just how poncy would it be to get an INTERIOR DESIGNER to help with new house??

[noonar]

well?

we hope to be moving soon. the house is on 4 floors and needs pretty much everything doing, on a 'cosmetic' level.

trouble is, i've used up all my good ideas on our current house-lol- and feel i might need some inspiration so that i dont end up with a very similar looking house (both are victorian semis). i'm not that creative, tbh, and want to make the house look fab without falling out with dh on every little detail.

think an interior designer may be the answer.

would it cost the earth, to use one? i have no idea!

the Dulux Virtual Decorator is a damn sight cheaper

pretty poncey IMO.

think it would be quite expensive - I would much prefer to do it myself though (the design/colour schemes) not trust anyone else with it !

Get a bunch of friends over, open wine,rampage around house get them to do an honest I would do

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Next day with sore head, and notebook go to nearest swanky homeware shop and see what you like

If you know what your style, then perhaps just a few tweaks are all thats needed

Hope you enjoy you're new house!

actually. your right. crap idea.

i just want a change. at our current house we have stripped wooden floors, stripped doors, shutters ,victorian fireplaces. those are the thingd i really like about it. am sorry that we'll move and just recreate our 'old' house.

'am worried' i meant to say.

oh..thanks yadda. good plan.

we moved from a Victoirian house to another very similar Victorian hose and it looks pretty much the same !! I guess if that's what ytou like and it works then there's no need to do anything radically different ! how lovely to have 4 floors though !

thanks merry, i do love victorian houses, but mainly we're going for it as its a lovely street in the same neighbourhood, and is bigger than our current house (most houses locally are slightly smaller than ours)

dh wants more shutters. i think it'd be too 'samey'. we'v had roman and venetain blinds in the past. i wouldnt mind floaty linen curtains, but they are so hard to get right.

actually merry, its just got a loft room and a basement store/ utility / playroom. so not really 4 enire floors.

this house came with some venetian blinds and has some lineny curtains in our room - v nice...I'd like more roman blinds to get maximum space around window frames - we have a nice bay front and that'd look lovely.

still, is bigger than mine ! utility rooms are a great thing I think.

I am an interior designer adn I think you should go for it!

hey noddy, only just finished our bathroom, and now we're, moving (remember that thread?)

Do think danger with interior designers CAN be that they end up creating houses that they really like and that you admire but end up not feeling like your own iyswim. Is the place really horrible? Can you not just live there for a while and see how ideas grab you a few months down line when you have better idea how rooms catch light etc?

lala, its been tennanted for a while, has stained capets etc. i could live with the kitchen and bathroom, but would love to do the floors and walls before we move in. ( we could stay elsewhere for a few weeks)

I do some Interior Design work (when I can fit it in around the DCs) and have to say that using a desginer is a good way to get a cohesive overall look for your home. I don't force my ideas on anyone, I just help clients with my suggestions and to work out what they like. I help find fabrics, colours, carpets, light fittings etc and don't tell them what they must have. I charge by the hour and it doesn't work out too pricey. Of course you can do all this on your own but it takes time and knowledge.