Thoughtful interiors and residential renovations that bring together the comfort of suburban living, the character of each home, and a design that feels distinctly yours.
Short Hills offers the kind of homes where people tend to put down roots. Spacious houses, established neighborhoods, mature landscapes, and a strong connection between indoor and outdoor living create a wonderful foundation for thoughtful residential design.
But more space does not always mean a home works perfectly. A kitchen may be too closed off from the rest of the house. A formal room may rarely get used. Storage may not keep up with family life, or several rooms may have been updated over the years without ever feeling like they belong together.
Monica Vega Studio helps homeowners rethink those spaces with both beauty and everyday life in mind. We consider how your family actually uses the home, what needs to change, and which existing qualities are worth keeping. The result is a home that feels comfortable, cohesive, and personal rather than simply newly renovated.
Residential design studios in Short Hills commonly handle larger-scale home renovations alongside kitchens, bathrooms, millwork, sourcing, and project coordination, making the service mix particularly relevant here.
A complete design experience for larger homes and multi-room projects, from space planning and materials to furnishings, custom details, lighting, and styling.
Kitchens designed around cooking, entertaining, and everyday family life, with custom cabinetry, durable materials, refined finishes, and thoughtful layouts.
Refined bathroom renovations with tailored layouts, custom vanities, premium materials, generous storage, considered lighting, and carefully selected fixtures.
Custom closets, wardrobes, built-ins, and millwork designed to bring better organization and a more tailored feel to every part of the home.
We coordinate contractors, vendors, materials, schedules, and design details across larger renovation projects to keep everything moving smoothly.
A detailed design package that provides your contractor with the drawings, specifications, selections, and scope needed to execute the project clearly.
For Monica Medina, Founder & Principal Designer of Monica Vega Studio, a home should be designed around the life happening inside it.
That can mean creating a kitchen where everyone naturally gathers, turning an underused room into a more useful space, designing a mudroom that can actually handle busy mornings, or creating custom storage that keeps the rest of the home feeling calm.
Monica’s background in art, interior design, and residential renovation allows her to approach these decisions creatively while keeping the practical side of the project in view. She also brings together trusted architects, contractors, artisans, designers, and vendors when a project requires a broader team.
Many established Short Hills homes have beautiful architecture and generous rooms, but they may have been renovated in stages over many years.
One room may feel traditional, another distinctly contemporary, and another may simply be waiting for its turn.
Our approach is to look at the home as a whole.
We consider how materials, colors, lighting, millwork, furniture, and architectural details can create a stronger relationship between spaces. Existing features that give the home personality are considered alongside new elements, rather than automatically being replaced.
The aim is not to make every room identical. It’s to make the home feel like it belongs together.
A larger home gives you options, but it also creates more decisions.
How should the kitchen connect to the family room? Could the formal dining room become more useful? Where should coats, shoes, sports equipment, and everyday clutter go? Which rooms need to be flexible as children grow or routines change?
These practical questions are part of the design process from the beginning.
We look at circulation, storage, room proportions, lighting, materials, and how each space will be used throughout the day. Custom millwork can turn overlooked areas into useful storage, while thoughtful space planning can make larger homes feel more connected and comfortable.
Good design should make the house easier to live in, not give you another room to worry about.
We work with Short Hills' varied architectural character, preserving meaningful details while updating established homes for a more contemporary way of living.
We refine room layouts, circulation, storage, and connections between spaces so larger suburban homes feel comfortable, efficient, and naturally suited to everyday life.
Our approach balances traditional homes and newer residences with thoughtful updates to kitchens, bathrooms, lighting, storage, and living spaces.
From tailored cabinetry and built-ins to millwork and storage, we create details that complement each home's scale, architecture, and individual needs.
We bring together trusted architects, contractors, artisans, fabricators, designers, and vendors suited to each Short Hills project and its specific requirements.
We create interiors around your routines, entertaining style, family life, and preferences so the finished home feels comfortable, considered, and distinctly yours.
Monica Vega Studio works with homeowners throughout Short Hills and nearby communities across Essex, Morris, and Bergen counties, as well as New York City.
Our New Jersey service areas include Montclair, Wayne, Hoboken, Fort Lee, Tenafly, Englewood Cliffs, Alpine, Saddle River, and Franklin Lakes.
Whether you’re updating a longtime family home, renovating a kitchen, creating custom millwork, or planning a full residential transformation, we can help you develop a clear design direction.
The best residential projects are shaped around the people who live in them. Our clients value the combination of thoughtful design, practical problem-solving, and personal attention throughout the process.
We work with a range of residential properties, including established single-family homes, newer residences, larger family homes, and properties undergoing substantial renovation.
Yes. Full-home projects can include space planning, interior design, kitchens, bathrooms, custom millwork, materials, lighting, furnishings, and renovation oversight.
Yes. We look at the existing architecture and character of the home while identifying where new layouts, materials, lighting, storage, and other improvements can make it work better for modern life.
Yes. We can consider the kitchen, adjacent living spaces, circulation, cabinetry, lighting, and materials together to create a more natural connection between areas.
Yes. Custom millwork can include mudrooms, entry storage, closets, cabinetry, built-ins, home offices, libraries, and other solutions designed around your home's needs.
Yes. Scale, furniture placement, lighting, materials, textiles, millwork, and color can all play a role in making larger rooms feel inviting without making them feel cluttered.
Yes. We can help with bathroom layouts, materials, fixtures, custom vanities, storage, lighting, hardware, and renovation coordination.
Yes. Monica Vega Studio can collaborate with existing architects, contractors, and other professionals when appropriate. We can also recommend trusted partners when needed.
Depending on the project, it can include contractor coordination, vendor communication, material selections, scheduling, site details, design decisions, and ongoing communication throughout construction.
Start by booking a consultation. We'll learn about your home, what you'd like to change, and what you're hoping to achieve, then discuss the appropriate next steps.
Your home should support the life you’re living now while leaving room for whatever comes next.
Whether you’re rethinking a kitchen, transforming several rooms, adding custom millwork, or planning a full renovation in Short Hills, Monica Vega Studio can help turn the possibilities into a thoughtful plan.
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