Margot Lane Interiors
A 1920s craftsman,
made for the way you live now.
Investment
$65,000
Timeline
6–9 Months
Scope
Full-Home Design
Location
Pasadena, CA
Dear Anna and James — thank you for opening the doors of your Bellefontaine Street craftsman to us. From our first walk-through, it was clear this home has wonderful bones and a story worth telling. We'd be honored to help you write its next chapter.
Margot Lane Interiors is a small, Pasadena-based residential studio. We design whole homes — not rooms — for families who want their house to feel unmistakably theirs. Our work lives at the meeting point of period character and contemporary comfort: original millwork and warm patina kept and celebrated, paired with the light, flow, and ease a 2025 household actually needs. We call it respectful modernism, and your 1920s craftsman is exactly the kind of home it was made for.
The goal isn't a museum and it isn't a gut. It's a home that feels like it has always been this beautiful — and finally works the way your family does, morning to night.
You told us the home feels dark and chopped-up — closed rooms, a dated kitchen, and furniture that came with the last chapter rather than this one. You love the original details, but daily life happens around them instead of within them.
Here's what we heard underneath the details: you want a home that breathes. A kitchen that pulls the family together, living spaces that flow into one another, bedrooms that feel restful, and a palette that holds the warmth of the original wood without feeling heavy or dim. You also want to do this once, thoughtfully — coordinated with the construction already underway so nothing has to be redone.
The challenge isn't taste — it's coordination and cohesion. Twelve disconnected decisions become one home only when someone holds the whole vision. That's the role we'd step into.
Our process is built to keep you confident and unsurprised. You'll always know what's been decided, what's next, and what it costs — long before anything is ordered.
We sequence everything to ride alongside your construction timeline — selections finalized before walls close, furnishings ordered with lead times in mind — so installation lands the moment the dust settles.
Note: this engagement covers design, renderings, and curated furnishing selection. Construction, structural, and trade labor are carried by your existing contractor — we coordinate closely with them but do not contract that work.
Phases intentionally overlap with construction so selections are locked before walls close — protecting both your budget and your move-in date.
Optional — Seasonal Refresh Plan · $2,400/year. Two annual styling visits to rotate textiles, refresh accessories, and keep the home feeling current as your life evolves.
Margot saw the house we couldn't — she kept everything we loved about its history and gave us a home that finally feels like ours.
— The Reyes Family, Bungalow Heaven restoration
We're a deliberately small studio, which means Margot is in your home and on your project from first walk-through to final reveal — not handed off. We hold trade relationships with the makers and workrooms that suit period homes, source sustainably wherever we can, and treat your budget as something to protect, not test. When the work is done, you get a home that photographs beautifully and, far more importantly, lives even better.
Terms in brief: Fees are fixed per the milestone schedule above. Furnishing purchases are billed at cost through your approved budget. Two revision rounds per primary space are included; the engagement runs 6–9 months from deposit, coordinated with your contractor's schedule.
Signing below confirms the scope, investment, and timeline in this proposal and reserves your place on our calendar. We're genuinely excited to begin.
A 20% deposit of $13,000 reserves your start date and launches Phase 1. Everything after follows the milestone schedule — no surprises, ever.
Thank you, Anna and James. We can't wait to see your home come home.