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Hiring an Interior Designer

If you have decided to take help of interior designer to renovate your house the first thing comes to mind is appropriate selection of an interior designer. Before going to decide on interior designer you should do some homework like what is your budget, amount of work to be done. Take help of people who have done interiors of their house. You can ask them how much did they spend. Check did you like their work for the kind of amount they have spent.

You can also research on Google for the local interior designers. Check their website. Check if the photos in their website are real one or just copied from somewhere on the net. It is not necessary the websites listed on the first page are good designers. People can give paid advertisements.

From reference and internet you will find few interior designers. You may invite them to visit your space. They might charge you a small visit fee which you should give. Selecting one from these few is a true task. I am giving you few tips that will surely help in the process.

• Check for the experience.
• Check how long he is located from the space where interior work is to be done. Lesser the distance is better as he can make more visits on site.
• He should have skilled work force.
• Don't go by just comparing estimates given by them. It is just an approximate estimate. It might increase by 15% to 20%, so be mentally prepared. Someone quoting little on higher side can give you quality work while some one quoting less might be in need of work but then he might compromise on quality.
• Prefer designer who will in person supervise the work. Only good execution will lead to accuracy in work, thereby avoiding mistakes in work.
• Someone with sweet talks might be good in marketing. He can impress you. Chances are he might not be that passionate about his work.
• Interior designer is an artist in heart. He is perfectionist in his work. He takes lots of efforts to give his best. Chances are he might not be that good in marketing and impressing you.

Hopefully these tips will help you to find an interior designer who will make your dream home to reality.

Sanjay Patil

Elegnat Interiors Pune Writter of this article is a Professional Interior Designer in Pune, India. Having more than 15 years of experience in the field of Residential and commercial Interior Designing.