Interior Design, Interior Designer

World of Interior Design

What it takes to be a successful interior designer

While having a love of fabrics and furniture, and a passion for colour play a massive role in interior design, there’s more to the job than people may think, especially if you’re setting your sights at the top of the interiors food chain – the high end and luxury market. 

Among other things, interior designers need to be educated in the history of design, the structural integrity of buildings, building codes, ergonomics, spatial concepts, ethics, psychology and computer-aided drawing (CAD).

This broad range of skills is essential as designers work not only with homeowners, but also builders, architects, government agencies and business owners. To become a successful interior designer, one needs to be well educated in the subject as well as well-rounded as a professional. 

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Ironmongery

Knobs and Knockers

Images courtesy of Joseph Giles

If you're having a property re-designed, re-vamped or refreshed, once the bulk of the work is finished, the time comes to turn your attention to the detailing. This involves choosing the accessories that will make the all-important difference to the look and feel of the space. Even seemingly small things, such as door knob design, can make a tremendous impact. The extra care and attention put in at this stage of the interior design can transform an abode from being simply well decorated, to looking effortlessly sophisticated, with smatterings of glamour. It is the details that can help lift the mood of a property from formal and functional, to lovingly luxurious.

Surprisingly, these little extras are not necessarily immediately visible. Take, for example, the humble door knob – used every day thousands of times a year, and usually overlooked or taken for granted. But get the right door knob design you can subliminally enhance the look of an interior beyond measure.

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