Interiors and Budget

hello lovelies,  hope you all had a fantastic weekend? I had a splendid weekend; but it was pretty short :(  all the same i am strongly geared towards this week and i hope you are too.  Everybody enjoys a great space; and every great space comes with a price. I am not going to sit here to tell you how much it will cost  to revamp a three bedroom or how much it costs to revamp a kitchen ,but i will tell you this; you can achieve a fabulous dream space with a practical budget.

Ever since I got obsessed with interiors and every other thing that has to do with home management,  I have realized that to help my clients and also to help myself  I have to stick to budget. Well, with interiors budget is the amount of money that a client makes available to the interior designer to carry out a said project. Budget makes life easy for both the interior designer and the clients, from the very beginning of the project to the end of the said project.

Budget helps with all kinds of project, be it window treatments, soft furnishings, wall claddings, home refurbishing and many more.

Before I get to the nitty gritty, I want each and every one of us to understand that you don’t necessarily have to be a millionaire to have a great interior space. I have met quite a number of people that said to me that olowo lon se interior meaning only the rich can afford a great interior space. If you have that kind of mindset, kindly erase it, no scratch that; forget it. I always say everyone deserves a great space, I do and you do too. It’s all about what pleases the eye, it’s all about what is functional, creative and beautiful at the end of the day.

Every  individual can get whatever they want, it all balls down to budget, and I mean practical budget.  What we do as professionals is that we sit with you, and explain to you what your budget can afford and what it can’t. Mainly what is feasible and what is not. Based on the fact that interior designers are professionals, they are used to the market and they know where to locate reliable vendors, they know how to cut cost on one item or the other without compromising the clients taste and quality of items. They have been able to build a network because of their experiences.

With a budget it is easier to go straight to work and deliver, without a budget it might be a little tricky but not impossible. When your client doesn’t give you a budget an interior designer tends to raise several quotations for them to choose from. Of which you might be going too cheap or too expensive for the client. The great and positive thing is that you can always reach a conclusion and both client and interior designer are happy at the end of the day.        

So next time you feel the need to refurbish your home ; contacting an interior designer will save you a lot in the long run and the designer  will also help you  stick to budget.           

Thank you for reading this post, I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you learnt one or two :) . Till next time, stay humble, focused and you can start saving up for that dream home. *winks

Toodles 

Interior design tip of the week


You can add sparkle and a new dimension
to your walls by using metallic paints.
To make them really stand out from a crowd
add halogen lighting and watch your walls
dazzle you!                             

LOFT 9B

Hi guyz, how are you all doing? (in wendy Williams voice, lol)I guess fantastic. its all about a unique loft this week on the blog. One of my favorite lofts is that of THE SPOT on ebony life TV. You know that program that is anchored by Ebuka, Lamide and Zainab? Yes that one. I love that space so much; I would love to meet the person who designed it.

So I went in search of lofts and I came up with this unique one. it made me think that we need to stop doing the regular. We need to be more creative and artistic with our space. I love modern spaces but sometimes it could be boring; but hell yea to traditional , rustic, retro, vintage and all those old stuff. Temi dollface just flashed in mind as I love the way she dresses and uses those vintage and retro designs to work with modern styles. As it can be done with fashion, so can it be done with interior spaces.

So check this out, I hope you love it and I hope it inspires you.

                             Top View of living room. Who says you need to have similar sofa set.

 

Display shelf is Ah May Zeen! Who knows this might be the house of a lawyer or not

 Guess where the stirs lead to...

 Kitchen - Traditional, pretty and very easy to clean.

 

Take a close look at the dinning table wood effect, the chairs and yes the black candles.

  

Lovely accent- white brick effect, shutters, bed and wardrobe very retro  YAY or NAH! 

 

 

SPOT ON! no its not a TV its a frame.

 

 Huge crush on the bedside lamps.

 

 Brown doing so well. The bricks are making a huge statement.

 

Pick your space.

 

 Great work area, you can get some work done from home

So who says you cant paint your room with more than a few colors; who says you have to o for similar sofa set, and list goes on,  just be creative and choose designs that work for you.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this post and you are inspired. Kindly like the post or drop a comment. Till next time stay humble, focused and determined.

Cheers

 P.S Loft 9B was designed by Damitar Karanikolov

Interior design tip of the week

Lighting can be difficult to understand,
so a simple way to think about it is
- Task lighting is usually direct light,
while Up Lighting creates a reflective
and diffused ambience to a room.