Why Hiring a Full-Service Interior Designer in CT is Worth the Investment

Interior design has always been considered a luxury.

Perhaps it is. After all, it takes some significant investment in your home or place of work to really make it your own and to ensure that it’s the best that it can be for the way you live and work.

Not everyone has the means to do it, which earns it a luxury status. It’s also portrayed as luxurious in the media—films and TV shows take particular glee in tapping into the glamorous nature of the industry and its excesses. But if you’re working with an experienced interior designer in CT, the process becomes less about luxury for its own sake and more about smart, lasting investment.

There is another way to view and understand interior design, though. If you consider that the end product—your new kitchen or bathroom, the fully-furnished living room, a spa-like bedroom—is the actual luxury, then interior design takes on a different connotation.

Interior design is almost a form of insurance, making sure that the money that you’re about to spend is spent on something that you know that you’ll truly use and enjoy.

Interior designers use their expertise to create spaces specifically for their clients, so you’re getting professional guidance to achieve the best outcome that you’re hoping for.

Repeat after me: the project is the luxury, and interior design protects the luxury investment.

To all of you skeptics out there asking if it’s really that important, I can assure you it is. I’m sure you’ve heard the horror stories—the sofa that’s way too big for the room, or the ultra-expensive wallpaper that starts peeling in the sun.

Or perhaps the cabinetry that gets installed incorrectly, or the refrigerator that just can’t fit into the opening, or the floor tile that starts cracking because it was really only meant to go on the wall. The list is quite long.

The common factor is almost always improper design, whether it’s a homeowner who tried to do it all on their own, or a designer without the knowledge or experience to properly guide the decision-making process. That’s why choosing the right interior designer in CT can make all the difference—helping you avoid costly mistakes while ensuring every choice supports your vision.

So yes, interior design is worth the cost and effort—it’s only a fraction of the total project cost, and it ensures that you’re getting the results you want, and almost always elevates those results as well.

What is full-service interior design, and how does it differ from interior design on its own?

Full-service interior design is what we like to call the “white glove” or “all in” experience. So many of our clients live very busy lives, and their time is both precious and expensive. When they hire a designer, they’re not only expecting expertise, but they’re expecting that things are handled without requiring intervention. That’s the “full-service” part.

Designers act as project coordinators and the main point of contact on a project from start to finish, interfacing with contractors, handling orders, scheduling deliveries, and providing quality control. Every element is addressed, no surface is left untouched or neglected.

With standard interior design, designers always deliver the same care, but the scope of work is reduced since designers are not expected to coordinate the project or become heavily involved in the process after the design phase is complete.

Why is full-service interior design worth the investment?

Consider if any of these apply to you:

1. You’re a busy professional, your spouse is a busy professional, both kids are in middle school and have sports and music practice, and you really just want your family room ready for entertaining for the holidays but you really don’t have the time to micromanage it all.
2. You know you want a new primary bathroom, bedroom, and walk-in closet, but you truly don’t know where to begin. You’ve never done a project like this before and you’re worried about making the wrong choices or messing up the project by choosing the wrong products or contractor.
3. You’re spending an absolute fortune on building your brand new house, but there as so many decisions, both large and small, that decision fatigue has set in and you’re ready to just let the builder make the decisions for you and hope that you don’t hate it. You just wish that someone with a good eye and who understands what you really want could take over and make your dream home happen.
4. You’ve done a kitchen in your previous house and hired a design-build firm, but there is so much that you would have done differently if you had known, and you honestly don’t want to deal with the contractors and would rather have someone else helping with the big decisions to make sure it comes out right.

There are so many other scenarios, but the truth of the matter is, for anyone who doesn’t want to play a major hands-on role throughout the duration of their project, full-service interior design is the way to go.

And if you’re looking for a trusted interior designer in CT or MA, full-service or otherwise, I humbly submit that Design by the Jonathans is a really good option! Let’s talk.