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Interior Designer in Holly Springs, North Carolina

House of Maevie is a design-led renovation studio serving Holly Springs and the greater Triangle. We design renovations, additions, new construction, and complete furnishings, grounded in a thoughtful process that puts clarity before commitment.

Designing in Holly Springs

The house that stopped fitting the family

Holly Springs has the newest housing of anywhere we work. The median build year is 2008, and about two thirds of the town’s homes went up after 2000. The median resident is in their mid thirties.

Put those two numbers together and you get a very particular kind of project, and it’s the one we’re asked for in Holly Springs more than any other.

Nothing is wrong with the house

That’s what makes it different from the older towns. These homes aren’t tired, they aren’t failing, and structurally there’s usually nothing to fix. The problem is the floor plan, which follows assumptions that no longer hold.

You bought it before the second child. Or before both of you worked from home. Or before anyone needed somewhere to put a teenager and their friends. The house works. It just isn’t arranged for the life happening inside it now.

So the work is function, not finish

Which rooms are actually earning their space. The formal dining room used four times a year that would be a far better office. The bonus room nobody has ever decided the purpose of. The open plan that turned out to be slightly too open once the kids arrived and someone needed a door.

What that usually looks like

Repurposing before renovating. We often solve a Holly Springs brief with layout, built-in storage and a lighting plan instead of moving walls. That’s a much smaller number than most people brace for.

Where walls do move, it’s usually to give back a door. A study you can shut. A bedroom carved out of an oversized landing. A mudroom that stops the whole house absorbing school bags. Good custom millwork does a lot of this work, because storage built into the architecture reads as part of the house rather than furniture parked against a wall.

And the finishes, once the plan is right

Houses from this era share a look: cabinets stopping short of the ceiling, builder-grade lighting, a lot of beige. Changing that is straightforward and satisfying, but it’s the second job. Finishes on a plan that doesn’t work just make a house you don’t quite use look better.

So we settle layout and scope first, every time. Thoughtful design takes time because that order is what makes the rest of it hold up.

Why House of Maevie

Why Holly Springs clients choose us

Planning before products

We resolve the difficult decisions first: layout, structure, scope, and budget, so you make the choices that shape your home with clarity, long before construction begins.

Character, not trends

Homes that feel collected, personal, and rooted in the way you live, rather than built around what’s popular for a season.

Guidance through complexity

From concept through installation, we coordinate the details and the trades, so you can move forward knowing what comes next.

What We Work On

Renovations, new homes, and complete furnishings in Holly Springs

Renovations & Additions

We design whole-home and multi-room renovations and additions across the Triangle, from early space planning through construction and installation. We stay closely involved the whole way, running creative direction, technical drawings, selections, and trade coordination.

Investment: single-space renovations start around $40,000 for a bathroom and reach $150,000+ for a kitchen. Design fees run from $6,000 to $22,500.

New Construction Homes

For new builds, we join early, alongside your architect and builder, to shape layouts, finishes, and the full technical drawing set before ground breaks. The earlier we’re at the table, the more we protect your vision and your budget.

Investment: design fees begin at $15,000 and scale with the size and complexity of the home.

Furnishing & Interiors

Complete furnishing for full homes and individual rooms, each held to the same standard as a whole-home project: layouts, custom pieces, sourcing, and styling installed end to end. Whether it’s one room or every room, we design for how you actually live.

Investment: full-service furnishing begins around $25,000 per room, with design fees from $4,000.

Our Process

Clear at every step

Inquiry

Tell us about your project. We schedule a brief call to learn about your home, goals, and timeline.

Consultation

We walk your space and discuss priorities, investment, and direction before outlining scope.

Concept

We establish layouts and key decisions early, before moving into detailed design.

Development

We resolve every selection, drawing, and visualization first, so construction moves with confidence.

Execution

We stay involved through procurement, coordination, and installation, start to finish.

Frequently Asked

The questions we hear most in Holly Springs

Our house is only fifteen years old. Is it too soon to renovate?

No, and it’s the most common question we get here. A 2008 house isn’t old, but the builder drew it around a household that may not be yours any more. Needing an office, a real mudroom or a door on a room isn’t premature. It’s the house catching up with the family.

It also tends to be a smaller project than people expect, because the structure is sound and the work is layout rather than repair.

What does an interior design project with House of Maevie cost?

Here is where projects usually start. Design fees from $3,500, scaling with scope. Full-service furnishing from $25,000 per room. Bathroom renovations from $40,000, kitchens to $150,000 and above, with design fees of $6,000 to $22,500. New construction and whole-home design from $15,000. We talk investment through openly on the first call, before any commitment.

What do we do with a formal dining room we never use?

Usually convert it, and it’s often the single best change available in these floor plans. It’s typically the best-lit room in the house, it’s near the entry, and it’s already separated from the noise, which makes it a strong office, study or library.

The one thing worth pausing on is resale, and the answer is that a well-designed room reads as an asset either way. What hurts value is a room with no clear purpose, which is what an unused dining room already is.

Where Else We Work

Starting a project in Holly Springs?

Every project starts with a conversation. Tell us a bit about your home in Holly Springs and what you’re hoping to create. We’ll help you find the right next step.