Decorating a home isn’t always a straightforward process, especially if starting from scratch with all new furniture and decor. Having an interior designer helping on your decoration journey can smooth out all the kinks of the decorating process. This article will explain the full, step-by-step service Artalgarve Interiors offers for a turnkey decoration project.
Generally, the decoration starts with a detailed analysis of the interior. In the best-case scenarios such as spaces that don’t need renovations and building works, the interior designer will make a systematic visit of the space taking measurement of all interior aspects. This includes the heights of the ceiling, the distances between the fixtures, an analysis of how the doors open, and all the sockets and lighting fixture’s location. This systematic mapping of the space allows for the most conscious suggestions for the furniture to be the correct dimensions whilst allowing for the most optimal flow of movement through the rooms. Not only this, but it helps in creating very accurate 2D CAD floorplans that will be referred to constantly throughout the presentation files for all items to be suggested and tested. Once a floorplan has been made, the furnishing options can be laid out and presented to have a great selection of how the space will best be used. This then leads to creating an interactive 3D model of the property to offer the possibility to ‘visit’ the space before everything is decided and to analyse what are the best possible shapes and forms that can be chosen from various suppliers.
Once the furnished floorplans and the 3D models are finalised, the more complex process can start – the suggestions presentation files. This is usually a very detailed comprehensive matching of documents that break down not only the dimensions, materials and prices of the suggested items, but also their function, purpose and quality. Each piece is carefully selected and thought-through as a whole room keeping in mind how they will match together based on the initial concept creation. This is reflected through a per-room collage to visualise all the items in one place. It is the best time to be able to switch items that aren’t quite working, and to understand if the general ‘language’ of the room is cohesive. These files always are made with a minimum of 2 options to choose from, which offer very different finishings. Most of the time it is possible to mix and match the items from different rooms, unless it is advised against by the designer. Once everything has been finally selected, the order sheet can be made and the next step in completing the interior decoration journey begins.
The ordering and delivery process requires last minute attentions, with stock fluctuations of special pieces and various delivery companies working with different schedules and following different procedures. An interior designer can truly alleviate the stress of the whole process and would advise having everything delivered to one same storage space whilst waiting for all items to arrive, to schedule a specific date for the installation process in the home with specialised teams for all the services that might be necessary. Throughout all the delivery process, packages are individually checked and verified for damages and processed to match expectations for the finishing date. In some of our latest projects, the deliveries of goods had some unforeseen challenges of stairway constraints. This was overcome with great, specialised teams with lift machines to make large furniture be able to be placed on the upper levels of the properties. For every project a solution is always possible. A final step of home styling can be organised to be able to open the door to a welcoming finished and beautifully decorated interior.
