10 Best Reasons to Use an E-Design Service
Introduction
So you could try a free or inexpensive design service and your results would be similar to browsing at Wayfair or Next Home. Both these sites display some wonderful products and if you are comfortable product sourcing good looking items yourself then it is a challenge you may wish to take. Also if your home looks wonderful and you just need a coffee table and possibly a new headboard then you will be tempted to do it alone.
If you are able though, engage a professional interior designer. A professional can offer you a variety of specialised services and not entice you into services you do not need.
So the client above who requires only two important items of furniture to complete their home, a few hours consultation should be sufficient. Some professional designers offer collaborative services if you need to run your idea(s) past an expert to enable you to make the best choice.
If you moved into your new home with a mix of university furniture, gifts from parents, ageing Swedish flat-pack furniture and some charity shop finds - it's maybe time to engage a designer.
What I hope to make you aware of is that there are options when engaging a design service. A full service is the top of the line service you can engage in and the most expensive as it requires a lot more involvement, work and travel. You can also get a service of equal stature provided by the same person who will provide a service completely online. The communication is still there including a consultation and a well thought out questionnaire that will allow the designer to get to know you,
1. Discounted Professional Service
By Cookie-the-Pom
First, you get a professional to work with and by professional you can expect all or most of the following attributes:
An expert in their field
Undertaken special training
Member of specialised industry association
Has creative and technical expertise
Accredited credential or two
Earns a living from the specialty studied
Professionally understands and satisfies customers’ needs
CPD involvement - Keeps their knowledge up to date
The word ‘professional’ implies that you are an expert in your field not, a talented hobbyist with great taste
By Ryan Ancill
There is always a reason why a service is discounted and I will explain below why e-design is so affordable. Remember nothing is ever free in business!
E-Design is all conducted online. The designer has minimal expenses to charge the client for. So the service does not include travel to the site of the project. No petrol, tolls, taxis, trains, congestion charges etc. No Costa coffee to or from the project site.
Most product sourcing is also online from selected and reliable suppliers and some trade account suppliers. Essential trips to speciality areas and design centres for the Designer are treated as a general expense.
Consultations are virtual. Telephone, emails and video.
Most measurements are taken from architectural drawings, customers’ measurements or suppliers of bespoke furniture.
Complete a questionnaire online for you to further explain your requirements, style and boundaries.
With a collection of this information, the design process can commence.
You could literally save thousands of pounds.
2. Completion of Design within Weeks
By Alexander Schimmeck
With an informative consultation, design-specific questionnaire and supplemental photographs and measurements the design process shortens the schedule.
There is a real professional designer, to email, telephone, video chat and communicate with. He/she is ready to work on the initial design concept for the customer to review.
By Christina Wocintechchat
3. Moodboards, Floor Plans, Concept Boards, Itemised Shopping Lists
For this client the aerial floor plan (top) indicates the placement of the 14 items that have been specified for this Guest Room. Another project (below) is the initial moodboard for the Master Bedroom that was sent to the clients for review. The bed turned out to be too expensive and an alternative was submitted. A small sample here of the type of visuals that will be delivered to your inbox. The process is a collaboration of interior design between the Designer and the client.
Digital floor-plan by Author
Conceptual Mood Boards by Author
4. Works Around Your Personal Schedule
So the deadline for the WI article is due, the weekly Meetup has organised some fantastic events, you need to finish little Johnny’s costume for the play, work duties are unofficially Increasing your hours, marathon training for charity, in-laws are visiting, arranging school mums coffee morning.
By Christian Bowen
Have to shop for new bicycle helmets, trying to organise a staycation holiday for the family, must visit your Mum before she forgets what you look like, must attend that property auction that looks promising, have to source an anniversary present for your best friend.
The dog’s lost his appetite and the vet is not available. Yoga classes, pilates, class at the gym, really need a pedicure, backlog for the barbers, not enough hours in the day. I think you get the picture.
By Christopher Burns
An E-Design service can work around all of those daily commitments and routines.
If you have no time to go around furniture and design shops at the end of the day or worse still at weekends then call a Designer. A Designer who offers an E-design service will relieve the burden and make the job less stressful, more efficient, joyful and in your own time.
5. Full Guidance then Full Control to Expedite
With the E-design service once you have approved your design you can look forward to your final package that will include a listing of all selections, beds, sofas, chairs, tables etc. with their images and of course an itemised cost for each.
By Alexandra Gorn
Sofa by DFS
Botanical prints by Oka
6. Realise your Design Dreams from the Comfort of your Home
Your Designer has sent you a Questionnaire, a Mood Board or other visual presentation for you to review but the dog still needs walking before dinner and Panorama looks interesting. When you have a quiet moment you can sit comfortably in your favourite part of your home and enjoy the curated designs prepared just for you. Share your thoughts, make notes and email your reviews back to your Designer in the comfort of your home.
By Kelly Sikkema
7. Post Completion Design Support
Once your designed space is complete some time is usually reserved for you to meet virtually or call your Designer with last-minute questions or advice. By this time you have developed a nice working relationship with your own professional Designer who you know is there to support you.
By R-Architecture
8. Excellent money-saving option for Property Developers
By Jessy Smith
You have taken the leap and purchased a property. Now the surveyor has left the site, the structural work has been completed, the scaffolding is being disassembled and the first fix is underway. It is time to bring in a designer for collaboration. Maybe you just need a Finish Schedule or Colour Scheme. This is an investment, spend a little on a design service so your property appreciates in value. This can attract top sales price if re-selling, get you quality tenants if renting or give you a stylish home for you if this is your plan.
9. Removes the Stress & Covid- Caution
By Ahmad Gunnaivi
Confused with endless Pinterest boards, design magazine features and media advertising. Wandering through the web and cannot focus on design styles, specific decoration or colour schemes. How do your ideas become reality?
Left alone this could take months or years. Do you have the time? Do you have the patience?
This service works perfectly with your Covid-19 caution as virtual services eliminate the need for a site visit so you get a first-class service but the Designer does not have to visit your home.
10. One Room option
You have tackled most of your home in a style that is pleasing to you and your family but there is one room that you have no idea how to turn into a stylish, comfortable well-designed space. Is it very small, very large, has awkward alcoves, badly placed windows or low ceilings etc. etc.
Maybe you do not have the time or inclination to tackle it. E-design is charged by the room and if one room is all you need help with then you will get one stunning room.
By Mika Baumeister
Finally…
More designers are now offering an E-Design service, the more established of them offering it as an additional service in an effort to keep up with their client's modern lifestyles and to stay current. It is such a fabulous direction in interior design that some designers have started their design businesses exclusively with E Design services.
If you think this service could be a good fit you could start by contacting us at Ar’mes Design Studio - let's talk! I would love to hear from you.
