Should I use an interior designer?

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

We have A$20,000 initial budget to renovate/decorate our newly purchased property. The house was built in 1992 and recently renovated by its previous owner.

While the interior is still in "mint" condition, I do not like its style at all. I have collected some inspirations on Houzz and would like to use an interior designer to design all the rooms.

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I quite like the simplistic, minimalistic, Scandinavian design, partly because I adore the esthetics, also, did I mention my A$20,000 initial budget? I am not sure how much I have to spend on renovating this 143 m2 house with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 kitchen / dining and 1 laundry.

I have two options at the moment.

Get a designer to make detailed design / documentations and roll out the renovation in stages.
Get IKEA or Bunnings to "design" and install the kitchen first, since it is the most expensive part of home renovation. I will then figure out what to do with the rest of the house down the road.

My dilemma is exacerbated by me not being at all handy. I also need a lot of help with implementing the design.

I am currently thinking of using The Stylesmiths. What do you guys think I should approach this impossible mission?

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User
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
$20k won't get you far if you are looking at doing a full house reno including kitchen.

I had a look at the property pictures and your ideas book. TBH - It isn't a huge step from what you have to what you want.

Yes- I would approach a couple of Interior Designers to quote on how much to set your colour pallet. All the crazy colours can be painted out, and a good designer can create the look you want to achieve with (neutral) colour alone.

You may have some $$ leftover, in which case you might want to deal with some of the window coverings to something more neutral.
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siriuskey
6 years ago
I think your picture tells you what to do, love it paint, flooring and a good kitchen designer would do the trick and help keep prices down good luck
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MB Design & Drafting
6 years ago
Designer's are worth the expense! They are very cheap considering what you could pay for a few quality throw pillow's.... People irk at paying a $1000 for a designer for a few hours but think nothing of spending the same on pillow's and cheap rug....
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The Interior Therapist
6 years ago
Hey There. The Scandi look is one of the looks that can definitely be achieved on a lower budget than say the luxe look. But $20k wont do the entire house. Are you asking advice on decor only or redesigning floorplans and layouts? Have you considered e-design (flat per room fee interior design service)?
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