Interior Designers
West Palm Beach
Interior Architecture & Historic Home Modernization for West Palm Beach’s Most Distinguished Properties
Developer-Informed Planning.
Modern Design Mastery.
Concierge-Level Execution.
West Palm Beach carries a heritage unlike anywhere else in South Florida — a living archive of Mediterranean Revival, Mission, mid-century modern, and early coastal architecture. These homes weren’t meant to be replaced. They were meant to be respected, restored, and reimagined.
Whether you’re preserving a landmark residence or creating a ground-up custom home with architectural gravitas, we bring the same developer-informed planning, modern design mastery, and concierge-level execution to every project.
STUDIO 818’s founders began their work together modernizing a dozen pre-1928 historic homes in Los Angeles — a foundation that shaped our signature approach to blending design excellence with construction fluency. Today, that expertise serves homeowners in El Cid, Prospect Park, SoSo, Flamingo Park, and West Palm Beach’s most architecturally significant neighborhoods.
Our promise is simple:
Your home’s history will be honored — and its future elevated.
The STUDIO 818 Difference
Historic Homes. Modern Living. Ground-Up Precision. Zero Compromise.
Most interior designers focus on finishes. We engineer outcomes — especially within the complexity of historic West Palm Beach homes and high-value custom builds.
Our proprietary Project Roadmap™ Phase establishes clarity before design begins: architectural integrity, structural behavior, modernization requirements, permitting pathways, and the investment realities unique to both historic residences and ground-up homes in West Palm Beach.
From there, our Design Execution Framework™ ensures every decision — aesthetic, architectural, spatial, and technical — aligns seamlessly through design development, documentation, procurement, and construction administration. No guesswork. No rework. No surprises.
With a background delivering more than 50 privately funded speculative residences prior to founding STUDIO 818 — including extensive historic remodels and custom builds — we understand what’s at stake when designing homes that carry both value and legacy.
You remain in control with full transparency, while our team orchestrates every detail with concierge-level precision.
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Historic Modernization & Custom Coastal Living — Delivered With Construction Intelligence
West Palm Beach offers one of the most architecturally diverse landscapes in South Florida — from El Cid’s historic Mediterranean and Mission-style homes to the modern estates rising along the Intracoastal. Each neighborhood demands fluency in both legacy architecture and contemporary design logic.
Historic Homes Reimagined for Modern Living
Our foundation began with the acquisition and transformation of more than a dozen historic residences in Los Angeles — all built pre-1928. That hands-on experience established the expertise we bring to Palm Beach County’s distinguished historic properties:
- respectful modernization
- structural discernment
- a deep understanding of how to integrate today’s lifestyle expectations without erasing architectural heritage.
We retain the character.
We modernize the infrastructure.
We elevate the livability.
Ground-Up Custom Homes in West Palm Beach
While historic modernization is a cornerstone of our practice, STUDIO 818 also leads luxury ground-up custom home design across West Palm Beach. From Intracoastal estates to contemporary coastal residences south of Southern, our developer-informed approach aligns architecture, interiors, lifestyle flow, and build strategy from day one — ensuring your home feels intentional, enduring, and impeccably executed.
Whether you’re reimagining a timeless historic residence or building a timeless coastal-modern home from the ground up, our focus remains the same:
intelligent planning, modern mastery, and concierge-level execution that protects your investment and elevates your lifestyle.
process
From Vision to Precision
Every exceptional West Palm Beach project begins long before design — it begins with strategic clarity.
Project Roadmap™ Phase
Where vision and feasibility align.
We evaluate structural conditions, historic constraints, material performance, permitting pathways, neighborhood context, and lifestyle priorities. Then we align these factors with budget projections before crafting a design strategy — eliminating mid-stream surprises for both historic modernizations and ground-up custom homes.
Design Execution Framework™
Where modernization and ground-up homes become buildable.
Our designer-led system carries your project through master design development, detailed documentation, material procurement, and construction administration — ensuring the home you envision is precisely the home that gets built.
Turnkey Lifestyle™
Where the transformation becomes complete.
A fully managed furnishing and styling process tailored to high-end West Palm Beach residences: custom furniture, curated artwork, layered lighting, textiles, and thoughtful lifestyle curation.
Historic & Luxury Neighborhoods of West Palm Beach
We design for West Palm Beach’s most architecturally significant neighborhoods — each with its own preservation standards, renovation challenges, and distinctive character.
Primary Service Areas Include:
- El Cid — Mediterranean Revival & Mission-style homes
- Prospect Park — estate-scale historic renovations
- SoSo (South of Southern) — coastal modern homes + historic blends
- Flamingo Park — bungalow + cottage restorations
- Historic districts requiring HPB review
- Waterfront + Intracoastal custom homes
Each project is tailored to site, lifestyle, and long-term value — Designed for Distinction™.
STUDIO 818 makes dreams come true
“STUDIO 818, you are exceptional! Words cannot express how thrilled I am with my home. Working with Janie and John-Paul was an amazing experience—every detail of the process went smoothly, and I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. My life is forever changed, and my home at 2124 Dreamlodge is truly my dream home!
Janie, John-Paul, and STUDIO 818 make dreams come true. Janie has an incredible designer’s eye, and together with their team, they can transform any space into something extraordinary!”
~ Joe Delmonte - Fenwal, Inc.
West Palm Beach Market Intelligence
In West Palm Beach, design decisions shape both value and legacy.
Historic Integrity Premium
Thoughtful modernization that preserves original architectural character — arches, millwork, ironwork, and masonry — strengthens both emotional appeal and long-term market value in West Palm Beach’s historic districts.
Neighborhood Authenticity
Design choices that respect the architectural language of El Cid, Prospect Park, SoSo, and Flamingo Park enhance perceived quality and reduce buyer hesitation. Authenticity is a market advantage here.
Preservation Board Alignment
Material selections, exterior adjustments, and spatial changes must harmonize with HPB expectations. Strategic design reduces approval friction and protects timelines.
Lifestyle-Flow ROI
Modernizing historic layouts — opening circulation, improving light, integrating indoor–outdoor living — delivers immediate livability upgrades while increasing desirability among sophisticated buyers.
Custom-Home Market Sensitivity
For ground-up homes along the Intracoastal and South of Southern, value is driven by timeless architecture, restrained luxury, and high-performance coastal materials. Overly stylized design can diminish resale value in this market.
UHNW Buyer Psychology
Buyers expect craftsmanship, material integrity, and design cohesion. Renovations or new builds that feel “patched together” or “conceptually loose” experience value drag — cohesive planning delivers premium positioning.
Privacy + Prestige Balance
In dense historic districts and waterfront corridors, strategic spatial planning ensures privacy without diminishing openness, light, or architectural clarity.
Ready to Transform Your West Palm Beach Home?
If you’re planning a historic renovation, major modernization, or luxury custom home in West Palm Beach, STUDIO 818 provides the strategic clarity, technical fluency, and modern design mastery required to protect — and elevate — both heritage and lifestyle. We specialize in:
- Historic home modernization
- Distinctive luxury restorations
- Timeless ground-up custom homes
- Major interior architecture renovations
- Full-scale interior design & furnishing programs