To Hire,
Or Not To Hire
a Designer?
That’s a good question. SDC has 5 crucial answers…
Hiring a designer: It gets personal. And financial. Should you do it?
Absolutely! Working with a designer puts the greatest amount of value into your home – both personal and financial. Designers can save you time, money and frustration in both the short and long runs. Add the style factor? Well, it’s all about yours. Bottom line? We ensure and increase that immeasurable value: the joy you find in your home.
Let’s talk about 5 benefits a designer brings to your table.
Your taste, your style. Enhanced.
Our job as designers is to help you articulate and expand your ideas. We’ll lead you to what you love, but perhaps wouldn’t have imagined or expressed initially without the expert guidance. It’s truly a collaborative effort.
We make the project yours by asking the right questions to discover and understand your style. Tell us what it is you want – just lay it all out there. Not sure? Then let’s reframe the question: How do you want your home to feel? What do you value in a home? What matters most to you? What feels authentic to you? We help you uncover those answers. Show and tell us. Visuals are a fantastic way to see and understand what draws your eye – so share your Pinterest board collections, your favorite catalogs, even a piece of art, fabric swatch or color that inspires you. For us, this information is the big reveal – the door into your vision – and it’s where the fun begins.
We make the project yours by asking the right questions to discover and understand your style.
Major projects need major vision. We make it easy.
A go-to – isn’t it so nice to have one? Designers are liaisons. We formulate plans to ensure all choices go together for a final look that reflects your preferences. Your home has to functionally fit your lifestyle and how you like to “be” in it.
Whether you’re building a new home, doing a renovation, moving into a new house or simply wanting to refresh, designers go far beyond helping you manifest your style: They also manage the process, schedules, help you organize, plan and stay on budget, no matter the project scope. We tend those important details, making sure the sum of them fulfills the big picture.
Major renovation? Bring it on! A contractor can help you plan for tearing things down and moving walls, but there are so many additional details and refinements beyond structure to consider. A designer can track and execute those so you don’t have to.
Did you know that moving is rated the most stressful life event? It’s overwhelming, a major project in itself. Designers make it easy, helping you improve and update existing elements such as paint colors, lighting, window treatments, materials, colors, floor plans and more. We make sure everything all fits and flows.
Experience and trade knowledge. You need it. We’ve got it.
Speaking of procuring new items, designers can share below retail pricing – a true boon to your budget. That’s added value. We know when cutting corners or spending extra makes the most sense for your project. We know our stuff because we are highly skilled and well-versed in many products, including which brand lines are quality and stylistically sustainable. Also, we speak home decor, building and other trades’ languages, so we can translate. In some cases, these skills and benefits can practically pay for themselves.
When you purchase quality items that are accessible only through a designer, you get a one-of-a-kind, timeless, and signature design style for your home. Your designer can remove stress and shoulder the overwhelm you may feel in selecting items and finishes. Narrowing down the huge amount of options and microdecisions that come with them is our thing. We make the process gratifying, transformative, and easy.
…designers go far beyond helping you manifest your style: we manage the process, schedules, help you organize, plan, and stay on budget, no matter the project scope.
The Bigger Picture. We see it.
Our eyes are keen. We can see the bigger picture. Designers can help you avoid selections that won’t serve you in the long run. You’ll be saved from making costly mistakes like choosing super trendy retail furnishings, or buying decor that doesn’t work with the overall vision. When done well, design is a lifelong foundation that supports and grows with you and your lifestyle.
Your well-being. We nurture it.
Designers are on top of the scientific evidence that shows how our environments affect our physical and mental health. It’s no surprise, as according to EPA data, we spend 93% of our time indoors – which makes our goal to create spaces in which you and your family can thrive all the more important. Our homes should nurture and support us. Working with us is an investment not solely in your home, but in your health and well-being.
There you have it, five good reasons to hire a designer. We know just who to recommend.
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