search.noResults

search.searching

dataCollection.invalidEmail
note.createNoteMessage

search.noResults

search.searching

orderForm.title

orderForm.productCode
orderForm.description
orderForm.quantity
orderForm.itemPrice
orderForm.price
orderForm.totalPrice
orderForm.deliveryDetails.billingAddress
orderForm.deliveryDetails.deliveryAddress
orderForm.noItems
LIVE 24-SEVEN


INTERIOR DESIGN A POSITIVE RESULT ! ! !


The other day, as I was driving through the lanes of Oxfordshire on the way to a client, I noticed rows of newly blooming daffodils, croci (assuming that’s the plural of crocus – if it’s not, it should be), and snowdrops. Wow, I thought, spring is finally almost here.


48


And that’s the way I’m also feeling about the interior design trade right now. No matter what your politics – and I’ll leave the pontificating on that subject to my fellow contributor Digby, Lord Jones – you’d have to be an ostrich not to have noticed the almost total stagnation that the last few years of “Will we, won’t we ???” have brought about. The general lack of confidence in just about everything has hit the interior design trade quite badly. It’s not that our potential clients have had any less money, they just haven’t felt in the mood to spend it.


There have been casualties, both in the manufacturing and the retail side of the trade. Some design houses have closed altogether, others have reduced their stock levels, and have launched far fewer new collections than they normally would. A chap I’ve known for at least 20 years, with a substantial business like ours, called me before Christmas to say he’d had enough, and was packing up.


But just lately things have definitely changed. Since around the middle of January there has been a much more positive feel in the air. We’ve had many more enquiries, and people through the showroom door. My diary for consultations has suddenly filled for the next few weeks. Quotes we sent out months ago have suddenly turned into orders. And I’m glad to say it’s not just us. Reps, who, bless them, have done their best to conceal their gloom over the last couple of years, have come in with positive stories, and a spring in their step.


And that’s why, ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pride I’d like to talk this month about the interior designer. What do we do, and what can you expect from us?


A good designer will have a natural sense of balance, and will know not only what works with what, but what they can throw into the mix to inject that “Wow” factor, to make a good room into a great room. Of course that comes not only with experience, but with having a comprehensive knowledge of the almost endless sea of product that’s out there. And that’s one major reason that yes, if you’re serious about creating a fabulous home you really do need to get yourself a good designer. Time and again, when we’re presenting a scheme to a client in the showroom they’ll say something like “That’s stunning and I love it, but I’d never have chosen it myself”.


A good and experienced interior designer will help you achieve (and hopefully surpass) the results you are looking for. They will spend time with you, get on your wavelength, ask the right questions, and most importantly listen to you and value your input. I’ve always said that the role of a good designer is not to impose their 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.


LIVE24-SEVEN.COM


HOME S & INTERIORS JOHN BIDDE L L - INT ERIORS EXPER T


John Biddell - John Charles Interiors


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92