We give you 6 reasons why you shouldn't hire an interior designer to design your house for you and how you can do it on your own.
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1. Your views and the designer's views might clash.
If you want a particular thing and the interior designer wants something else, you might find yourself in a pickle. Interior designers have this happy knack of forcing their ideas on you. And you might land up feeling pressurised to get what the interior designer wants.
Leave the designer out and you can avoid many designing dilemmas. Yes, it will give you freedom to choose your own style for each room of your house.
So go ahead and take your pick from various decor styles. Whether it is Retro, Oriental, Ethnic, Seasonal, Rustic or Minimalist, choose a style that is truly you!
2. You might land up with a high maintenance home.
What looks good may not always be easy to maintain. Interior designers are more interested in how the finished product looks rather than how long it will last.
Take a look at images below.
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The first one looks a lot more aesthetically appealing than the second. Doesn't it?
However, the second image has granite counters, which is the ideal material for kitchen counters especially with our Indian style of cooking, which requires gas stoves and hot pots.
Corian is a material in the market that your interior designer will most likely recommend to you. Yes, Corian is good in terms of design and though the surface can be sanded with an abrasive pad and repolished with another pad in case of scrahtes and stains, the maintenance isn't too easy according to interior designer Dean Almeida who has tried it in typical Indian kitchens. Check out more on why he thinks it may not be ideal as a cost-effective counter top here.
Find out more the features and maintenance of Corian, especially about the heat it can take while using electric cookers and hot pans directly on the counter surface. Also, remember that if you have hard water supply then the surface can be affected.
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3. You may have to re-renovate your home a few years later.
If you don't want to keep changing the design of your home, choose a classic design, something timeless. Interior designers will always advise you to do up your home in the latest trend. How feasible is that really?
It is fine if you can afford to give your home a makeover every couple of years. But if you can't, we give you a detailed guide to-
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