Top 7 Interior Design Interview Questions And Answers

Interior Design FAQ’s

Q: What is the core difference between an Interior designer and an Interior Decorator?

We often hear the terms,interior decorator and interior designerand most of us don’t know, get to know the main difference between the two sets of people and land up getting all confused. Although there is not much of a difference in the titles, the work is somewhat different.

An interior decorator refers to an individual who deals with all the stuff related to furniture, finishing touches, surface and even wall coverings. The interior decorator can re-do almost all places and there is absolutely no restriction of venues for a decorator for instance right from designing a showroom to changing the look and feel of a retails store also.

On the other hand, the work of an interior designer is a more specific and much more career oriented. This types of work requires a proper formal education, should be backed by a sound work experience, and the individual must have a license to operate.

The designer is primarily responsible for creating space inside premises such as in a commercial building, or redoing up the lights of a restaurant, and even helps you in selecting right furnishings for your home or office space, depending on your specific requirements. The work of an interior designer also entails with issues regarding the overall safety of a place, assuring that the accessibility and even building codes.

Q: Why do you require an Interior Designer?

When you are hiring an interior designer for your place you can be rest assured that right from handling little things such as helping you select colors for individual rooms, or buying the furniture to go with your home set up, to managing the big tasks like remodeling the entire place will be seamlessly taken care of. All the guidance and help provided to you by the interior designer will be certainly very invaluable.

It is always recommended to hire a professional Interior Designer, who has the appropriate knowledge and expertise and comes with a sound experience of handling similar projects on helping you search for the appropriate items or products and can help you trade with people, will go a long way in making your place a better one.
Getting a good Interior Designer will certainly help you complete your project in a timely manner, and much more efficient and seamless manner and will surely save from making unnecessary expenditure and prevents any delays.

Q: What is the right time to get an Interior Designer on board?

It is never too late to get an interior designer on board and he or she can help you and provide valuable suggestion at any phase of the project. It is always suggested that you hire an interior designer in the earliest phase of your project. The designer will be able to draft a plan as early as possible to ensure maximum satisfaction.

The interior designer will begin working on your project right from the designing phase and will help you elect the minutes of details such as the colors of the door, to collecting all the information of your demands and can give you valuable suggestions regarding space, and help you all throughout right conceptualizing the project, developing, constructing, to purchasing and even during the installation at each and every step of your project.

The end result will surely be positive and will showcase the result of a plan which was well though and executed right from the nitty grities of the initial phase to the final details.

Q: I am unable to figure out whether I need an interior designer or an architect for my remodeling project, what to do?

This is by far the most common question we have all in minds when we plan to remodel our place. Ideally, an interior designer is fully equipped with all the skills required for drafting new places and comes with the appropriate educational skills which are essential right from designing to drafting new places ad spaces.

An interior designer can remodel or even create an existing interior space or add few extra square footage in your home and even suggest you ideas regarding improving the lighting to a home suggest electrical plans, plan the flooring, countertops, work on the paint colors, advise you about the tile, wall and window treatments, and even give you suggestion related to the furnishing, appliances you would need, provide you tips on plumbing, to name a few.

In case your project is only related to changing the structural load bearing walls, or adding a little bit of square footage, then you would essentially require the help and guidance of an architect and/or structural engineer, as they are more equipped in providing you with drawings related to structural calculations which would be required by your local building department, for ensuring the overall safety and welfare, along with passing the building code inspections

Q: If I am able to get “free design assistanc, from the retail and builder supply stores then why should I pay extra for a designer?

Nowadays many retail establishments tend to offer free advice and assistance, which doesn’t really solve your purpose. Sometimes, although not at all times you may land up feeling that the consultant offered to you by the retail store was not professionally equipped to handle your project and lacks the technical expertise to work as per your satisfaction.

Q: I am not sure about my design style and don’t know how to articulate it, should I still work with an interior designer?

This is a very common concern. You can be rest assured about the services we offer. We have a unique assessment system for everything right from planning about the colors, images, shapes, textures, the end finishes will be all of your choices and resonate the same with you before deciding on the same.

We are here to help you in creating a space which is absolutely unique to your personality and is a not a replica of a work done earlier.

Q: What all should I have with me during our first meeting for my project?

• You need to collect clipping or pictures from any old magazine, or you can collect photos of items and decors which allure you the most. You can also link to your Pinterest Boards of your thoughts.
• Decide on what all colours, shade, effects and the style you like.
• You should be aware of what you want as the end result of your home or room, once the task is over.
• Do you need our place to look traditional, modern, contemporary or formal?
• Please define your objective and lifestyle requirements.
• Decide on a timeline in which you want the work to be completed.
• It is extremely important for you to decide on a budget and communicate the same to your designer.