These clients retained MMI to assist with a full renovation of the 1st floor following the Harvey Flood. With 4 feet of water in their home, we worked tirelessly to put the home back in working order. While Harvey served our city lemons, we took the opportunity to make lemonade. The kitchen was expanded to accommodate seating at the island and a butler's pantry. A lovely free-standing tub replaced the former Jacuzzi drop-in and the shower was enlarged to take advantage of the expansive master bathroom. Finally, the fireplace was extended to the two-story ceiling to accommodate the TV over the mantel. While we were able to salvage much of the existing slate flooring, the overall color scheme was updated to reflect current trends and a desire for a fresh look and feel. As with our other Harvey projects, our proudest moments were seeing the family move back in to their beautifully renovated home.

Modern style electric fireplace in casual family room with high ceilings and exposed wooden beams.
Photo of an expansive modern open concept family room in Phoenix with beige walls, dark hardwood floors, a ribbon fireplace, a tile fireplace surround, a wall-mounted tv and multi-coloured floor.

Ingresso e salotto
Photo of a mid-sized midcentury family room in Florence with white walls, a freestanding tv, multi-coloured floor and no fireplace.

Mark Lohman
Design ideas for a large eclectic open concept family room in Los Angeles with white walls, painted wood floors, a wall-mounted tv and multi-coloured floor.

Adrian Gregorutti
Inspiration for an expansive country open concept family room in San Francisco with a game room, white walls, slate floors, a standard fireplace, a concrete fireplace surround, a concealed tv and multi-coloured floor.

Beautiful family room with over 20 foot ceilings, stacked limestone fireplace wall with hanging ethanol fireplace, engineered hardwood white oak flooring, bifolding doors, and tons of natural light.

Wormy Chestnut paneled Den features Custom designed bookcase and gun cabinet flanking brick and stone wood burning fireplace. Comfortable red leather chairs as well as plaid loveseat sit on top of a Kazak rug.

Large contemporary enclosed family room in London with grey walls, marble floors, no fireplace, a wall-mounted tv and multi-coloured floor.

This is an example of a small beach style enclosed family room in Salt Lake City with a music area, white walls, medium hardwood floors, no tv and multi-coloured floor.

This is an example of a large contemporary enclosed family room in Houston with a game room, grey walls, carpet, no fireplace, a wall-mounted tv and multi-coloured floor.

Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary enclosed family room in New York with white walls, carpet and multi-coloured floor.

Robert C Brantley
This is an example of a mid-sized traditional enclosed family room in Miami with blue walls, medium hardwood floors, a wall-mounted tv and multi-coloured floor.

Reading Nook next to Fireplace with built in display shelves and bench
This is an example of a mid-sized transitional family room in New York with a library, cork floors, a standard fireplace, a brick fireplace surround, multi-coloured floor and recessed.

FineCraft Contractors, Inc. Harrison Design
Small country loft-style family room in DC Metro with a home bar, beige walls, slate floors, a wall-mounted tv, multi-coloured floor, vaulted and planked wall panelling.

Inspiration for a small midcentury open concept family room in New York with white walls, no fireplace, no tv, ceramic floors and multi-coloured floor.

Highland Custom Homes
This is an example of a small transitional enclosed family room in Salt Lake City with beige walls, carpet, no fireplace, no tv and multi-coloured floor.

Modern - Contemporary Interior Designs By J Design Group in Miami, Florida. Aventura Magazine selected one of our contemporary interior design projects and they said: Shortly after Jennifer Corredor’s interior design clients bought a four-bedroom, three bath home last year, the couple suffered through a period of buyer’s remorse. While they loved the Bay Harbor Islands location and the 4,000-square-foot, one-story home’s potential for beauty and ample entertaining space, they felt the living and dining areas were too restricted and looked very small. They feared they had bought the wrong house. “My clients thought the brown wall separating these spaces from the kitchen created a somber mood and darkness, and they were unhappy after they had bought the house,” says Corredor of the J. Design Group in Coral Gables. “So we decided to renovate and tear down the wall to make a galley kitchen.” Mathy Garcia Chesnick, a sales director with Cervera Real Estate, and husband Andrew Chesnick, an executive for the new Porsche Design Tower residential project in Sunny Isles, liked the idea of incorporating the kitchen area into the living and dining spaces. Since they have two young children, the couple felt those areas were too narrow for easy, open living. At first, Corredor was afraid a structural beam could get in the way and impede the restoration process. But after doing research, she learned that problem did not exist, and there was nothing to hinder the project from moving forward. So she collapsed the wall to create one large kitchen, living and dining space. Then she changed the flooring, using 36x36-inch light slabs of gold Bianco marble, replacing the wood that had been there before. This process also enlarged the look of the space, giving it lightness, brightness and zoom. “By eliminating the wall and adding the marble we amplified the new and expanded public area,” says Corredor, who is known for optimizing space in creative ways. “And I used sheer white window treatments which further opened things up creating an airy, balmy space. The transformation is astonishing! It looks like a different place.” Part of that transformation included stripping the “awful” brown kitchen cabinets and replacing them with clean-lined, white ones from Italy. She also added a functional island and mint chocolate granite countertops. At one end of the kitchen space, Corredor designed dark wood shelving where Mathy displays her collection of cookbooks. “Mathy cooks a great deal, and they entertain on a regular basis,” says Corredor. “The island we created is where she likes to serve the kids breakfast and have family members gather. And when they have a dinner party, everyone can mill in and out of the kitchen-galley, dining and living areas while able to see everything going on around them. It looks and functions so much better.” Corredor extended the Bianco marble flooring to other open areas of the house, nearly everywhere except for the bedrooms. She also changed the powder room, which is annexed to the kitchen. She applied white linear glass on the walls and added a new white square sink by Hastings. Clean and fresh, the room is reminiscent of a little jewel box. I n the living room, Corredor designed a showpiece wall unit of exotic cherry wood with an aqua center to bring back some warmth that modernizing naturally strips away. The designer also changed the room’s lighting, introducing a new system that eschews a switch. Instead, it works by remote and also dims to create various moods for different social engagements. “The lighting is wonderful and enhances everything else we have done in these open spaces,” says Corredor. T he dining room overlooks the pool and yard, with large, floorto- ceiling window brings the outdoors inside. A chandelier above the dining table is another expression of openness, like the lens of a person’s eyeglasses. “We wanted this unusual piece because its sort of translucence takes you outside without ever moving from the room,” explains Corredor. “The family members love seeing the yard and pool from the living and dining space. It’s also great for entertaining friends and business associates. They can get a real feel for the subtropical elegance of Miami.” N earby, the front door was originally brown so she repainted it a sleek lacquered white. This bright consistency helps maintain a constant eye flow from one section of the open areas to another. Everything is visible in the new extended space and creates a bright and inviting atmosphere. “It was important to modernize and update the house without totally changing the character,” says Corredor. “We organized everything well and it turned out beautifully, just as we envisioned it.” While nothing on the home’s exterior was changed, Corredor worked her magic in the master bedroom by adding panels with a wavelike motif to again bring elements of the outside in. The room is austere and clean lined, elegant, peaceful and not cluttered with unnecessary furnishings. In the master bath, Corredor removed the existing cabinets and made another large cherry wood cabinet, this time with double sinks for husband and wife. She also added frosted green glass to give a spa-like aura to the spacious room. T hroughout the house are splashy canvases from Mathy’s personal art collection. She likes to add color to the decor through the art while the backdrops remain a soothing white. The end result is a divine, refined interior, light, bright and open. “The owners are thrilled, and we were able to complete the renovation in a few months,” says Corredor. “Everything turned out how it should be.” J Design Group Call us. 305-444-4611 Miami modern, Contemporary Interior Designers, Modern Interior Designers, Coco Plum Interior Designers, Sunny Isles Interior Designers, Pinecrest Interior Designers, J Design Group interiors, South Florida designers, Best Miami Designers, Miami interiors, Miami décor, Miami Beach Designers, Best Miami Interior Designers, Miami Beach Interiors, Luxurious Design in Miami, Top designers, Deco Miami, Luxury interiors, Miami Beach Luxury Interiors, Miami Interior Design, Miami Interior Design Firms, Beach front, Top Interior Designers, top décor, Top Miami Decorators, Miami luxury condos, modern interiors, Modern, Pent house design, white interiors, Top Miami Interior Decorators, Top Miami Interior Designers, Modern Designers in Miami, J Design Group Call us. 305-444-4611 www.JDesignGroup.com

Beautiful family room with over 20 foot ceilings, stacked limestone fireplace wall with hanging ethanol fireplace, engineered hardwood white oak flooring, bifolding doors, and tons of natural light.

Modular Leather Sectional offers seating for 5 to 6 persons. Round faceted wood cocktail table complements the wood tones in the bar area and adds a non-linear shape to the TV area. Game table with six chairs has a flip top for flat surface area. Wine room and bar at rear of photo.