Guide
What Full-Service
Interior Design Includes
By Parishi Yagnik, Founder, Parishi Design Studio · 11 October 2026
At Parishi Design Studio, full-service means the studio handles the interior design from concept through final installation. The scope for each project is set out in its proposal.
What the stages look like
- Concept. The studio develops a design direction and floor plans for the client's review.
- Design development. Layouts, lighting and furniture plans, and design-intent detail drawings. Examples from the studio's projects: a main-floor plan showing furniture and lighting layout, and a shower elevation and ensuite plan, in the New-Build Residence.
- Installation. The studio takes the design through to final installation.
- Between design and installation. The studio coordinates the work from design through installation, with responsibilities defined in the agreed project scope.
What concept through completion looks like
- Concept (Renovated Residence). A facade sequence from the house as it was, to a concept illustration, to the completed exterior. The concept is a design illustration, not a photograph, and the page labels it that way.
- Planning (New-Build Residence). A main-floor plan with the furniture layout and the lighting and electrical layout on one sheet, with a legend.
- Detail (New-Build Residence). A shower elevation and ensuite plan with dimensions.
- Completion (both projects). Photographs of the finished rooms. The new-build interiors are shown before furnishing; the renovation's interiors show furniture, art and the open main floor.
Why this matters when comparing proposals: drawings like these show the design intent a contractor prices and builds from, alongside any specialist documentation.
What stays with others
The studio coordinates the work from design through installation, with responsibilities defined in the agreed project scope. Construction itself is carried out by builders and trades. Where a project involves structural, mechanical or electrical engineering, or needs a building permit, qualified professionals are responsible for that work and the municipal building authority reviews it; the studio's drawings do not replace engineering or permit documents. Architects, engineers and millwork companies prepare the specialist documentation required for their work. Permit and condominium approval coordination can form part of the agreed scope; approval is determined by the relevant authority or building management.
What the proposal should state
A scope description, what is and is not included, how fees are determined, how travel and site visits are handled, and how the schedule is set once scope is confirmed. At Parishi Design Studio, larger projects have a design fee agreed for the scope of work, project management can be engaged separately, and furniture procurement is generally included within design fees; the proposal confirms the purchasing services and costs. The project schedule is established after the scope and requirements are confirmed. See fees and ways to engage.
Ways to work with a design studio
Some clients want design advice, concepts and floor plans; some want project management and coordination; some want a full-service engagement from concept through final installation. At Parishi Design Studio, the proposal defines the services, deliverables and responsibilities included in each project, and you can work with your own contractor.
Questions to ask any studio
Who prepares the drawings? Who coordinates with the contractor? What is included in the fee? How are changes handled? How are the studio's past projects credited?
Next step
Read about residential interior design, see the New-Build Residence and the Renovated Residence, learn about Parishi Yagnik and the studio, or request a residential consultation.