THE JOURNAL
Notes on a well-made home.
Design thinking, renovation wisdom, and the quiet details that make a house feel collected, from the Studio 1049 desk.
25 Benefits of Hiring an Interior Designer
There are a lot of ideas floating around about what exactly interior designers do. What services do they offer? What should you call them? Why should you pay someone to help you pick out furniture? Well, the thing is you don’t have to!
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Chances are good that if you’ve never worked with an interior designer, it can be challenging to wrap your head around the entire process from start to finish. We often hear questions along the lines of “So how long is this project actually going to take us?” The short answer — it depends.