What Do Interior Designers Do?

1) Residential interior designers support their clients in realizing their dreams and creating a home for their family and friends. We research, design, document, and specify the interior architectural finishes, millwork, plumbing, lighting, cabinetry, and interior design details and work closely with the project team (client, architect, and contractor) to implement- them. Second, we bring together the complete vision for the project through the design, research , and implementation of the interior furnishings from all the furniture to the artwork and accessories. 

2) Create environments that support the human condition in 'whatever activities it chooses, including Living, sleeping, working, playing, eating, shopping, healing, or praying. These environments must be safe., accessible, sustainable and in many  cases, beautiful_ But, most importantly they must be functional for the persons inhabiting them. We influence life patterns by creasing healthy and Safe environments.

3) Interior designers solve problems. Our clients come to us with questions, wants, and needs and through design development we answer those questions and provide solutions for those wants and needs all while protecting the health, welfare, and safety of the public through our knowledge of local and national building codes

4) interior designers plan and design interior spaces.. Interior designers understand how people move through, live and work in, and experience interior space_ We consider the specific experiences and functions the space or project must support from the point of view of the user. Our unique understanding of psychological and human factors as well as formal design principles, materials, codes and regulations, and the means and methods of construction inform our diagnosis of user needs and the development of design concepts

5) They use their creative skills and expertise to create space that improve people's environments -and make life better. More pragmatically, interior designers gather and analyze information, produce drawings, manage consultant team and oversee constructions projects.

6) Interior designers create interior environments that arc functional, aesthetically pleasing, and enhance the quality of life and culture of the users of the space_ In doing so, they have an obligation to protect the health. safety, and welfare of the public.