12 Aug Should I Hire An Interior Designer?

Building a custom home is packed with decision-making, and one of those decisions is whether or not to hire an interior designer. When you think about it, you spend the majority of your time in your home. So, getting it right with the look and finishes you love actually is really important!

When it comes to laying out your design, an interior designer can help you make decisions about the functionality of your home too. They are so much more than professional paint picker-outers! Interior designers are professionals, so they are hired to offer unbiased opinions that complement your style and the way you live in your home. For example, should that extra room be used as a guest bedroom or a dedicated office? An interior designer can help make sense of these kinds of questions.

But they can also push you to take some risks that you might not otherwise take. Keeping your needs and wants at the top of their priority list, they can leverage their exclusive relationships and design resources to bring in options you might not otherwise have access to. 

This might include advice about places where it makes more sense to splurge on something and places where it makes more sense to practice restraint. After all, they do this for a living and have designed multiple homes for all different kinds of clients. Trust us when we say that they have seen it all! 

In addition to aesthetics, hiring an interior designer can provide a host of other benefits too. They can save you time, help ease stress, but most importantly, they can help control costs. And this is perhaps one of the biggest reasons you might consider hiring an interior designer. 

It’s really easy to go crazy spending money when you’re building a custom home because it’s a blank slate. But designing a home without a definitive plan in place can quickly cost you money. Use your interior designer to your advantage, and listen to their unique ideas that can amp up your personal style while also increasing the value of your home. They are pros at spotting places where you can save money simply because they’re experts at budgeting for home improvement projects.

If you are considering building a custom home in the Marion, Cedar Rapids, or Iowa City area, please consider Dahl Custom Homes for your needs. We are experts at custom home construction and would love to discuss your project in more detail. And if you’re looking for local interior designer recommendations, we would be happy to provide you with those as well. 

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