Our Studio
The Home Building Experience You've Been Looking For
Your home should be built around your life, and so should the experience of creating it. When you partner with Hill & Harbor, you get one dedicated team guiding you through every detail, from feasibility to furniture, leaving little for you to manage.
Own a historic home you actually want to live in.
You bought the house for its character. You should not have to give up light, flow, or a modern kitchen to keep it. We design and build the whole renovation under one roof, so the preservation approvals, the structural work and the finishes are all one team's responsibility. You are never the referee between an architect and a contractor.
What You Keep, What You Gain
Harmonizing Period Charm with Contemporary Living.
When undertaking a historic renovation, the challenge is understanding how to preserve centuries-old architectural heritage while seamlessly integrating the luxurious comforts a modern family requires. Our integrated Rhode Island design-build team ensures new finishes, bespoke cabinetry and contemporary layouts flow naturally alongside preserved period elements.
Historic District Commissions
- Certificate of Appropriateness applications
- Presentation before local HDC boards statewide
- Material and window replacement compliance
- Addition design per Secretary of the Interior's Standards
State & Federal Preservation
- RIHPHC review coordination
- Historic tax credit eligibility guidance
- National Register compliance
- Preservation consultant coordination
Design-Build Execution
- Design aligned with commission requirements before application
- Craftsmanship that protects irreplaceable historic fabric
- Integrated permitting, construction and interiors
- Realistic HDC timelines built into every schedule
Why it matters
A furnished home, not a punch list.
One design language
The team selecting your cabinetry is the team selecting your sofa. Materials, palettes and proportions stay coherent from architecture through accessories.
No second project
Furnishing a new home separately often takes another 6 to 12 months of decisions and lead times. Ours arrive with the furniture placed and the beds made.
Trade access
Designer pricing and trade-only sources, managed with the same budget transparency as construction.
Help on your terms
Complete furnishing packages or targeted help with key rooms. The scope flexes to your project and your existing pieces.
Furnishings run on the same process.
Selections begin during design, so nothing about your interiors is an afterthought.
Selected work
Furnished by our studio.
Questions
Common questions
The in-house interiors team handles full-service interior design, finish and fixture selections, custom millwork and lighting, furniture procurement, rugs and window treatments, art and accessory curation, and white-glove installation.
Interior design runs alongside architecture and construction from the first concept. Selections begin during design so furnishings are not a second project after the keys are handed over.
Yes. The studio offers complete furnishing packages or targeted help with key rooms. The scope flexes to the project and to pieces you already own.
Furnishing a new home as a separate project often takes another 6 to 12 months of decisions and lead times. Hill & Harbor interiors arrive with the furniture placed so the home is ready on day one.
We get so many compliments on our addition that it looks like it has always been there. They are a professional team that stands behind their work long past completion.
East Greenwich Client
Addition and furnishings