Serving Millburn, New Jersey
Interior Design Firm in Millburn, NJ
Millburn is named for the mills that dammed the Rahway River; INSABELLADESIGN designs interiors from Millburn Avenue to Short Hills.
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Est. 1996 · ASID & IIDA Members · WBENC Woman-Owned · 500+ Projects · 3M+ Sq Ft Designed
Interior Design in Millburn, New Jersey
Millburn takes its name literally: a burn is Scots for stream, and after the Revolutionary War the Rahway River was dammed in five places along it to run paper and other mills. One of those mill sites, on the river behind what's now Millburn Avenue, became the Paper Mill Playhouse in 1938, still the State Theatre of New Jersey. The township organized in 1857, and the Morris and Essex Railroad had already reached it by 1835, which is why downtown Millburn and Short Hills both grew up around train stations instead of a highway exit.
Short Hills is the other half of the township, and it has its own origin story: Stewart Hartshorn bought the first thirteen acres near Hobart Avenue and Chatham Road in the 1870s, eventually controlled more than 1,500 acres, and capped every plot at half an acre so the community stayed walkable instead of sprawling into estates. That's still visible today. Short Hills homes are large and expensive, but they sit closer together than the price would suggest, which changes how a primary suite addition or a new kitchen bump-out actually gets sited.
Neighborhoods we serve: Short Hills · Wyoming · Glenwood · downtown Millburn · the area near Taylor Park
Colts Neck, NJ
Colts Neck Residence, Bar
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Holmdel, NJ
Holmdel Residence
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Princeton, NJ
Princeton Residence
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Luxury Residential Interior Design in Millburn
Near downtown, in the Wyoming section and the streets around Millburn Avenue, the work is sensitive renovation: opening a dated kitchen, adding a spa bath, restoring and extending original millwork so a house lives like it was built this decade and looks like it was built a century ago. In Short Hills, the work is about scale inside a tighter footprint than the price tag suggests: custom kitchens built around real cooking, spa primary baths with heated stone and freestanding tubs, paneled studies, wine rooms, and built-ins that make a large house feel intentional rather than empty.
The fundamentals hold at either scale. We plan lighting on separate circuits, so the sconces, the overheads, and the evening dimmers are three different decisions instead of one switch by the door. We size furniture and millwork to the architecture instead of the showroom floor. We restore original detail where it survives and add matching millwork where it doesn't, down to the profile of the molding. And we plan for the systems, HVAC, smart-home, acoustics, before they get cut into a hundred-year-old wall.
- Estate-scale design
- Character-home renovation
- Custom chef's kitchens
- Spa primary baths
- Millwork restoration & matching
- Wine rooms & studies
- Layered lighting
- Furnishings & art
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Commercial Interior Design in Millburn
Downtown Millburn draws from across the region on the strength of the Paper Mill Playhouse and a real concentration of restaurants and boutiques along Millburn Avenue, and the professional community behind it runs deep. We design the retail and restaurant interiors that fit that walkable, upscale strip, along with offices, medical and dental suites, and financial and legal practices across Millburn and Essex County: real materials, controlled lighting, and finishes that read considered rather than corporate.
Corporate
Tricon Corporate
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Corporate
Designer Greetings
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The INSABELLADESIGN Difference
Millburn and Short Hills are connected enough that a design decision gets discussed before the paint is dry, and Beth Insabella Walsh is the one who walks every room, reviews every material selection, and signs off on the plan before it goes to your contractor. That's true on a downtown Tudor and a Short Hills estate alike.
Since 1996 our growth here has come mostly through referral rather than advertising, in a township small enough that everyone already knows whose renovation went well and whose didn't. Beth Insabella Walsh still walks every Millburn project in person, from a downtown kitchen to a Short Hills wing addition, which is a hard thing to fake once a practice gets busy.
Selected Work
Projects from our portfolio closest to Millburn in both location and character.
Colts Neck Residence, Bar
Colts Neck, NJ. A billiard room rebuilt as a full service bar, with LED lit panels, bold materials, and integrated entertainment technology.
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Holmdel Residence
Holmdel, NJ. An ASID Silver Award winning primary suite renovation in a substantial family residence.
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Tricon Corporate
Corporate. Executive conference and office environments designed to support professional collaboration.
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I've had the privilege of working with Beth Insabella on several homes throughout the past 25+ years. Beth has impeccable taste and with her talented team, each project was a testament to her firm's creativity, expertise, attention to detail and professionalism. Whether starting with a blank slate or repurposing existing furnishings with new fabrics and colors, INSABELLADESIGN delivers stunningly beautiful, yet highly functional spaces, specifically tailored to the client's needs. I look forward to our next collaboration!
30+ Years of Experience
500+ Projects Completed
3M+ Sq Ft Designed
98% Client Satisfaction
How a Project Works
1. Start with a conversation
A consultation at our Little Silver studio or your property. We talk through the space, the scope, how you live or work in it, and what you want the finished project to accomplish. No obligation, and you will always be speaking with Beth.
2. Design and decisions
Space planning, materials, millwork and cabinetry design, lighting, and furnishings developed into one coherent plan, with drawings and documentation your contractor and trades can actually build from.
3. We carry it to the finish
We coordinate the trades, manage orders and timelines, and stay on the project through installation and styling, so you get a completed space rather than a plan left for you to assemble.
About INSABELLADESIGN
- Nearly 30 years of award-winning residential & commercial design (est. 1996)
- ASID & IIDA professional members · WBENC-certified, woman-owned firm
- Full service: detailed space planning and design documentation, custom kitchens & baths, millwork, furnishing, install
- Every project led personally by founder Beth Insabella Walsh
- Trusted by the architects, builders, and trades our clients rely on
- Sourced materials, custom fabrication, and finishes held to an exacting standard
Nearby Areas We Serve
Part of our Essex County interior design service area.
Millburn Interior Design FAQs
Are you interior designers or interior decorators?
We are a full-service design firm. That means space planning and design documentation, custom kitchens and baths, millwork, lighting, furnishing and installation. Decoration is part of the work, not the whole of it.
What does full service include?
Drawings, custom millwork and casework, lighting design, finishes, furnishings, procurement, trade coordination and installation. We coordinate the trades and manage the schedule.
Have you worked in this area?
The studio is in Little Silver and we work across New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Florida, Millburn included.
Do you design commercial spaces as well as homes?
Yes. Alongside residential work we design medical, corporate, government, retail and multifamily interiors.
Do you take single rooms, or only whole homes?
Both. Scope runs from a single room to a full renovation or new build.
How do your fees work?
It depends on scope, from a single room to a full renovation or new build. After an initial consultation we provide a detailed proposal.
Who leads the project?
Beth Insabella Walsh, the firm’s founder, leads every project.
Start a Project in Millburn
From a Wyoming-section Tudor to a Short Hills wing addition, INSABELLADESIGN designs Millburn interiors scaled to the actual house, not the listing. Reach founder Beth Insabella Walsh at 732-933-4344 or info@insabelladesign.com.
(732) 933-4344 info@insabelladesign.com
Serving Millburn, Essex County, and communities throughout New Jersey