There has to be room for cre­ativ­i­ty with­in your prod­uct or web­site. Design­ers hate hav­ing all their ideas shut down. That’s what you’re pay­ing for, after all. If you have a strong vision of what you want your site or prod­uct to look like, it’s going to be very tough to work with you. Do every­one a favor and keep an open mind about the project and what you want it to look like. Being too spe­cif­ic real­ly turns design­ers off.

Keep in mind you’ve hired a pro­fes­sion­al and they’ve had much expe­ri­ence mak­ing great web­sites. A designer’s best work is deliv­ered when he has some breath­ing space. Although some­times it may look like they don’t know what they’re doing, trust your designer.

This is some­thing I real­ly wish I knew how to explain to clients with­out alien­at­ing them or mak­ing them feel stu­pid. Maybe I need to give them a link to this arti­cle.