No construction required: for clients who have just bought or built a home, Leigh Hull Designs plans, sources and installs the entire furnishing layer — furniture, custom pieces, lighting, rugs, window treatments, art and the styling that makes it feel finished.
The whole finishing layer, handled
- Furniture plans for every room, scaled to the architecture
- New, vintage and custom furniture — including trade-only sources
- Rugs, textiles and window treatments
- Lamps and decorative lighting
- Art and accessories
- Reimagining pieces you already own
- Procurement, delivery, installation and final styling
Collected, not showroom-bought
In the Lake Harriet home — featured in MSP Magazine — the clients’ existing pieces were reimagined alongside new finds, mixing traditional elements that nod to the Mediterranean architecture with modern pieces that tie in their contemporary art collection. In Triangle Park, a sun room was furnished with kid-friendly pieces the whole family can use, with a seating area and play area unified by one color story. Family-friendly and beautiful are not opposites — durable, cleanable, well-made pieces are a specialty of the studio.
How a furnishing project runs
Furnishing projects follow the same transparent process as construction work: discovery, concept, a comprehensive presentation of every room, then procurement and a coordinated installation. You see the full design — layouts, fabrics, finishes, budget — before anything is ordered.
Furnishing a brand-new build? Pair this with new construction design so the furniture plan informs the architecture. Curious about budgets? See the cost guide.
Furnishing Questions
We just bought a house — where do we start with furnishing it?
Start with a furniture plan, not a shopping trip. A designer measures every room, plans layouts around how you live, then builds a cohesive scheme of furniture, rugs, lighting, window treatments and art. Pieces are ordered, tracked and installed together, so the house comes together as a whole rather than one impulse buy at a time.
What is the difference between an interior designer and a decorator?
Decorating — furniture, fabrics, color, styling — is part of what an interior designer does. A designer additionally handles space planning, cabinetry, lighting and construction-phase work. For a furnishing project the distinction matters less than the process: a good furnishing project is planned, procured and installed as one coordinated whole.
Can you mix our existing pieces with new ones?
Absolutely — some of the best rooms are built that way. Existing and inherited pieces can be reimagined, reupholstered or restyled alongside new and custom pieces, so the home feels collected over time rather than bought from a single showroom.
How does furniture procurement work?
The designer specifies each piece, places and tracks the orders — much of it through trade-only sources — receives and inspects everything at a warehouse, then delivers and installs in a coordinated installation, typically finishing with art, accessories and styling.
Planning a project in Wayzata, on Lake Minnetonka or in Minneapolis? Email Leigh to start the conversation, or view recent projects.