40 articles in Interior Design and Finishing with practical commercial and delivery insight.
Most disputes with an interior designer are scope disputes, not taste disputes. Here is the appointment sequence and the wording that decides who draws, who specifies and who checks.
Read MoreA floor is a build-up, not a tile. This is the sequence for specifying what goes on each floor, what goes under it, and what happens where two materials meet.
Read MoreLighting is specified in three separate documents: a layout, a fitting schedule and a circuit schedule. Skip the third and the first two never work as intended.
Read MoreAn office fit-out in a leased building runs on two tracks at once: your programme and the landlord approval process. This is the sequence that keeps both moving.
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Owners use the words interchangeably and then wonder why the price moved. Decoration changes surfaces and furniture; fit-out changes the fabric and the services behind it.
Read MorePaint is cheap to apply and expensive to maintain in the places people touch. Panelling costs more and hides more. The decision is about traffic, not taste.
Read MoreA scene control system buys flexibility, programming and a single plate. Conventional switching buys simplicity and parts you can replace anywhere. Both can be the right answer.
Read MoreA space described as fitted can mean a bare serviced floor or a ready office. Knowing which one you are being offered changes the price of the deal.
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A finishing schedule is the single page that makes two interior quotations comparable. Here is how to build one room by room and what each column has to say.
Read MoreA ceiling is the one surface that has to satisfy the lighting designer, the air conditioning engineer and the person who will repair the pipe above it. Here is the order of decisions.
Read MoreOutlets are positioned in a week and lived with for a decade. These are the layout errors that produce visible extension leads in an otherwise finished interior.
Read MoreA retail fit-out is governed by a trading date that will not move. This is the sequence that gets a unit from handover to opening without losing the date.
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