When you are building a new custom home, there are many things to consider. Purchasing a new home is usually the biggest purchase of your lifetime, so getting it right matters!

Your designer or design builder can take your ideas and create a set of floorplans that matches your family’s needs and wants. They can set the size of your kitchen and bedrooms, and position your bathrooms and living spaces. So what does an interior designer do?

An interior designer helps perfect the vision of your home. This can include everything from suggesting finishing products like flooring, lighting, and paint, to finding the perfect colours and accents to suit each room’s purpose. They can tie your vision together and curate the overwhelming number of decisions needed when building a custom home.

Interior designers don’t just help with decisions and organization. They’re really there to help you translate your personality and passions into features in your home. There are some specific ways an interior designer can help bring your dream home to reality.

1. Customize your floorplans and cabinet layouts

When it comes to floorplans, the inches make the difference. A good bathroom layout can mean the difference between a functional space and a cramped space. They think about hooks and shelves and towel storage, and make sure it all flows together in a personalized way.

It’s the inches in a kitchen that take it from “that’s a nice kitchen” reaction into an intuitive space that earns a “wow this kitchen is perfect” reaction, too. Planning the flow of your kitchen to match exactly how you use it can escalate the space from useful to truly impressive.

An interior designer’s job is to nail the function you’re needing from your space in every last detail.

2. Co-ordinate your materials

They have experience with products and know how to combine things to ensure you get the look you want. It’s no simple task to make sure the countertop compliments the flooring and reflects the same feeling

as the interior paint colour while also matching the backsplash and the aesthetic you are aiming for with the space. Making sure the materials work together is more than just picking what’s on trend, it’s about telling a story in the space. This eye for design can turn your simple space into a thing of beauty.

When things work well together, the whole space feels right.

3. Choose quality products made to last

Choosing the wrong materials can be a costly mistake. Sometimes, that really inexpensive flooring seems like a great deal, but after 3 years it needs to be replaced. An interior designer can help steer you away from materials that break down quickly or have known quality issues. They know which products need special installation skills, and which ones are worth the upgrade. You want your new home to last, and the right materials help your home function the way you need it to.

4. Plan furniture placement and room function

Have you ever looked at a room and had trouble visualizing how you would use the space? An interior designer specializes in furniture layout. If you engage them early in the build process, they can make sure things like your light switches and outlets are placed to flow with the furniture you want to place in the room. They can plan seating, make bedrooms function, and make sure you are maximizing the potential of your space.

Interior designers also know all the best furniture suppliers to get you top quality items at industry insider prices.

When it comes to your new home, when you walk in, you want to feel like everything is done right. When everything functions the way you need it to, that’s what makes it feel like home.