Episode 7: When & Why to Hire an Interior Designer + Why AI Won’t Replace Us

This week, Virginia is taking a little break from Nine Star Ki to talk about something close to home: interior design.When is it actually worth hiring an interior designer? What does a designer bring to a project beyond choosing beautiful finishes? And with AI making it easier than ever to generate ideas and inspiration, is there still a place for interior designers?Virginia shares what really happens behind the scenes of a well-designed home, from understanding architecture and proportion to creating flow, solving problems, sourcing the right pieces and making hundreds of small decisions that ultimately make a home feel cohesive, personal and lived-in.She also explores where AI can be incredibly useful in the design process, and where it simply can’t replace experience, intuition, relationships and the ability to understand how a real family lives in a real home.