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Interior design in Mt. Lebanon.
Mt. Lebanon is one of Pittsburgh's most distinctive walkable suburbs, full of Tudor Revivals, center-hall Colonials, and 1920s brick four-squares. Designing here means working with plaster walls, original millwork, and rooms that were drawn with intent.
The houses
Mt. Lebanon is one of Pittsburgh's earliest streetcar suburbs, built out between 1912 and the 1950s, and its rooms show it. Tudors line Cedar Boulevard, center-hall Colonials fill the grid blocks around Washington Road, and brick four-squares anchor Beverly and Bower. Designing here means working with defined rooms instead of an open shell: plaster walls, original casings, and proportions someone cared about the first time. The stock is older, denser, and more character-forward than almost anywhere else in the South Hills, which is exactly the material an interior designer wants.
What we design here
Rooms drawn for Mt. Lebanon houses.
Galley-to-open kitchen plans that keep the 1920s casings and proportions
Dining rooms recast as everyday rooms without losing the center-hall plan
Primary bath layouts that make tight original footprints live larger
Third-floor attic conversions designed as offices, guest rooms, and retreats
Lighting plans built for plaster ceilings: surface fixtures, sconces, layered lamps
Built-ins and millwork drawn to match original 1920s casing profiles, not catalog stock
Designing around the constraints
Plaster changes the design math in Mt. Lebanon. Recessed cans that are trivial in drywall mean cuts and chases here, so lighting plans lean on surface fixtures, sconces, and lamp circuits decided at the drawing stage. Original millwork is an asset: new built-ins get drawn to the existing casing profiles instead of butting against them. Tight kitchen and bath footprints reward precise space planning and built-in storage over freestanding furniture. And where knob-and-tube may still hide behind the plaster, the design decides early which walls are worth opening.
Why Integrated
IDS is the design side of the team that already works these streets. ICR, our sister company under Integrated Enterprise Group, has renovated Mt. Lebanon homes and knows what sits behind the plaster before anyone cuts, down to which mill can reproduce a 1925 casing profile. IDS drawings are made for that crew, so the plan you approve is one they can build without translation. Pricing is published per room, and the $99 consultation credits off your project.
Published pricing
Per-room packages, same published price in Mt. Lebanon as everywhere else.
The $99 consultation credits off your project. Complexity scales the room rate; the calculator shows the math.
Basic Refresh
from $750 / room
The consultation + a realistic 3D rendering of your room + a mood board.
Room Design
from $1,500 / room
Everything in Basic Refresh + a material selection buying guide. One list, ready to shop.
Design + Sourcing
from $2,500 / room
Everything in Room Design + hands-on selection, sourcing and procurement coordination, and an execution-ready package.
Questions from Mt. Lebanon
What does interior design cost in Mt. Lebanon?
IDS publishes per-room pricing: Basic Refresh from $750 per room (consultation, realistic 3D rendering, mood board), Room Design from $1,500, and Design + Sourcing from $2,500. A room that keeps its layout prices at the base rate; a full reconfiguration, like opening a galley kitchen into the dining room, runs about 1.5x. Every project starts with a $99 two-hour on-site consultation that credits off the project.
Can you design around original plaster and millwork?
That is most of the job in Mt. Lebanon. We plan lighting that does not depend on chasing plaster, draw built-ins to the existing casing profiles, and pick materials and colors that sit naturally with 1920s proportions. The goal is a room that reads current without erasing what makes these houses worth owning.
Will the 3D renderings match my 1920s rooms?
Yes. Renderings are modeled from your actual room: the plaster walls, window placement, casings, and true dimensions, not a generic box. Every package from Basic Refresh up includes a realistic rendering, so you can judge how a plan handles a Tudor's defined rooms or a Colonial's center hall before anything is ordered.
Do I have to build the design with ICR?
No. Every package ends in a set you own, and any contractor can work from it. That said, IDS drawings are made for ICR's crew, which has renovated Mt. Lebanon homes and knows the plaster, wiring, and framing habits of these blocks. If you build with ICR, the design folds straight into the build with no translation step.
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