When to Plan Designing Interior Space
It is advised to plan the interiors right after the structure is built and before the civil work is completely done. If any non-bearing load wall or electrical changes are required according to the designs, we could plan at this stage. As the lighting design is significant in any interiors, all the electrical points and light fittings need to be planned or shifted before you start installing and painting. It is also equally important to get the plumbing and pipeline work done too.
Purpose of planning your space in advance:
The designing of interiors has to be able to consistently transmute the requisites of the residing family. Often people have a hard time visualizing the size of a room with their design requirements. The purpose of planning your space before the designing has many advantages. It avoids constant renovations every few years and also guides you effectively to the designing that works well with your lifestyle and preferences. It is recommended to visualize the space in advance with varied functionality by accommodating furniture or accessories and how each space can be designed according to the specific preferences.
- Plan Multi-functional rooms to avoid frequent renovations. The idea of designing open living spaces not only guides you profoundly on how to utilize space for greater benefit, but also helps to connect space for easy transitions creating a minimalistic interior design. Study niche also serve great purpose and is suitable for the one who wishes a peaceful zone in a room.
- You can also plan for a single or a multiple level house at this stage. Some people prefer colonial style interiors and some land sites are quite small and multi-level house construction is suggested.
Here are the few crucial steps and insightful factors to consider while designing a new home:
- The first and foremost step of interior designing process is to understand the space and planning it accordingly based on the requirements of each room, how many people can accommodate in the house and purpose of designing each room.
- Having a clear floor plan with a list of your preferences and requirements is important to plan the space before you share your thoughts with an interior designer.
- Be Realistic with your requirements while setting up a budget for your home interiors. As the designing depend on several factors like the size of the room, type of furniture, furnishings and accessories, you must calculate a safe budget to spend on different aspects and different rooms especially for the kitchen.
- Design development is a blend of the creative thought process working through details and functionality, emphasizing every small element and complementing with entire room’s theme.
- Plan electrical points and light fittings wherever required to be shifted. Plan the false ceiling designs once the electrical points are finalized.
- Select the suitable flooring considering the materials, cost, durability, and functionality. You can pick up marble flooring, hardwood flooring, laminates or vinyl flooring based on the purpose of that particular space.
- Choose colors that suit best with the different paint and textured finishes. Also, ensure the chosen color scheme is complementing with the lighting and furniture design.
- Accessories can be chosen to accentuate the overall space design and living experience. It can be achieved through the usage of colorful textures, appliances and elements.
- Last and crucial step in the designing process is installation of the furniture cabinets, fixtures, checking on the finishes and strength of the cabinets and accessories.
Importance of having interiors done with an expert (interior designer):
Good design is the perfect balance between aesthetics and functionality. Interior designers thoroughly study and understand your lifestyle, ideas, design preferences and add some creative and refreshing ideas for the challenging spaces. An interior designer knows home design trends and the sequence of carrying out the design process, therefore saving you from committing expensive mistakes. It also saves lots of time that you would spend in figuring it all out. It is a contemplative idea to introduce your designer to your home early on; to save any further revisions or renovations. Introduce them to your builder or contractor when the home is still getting built to help if any civil work has to be taken place according to the finalized designs. The director of our furniture design studio Beena Amin, the design patterns account her passion in exploring newer and advanced techniques to fit your own choice of design.