How Can You Tell If Interior Design Is Viable?

We tend to think that interior designers have almost limitless capability to make a room look nice, and of course, the amount of options they have certainly are staggering. But it’s also true that no saxophonist is going to produce a sound similar to a guitar string being plucked. Sometimes, you’re limited by the parameters of what you’re working with.

As such, not all rooms and houses are suitable for design ideas. For example, if you have a huge mirror running down one wall, you’re not going to be able to nail any hanging artwork to the wall unless you like the look of chips and cracks. You could take out the mirror on the wall entirely and use a smaller one, reformatting and repainting it, but you can’t have both options at once.

It’s worth considering some of the limitations that a home interior designer might face, which will then help you understand if a particular option is viable or not. Let’s explore what that could involve!

Unique Room Dimensions

If the room you’re trying to decorate has unique proportions or dimensions to the point where altering furniture or positioning is just going to cause problems, then it’s time to think outside of the box, or perhaps just think within it and accommodate the natural flow of a room. For example, a ground floor bedroom will need to account for privacy which means you likely won’t have open windows or anything but blackout curtains during the night. Perhaps you can’t fit much else in other than a bed for a spare room which means storage needs to be creatively placed, and you have little room for ornamentation and freestanding appliances. This can help you conform to the space naturally and move as appropriate.

Power Socket Access

The reality is that unless the room is wired for it, you’re not always going to be able to place every single appliance in the exact space that you need. Now, it’s true that power extension leads can be used, but sometimes too many can overload a circuit and some appliances with high power drawers are usually recommended to be plugged directly into the wall, especially kettles and cooking appliances on the worktop. Using a residential electrician you can trust will help you alter the power socket placement if needed, but this is more than a skin-deep renovation and will need to be prepared for.

Natural Light & Furniture

If a room has amazing natural light, it’s a bad idea to have furniture that impedes its natural flow around the room. Now, you’re never going to avoid all furniture blocking the sun, that’s not how physics and the flow of light works of course, and last we checked no interior designer can bend the rules of physics. If they can, definitely hire them. In the meantime, creating a more tiered approach to where furniture sits – your kitchen dresser at the end point of wall or a table not angled against a corner to block off space can make a big difference.

With this advice, you’re sure to see if your home design is valuable, and benefit accordingly.