WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE AN INTERIOR DESIGNER 

Hiring an interior designer is a smart decision if you’ve invested a good bit of money into your home and want to be able to showcase it to look its best. Your space should not only look amazing, but it should be a reflection of your unique personality and style, and it should function in a way that works with how you live your life. At The Quiet Moose, we want to work with your vision and expand it. Don’t expect a cookie-cutter approach from our professional interior designers. Great spaces are carefully explored, planned, and curated. We are here to listen to you, assess your needs and then create an original design that fits your space perfectly. We love it when people come to us looking for something different. We work across the range of styles, and it’s always a treat to try something new. We don’t go into our work with preconceptions or a design agenda. Instead, our goal is to help our clients achieve their vision and to take that vision to its full potential.

Unfortunately, many people get confused or intimidated by the idea of hiring a professional interior designer. You might be concerned about the process of working with a designer as well as the costs of doing so. But if you need more on the benefits of hiring an interior designer, here are our top reasons for why hiring an interior designer is the right move to make.

Save time

We’ll start off with the two things most people wish they could have more of, time and money. Just like hiring a designer will benefit you financially, a designer will also save you on time. An interior designer knows where to go for resources for everything related to your home. This will save you endless amounts of time researching products, brands, and prices. A designer will have all this information readily on hand so that you don’t have to.

Save money

It might sound strange that hiring someone to decorate your home would save you money since you have the additional fee of the designer, but the truth is, hiring a designer can help you avoid costly mistakes and help you make design decisions that will increase the value of your home. It can help boost buyer appeal and set your home above the competition. And if you’re on a tight budget, a designer is going to know how to get the best value out of what you can spend. An experienced designer is used to working on a line item budget and will help you understand where your money is going.

Professional assessment

Interior design starts by asking the right questions more than anything else. It’s about assessing not only how you want your space to look but also how you want your space to add value to your life. A trained designer can give you a professional assessment of your space, that will lead to a solid plan of action. The order of things in a design plan is key in determining what items can be repurposed or should be edited. This will not only affect the budget but will help you to spend it more efficiently. Designers offer a fresh perspective on ideas to enhance your vision that you previously hadn’t even considered. The design isn’t just a matter of aesthetics but a matter of living well.

Qualified liaison

A good interior designer will know how to speak the language when it comes to architects, contractors, and building owners. This is crucial in managing time and money. Managing the many moving pieces of a design project, The Quiet Moose acts as the liaison between tradespeople and the client to facilitate the entire execution of the design or renovation process. Expert installation seamlessly rounds out the full-service experience.

Better resources and contacts

We collaborate with some of the best architects, builders, artisans, and our installation team to ensure your project goes smoothly and your design is executed as planned. We also have access to a large selection of to-the-trade-only furnishings, fabrics and wall coverings that otherwise you’d probably never see. You can potentially end up with a beautiful home tailored to your tastes and lifestyle, and furnished with pieces chosen by an expert for their beauty, quality, and durability. Our goal is to give you an impeccable end result with the least amount of disruption to your life.

Resale value

There’s a good reason people hire interior designers to stage homes for resale. A designer can potentially add a great deal to the aesthetic of your home, which in turn can increase showings and sales. This increased appeal can exponentially speed up the amount of time your home sits on the market before it is sold. The benefit here is two-fold, a faster turn-around time and more money in your pocket.

Wow factor

Interior designers can help give you the “wow” factor you’ve been looking for. We are trained to think creatively and spatially and learn to see an overall picture that clients often can’t. Without a designer, people tend to be more conservative in their design choices. They don’t have anyone there to validate their ideas, so instead they skimp on style, buying pieces they may not actually love simply because they don’t have the confidence to go for the navy blue sofa or the emerald green accent chair. They end up buying pieces that are simply “whelming.” The furniture doesn’t excite, and the pieces seem disposable without that personal connection. Sure, they are functional, but the owner doesn’t feel any attachment.

A professional interior designer will create custom-designed pieces to make sure everything fits perfectly and is truly special to your home. We can also get you certain furniture, fabric, and materials that are trade-only and not accessible to everyone else. And when we’re done, not only will your home look beautiful and cohesive, but it will be well thought out, highly functional, and a reflection of YOU!

Interior design is a skill and an art that will only enhance the space and the quality of your life in the space. Hiring a professional raises the level of that experience and makes your house a home. A Quiet Moose Designer can help you tell your visual story. I can’t think of a better reason than that!

Ready to start the interior design journey? Want to learn more? Give us a call, send us an email, or comment below!