How can I get a designer to come to my house and help me redo my basement?
Question:I'm not very creative, so I need help with ideas for my basement. I want to hire a personal designer, but I don't know where to do this, how much it costs, or how it works.
Answers:
if there is a designer school in your area like Baker College, call and ask for a student about ready to graduate and see if they want to take on the project inexpensively.
When you go to a restaurant, or upscale grocery store, ask who designed it and call them.
What does your family like to do? If they are all men and boys, make it like a work shop theme with tool carts for end tables, brushed steel for furniture, and so on, or if they are into sports, use old lockers and give it a locker room feel with benches for the coffee table. If you have girls- do you want a garden theme with lattice walls? and a "secret garden" hiding spot?
My basement is a rec room with only a ping pong table, and laundry room- it is not a place to hang out.
Look in the yellow pages under "Interior Design" and call the one you like. Generally interior designers make their money off the furniture, drapes, etc. that you purchase through them. Some also charge.
When you call, ask them what their practice is.
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