Should I hire an interior designer?

When it comes to designing your home you want it to look fab. My house looked like I just graduated from college and threw some furniture in it. I hated that I had mismatched furniture because I didn’t know what I was doing. For my birthday last year I decided to stop playing games and hire a real interior decorator. Should I hire an interior designer? Let’s find out!

Should I hire an interior designer?

First, make sure you can afford them. Interior designers cost a lot. I do mean a lot. I won’t tell you how much I spent on my bedroom and my dining room because I did barter for some things but let’s just say it was enough to go on 4 good vacations for the year. I’m assuming they cost because they come with everything you need. The painter, the electrician, the put console together guy, etc. If you do it on your own and you don’t have a boo then you are left to trying to find a painter over there and someone to put together a table over here and it becomes tiring. Hiring an interior designer is a one-stop-shop type of thing that as a single woman I needed.

Find who matches your style. A lot of people were telling me about a few people on Instagram but their style was too loud for me or to eclectic for my taste. Browse suggestions but look up some on your own. Put in the hashtag that fits your city (#interiordecoratoratlanta) or just google some. I found mine by way of doing photography and a match was made in heaven or hell if you look at the amount of money I spent but I digress. Make sure you get one that fits your budget, understand your needs, and will let you find your style and not try to put their style on you. That’s the one thing I loved about the designers I worked with they let me do the talking and let me choose what I thought looked good. I said I wanted a beach themed dining room and they delivered! I said I wanted a yellow and grey bedroom and they got it right the first time.

Now a lot of people offered to help me design my home but I wanted it done all at once. I am not a patient person so I didn’t want to wait for someone or have to go furniture shopping I needed someone to do all the work for me (that’s what you pay for when you hire an interior designer btw) A couple of friends said Kita you are spending way too much money but I know what I wanted. Stick to what you want because it’s the home that you have to live in.

Here is what I learned when hiring a designer

• Cheap furniture is just that. Start with good furniture so that you don’t have to keep buying stuff. I love me some Tarjay and Walmart but the furniture from there didn’t last long and I don’t know how to touch furniture up so many of my things started falling apart after just a year.
• They know what looks good from what doesn’t. It takes a special eye to know that the table you bought is to small for the room or that the mirror makes the room look bigger depending on what wall you use.
• They come with all their people. I am so glad I didn’t have to hire anyone extra to do anything they did the painting and the electrician work
• Putting a room together takes at least a month. All the pieces gotta look good and some things are made specifically for you

Now if you are good with decorating you don’t need to hire anyone. I know a few good decorators online who are awesome at what they do. If you can’t afford a couple hunnits to spend on hiring a professional you might want to consider Havenly. I hired them to do the rest of the rooms in my house. Here is what I love about them.

• it’s one price to decorate an entire room and you get to pick the designer that matches your style
• They put everything on a board and it’s a one-stop shop for everything you need for the room. This saves people like me so much time from having to go to 50 million websites
• All you gotta do is take a picture of your room with your cell and send it and they create these amazing look alike rooms so that you can decorate the room exactly how it is.

I can’t show you the before because it looks horrible but the picture below shows exactly how my room looks and how to decorate it with the colors I want.

They made this replica for me based on the pics I sent and then sent me everything I needed for the room right there in one place. It’s way cheaper than hiring someone although I don’t have anyone to put the light fixture in or put anything together *cries* That is the only downfall I have when it comes to doing this on my own but havenly is cheaper and they did a great job.

My living room isn’t finished yet but once it’s done I will come back and update you so make sure you check out my Instagram for more info. All the pieces haven’t arrived as of yet due to Rona.

Overall I wanted a space that I can come home to and feel at home and it never felt like that before I got my rooms done. Now that I got just those two rooms completed I don’t want to even touch them lol. It feels good to have rooms completed without mismatch stuff or things that don’t belong together. It’s not even about entertaining either it’s about feeling good in the home you pay for.

Ask me any questions below about my experience and who I worked with. Will be glad to tell you. Do you know how to decorate?

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