Interior design rec for small job. Just one room

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Anonymous wrote:I just checked out ID reddit and there are tons of designers who take small jobs and post links to their portfolios.

Not sure who the posters are above who claim ‘it can’t be done for less then 30k to 50k!’ Some of you are so ridiculous. Its one room that is already partially furnished.

Op here. Great tip, thanks!!!

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10k ish. I have a lot of decent pieces already, just need someone to help me pull it all together and I might want to swap out my couch. Havenly designers push big box stores and that’s how they make their money. I’ve used them before and they’re fine for a blank slate, but tend to be boring.

Your best bet will be in store design services: crate and barrel, room and board, pottery barn, Ballard, west elm, etc. Or a local one like Kellogg Collection. They can help you order a sofa and some lamps, etc. You might have to try a few to find someone willing to engage with your existing stuff, and you should do everything you possibly can to help them: measurements of everything and good photos, and a clear memo about what you’re keeping and what you want to buy.

That’s exactly what I didn’t like about Havenly. They push big box stores. At least with them, you can choose from multiple big box stores. I’m done buying furniture from those places. It’s cheaply made. I’ve had much better luck buying vintage/used. The one exception would be R and B.

Ok, well, you’re not going to be able to hire someone to help you buy $10k worth of vintage/used furniture. There are vintage retailers out there who would probably give you a lot of free good advice, but not really design services. Not sure what you’re looking for, honestly.

I’m not sure that’s accurate. I had a designer I worked with several years back who helped do exactly that. I paid her hourly for about 10 hours of work and she did a basic layout and then helped me source items from random places including vintage, and even spray painted a lamp base for me bc we couldn’t find the right color match in person. Unfortunately she’s moved on.

Room lift and space joy offer design services that might work. And there seem to be a number of smaller designers looking for projects across instagram etc.

Room lift looks great

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Get an architect. The glorified housewives of DMV calling themselves interior designers and upcharging you is a dying model. Check out @georginawilsonassociates and similar architect services on Instagram — for just a small flat fee they can redesign everything from your floor plan to your furniture and can lead you to the to the trade only items without the ridiculous upcharge passing the discount to you. No one should have to work with people with an associates degree and a certificate in design when there are excellent architects willing to work with you for far less from all over the world. Tech is the death knell of the uninspired, undereducated, overpriced local interior “designer”

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No need to waste money on designer, recruit a couple of friend with good taste and economical sense to brainstorm in that room over coffee and pastries, you'll have fun and get plenty of ideas, even offers to go shopping together.

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Anonymous wrote:I just checked out ID reddit and there are tons of designers who take small jobs and post links to their portfolios.

Not sure who the posters are above who claim ‘it can’t be done for less then 30k to 50k!’ Some of you are so ridiculous. Its one room that is already partially furnished.

Well this is what your typical interior designer with a good business will want for a minimum budget.

10k is a very low budget considering a for the trade couch is at least 5k.

Of OP’s budget is 10k she needs to go through a big box store since that’s what her budget affords.

Op here. Not sure I follow. My budget isn’t 10k flat, I was just tossing that number out there. It’s a bit strange to see the insistence that I must buy big box when I’ve said many times I don’t want it. And I don’t have to have it. There are a number of online design services that offer room designs for 500 or less even, and I can buy whatever pieces I want, ideally something not big box as I’ve mentioned. I’m happy to do used/heritage fwiw. I have tons of quality furniture and art, I just need help putting it together, and I might swap my couch (I have a leather room and board couch but am sick of it).

Are you a designer? If so, you should not be pushing throw away furniture.

I don't understand why you need a designer. Putting things together is not that hard if you already have nice stuff and 10k to spend on whatever is needed to pull the room together. Pick among your items the ones you must have in the room, search for rooms with similar items online, find those you like, and recreate the rest of the picture.