Interior design is unfamiliar ground to
many builders. It's full of trends that
seem to come and go without reason
and practitioners who seem more concerned
with fickle styles than with
practical realities.
However, the public does pay a lot of
attention to current styles. Few contractors
are spared the presentation of
torn-out pages from trendy decorating
magazines by clients who want "something
like this."
It helps to keep in mind that interior
design is a lot more than just decorating
these days. In fact, interior designers
are drawing plans for an increasing
number of builders—much to the chagrin
of architects. And interior design
does have a certain logic to it, once you
get past the jargon and pretty