8 reasons why you should hire an interior stylist

Pinterest is a great place to start your home renovation or styling journey. But most often you might encounter the scenario where you pinned too many images and you are overwhelmed by options and cannot figure out what works together. Or you have gotten yourself an interior designer and when the home is completed with only carpentry fixtures, the home feels empty and soulless? A home should be a reflection of your personality and style, it should function in a way that works with how you live your life.

“A home that tells your story does not happen by chance”.

Here are 8 reasons why you should hire an interior stylist.

Reason #1: Interior stylist is a code breaker

An interior stylist takes all of your ideas and help you sift through them to work out what is best for your lifestyle needs and your home space. An interior stylist can decode which home pieces that is not going to work in a space or share what is missing, something which might take you months to figure it out.

Reason #2: Interior stylist helps you to visualise your home

An interior stylist is a master in pulling all of your inspiration imagery together and presenting it to you on a mood board. The mood board is the starting point to ensure that the client and the stylist brief are aligned before going onto the next stage where sourcing furniture and decor items are prepared. Mood boarding allows you to see all of the potential pieces side-by-side, and can give you an accurate picture of what your dream space can look like.

Reason #3: Interior stylist saves you time

Sourcing and shopping in furniture and homewares stores can be challenging especially when you have kids with you and a short time frame. Or a partner who isn’t keen on shopping or disagrees with you. When you work with an interior stylist, all of the hard work is done for you. A compilation of curated furniture and home decoration list will be shared first before heading to the shops to see it in-person. This saves you a tonne of time, not to mention money. How many times have you purchased something after hours of searching, gotten it home and realised it doesn’t work with your other pieces? An interior stylist prevents all of that from happening because we know what works together and what doesn’t.

Reason #4: Interior stylist save you lots of money

This is probably the best part for you – raking in all the savings! Interior stylist have access to wholesale pricing on furniture and decor, which is much cheaper than retail pricing. Every wholesaler is different and gives different discounts, but on average you can expect to save around 10 to 30% off RRP. Not everything is going to be purchased wholesale. It totally depends on the project, your needs and wants, and your budget.

Reason #5: Interior stylist gets you one of a kind specials

One of the great things about hiring an interior stylist is getting access to furniture and decor you can’t get in retail stores. This means that you end up with a really unique room. I don’t know about you, but I hate is when I see other people with the exact sofa I have, or the exact dining table and chairs. I like to feel as though my room is special, with stunning items people will ask about. There’s nothing better than a friend or family member pining for an item you got through an interior stylist.

Reason #6: Interior stylist gives you new ideas and perspective

When I go into a client’s home, it’s quite common to hear them say things like “I’d never considered having it that way”. Bringing in an interior stylist allows a fresh (and qualified) pair of eyes to assess not only what looks good in the room, but also how the room can best function. An interior stylist will see your home in a way you never could. It’s what we do; make your home operate better and look phenomenal.

Reason #7: Interior stylist speaks the trade language

An interior stylist will know how to speak the language when it comes to architects, contractors, and suppliers. This is crucial in managing time and money. Strong communication between the interior design and the lighting, furnishing, and architecture is absolutely key. For example, proper outlet placement is going to depend on how you want your furniture placed. These types of issues should be addressed before any construction, and an interior stylist will know exactly which issues need to be brought up.

Reason #8: Interior stylist will create a wow home

Thinking outside of the box when it comes to home decor is what interior stylist do on the regular. Not only will you get a good design curation, but you’ll also get an attention to detail from proper lighting and furniture placement to fabric choices and colour palette and fixture options. You will get a pinterest worthy home where everything fits perfectly. And that is how your home becomes your story.

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