Expectations versus Reality in interior design projects
4. Implementation and calm
The last phase of the interior design project is perhaps the most demanding from a physical, emotional and financial point of view. After exploring, projected and waited, now begins the stage expected with enthusiasm by the beneficiary and the design team – Implementation.
Informing from the outset about the steps to be taken for the smooth running of an interior design project is a recommended method for all clients to prevent unpleasant situations and moments when anxiety and insecurity will try to take control of the project. The whole space is transformed from week to week, and some stages are not very encouraging for the final image – wall holes, ditches in floors, unfinished plaster, unsightly screes, dark rooms and seemingly inadequate. The experience of the designer will be the balancing element, at this stage of implementation, for the emotional comfort of the beneficiary.
Gradually, the walls and floors will receive the colors of the chosen finishes, custom furniture will begin to assemble, mounted luminaires, and the rest of the purchased products will be unpacked and placed in place, just like in the color rendering. Even the finalization of the planning needs planning, in order to provide room for maneuver and working time for the various specialty teams that will inevitably intersect. We encourage beneficiaries to remain patient at this stage even if the desire to see everything is completed is very high. Rushing can cause unwanted accidents, with consequences that will generate additional expenses, discomfort and frustration. At this stage, it is very important to protect contact areas and traffic areas, such as floors, walls or areas of maneuver.
Our recommendation to you, the beneficiary of an interior design project? Patience, calm and trust! Wait for yourself to be challenged!
Stress and permanent emotional involvement, compliance with established deadlines and phases, budgeting, in other words, the whole process of implementing the project puts great pressure on the beneficiary. The design company is the element of calm and balance in times of chaos, when all seem to be out of control. The experience of architects speaks their word at this stage, being accustomed to the management of such busy periods, with many concurrent operations that require prioritization and synchronization.
What seems to be a disastrous situation for the beneficiary is part of the routine of the yards for someone who is accustomed to the rhythm and way of working, as well as to the unpredictable situations that require momentary solutions. Our customer recommendation is to give space to the design team to make the most appropriate decisions to solve these small problems that are inevitable and to be informed whenever the beneficiary’s acceptance is needed. Putting pressure on all those involved in finalizing the project will not achieve results even more efficiently and in a shorter time, certainly.
If, in the end, the reality looks just as good as the computer simulations, it means that everything has gone perfectly. It has been a long, tiring and stressful journey sometimes full of excitement and impatience at other times, so that the emotional response of the beneficiary may be unforeseen.
Most people are delighted with this change in their personal space, but there are situations when some beneficiaries adjust to these changes harder, requiring a period of accommodation. The whole project was designed in accordance with your personality and desires, the client of the completed project, giving you the level of personalization you wanted from the beginning when you decided to go with us on this journey of self-knowledge and transformation from inside to outside.
