Serving Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Interior Design Firm in Point Pleasant, NJ
A canal cut Point Pleasant in half in 1925; INSABELLADESIGN designs interiors for the houses that face the water.
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Est. 1996 · ASID & IIDA Members · WBENC Woman-Owned · 500+ Projects · 3M+ Sq Ft Designed
Interior Design in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
The Point Pleasant Canal opened in 1925, connecting the Manasquan River to Barnegat Bay and splitting the borough in two. Two lift bridges, at Route 88 and Bridge Avenue, carry traffic over it, and in summer they can go up as often as 300 times a day for boat traffic; anyone who has waited on a July Saturday already knows the number is real. Between the canal, the Manasquan River to the north, Barnegat Bay to the west, and Beaver Dam Creek marking the southern line, an outsized share of the borough's housing sits directly on water.
That geography is also the design brief. A river, canal, bay, or lagoon lot means bulkheads, docks, and outdoor space that works as hard as the interior, and it means renovating under the flood-elevation rules that followed Hurricane Sandy up and down the Shore. Point Pleasant sits across the canal from Point Pleasant Beach and its boardwalk, and borders Bay Head, Brick, Mantoloking, and Brielle. Housing runs from older cottages near that boardwalk to year-round colonials inland to canal-front houses with a boat tied up out back.
Neighborhoods we serve: Point Pleasant Beach · Bay Head border blocks · Manasquan River waterfront · Chadwick Island area · Beacon Boulevard
Holmdel, NJ
Holmdel Residence
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Colts Neck, NJ
Colts Neck Residence
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Colts Neck, NJ
Colts Neck Residence, Bar
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Luxury Residential Interior Design in Point Pleasant
Much of the work we take on is renovation: taking a dated cottage or a builder-basic house and giving it real flow, usually by opening the kitchen to the living space, adding a proper primary suite and mudroom, and reorienting the plan toward the water on river and lagoon lots instead of away from it. Threading in custom millwork and built-ins is often what turns a cramped, dark cottage into something bright and easy to host in.
The finishes are upscale and the planning is practical, because these houses work harder than a typical suburban home: kitchens built around real cooking with generous islands, spa baths with freestanding tubs and heated floors, wide-plank floors, and the storage and bunk space a real shore house needs. Lighting gets planned for a house that's dark by six in January and full sun in July, with dimmers doing a lot of the work. Outdoor showers, a beverage station, and seating for a crowd matter as much as anything inside, since these houses fill up all season and still have to work for two people the rest of the year.
- Cottage & home renovations
- Open-concept kitchen planning
- Waterfront & lagoon homes
- Spa baths & primary suites
- Mudrooms & outdoor showers
- Custom built-ins & storage
- Performance coastal materials
- Bright layered palettes
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Commercial Interior Design in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant's dining and retail scene has moved upscale in the same years the housing stock has, from waterfront seafood restaurants to boutique shops that didn't exist a decade ago. We design and refresh those interiors, giving local businesses a level of finish that stands out in a crowded summer market.
Multifamily
Phillips Seaview Towers
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Monmouth County, NJ
Monmouth Medical Center
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The INSABELLADESIGN Difference
The difference in a Point Pleasant renovation usually comes down to who's actually steering it. Founder Beth Insabella Walsh walks the house herself on every project, understands how the family actually uses it, from the boat traffic on the canal to a full house at Thanksgiving, and stays involved through the last detail.
We've worked this way since 1996, nearly thirty years of it. On a canal or lagoon block, a renovated house is visible from the water as much as the street, and neighbors compare notes over the dock as often as the fence line.
Selected Work
Projects from our portfolio closest to Point Pleasant in both location and character.
Holmdel Residence
Holmdel, NJ. An ASID Silver Award winning primary suite renovation in a substantial family residence.
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Colts Neck Residence
Colts Neck, NJ. Highly finished living, kitchen, and dining spaces designed for daily family use and entertaining.
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Phillips Seaview Towers
Multifamily. Elevated common areas and resident amenities for a large residential property.
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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 Ocean County interior design service area.
Point Pleasant 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?
Yes. Bay Head Residence is in Ocean County. The studio is in Little Silver and we work across New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Florida.
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 Point Pleasant
If your Point Pleasant beach house, colonial, or canal-front home is ready for a real renovation, let's design something that survives salt air and still looks worth the view. Reach Beth and the INSABELLADESIGN team at 732-933-4344 or info@insabelladesign.com.
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Serving Point Pleasant, Ocean County, and communities throughout New Jersey