8 Things That You Should Know About Becoming An Interior Designer 

An interior designer must serve many functions, from project formation & conceptualization to consolidation & final conclusion.

If you want to become an Interior Designer, then you should ask some question to yourself. Like, Are you receiving appreciation for your interior design taste? Do you love the decoration of the rooms and the furnishing? Are you fond of drawing at least real rough sketch of any interior space or furnishings? And many more; if you answered yes, then perhaps an interior design career is right for you. 

Then you should know about this large design universe before making a career decision in this field.Being an Interior Designers face many challenges every day; some of these may not suit you, while some may amaze you & you will enter into this huge design field.

Following are the 8  things you should know before becoming an interior designer.

1.Understand difference between Interior decorator, Stylist & designer

It is crucial to understand the difference between interior decorator, stylist & designer. Many people confused with these terms. All three are different from each other & to select a designing career you need to know the difference.

Who loves to decorate the home, playing with pattern & colors, dramatic use of textile & may things in décor, that person will come under Interior decorator term. On the other hand, Interior stylists are better known for their work in magazines, television, and other visual media. Yet an rising number of them are offering their styling services to homeowners. But the educational background is important to the interior designer.

An Interior Designer must have certified; an associate or bachelor’s degree required for working in the Interior Design field because designer only can do every kind of work which come under Interior Designing.

2. You must have an eye for design

It is important to know about space planning, various color schemes, textile & art forms to enter in this field. Of course more knowledge you will get into further education, but for basic you need to be artistic somewhere, then only you can think about that you want to become an Interior designer or not.

You can go for any career options, to survive in this competitive world just you have to follow your passion. After all, do something that you love then it will never feel like work.

3. Interior Design isn’t all Decor & Joy

While focusing on the elaborated interior designing field; décor, furniture, textile & artifacts have played an important role while designing any area. But interior design is not limited to decor, it is an extensive designing field. Décor is the part of that extensive stream.

In designing from conceptualization to finishing many things come under like; concept, design authenticity & philosophy, 3D visualization, technical drawings, space planning, furnishing, décor & many more.

It somewhere sounds that Interior Designers have so much clutter with them, but this broad range of skills required for Interior Designers because they are working with many stokeholds in between the work like; homeowner, carpenters, government agencies, entrepreneur & architects. Because of these things Interior Designer is an all-rounder in his field as compare to decorator & stylist.

4. You need to be Gentle & Balance person

Interior Designers engage with several people from project owners to end-user & many more in between them. So, they need to be a calm or gentle person who handles all the situations in an equivalent manner.

On the other hand, some clients already know that what they want & some may just experiment in the design process & clutter all the things with confusion; to handles this type of the situation, Designers have to be balanced. They balance the design authenticity with the client's need, style & satisfaction. 

5. Don’t assume hire expectations about salary

It is obvious that if someone has such a vast education then gets paid well, isn’t it? But in Interior designing, it is depending upon other factors.

Your salary is depending upon may factors like location, education, Work experience & even the size of the company or firm. Basically, the salary in a small designing firm is less than the salary in big architectural or designing high-end project firms.

Here you can gain your salary package by increasing your technical skills & experience while in the process of making your identification in this field. 

6. You need to be an enthusiastic & go-getter person

Interior designing is transforming day after day from traditional to modernization. It is important to know about what are the ongoing trends that are running in the market or current situation in the market of the industry where you work on. It stays for you to live in that industry.

The same thing in Interior Designing, A designer should know about current trends of design, what is the current taste of the peoples about design, what is the ongoing material or even trending interior designers & their work. For this specific initiative work, designers need to be enthusiastic & go-getter, where they will give equal justice to the clients & their satisfaction.

7. Every time you need to play on a competitive edge

Interior designing is a competitive industry, where every designer is working hard to stay top of the list. The key to success is getting yourself noticed. For that you have to stay prepared for all the time, your portfolio is that amazing where you can describe your identification with it.

Knowing some of the important factors like ongoing trends, architecture, advanced skills are acquired you to stay tuned in this competitive field & it will give you an advantage while searching for the job.

With the help of the above things, you can read inspirational books, websites & magazines to stay up to date with current knowledge. Over all, you need to work hard & keep top of the line while the competitiveness is big.

8. Designers must know local laws & Codes 

Interior designers are different from decorators & stylists because they know all the things regarding the field. Designers worked on detailed part weather it is construction, lightings, or even décor so they need to know about local laws & codes that the labors or even stakeholders may prefer while working in the progress of a project.

Designers have to provide technical drawings for construction, electrical, plumbing, or any other technical part. Whether you like it or not. It doesn't matter, it is important for pursuing Interior Design education. And this education makes a difference between Interior Designers & decorators. 

Having read both the pros and cons of being an interior designer, do you think you 'd like to try this one? If you’re considering interior design as a career, then remember all 8 of the things mentioned above. The profession may be tough, but with a bit of hard work and a stellar portfolio, you can become a good interior designer.