Julia is a residential interior designer and home stager for New Hope: 1800s stone and frame homes near Main and Bridge, canal-side properties, converted mills, and Solebury estates. Studio in Huntingdon Valley. Design that respects the artistic, historic character of the town. Written plan in 48 hours.
The 1820s stone home off Ferry Street. Wide-plank floors, a walk-in fireplace, exposed beams, and a living room where nothing you own is the right scale for the ceilings. You fell for the history. You cannot get the room to live up to it.
The canal-side weekend house. You bought it as an escape. Now it holds furniture from three different eras and never quite feels like the retreat you pictured. It has to work for guests, feel calm, and not demand upkeep you do not have time for.
The converted mill in Solebury. Soaring ceilings, industrial bones, and enormous rooms that swallow ordinary furniture. Every piece looks lost. You need someone who can plan for the scale, not just decorate around it.
New Hope is an artists' town on the Delaware, and its homes carry that identity: historic, creative, unrepeatable. A stone house near the towpath, a converted mill, a frame home that has watched the river for two hundred years. The worst thing a designer can do here is impose a generic suburban look on a house with real soul.
Julia designs New Hope homes to be more themselves, not less. Scale planned to the ceilings and the light, materials that honor the age of the house, and restraint where restraint serves the character.
Her studio is in Huntingdon Valley. For second homes, she coordinates around your visits so a walkthrough fits your weekend.
New Hope is unlike anywhere else in Bucks: artistic, historic, riverside. The homes demand a specific kind of respect. A few things every New Hope plan takes into account:
| Service | Cost range | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh Eyes Visit (walkthrough + written plan) | $350 to $500 | 90 min + 48 hr plan |
| Hourly design (New Hope average) | $175 to $350 / hour | Varies by scope |
| Per-room design (fee only, no furnishings) | $600 to $2,000 | 3 to 5 weeks |
| Full room delivery (fee + sourcing + install) | $3,000 to $15,000 per room | 4 to 12 weeks |
| Sell-Ready Staging Walkthrough | $500 to $1,200 | 90 min + 48 hr plan |
New Hope runs at the higher end of the Bucks range because sourcing pieces that fit historic scale and character takes longer and costs more. Converted mills and estates run higher still. Second homes are quoted around your visit schedule. Fresh Eyes Visit fee is credited toward any Last 20% Package.
Ready to make your New Hope home more itself?
Book My Fresh Eyes VisitYes. Julia's studio is in Huntingdon Valley, about a forty-minute drive. Same-week walkthroughs across the 18938 zip, the borough near Main and Bridge, along the canal, and out into Solebury Township.
New Hope runs at the higher end of the Bucks range. Local designers charge $175 to $350 an hour or $3,000 to $15,000 per room. Fresh Eyes Visit is a fixed $350 to $500. See the cost guide.
Character homes: 1800s stone and frame houses in the borough, canal-side properties, converted mills and barns, and Solebury estates. New Hope rewards design that respects the historic, artistic character. Julia works with the character, not against it.
Yes, and many New Hope homes are exactly that. A weekend home has different needs: it has to feel like an escape, work for guests, and require little upkeep. Julia designs for how the home is actually used and coordinates around your visits.
Yes. Higher-value New Hope listings benefit from staging that protects the character and sells the story. Sell-Ready Staging Walkthrough runs $500 to $1,200.
Historic New Hope homes almost always need a designer's eye on scale and layout before decorator work makes sense. The ceilings and the light matter more than the pieces. See interior decorator in Bucks County.
90 minutes in your New Hope room. A written plan in 48 hours. One room, $350 to $500. Design that respects the character of the town. Clarity, or you don't pay.
Book My Fresh Eyes Visit (267) 789-1428