Designer vs Decorator

I can understand the confusion. Even I’m confused. It appears to be simple. A designer is someone who has the education and experience to make structural changes to a building, such as moving walls, determining where plumbing should be located, doing technical drawings and construction plans. A decorator is someone who puts on the finishing touches – where the Ottoman goes, what kind of floor lamps we want to use, and as far as the furniture goes, etc.

There is more formal education for a designer. If they want to become a certified interior designer, there are certain educational requirements depending on your previous schooling and experience. For example, I did a Diploma in Interior Design at UiTM Perak and currently reading a degree in Creative Events, so I think I complete my school portion of the requirements for me to have basic knowledge about design. A decorator has no real credentials as far as education, however, there are lots of people who have done their Interior Design diploma or degree who go on to be a decorator. I did a little research and salaries appear to be the quite similar whether you’re a decorator or a designer, which is kind of surprising to me.

Designers generally work more closely with architects and contractors because they are involved with the development of the entire space, while decorators generally work solely with their client to create a customized space. Which I love, you know me, with being my own boss and all :p

So here’s where my part of the confusion comes in. What do I want to do? Right now I am doing a reeeeally small decorating project and it is a lot of fun. I enjoy doing more of the finishings because that is what gives the space character. Working with the trades and contractors is just not as much fun as picking furniture, putting together accessories for the space and creating a concept for the entire space. Some designers (just SOME) don’t even do the decorating part, so they hand an empty, but beautiful, space to a client and the client is left to make it feel how they want it to. Almost all of the time, the space never feels complete to them and it ends up looking disjointed. They needed the help to see the vision through to the very end.

I really like to be the person who make the space beautiful and at the same time for them to feel comfortable entertaining family and friends in the space. That is also why I took up Creative Events, because I like to jazz up an empty space and make it a memorable place/space for people. Hope this makes sense. hehe

Til then,

Smile always! XX

Stuff

Alhamdulillah. Everything worked out just great. Once that you accept the fact that Allah SWT always have something better planned out for you, and you never imagined this kind of things can happened to you, but it did. Although I reeeeeeealy want that other job so badly, but because there were few inevitable situations, I can't do it.

But this other job, it's fantastic too! Thank you Allah. 

Have Faith and Have A Lovely Week!

Love :)

A Quick Update.

Hiiiiii! As some of you guys may know, I'm back in Malaysia for the summer break! How I miss my home, you have noooo idea. So here's a little update of things I did before my flight back to Malaysia, during my flight, and  current events.

PS: Actually, I've been back for a month ++ now, but only got the chance to update. Bear with me :D

All pictures via my instagram : amiraafarhana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you lovelies had a great week! See you soon! 

XX

Be happy, live a little.

These are some shots from our picnic scene in the park (for our final assessment 'The Happiness Project'). I had so much fun planning and preparing the day, I had to share the fun with everyone. 

Tomorrow's the big day and I hope for the best and everything's going to be smooth sailing. Good luck with your works people! I'll update tomorrow's installation later! Have a good one! XX

 

A week in pictures

I'm still on a tight deadlines, but here's how I spent the whole week, busy with my final project of course.

Hope you'll have a lovely one! XX

1 & 2. My final project for Communication Design, which was a series of poster titled 'Reign of Terror'. 3. A cute train (drove?) past in front of our faculty building. 4. Me & Jaslyn, my group partner worked all day in my house to edit our videos. 5 & 6. Days and days spent in the studio to get the hang of Final Cut Pro & editing the videos. 7 - 10. Some of our props for 'The Happiness Project' installation. Finally, it's all coming together! Yay

Spring Coming

Hi! How was your week? Mine was great thank you. My favourite time of the year (spring) is approaching fast and everything around me is just beautiful! I'm just gonna share with you few pictures around my campus in Medway during this time of the year.

Have a great day ahead people! I'm still swamped with final projects, will catch up real soon! XX