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tastes on you, or to turn your home into a sterile fashion statement, but to extract your own vision from your mind, tweak it a bit, and turn it into a reality.


It’s YOUR home. Not only should it exude style by the bucket load, but it must also reflect your character.


So, what else can you expect from a good interior designer? Well, they will most certainly have access to a wide range of beautiful fabrics, papers, rugs and accessories that are simply not available on the high street. They will have an extensive library of pattern books, probably displayed in a well-appointed showroom, so that rather than just looking at a one dimensional picture on a website, you can see the beauty and lustre of an actual sample of wallpaper, feel the sumptuous texture and drape of a good quality fabric, dig your fingers into the pile of a plush carpet . . . sorry, I know I go on a bit sometimes – but it’s just something I’m passionate about.


Personally I’m not crazy about mood boards or computer generated designs. So much so that we don’t do them at John Charles Interiors. Let me elucidate. When you look at a mood board, although you see each element of what a designer is suggesting for your room, there is no sense of scale, proportion or balance. For instance the sample of your neutral coloured carpet is probably smaller than the sample of a rich mustard cushion that has been thrown in as an accent. And even if the designer thinks you’re brave enough to embrace colour and pattern in your curtains, unless your mood board is a couple of metres square you’ll inevitably only get a small section of the overall


pattern, which probably won’t even include all it’s colours.


As for computer aided design, it certainly has its place. You wouldn’t want to be without it for designing kitchens, bathrooms or office interiors, but for me it’s far too sterile to be of much use in living areas. Yes, you’ll see a room layout. You might even get a pretty good idea of the colours involved (assuming of course you’re not looking for pattern and texture). But what you most certainly won’t get is the feel of the room – the atmosphere that is being created, the Va Va Voom as Thierry Henry used to say.


The final, and possibly the most important part of the jigsaw is service – the very first product an interior designer will (or should) sell you. They will have an army of skilled craftsmen and women at their disposal, and will supervise and co-ordinate all work undertaken at your house. From builders, electricians and decorators through to specialist joiners, curtain makers and fitters, they will ensure that all work undertaken is of the highest quality. From the moment you first make contact, the role of a good interior designer is to ensure that the experience of transforming your home – whether it’s one room or more – is not only a successful, but an enjoyable one.


That’s what the team here at John Charles Interiors focus on. And, as I sometimes joke with clients – after 36 years I’m just getting the hang of it.


JOHN BIDDELL - JOHN CHARLES INTERIORS 349 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B17 8DL T. 0121 420 3977 www.johncharlesinteriors.co.uk


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