Interior designer in Tequesta, Florida

The village core is still the neighborhood laid out around the Dick Wilson golf course at the Tequesta Country Club, on land framed by the forks of the Loxahatchee. More subdivisions followed in the early 1960s, after Pratt & Whitney and RCA arrived in the area, and nearby Country Club Point, on the North Fork, has docks behind many of its houses. Upstream, a stretch of the Northwest Fork is one of only two federally designated Wild and Scenic Rivers in Florida.

In Country Club Point, some original houses have been replaced by larger new ones. For renovations and new houses alike, we start with the rooms that face the water or the fairway: kitchen and family room, primary suite, and the covered terrace between them. Finishes are chosen for humidity, salt air and afternoon glare, and our project direction service keeps the licensed contractor, cabinet shop and fabricators working from one set of documents.

On Jupiter Island, Tequesta's limits take in condominium buildings along Beach Road, County Road 707, between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal. Several late-1960s buildings there have been approved for replacement by new buildings with fewer, larger residences; one approved plan calls for homes of roughly 4,000 to 5,600 square feet. The village council approved Beach Road Design Guidelines in January 2023, and development and redevelopment in its R-3 zoning district is reviewed against them.

Residences of that size need a complete interior plan: kitchen and bath layouts, millwork, lighting, window treatments and furniture, reviewed in 3D before anything is ordered. In older buildings, renovations run on association rules for flooring, contractor hours and deliveries, and it is worth asking the board about work planned under the milestone inspection and reserve requirements of Florida's 2022 condominium safety law before setting a schedule.

Tequesta has updated its sea turtle protection ordinance to meet the state model, and it covers the whole R-3 district, not only beachfront parcels. A sea turtle protection plan must accompany permit applications for new construction, new glass windows and doors, and new artificial lighting on existing buildings, and Palm Beach County's Environmental Resources Management reviews it. Outdoor fixtures must be low, shielded and long-wavelength, meaning amber, orange or red light, and window treatments are required so interior light does not reach the beach. Nesting season runs March 1 through October 31, and we plan beach-facing rooms around these rules from the first concept.

• Blackout draperies or shade screens designed into each beach-facing room
• Interior lighting zoned so ocean-side rooms can be dimmed or switched off
• Shielded, amber-spectrum terrace fixtures selected with the licensed electrician
• Glass and tint choices coordinated with the contractor's permit submission

Tequesta's shops and service businesses sit along US-1 and Tequesta Drive. In October 2024 the village adopted zoning overlays for Tequesta Drive, US Highway One and the Village Center, and its 2022 Commercial Corridor Master Plan includes architectural design guidelines that encourage, rather than require, a set of styles for new development and redevelopment. Our commercial interior design service works inside those buildings: test-fits for tenant spaces, finish and lighting plans, and 3D renderings for landlord approval. When a business needs a new identity to go with a new space, our branding and digital design service develops the signage and brand alongside the interior.