Julia is a residential interior designer and home stager serving Chestnut Hill: grand Wissahickon-schist stone colonials, Tudors, and older homes on wooded lots, plus twins and carriage houses. Studio in Huntingdon Valley, PA. She keeps the character and makes a big old house genuinely livable. Written plan in 48 hours.
The big stone colonial. Generous rooms, beautiful bones, and furniture that floats in the middle of spaces built for a different era. It feels grand and a little cold, and you use half the house.
Dated and dark. The rooms are lovely and dim, the lighting is decades old, and the formal spaces sit unused. A gorgeous home you are only half living in.
Quoted a fortune for full-service. The firms you called only take large full-service projects. You want a designer who respects the house and a plan you can trust, at a fair fixed price.
Chestnut Hill lives more like the Main Line than like Center City. Grand Wissahickon-schist stone colonials and Tudors on generous wooded lots, tree-lined streets, and a cobblestone stretch of Germantown Avenue. The homes are large and historic, and that is exactly why they are a challenge to furnish.
Grand old houses come with grand old problems. Rooms scaled for another century, furniture that floats, dated lighting, and formal spaces nobody uses. The move is to honor the stone-house character while making it genuinely livable today.
Julia's studio is in Huntingdon Valley, PA, a short drive to Chestnut Hill. Same-week walkthroughs across 19118.
| Service | Cost range | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh Eyes Visit (walkthrough + written plan) | $350 to $500 | 90 min + 48 hr plan |
| Hourly design (Chestnut Hill average) | $175 to $325 / hour | Varies by scope |
| Per-room design (fee only, no furnishings) | $600 to $2,200 | 3 to 5 weeks |
| Full room (design + sourcing + install) | $4,000 to $18,000 | 5 to 12 weeks |
| Sell-Ready Staging Walkthrough | $600 to $1,200 | 90 min + 48 hr plan |
Chestnut Hill sits at the upper end of the city range, closer to Main Line pricing given the larger homes. Fresh Eyes Visit fee is credited toward any Last 20% Package.
Ready to warm up your Chestnut Hill home?
Book My Fresh Eyes VisitYes. Julia's studio is in Huntingdon Valley, PA, a short drive to Chestnut Hill. Same-week walkthroughs across the 19118 zip, from the stone colonials on the tree-lined streets to the homes off Germantown Avenue.
Chestnut Hill sits at the upper end of the city range. Local designers charge $175 to $325 an hour or $3,500 to $18,000 per room. The Fresh Eyes Visit is a fixed $350 to $500. See the cost guide.
Constantly. Chestnut Hill's Wissahickon schist stone homes are gorgeous and come with older-home quirks: dated layouts, dark rooms, and grand proportions that make furniture float. Julia keeps the character while solving the modern problems. See post-renovation design in Philadelphia.
If the layout works and you need furniture, lighting, and styling, that is decorator work. If walls or flow need to change, that is design. Julia does both. See interior decorator in Philadelphia.
Yes. Julia stages Chestnut Hill homes for sellers and agents through Philadelphia home staging. Large stone homes photograph cold when empty, so staging matters.
If you do not walk away from the Fresh Eyes Visit with clarity on what your room needs, you do not pay. Julia has never had to refund one in 26 years.
90 minutes in your Chestnut Hill home. A written plan in 48 hours. One room, $350 to $500. Make a grand old house warm. Clarity, or you don't pay.
Book My Fresh Eyes Visit (267) 789-1428