HOW TO BE YOUR OWN interior designer

Good interior design is about so much more than hanging a few pictures and ensuring your wall colour complements your cushions. A well-considered scheme should take into account a room’s dimensions and scale, what it will be used for, the available natural light, the mood you wish to create, and anything else that will have an influence on the way it feels to occupy.

Whether you’re self-building, renovating or simply redecorating a tired space, giving careful consideration to a room’s design and the items in it will ensure that all your hard work will not be wasted. While some choose to enlist the help of an interior designer, budget limitations mean that this option is not possible for everyone. Others feel that they are better placed to come up with their own scheme.

Here, we take you through everything you will need to think about should you choose to design your interiors without professional input. Along the way we’ll be pulling in some helpful tips from the pros and giving you a clearer idea of what it is they can bring to a project, should you decide DIY interior design is not for you after all.

WHAT DOES AN INTERIOR DESIGNER DO?

Many people wrongly assume all an interior designer does?). This is, happily, a long way from the truth. The task of an interior designer is not only to ensure a space looks good, but also to make certain that the space works well for its inhabitants.