Comments on: It’s Not About Looks: Good Design Works

By: livingroomblog

livingroomblog — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:20:55 +0000

Thanks Lorna,

I hope your friend manages to fit everything in! I’d always recommend drawing the furniture onto a floor plan when planning or even buying a house to see what fits and, more importantly, what works.

My tip would be to always measure what you have (or are thinking of buying) and test it on the drawing rather than relying on architects’ standard templates, as modern furniture has increased in size. And also to think laterally about the furniture you have – I’ve seen clients add square-footage and up to €10k onto the build price in order to fit a large sofa or desk they already have when they could have bought a more compact replacement for a fraction of the cost!

By: lornagd

lornagd — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:26:23 +0000

Brillaint post Angela, I visited a friend’s new house recently, they haven’t moved into it yet but I really couldn’t work out where they were going to put the sofa with 2 sets of double doors and one single door and a stairs – all from the living area. It just felt as though the sofa was going to be in the middle of a thoroughfare (and chaos)

By: livingroomblog

livingroomblog — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:27:31 +0000

Hi Marc,

Thanks for your comment! It is a difficult climate at the moment for interior designers and architects – my advice would be to focus on an area where you have lots of experience or can be useful and offer real value.

Best of luck!

By: marck44

marck44 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:40:07 +0000

Hi all ,
very interesting article , I want to be designer by myself.
I love interior design and all this stuff but is hard to find a job.
All the best
Marck