Designers Urged to Show Value
On Sunday, John Gidding of HGTV’s Designed to Sell addressed interior designers and kitchen/bath industry members in a session entitled “Design and Inspiration.” Gidding emphasized that designers must provide value in order to succeed in the current economy.
He advised designers and industry professional to abide by the three principles below:
- Modify existing and prefabricated products – bargain shop at furniture floor sales and national prefabricated wholesalers. Don’t limit your thinking by accepting pieces as they are, consider adding new fabrics, knobs or even turning a piece into something entirely different.
- Rethink familiar materials - Gidding recommended using butcher block for countertops and back splashes and shared examples of added plywood to these countertops for additional design elements.
- Innovate looking forward – think about designs that are sustainable, thus proving value to the homeowner and practicing environmental good choices.
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