I just recently had a conversation with a friend who does interior design professionally (not licensed though). At first my reaction was exactly - "that's stupi

I just recently had a conversation with a friend who does interior design professionally (not licensed though). At first my reaction was exactly - "that's stupid to require license for THAT". However, she made a great point - people confuse interior DECORATORS and interior DESIGNERS. You hire decorators to make certain taste decisions, but designer to design interior from ground up. Designer will make choice whether to put certain important things like, say, lights. I bet, you'd better have someone who understands how much lights your staircase must have.