary using an interior designer will have many benefits. It can give clients inspiration, curate ideas, saves time with informed decision making, avoids costly mistakes, utilises existing supplier knowledge and most importantly gives the most effective use of a clients budget. Interiors by I am Nobilis will guide you through your interior design journey to your perfect home.
Contact us today for your free interior design consultation.
Contact: jackscott@iamnobilis.com
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