• Architecture and decor are combined so that the result is a holistic unity.
• Giving to an interior a certain layout and a spatial use, it becomes functional.
• Appropriate furnish pieces and fittings accessorize the structure and they are added by interior designers to stylize it.

Interior design classes graduates ought to have a series of abilities. Among them, here are the most important:

• – ability to competently communicate with clients in order to clearly comprehend their requirements and needs regarding interior design
• conceive and translate on paper imaginative and functional solutions that will result in operable and artistic interior spaces
• create and develop schemes which sustain the design concept
• generate computerize images
• acquire the needed materials and labor in order to materialize the design project
• meet health, safety and environmental standards and building codes when projecting the design plan
• guarantee optimal management of space and positioning of furniture and fittings
• –– apply and keep the established budgets for design projects<
• effectively organize design tasks and coordinate them with other industry professionals (architects; electricians; plumbers etc.)

Another feature that favors an interior designer but which isn't necessarily ensured by interior design classes is to be organized, with great management skills regarding projects and time. Orientation towards customers and flexibility to adapt to the fluctuation in the clients' needs represent an advantage.

Since an interior designer often collaborates with architects, electricians, engineers and other industry-related professionals, he/she must be a good team-worker.

The career options given by the graduation of interior design schools include design assistants, intermediate designers, project managers or senior designers.

Depending on each one's affinity, one can choose a certain area of work such as residential, industrial or commercial interior design. Specialization in a particular design discipline requires an examination in order to get the practice certification.