Residential Interior Design
The Home that Hosts with the Most
Completed
2026
Scope
Added a butler’s pantry or scullery (not sure what to call it- it’s a sub-kitchen that actually larger than their actual kitchen), Mudroom, Primary bedroom, bathroom and closet, transitioned a screen in porch to a sunroom, basement, Powder bathroom, 2 kid’s bathrooms, secondary primary bathroom shower renovation, secondary primary bedroom and side nook (now office with shelving), Music room (sound proofed), home gym, front porch (furnishings) and garage
Project Partners
Interior Design | Helen Austen Interior Design
Photography | Josie Dell Photo
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After completing a smaller renovation together, these returning clients were ready to ask much more of their home. This wasn’t about decorating a few rooms. It was about reworking the house so it could support family life, guests, storage, hobbies, music, fitness, laundry, and the daily routines that make a home either easier or harder to live in.
The challenge was scale and complexity. Multiple rooms needed a clearer purpose, better storage, and stronger function, but the home still needed to feel warm, personal, and connected.
Helen’s organizing background became especially valuable here, because the project required her to see how every space could work harder without making the home feel overly engineered.
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Helen helped transform underused and awkward areas into highly functional rooms with personality and purpose. A former guest room and bath became a generous scullery with Dekton counters, full-height storage, a ladder system, custom spice drawers, column pullouts, a drink fridge, a dishwasher, and a full-size sink. A cramped pantry and laundry area became an expanded mudroom with closed custom storage, a long bench, stacked laundry, and usable folding space.
The screened porch became a temperature-controlled sunroom designed for mahjong nights, guests, and evenings spent listening to the crickets outside. The basement gained custom Murphy beds and layered lighting, the music room was soundproofed, and the primary suite was fully reworked with heated floors, a zero-entry shower, custom storage, and a closet designed around the client’s real habits.
Throughout the home, Helen updated lighting, art, bathrooms, storage, and specialty spaces so the entire house could function with more beauty and more purpose.
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Large scullery with Dekton counters, drink fridge, dishwasher, sink, spice drawers, column pullouts, and ladder storage
Expanded mudroom with closed custom storage, long bench, stacked washer/dryer, and folding space
Screened porch converted into a temperature-controlled sunroom
Custom Murphy beds and lighting in the basement
Soundproofed music room with custom sound panels
Primary bath with zero-entry shower, heated bench, and heated floors
Primary closet with custom storage, laundry, luggage space, and repurposed Roman shade fabric
Updated lighting, bathrooms, art, gym, garage, and porch furnishings