Increased Value
Are you trying to sell your home immediately, or are you going to stay in it for a few years? It doesn’t really matter. In both cases, you want the perceived and real value of your home to go up with each change that you make. After all, there is no better validation of your design choices than real equity in the bank. Working with a professional cabinet designer on new construction gives you the best chance of upgrading into a design that will hold its value in the future. Your cabinet designer will likely have a finger on the pulse of what is popular in today’s design. However, a true professional will be able to balance this short-term trendiness with long-term feasibility.
New Design Ideas
Do you have time to look up all of the new design ideas that have visualized in your head? Probably not – you have other things to do throughout the day. Do you know who does have time to look all of these things up and organize them into a format that is easily presented to a client? That’s right – a professional cabinet designer! This is the person that you should look at for designs around the entire kitchen, not just for your cabinets. When a designer makes his decisions, he must see how those decisions reflect against other aspects of the kitchen. This means that he must understand new designs in the entire room, not just on the cabinets.
Faster Turnaround
Working with a professional virtually ensures that you will get to the final product more quickly. You will also get there in a more cost-efficient way. Less mistakes and less trial and error means less money out of your pocket. With the professional designer by your side, you will have someone looking over your shoulder making sure that you measure twice and cut once. However, even if the upfront cost take your budget past level it would go with a pure DIY process, you gain that money right back because of the speed of the turnaround. Time is money in every industry, not just yours. The faster that you get your design finalize, the more quickly you can begin to enjoy it.
More Functionality & Durability
As you are looking at the aesthetics of your cabinet design, are you considering the functionality as well? There is always a subtle balance that takes place between functionality and creativity, and no one knows this balance better than a professional cabinet designer. If you are building your cabinets up in a new construction project, then you are basically opening yourself up to the widest variety of aesthetic and functional choices on the market. This gives you the greatest opportunity for a mistake. It can be tempting, but you should not take the bait. You may pick the perfect design for your kitchen, but it is more likely that you will have a huge problem trying to decide between many designs that look equally as good to you.
Employing a professional designer will help you to drill down into the designs that are actually feasible for your kitchen space. There may be designs that look good that do not provide the functionality that you want, but you will never know this if you do not have the experience of a professional designer by your side as you choose.
Keep in mind just because you work with a cabinet designer does not mean that you have to give up the DIY aspects of construction. As a matter of fact, this may actually give you more of a chance to focus on your core competencies! If you have a professional helping you during the points where your understanding is limited, you will have a better easel to go nuts when you actually have some experience to add to the process. Working with a cabinet designer can increase the value in your home and reduce the cost of design. Regardless of what you choose, you now have enough information to make an informed decision.