Once the structural plan is in place for a building or a remodel project, you'll need to determine the "look" you want inside the rooms.

Interior decorators are specialists who offer advice on furniture, wall coverings, colors, styles the overall physical appearance of your project. Decorators also may help you save time and money by helping you narrow down your choices and by receiving professional discounts for materials such as furniture, home accessories, wallpaper or paint. When you meet an interior decorator, expect to talk about your personal style and preferences. From that, the decorator will develop some ideas that would work for you, and help you translate your artistic sensibility into reality.

Interior decorators may charge by the hour or you may negotiate a flat fee equal to a percentage of the total project cost.