I believe that many friends will collapse from time to time in the process of decoration, asking why the earth should install houses and furniture, and become experts first, not to say that professional things should be handed over to professional people. That's true, but there are many employees in this industry, and not everyone is very professional. It can be said that the proportion of very professional people is relatively low. After all, the house is built and I live by myself. If I am not prepared, it will be myself who will suffer in the next few years. So I want to know as much as possible myself, and I want to study what I can know carefully. Thank you!
I have more experience in customizing my own furniture, and I have sorted out some very dry goods to share with you.
First, choosing the right person is more important to the brand!
The materials and hardware used by big brands are generally better, of course, the price is higher, and there are more exhibition hall designs for big brands. But there is a problem. The exhibition halls are all designed by masters. The person who designed your home may be a college student who hasn't graduated for about a year. Not to mention whether he can design the essence of a master, he may not even have basic common sense of life. Making custom furniture is not like a hospital. The proportion of good doctors in good hospitals is large, and customized furniture brands do not necessarily have brands. If the designer is unprofessional and lacks common sense, experience and aesthetics in the design process, there is a high probability of eventually overturning. For the record, I'm not attacking brand customization, just stating objective facts. I'm looking for brand customization myself. )
So how can we find a reliable designer?
There is a shortcut to ask friends around you if they have used reliable designers. This is the least risky method.
If there is no such recommendation around, how to select the right designer?
First look at the works to judge the designer's ability, preferably the real case of landing, and see if the style that the designer is good at meets what you want. The design is not comprehensive and meticulous, and the final installation effect is good.
Second, look at the stability of designers. He/she is in this industry. Is the working hours in this company long enough and stable enough? I am in Shanghai, and the mobility of people in this city is too strong. If your project is in progress, but the designer leaves, it will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble. Recently, this is also a bag to decorate the homes of some stars in Tik Tok. A big problem is that the renovation process is too long, and the middle designer has resigned or left his job to return to his hometown. So you can look through the designer's circle of friends to see how long he has worked in this company, or directly ask the designer arranged by this company how many years of experience, and tell the other party that you don't want to change people in the process.
In fact, the method mentioned above is still ideal. The designer's work can be faked, and the other company will lie about the designer's working years. Most of the current circle of friends is visible for half a year or three months, so how can we find a reliable person?
There is a bottom line to judge whether this designer is reliable or not. You can ask some professional questions:
How to deal with the closing and wrapping of furniture? At present, several common treatment methods on the market, which one is the most suitable for my family? Here, I want to draw the key points. If a friend doesn't know what I'm talking about, first search online for some customized rollover stickers for the whole house to get a general understanding. At present, the most popular way on the market is the door with ceiling, but it is really simple and beautiful. But this situation is not suitable for old houses and finely decorated houses with uneven roofs or poor wall flatness. No cover means that the gaps on the side and top can't be closed, and the effect may not be as good as reserving a certain width. Therefore, we should pursue the best results on a suitable basis, and some houses should not be forced if their own conditions are not satisfied. Professional designers will give more appropriate suggestions, not necessarily blindly follow the trend.
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The legendary summit door should not be sealed, provided that the wall and ground are flat enough.
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The sealing plate on the left side of this cabinet is large or small, because the wall of the hardcover room can no longer be processed. It is a better way to adjust it with sealing plate, and the result of not placing an order according to the actual situation will be overturned.
Seeing whether a designer has common sense of life does not necessarily mean that a designer should have all-round life experience. As long as his design experience is rich enough, he will definitely think more than the owner. A good designer can often take into account the unexpected problems of the owners and some factors that may change in life in the next few years.
2. How to choose a suitable design style?
I have always insisted that less is more, and the design that can simplify the complex is a good design. You can see many very complicated cabinet renderings on the Internet. They look attractive and feel very designed. But the fact is that the more complicated the cabinet, the higher the cost and the more difficult it is to install. There will be installation seams between cabinets, and the more seams, the more ugly it is to install. This is invisible in the renderings.
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Therefore, when you come across a very complicated design scheme, you must ask yourself whether it is so complicated. Is the scheme designed from the perspective of function or is it designed by the designer for beauty and design? A good design must have both functionality and aesthetics.
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The second point about style choice, don't pursue popular design elements too much, especially those that are too complicated and grandiose. Custom-made furniture in Shanghai has been very popular since the previous year. Phnom Penh, glass door and Hermes orange are mixed in various colors, and their style features are very distinct. At present, it is very attractive, but it is also easy to cause aesthetic fatigue and soon fall behind. By this year, the actual number of users has decreased significantly. Try to choose a more classic design style, without grandiose and complicated design elements.
3. Which is the most important, sheet metal, hardware and edge sealing?
It's really important, but these are not difficult to choose. Now that the plate has a new national standard, there is basically no big problem with materials that can reach Enf level. Don't be confused by the name of the plate. The key is not how good the name of the plate is, but the environmental protection level that the material can achieve.
There is a problem that needs to be paid great attention to. Everyone is afraid of toxic and harmful substances in the decoration, especially those with children at home. How to control the formaldehyde emission at home not to exceed the standard? Choosing environmentally friendly materials is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is necessary to control the total amount of materials used. The release is superimposed. The more cabinets, boards and materials piled up in your home, the higher the total amount released. Therefore, the release of each material may be qualified, but it is not necessarily superimposed.
The quality inspection of decoration materials is to detect the release of harmful substances from the materials themselves, and it will not be based on whether the air quality in your room is qualified. If the formaldehyde emission in the room exceeds the standard, but each material is qualified separately, then there may be too many materials used in this room, and the superimposed emission will be high. If you pay more attention to environmental protection, it is suggested that the more cabinets in your home, the better, and the decorative materials should not be too complicated. I think the design of that kind of children's room is full of tatami, wardrobe, bookcase, and a lot of background walls, wallpaper and other decorative materials. Think about how many things are piled up in a room. If the amount of discharge is superimposed, the air quality will be difficult to control.
The edge sealing of the plate is visible to the naked eye, which will directly affect the effect, so make the edge sealing thick and round, just like the manufacturer showed you. Actually, I have no obsession with hardware. Many domestic hardware is also very easy to use and cheap. As long as the warranty of the customized furniture brand you bought lasts for 5 years, the problem is actually not big.
4. The installation process should be controlled!
The installation link is the last link of the whole furniture customization. A good installer may not be able to save the overturned design scheme, but a bad installer can package the good design and good materials into powder, and the previous hard work is destroyed in this link. Therefore, in the installation process, we must repeatedly emphasize with the brand or manufacturer that we should arrange an experienced and skilled installation master to install it. Before installation, consult the designer about what links need to be installed, and emphasize communication with the installation master (it is best if the designer can keep an eye on the site, but most brand designers on the market do not pay attention to the installation links at present).
I have to watch the installation myself. I have a big friend who wasn't there when I pretended. When I finished the installation, I found that many details were not what I thought, but what the installer took for granted. At this time, it will be extremely troublesome to dismantle and change, and it will be a waste of time. Finally, I had to swallow the bitter fruit myself.
5. when it's time to pet it, pet it. Don't embarrass yourself.
Decoration and furniture placement should not be too perfect. You want to install a house and a cabinet, and the seams and edges of every place can be accurate to the millimeter level of the car, which is difficult for you and others. In fact, no matter how many details you dig when decorating, you can't see whether the edges have been confiscated or whether the gaps have been handled properly after three months ... Meimei's home was given to the baby when he was at school. After careful arrangement at home, as long as the children and the elderly at home have an operation, they will instantly return to their original shape. Getting rid of chaos is a good thing.