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Interior design in Sewickley.
Designing in Sewickley means working with original millwork, leaded glass, and rooms that already have pedigree. The brief is rarely to reinvent; it is to make Victorian and Colonial Revival interiors live comfortably now.
The houses
Sewickley is a historic village that grew up as a commuter town for Pittsburgh industrialists, and its interiors still show it: grand Victorians on Broad Street, Colonial Revivals in the Heights, Dutch Colonials and shingle-style cottages tucked into the hills. Inside you find original millwork, leaded glass, and hardwood floors, detail work that would cost a fortune to reproduce today. As rooms to design, they are generous but formal, with defined parlors and dining rooms and daylight filtered through old glass. The work is making these rooms live the way you do now without sanding off what makes them Sewickley.
What we design here
Rooms drawn for Sewickley houses.
Kitchen plans that modernize inside the historic shell while keeping original casings and proportions
Primary suite layouts carved out of older floor plans without breaking the rhythm of the rooms
Millwork-first material palettes that match 110-year-old trim profiles rather than covering them
Third-floor and attic rooms designed as offices, guest rooms, and kid space under the eaves
Carriage house interiors planned as studios, guest suites, or serious work-from-home space
Designing around the constraints
The design constraints here are physical. Horsehair plaster changes the lighting plan: instead of grids of recessed cans, we lean on sconces, picture lights, and layered lamping that flatters tall rooms. Mechanicals route through closets and chases rather than dropped ceilings, so built-ins and millwork are drawn to conceal the runs. And any new trim gets specified to match the original profiles, because in a Sewickley room a modern casing sitting next to a 110-year-old one reads instantly.
Why Integrated
The design-build angle matters in a town with this standard. IDS is the design studio; the built track record in Sewickley belongs to ICR, our sister company under Integrated Enterprise Group, whose crews work with the specialty millworkers, plaster hands, and custom hardware sources that can match a 110-year-old detail. IDS designs are drawn for that crew, so what you approve on paper is what can actually be built. Every package is priced per room at published rates, and the $99 consultation credits off your project.
Published pricing
Per-room packages, same published price in Sewickley 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 Sewickley
What does interior design cost in Sewickley?
Per-room and published. Basic Refresh starts at $750 per room (consult, realistic 3D rendering, mood board), Room Design at $1,500 (adds a material selection buying guide), and Design + Sourcing at $2,500 (hands-on selection, sourcing, and an execution-ready package). Reconfiguring an older Sewickley floor plan prices at x1.5, some layout changes at x1.2, while a room that keeps its layout stays at the base rate. The $99 consultation credits off any package.
How do you design around original plaster and millwork?
We treat it as the starting point, not an obstacle. Lighting plans favor sconces, picture lights, and lamps over cutting recessed cans into horsehair plaster, and color and furniture palettes are chosen to sit with the existing trim rather than fight it. Where a wall does change, we specify trim profiles matched to the originals so the new work disappears into the old.
Will the 3D renderings actually look like my 1890s rooms?
Yes. We model your actual room: ceiling height, window placement, casings, and floors, then apply the proposed finishes and furnishings. In a Victorian or Colonial Revival that matters, because the proportions drive every decision. You see the design in your room's real light and geometry before anything is bought or built.
Do I have to build my Sewickley project with ICR?
No. The design set is yours: drawings, selections, and the sourcing package work with any qualified contractor. That said, the designs are drawn for ICR's crew, who have built in Sewickley homes and know the plaster, millwork matching, and mechanical routing these houses demand, so folding the design into an ICR build is the smoothest path.
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