Two Navy Lane Interiors

Two Navy Lane Interiors A boutique firm specializing in, custom new builds, large-scale renovations and furnishings + styling

09/08/2026

Selection paralysis is real. There are thousands of tile options, hundreds of finishes for a single faucet, and enough fabric choices to fill an afternoon before you have decided anything at all. Most people start that process excited and end it exhausted.

Our clients never see that version of it. Every selection that reaches a meeting has already been vetted by us first. Checked against how the family lives, what the space needs, and what the timeline allows. Anything that fails one of our tests never makes it into the room to begin with. That means the time we spend together is spent choosing between good options rather than sorting through bad ones, which makes for more productive processes, smoother meetings, and a better experience for our clients.

This is a sneak peek from one of our newest projects we're calling Lake Barcroft Modern.

If you're ready to work with a team that handles the long list so you never have to, get in touch here: https://twonavylane.com/contact

09/07/2026

An unfinished basement is hard to imagine as anything other than what it is. Concrete, a few rough-ins, and a whole level of the house that never quite becomes part of the house. Picturing what it could be instead is the difficult part, and it is the reason our clients brought us in.

We took this space from a blank shell to the floor the whole family now lives on. A bar for entertaining, a game space, a room for movie nights together, a full bathroom, and a gym built to suit how our client actually trains.

Our clients love Austin, which inspired the chic Modern Western vibe of the space. Led by natural materials with our own spin on it, we added chevron floors, dark-stained cabinetry against a copper brick backsplash, leather chairs, and an ombre wallcovering behind the sectional that reads like a desert sunset.

See more of this project here: https://twonavylane.com/portfolio-round-hill-mid-century-coastal

Photos: Christy Kosnic Photography

There's a tiny detail in every backsplash that decides if it looks custom or unfinished. Hint: it's not the tile.It's th...
09/03/2026

There's a tiny detail in every backsplash that decides if it looks custom or unfinished. Hint: it's not the tile.

It's the edge. And getting it wrong is one of the most common reasons a beautiful tile job ends up looking slightly off, even when the tile itself is perfect.

Which one belongs in your project depends on the tile, the thickness, the installer, and how the space is being used. Even after the right decision is made, it still has to be drawn correctly, specified in the right size, communicated to the installer, and verified during the walkthrough. Each of those steps is a place the detail can go wrong.

This is the part that most homeowners never see, and the part that decides whether what gets built matches what was agreed on. We manage every step of that distance (drawings, contractor coordination, walkthroughs), so the vision you approved is the one that gets built.

Learn more about our full-service design services at https://twonavylane.com/services

09/02/2026

A home doesn't have to commit to one direction. The main floor of our Mid-Century Coastal Project is calm and light, and the basement is a totally different Modern Western feel.

Same house, entirely different experience, yet both feel completely intentional.

What makes that work is designing each space around what actually happens in it rather than around a style label. This basement is meant for movie nights, games, and entertaining, so it went darker and warmer than anything upstairs, and the materials followed from that decision. Chevron floors, dark-stained cabinetry, copper brick tile, and an ombre wallcovering that reads like a desert sunset. When every choice traces back to how a family uses the room, contrast reads as deliberate instead of disconnected.

Our clients end up with a home where each floor has its own personality, and none of it feels accidental. We love how it turned out!

Have a space that needs an update? We'd love to help. Learn more about our services: https://twonavylane.com/contact

A theme like this comes with real risk. Ask for something Harry Potter-inspired and get it wrong, and you could end up w...
09/01/2026

A theme like this comes with real risk. Ask for something Harry Potter-inspired and get it wrong, and you could end up with a room that reads more like a costume than a space you actually want to live in. Something that feels dated within a few years.

That tension is exactly what this project set out to solve. Our client wanted a library that captured the magic and coziness of the books she loves, without tipping into theme-park territory. The solution was in the details: a fantasy-inspired wallcovering tucked behind the shelving, only visible in glimpses, a small gold chandelier that reads as elegant rather than costume, and custom built-ins finished in a dark stain that ground the whole room in something timelier. Even the hidden detail built into the cabinetry, a small opening sized for the client's cats, feels more like craftsmanship than novelty.

This completed project feels personal and a little magical, and that we're confident she'll love for years, not just this season. Hermione-approved, if we do say so ourselves. 🪄

General contractor:

Many homeowners worry that giving one part of the house its own personality will make the rest of the home feel disjoint...
08/26/2026

Many homeowners worry that giving one part of the house its own personality will make the rest of the home feel disjointed, or that a themed space will end up feeling gimmicky in a few years.

Inspired by our clients' love of Austin, TX, this basement became its own world, and it still feels completely at home. Two very different design directions can live under one roof. The key is knowing when to let a space stand completely on its own rather than force it to match everything above it. This basement doesn't try to echo the main floor. It transforms into its own atmosphere: chevron floors, copper accents, a custom bar built around a watering hole feel, and it works because every choice was intentional.

A home doesn't need one aesthetic to feel cohesive. It needs a designer who knows when to shift gears.

Photos: Christy Kosnic Photography
Styling: Charlotte Safavi - Stylist & Portfolio Producer for Interior Designers

08/25/2026

What's actually on our camera roll is probably not exciting to others, but it's exciting to me and my clients!

Progress shots of drywall before paint. Piles of tile and fabric samples mid-sort. A blurry photo of an electrical panel snapped fast during a walkthrough. None of it looks like much on its own, but each photo marks a moment in a project's timeline, proof of how far a space has come from where it started.

This is the part of the process our clients get to watch unfold in real time, and it's exactly why we love what we do. The finished photos are the payoff. These in-between shots are the story.

Set two sofas side by side, and they can look identical. Same silhouette, same arm height, same beautiful fabric. One wi...
08/24/2026

Set two sofas side by side, and they can look identical. Same silhouette, same arm height, same beautiful fabric. One will still be comfortable in fifteen years, and one will be sagging by next spring, and nothing you can see from the outside tells you which is which.

We can tell, and it comes down to these three things.

Through decades of industry experience, we know which manufacturers build to the right standards, which questions to ask when the answers aren't offered, and how to read a spec sheet for what it leaves out. It's how our clients choose between two pieces we would put in our own homes, rather than between a price and a hope.

If you're ready to work with someone who brings that level of knowledge to every decision, get in touch with us: https://twonavylane.com/services

It's easy to pour every design decision into the inside of a home and treat the outdoor spaces as whatever's left over. ...
08/20/2026

It's easy to pour every design decision into the inside of a home and treat the outdoor spaces as whatever's left over. A few chairs, maybe a rug, done. For homes with a view worth sitting outside for, that approach leaves a lot on the table.

This home came with three outdoor spaces: a screened-in porch and two side decks, all builder-grade and barely used when we started. Given the lake view just beyond them, we treated these spaces with the same intention as every room inside.

All three were fully furnished for actual daily use, not just occasional entertaining. The screened porch became the anchor space, with a water fountain built in for a calming ambient effect and custom outdoor draperies that provide privacy and soften the intensity of the afternoon sun, without ever blocking the view they were designed around.

See the full project: https://twonavylane.com/portfolio-round-hill-mid-century-coastal
Photography: Christy Kosnic Photography
Styling: Charlotte Safavi - Stylist & Portfolio Producer for Interior Designers

When I was a young girl, my grandmother bought me a Crayola Designer Kit for Interiors. They don't make it anymore, but ...
08/19/2026

When I was a young girl, my grandmother bought me a Crayola Designer Kit for Interiors. They don't make it anymore, but I remember spending hours with it, drawing out rooms and picking tiny fabric swatches. At some point I asked her what kind of job that was, designing spaces like that. She told me it was called an interior designer. That was it for me. I decided right then what I wanted to do with my life.

I went on to take an interior design class in high school, competed in state and regional design competitions, and eventually earned my degree in the field. Three decades later, I'm still doing exactly what that Crayola kit convinced me I was meant to do.

Some people find their career through a five-year plan. I found mine through a gift from my grandmother, and it never changed. And now, getting to spend my days helping clients fall in love with their own homes still feels like the same kind of magic that kit gave me all those years ago.

If you're thinking about starting a project and looking for the perfect design partner, let's chat. Get in touch at https://twonavylane.com/contact

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