This week on Home Hints, Interior designer and Managing Director of Interior Design Mall (Private) Limited, Momammed Rushmi Sacquaff gets to the bottom of all those frequently asked questions on the subject of interior designing. 

Q: What is Interior Designing?

Interior design is just about space planning and dressing up the areas by adding different elements together. It is concerned with creating functional and beautiful to look at interior spaces in all sorts of places including houses, public buildings and commercial properties such as shops, restaurants, leisure venues and offices.

In other words, Interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an ‘effective setting for the range of human activities’ that are to take place there.

Q: What can good interior design achieve?

Professional interior design will not only make a space look and function better, it can have a significant impact on the overall mood and wellbeing. The application of uplifting colour schemes, well-designed furnishings, furniture and the thoughtful manipulating of light and space, can all make a real difference on how we feel about an environment.

Q: What are the benefits of acquiring the services of an interior designer?

There are visible benefits of involving a professional interior designer in completing a project rather than trying to accomplish something on your own. With an interior designer’s contribution your space will be organized properly. Choosing wisely can definitely save your money as a professional designer would surely provide you with drawings and specifications including a practical schedule and budget which will avoid costly overruns and changes.

They can ensure you go for the best option, discover little known resources, play around with the decorative elements, meet your project deadlines and ensure top quality, too. This will save you from getting carried away when selecting products.

Q: What type of projects can an interior designer undertake?

In one straight sentence, anything that has an interior can be designed, redesigned or refurbished. Therefore we are capable of undertaking anything and everything from houses, apartments to boutique hotels, villas and large hotels etc.

Q: For a customer who requires a designing consultation, what could he/ she expect from you?

When it comes to the services I render, firstly it is very important I understand my client’s needs and the practicality of the site before actually setting my mind on a specific design.

Therefore I will do initial site visits and thereafter I provide my client with 2D and 3D drawings with the said designs still keeping the room for any desired changes. And throughout the whole project I would be carrying on spot visits and would liaise with the relevant service providers and suppliers until the very end.

Continued next week…

You can contact Rushmi on [email protected] for more information