Interior design is fun! Being able to bring your creative ideas to life and place them all throughout your home is a very empowering and great feeling. Working with an interior designer allows you to voice all your creative interests and have a say all throughout the entire process.

Benefits of Working With an Interior Designer

Hiring a professional can help you stay on budget. They will help you reach your goals while staying within your financial range. An interior designer also assesses your living space and helps build a portfolio of possible ways to go about designing your home. You get final say and can give them blueprints or notes on what you would like done with your space. Of course, you can also ask for their opinion and piggyback off of their sentiments for a nice fusion of your ideas with a professionals' flair added to it!

There are certain things that designers have access to that aren't easily available to the public in terms of connections to certain companies which can make it easier to get your project done quicker. Working with an interior designer can help reduce the time and stress it takes to find a reliable team to work with, it can be stressful going into to home design blindly and not knowing what to look for in a potential designer. 

When bringing a professional to your home to assess everything, remember they are trained to think outside the box and see the bigger picture along with all the options and how everything will look when they're finished working with you.

Closing Thoughts

It can be difficult to get the gist of designing if it's your first time, or it could just be tough to bring your creative ideas to life. Having an interior designer will help alleviate the unnecessary stressors and help you gain perspective in to go about applying your ideas and bringing them to life. Best of all, working with a designer leads to a cohesive, beautiful final outcome.

You deserve to have the home of your dreams and shouldn't have to be stressed about something that can be fun!

We all love to pin every design idea we see on Pinterest and save photos of beautifully designed spaces until there's no space left on our phones. Knowing how to make those ideas a reality is a whole different story.

Luckily, you don't have to live your life with albums of photos you'll never use. Work with an interior designer and they will help you figure out how to make your space look just like you always dreamed. Even better, they'll help you figure out how to do it on a realistic budget. No more saving up for your best life piece by piece. Before you know it, people will be pinning your photos!

1. Interior Designers Know Color

Wondering if that ice blue throw pillow set is going to work with your favorite deep purple comforter? An interior designer can tell you all the best color matches and help you find alternatives. When you're indecisive over paint colors and upholstery, talk to your designer and they can help you figure out the best color palettes and aesthetics for your space. 

2. Get Out of the Indecision Slump with New Choices

Sometimes the reason we can't decide on elements for our space is that none of the choices in front of us are quite right. An interior designer has the professional experience to know what may be similar but just different enough to get you the fresh look you need. Sometimes the amount of choices in front of us is so daunting that we can't choose for that reason. A designer will help you curate smaller groups so that decisions are easier to make. 

3. Find Pieces That Work for Your Space AND Your Budget

Have you been coveting that reclaimed wood table that seems so far out of your budget that you'll have to choose between it and retirement? An interior designer has connections and experience to find alternatives that will work for your budget. Your space should be somewhere you love as well as somewhere that provides sanctuary. That isn't possible if you gave up your rent to get the design you want. An interior designer can help you make it happen without breaking the bank. 

A Partnership in Design

The main takeaway is to end up with a space that you love. An interior designer is, above all, your partner in this endeavor. You'll be working together with mutual respect, building a space that brings you joy every day. Embrace that partnership and you'll have someone that can not only make your dream space happen but also help you update it every season. Contact me today to learn more about how we can work together.

Life in quarantine can be challenging. Many of our usual avenues of communication are no longer viable and on top of that, we're all trapped inside our homes forced to examine the reality of the four walls surrounding us. And in some cases, our less than ideal interior design. But just because it's no longer safe to go outside and look, touch, and explore all of the latest design trends with an interior designer in person doesn't mean that all of your home design plans have to be put on hold.

In fact, now is the perfect time to work with an interior designer virtually!

One of the most important aspects of home design, and one of the most difficult aspects for interior designers, is crafting the perfect mix of trends, styles, and vibes to match the customer's desires for their home, something that we take seriously here at Ana Maria Designs. This relates to the paint color on the walls, the furniture in the room,  to even the throw pillows adorning the couch. And the easiest way to make sure that you get the best results, and that your interior designer brings your home to its full potential, is to have clear ideas about what you want.

Stuck inside our homes with what seems like limitless free time (outside of those pesky Zoom calls for work!) is the ideal time to clarify, compile, and create your vision for what you want your home to be. Draft some detailed emails, create a Pinterest board, hop online for a video call, or take advantage of our Design Your Own service.  Scroll through our project galleries and to find examples of rooms you love. Take the time to point out which aspects you enjoy, arrange a folder of concept pictures, furniture pieces that you love,  wall art that inspires you, and colors and fabrics that spark joy.

Ana Maria Designs is always happy to discuss your home design projects, even while in quarantine, so send us a note or book a call today.