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Interior Designers in Denville, Mountain Lakes and Boonton Township, NJ
By Tiffany Slowinski
Most rooms do not become weird all at once.
It happens slowly.
You replace the sofa.
Then the rug feels wrong.
You repaint.
Now the curtains are bothering you.
You add a console table and suddenly realize the lighting has been bad for seven years.
Eventually you have spent enough money making individual decisions that calling an interior designer starts to feel like the economical choice.
If you are searching for interior designers in Denville, Mountain Lakes or Boonton Township, this guide is built for that moment.
It is also for the much bigger projects.
Kitchen renovations.
Bathroom renovations.
Whole-house furnishing.
New construction.
Major additions.
Projects where furniture, lighting, cabinetry, flooring and architecture all need to work together.
The important thing is knowing what kind of designer you need.
Some design firms work from the architecture out.
They want to be involved early in construction planning and may coordinate with architects, contractors, cabinetmakers and other trades.
Others focus more on interiors, furnishing and decorating.
Some do both.
Some offer a short consultation.
Some want a full-service project.
Ask before assuming.
One of the easiest ways to waste money in a home is to make a series of individually nice decisions that do not belong together.
A rug that is too small.
Lighting that is the wrong scale.
Furniture that blocks the best path through the room.
A tile you loved on a sample but hate once it covers 80 square feet.
Cabinetry chosen before anyone figured out exactly where everything should go.
These are not failures of taste.
They are planning problems.
That is a huge part of what a designer can solve.
If you are renovating, I would ask how the firm handles the planning phase.
Do they create layouts?
Do they produce drawings?
Will they work with the architect and contractor?
Do they help specify cabinetry, tile, plumbing and lighting?
Do they manage orders?
Who is responsible for checking that everything works together before it is installed?
If you are furnishing instead, the questions change.
Will they work with what you own?
Can you start with one room?
Do they source furniture and rugs?
Do they handle window treatments?
Can you use a consultation to get a plan and execute some of it yourself?
There is no reason to hire more service than you need.
There is also no reason to pretend you can manage a major renovation alone if the thought of choosing 27 finishes makes you want to move.
Budget helps define that scope.
Tell the designer what the number is.
Ask how fees work.
Ask what is included.
Ask whether furnishings are billed separately.
Ask what happens when the project changes.
The answer may be hourly, flat fee, percentage-based, cost-plus or some combination.
What matters is that you understand it before the work gets deep.
This guide helps homeowners compare interior designers serving Denville, Mountain Lakes and Boonton Township based on what each practice publishes about its services, credentials, local presence and consultation structure.
Use it if you are searching for interior designers Denville NJ, interior designers Mountain Lakes NJ, interior designers Boonton Township, full-service interior design, home decorators, kitchen and bathroom design, renovation planning, furniture selection, window treatments, space planning, new construction design or interior design consultations near me.
Start by deciding whether you need help making the room prettier, making it work better or both.
Usually, it is both.
The Guide: Interior Designers in Mountain Lakes, Denville and Boonton Township, NJ
How We Selected These Designers
This guide covers Mountain Lakes, Denville and Boonton Township.
A design studio appears here if it is a working interior design practice with completed residential projects and either a studio, showroom or office in one of those towns or a website of its own that says it serves one of them or the county they sit in.
Both halves of that are things you can check yourself. The practice is the work shown on its own website. The service area is what that website says.
That is a test, not a judgment, and it is the only route onto this page. Six studios meet it. They are listed alphabetically.
About This Guide
This guide is produced by Garden State Circle. Designers appear here because they meet the criteria described above — a working design practice with completed residential projects and a studio, showroom or office in the towns this guide covers, or a website of its own that says it serves them. That is a test, not a judgment, and it is the only route onto this page. No designer can pay to be included in this guide, to be listed higher, or to change what the comparison table says about it. Designers are listed alphabetically, and every detail in the table was verified against each firm’s own website, or against documentation the firm supplied, in September 2026.
Everything under the heading that begins this guide is governed by the rules above, on every guide we publish. Where a sponsor’s message appears above that heading, it is paid for and labelled, and it buys nothing in the guide. Garden State Circle is supported by the businesses that participate in it. Participation pays for our ongoing work: keeping a business’s entry accurate, re-checking its record, and publishing a page of its own details that the business maintains. There is no paid placement in this guide. Participation does not buy a place here, a position here, or anything the comparison table says.
Garden State Circle is published in New Jersey by Tiffany and Jake Slowinski and covers Mountain Lakes, Denville and Boonton Township. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: how every guide is made.
The Studios, Compared
| Designer | Business and town | Credentials, as published | Known for | Showroom | Consultation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allyson Rich-Morren; Adrienne Rich | A&R Interiors, Denville | Allyson — degree, New York School of Interior Design; BS/BA, Boston University | Full-service residential interior design, furniture and kitchen design | Yes, Denville | Not published |
| Cheryl Smith | Decorating Den Interiors – Cheryl Smith, Chatham | First Runner Up, Decorator of the Year, and the Positive Thinker Award | Turn-key in-home decorating | Not published | Not published |
| Laura (site gives first name only) | Interiors By Laura, Whippany | Not published | Interior design and home staging | Not published | Not published |
| Elizabeth Ruffalo | Pheasant Lane Designs, Peapack-Gladstone | Contractor License #13VH13721800; Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Villanova University; Interior Design, Parsons The New School for Design | Interior design and construction management | Office, Gladstone | Not published |
| Danielle Noon | Revitalized Interiors, Madison | Not published | Full-service design, room refreshes, pre-listing home preparation, virtual design | Not published | $350 |
| Rachel Savage | RS Design Management, Morristown | certified kitchen and bath designer and Allied Member of the ASID | Full-service interior design and custom cabinetry | Office, Morristown | Not published |
Details verified against each firm’s own website in September 2026. Designers are listed alphabetically.
Common Questions
What is the difference between an interior designer and a decorator in New Jersey?
New Jersey certifies interior designers. It does not license them. A designer who has passed the NCIDQ examination and registered with the state may use the title Certified Interior Designer, or CID. The certification is voluntary, and many experienced designers in this market do not hold it, so its absence is not a mark against a firm. What it tells you is that a designer has passed a national examination covering building systems, codes and construction documents.
The distinction between certification and licensure matters more in some states than others. New Jersey protects the title. A handful of states, Georgia among them, go further and license interior designers to sign and seal drawings for permitting, which is a different level of authority than New Jersey grants.
Do I call a builder, an interior designer, or an architect first?
It depends on what the project changes. Work that moves load bearing walls, adds structure or changes the footprint of the house usually starts with an architect, though the strongest outcomes tend to come from projects where a designer and an architect are involved together from the beginning rather than in sequence.
Non load bearing or cosmetic work, and kitchen or bath renovations, more often start with a designer, because the decisions that drive the cost are made in the planning, not on site. A contractor prices a plan more accurately than a conversation, which is the argument for planning first either way.
What does an interior designer charge?
Designers in this market work on flat fees, hourly rates, a percentage of the construction budget, or cost-plus on furnishings, and most do not publish their rates. The comparison table above shows which firms publish a consultation fee and which do not. Ask for the fee structure in the first phone call. It is a fair question and any designer will answer it.
Should I tell a designer my budget?
Yes. A designer who does not know the budget is guessing, and the expensive corrections happen later, once orders are placed and drawings are filed. Naming a real number early is what lets a designer show you options at that number instead of above it.
Do I need to visit a showroom?
Not necessarily, but it changes the conversation. Bringing plans to a first showroom visit is the fastest way to find out whether a designer is the right fit for the project.
Where a firm does not publish something, this guide says so rather than guessing.
Details in this guide were verified in September 2026.
Something Out of Date?
This guide is maintained. If anything here is wrong or has changed — a name, an address, hours, or whether a business has closed — tell us and we will check it. Businesses listed here are welcome to write in directly.
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