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 An interior designer chooses and specify fixtures, lighting, furnishings, products, materials and colors. They can design homes, offices, shops, exhibitions, commercial display stands or stage, film and television production sets. Interior designers may work alone as consultants or with a design group. They come to the clients’ homes and offices and can work days, evenings or on weekends. It depend on the nature of their role. They usually submit their salary to clients.
Interior Decorators
Interior decorators are primarily deal with surface decoration: paint and color schemes, fabric, furnishings, lighting and other materials. Decoration is often described as the furnishing or decoration of a space with appropriate—often fashionable and charming—objects.
Of course, interior designers can also do these things because they learn how to, but they are usually busy with more design-related issues and don’t have time for the decoration. For example, on a project a designer might be busy considering the safety and flammability aspects of a carpet, along with the client’s budget. Then once the carpet is selected the decorator might be responsible for liaising with the client on the style, colour, texture and pattern of the carpet.
Designing and Decorating
You will find the roles of the interior designer and the interior decorator quite defined when you will take part in large projects. However, with the smaller budgets of many home owners, businesses and retail outlets imposing cost constraints, overlaps in the job roles become quite commonplace. So, at the end of the day, it is definitely an advantage for:
• an interior designer to have the decorative eye and creative touch of the decorator; and
• for an interior decorator to have some design knowledge and skills to underpin their role.
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