Luxury Interior Design Services
MJ Martin Design Woodworking offers interior design services alongside its kitchen remodeling, custom countertops, and general custom woodworking services. The team helps homeowners along the Connecticut shoreline choose materials, finishes, and layouts that work together across an entire home, not just the room under renovation. Design decisions happen alongside the cabinetry and woodworking decisions, from the first sketch through final installation.
MJ Martin Interior Design Offerings
MJ Martin Design works as a full service interior design firm, handling material, finish, and layout decisions alongside its cabinetry, countertop, and millwork projects. That covers wood species and finish, hardware, and how a room's layout connects to the ones beside it.
The MJ Martin team brings that same high-end eye to interior design that they bring to their custom work, so a project gets one point of contact for both the design plan and the finished woodwork.
Material and Finish Selection
Every wood species, stain, and hardware finish gets chosen to work with the rest of the home, not picked in isolation for a single room. MJ Martin walks through those choices during an interior design color consultation at the Design Studio showroom in Old Saybrook, where cabinet samples, countertop pairings, and hardware are on display for comparison before any product is ordered.
Layout and Space Planning
A kitchen island, a mudroom bench, or a primary bath vanity all have to fit the room they're built for, and MJ Martin plans that layout as part of a bespoke design process rather than fitting a stock piece into whatever space is left. That planning draws on our experience as custom woodworkers directly, so a design decision accounts for what's actually possible to build, not only what looks good in a rendering.
Interior Design Services Across the Home
The same design process applies whether the room is a kitchen, a bathroom, or a built-in somewhere else in the house, though each space calls for its own materials and layout.
Kitchens
A kitchen carries more design decisions than almost any other room, from cabinet finish and hardware to lighting and how the layout works with the space around it. MJ Martin's kitchen design and remodeling work follows that same process.
Bathrooms
A vanity, tile, and finish selections work together in a bathroom the same way they do everywhere else in the home. See MJ Martin's approach to custom bathroom vanities.
Wood Countertops
Countertop material and finish get chosen alongside cabinetry and hardware, not as a separate decision made later. MJ Martin's wood countertops are part of that same design conversation.
Built-Ins, Millwork & Furniture
Built-in cabinetry, architectural millwork, and custom furniture all draw on the same design process, whether the piece is a bookcase, a mudroom bench, or a dining table. MJ Martin's custom woodworking covers that range of work.
Working With Homeowners, Architects, and Designers
Homeowners from New Haven to Mystic planning a full renovation can work with MJ Martin as their interior design firm, from an initial consultation through installation. Architects, interior designers, and contractors also bring MJ Martin in for the cabinetry and millwork portion of a project already under their direction, filling that scope without taking over decisions the outside designer has already made. See how a project comes together from first consultation to installation.
Interior Design Questions Homeowners Ask
Is interior design a separate service, or does it come with a cabinetry project?
Both. Homeowners can start with an interior design consultation as the focus, or fold design decisions into a kitchen, bathroom, or built-in project already underway. Either way, the same team handles the design and the woodworking.
Will MJ Martin work with my own interior designer?
Yes. MJ Martin partners with outside interior designers, architects, and contractors regularly on residential projects, building the cabinetry and millwork to match a design plan that's already in place.
Does the team handle paint colors, lighting, and furniture, or just cabinetry-related design?
MJ Martin's design work centers on the decisions tied to cabinetry, countertops, millwork, and furniture, including wood species, finish, hardware, and layout. For paint, lighting fixtures, and other decisions outside that scope, MJ Martin can coordinate with an outside interior designer or the homeowner's existing team.
Is there a showroom to see materials and finishes in person?
Yes. The Design Studio showroom at 851 Middlesex Turnpike in Old Saybrook, CT has cabinet, vanity, and countertop samples on display, along with hardware and finish options.
How does interior design pricing work?
Design work is priced as part of the overall project rather than as a separate line item in most cases. Contact MJ Martin for a conversation about scope and cost specific to your project.
Start an Interior Design Project
Every project starts with a conversation about the rooms involved, the materials under consideration, and how they should work together.Request an interior design consultation or get in touch to start that conversation, or visit the showroom to see finishes in person.