Beverly Hills, Michigan | Home Office Remodel — Designed for Focus, Built for Ambition
"Costello & Co Construction exceeded all our expectations with their exceptional craftsmanship, professionalism, and attention to detail. From the initial consultation to the final walk-through, every step of the process was handled with utmost care and precision. The quality of their work is unparalleled. Every aspect of our project, from the foundation to the finishing touches, was executed with meticulous attention to detail. The team’s dedication to using high-quality materials and ensuring flawless execution is evident in the final product."
-Paige, Beverly Hills, Michigan
A home office should do more than provide a place to work. It should create the conditions for work — the kind of environment that makes you feel focused the moment you walk in, motivated throughout the day, and genuinely proud of the space you've built your work inside of.
This Beverly Hills home office was designed from that starting point. Not what a home office typically looks like. What this particular client needed it to feel like — sophisticated, intentional, and deeply personal.
The result is one of the most striking rooms in our portfolio. And it begins with a color choice that most people don't have the confidence to make.
The Project
The Design Philosophy — Color as Architecture
Forest Green Color Drenching
The defining decision in this office was color drenching the walls, trim, cabinetry, and ceiling in a deep, rich forest green.
Color drenching — applying a single saturated color to every surface in a room — is one of the most powerful design techniques for creating an immersive, intentional environment. When done with the right color in the right space, it eliminates visual fragmentation and creates a room that feels complete, considered, and completely its own world.
Forest green was chosen deliberately and specifically. Green is one of the few colors that psychologists and designers consistently connect to focus, creativity, and productivity — it references nature, which reduces cognitive fatigue, while its deeper tones signal stability and abundance. There's a reason so many of the world's most productive people surround themselves with it.
In this office, the forest green doesn't feel heavy or oppressive. It feels grounding. The kind of room you walk into and immediately feel ready to do your best work. The kind of room that makes a Wednesday afternoon at your desk feel less like an obligation and more like exactly where you want to be.
Custom Built-In Cabinetry & Integrated Shelving
Deep-toned millwork lines the walls in custom built-in cabinetry and integrated open shelving — painted in the same forest green as every other surface, so the storage becomes part of the architecture rather than furniture placed against it. The result is a room that feels built, not assembled.
The shelving is designed for both function and display — deep enough for books, art, and objects, but proportioned to keep the room feeling open rather than heavy. Every shelf has a purpose and a place. Nothing is generic. Nothing is an afterthought.
Brass Fixtures & Sculptural Lighting
Warm brass fixtures run throughout — faucet, hardware, sconce — creating a consistent warmth that connects every element in the room. Brass was chosen specifically to work against the dark wallpaper: warm metal against cool darkness, each making the other more apparent.
The lighting is where the room gets its sculptural quality. A globe pendant and wall sconce are chosen for their form as much as their function — objects in the room as much as light sources. In a powder room used primarily by guests, lighting is set design. These fixtures perform that role.
Warm Walnut Desk & Velvet Chair
Against the depth of the green walls, the warm walnut cylindrical desk base reads as sculptural — a piece of furniture that earns its place in a designed room rather than simply occupying it. The warm wood tone is the primary warmth in the space, connecting to the flooring below and pulling the eye immediately toward the work surface.
The velvet accent chair in a warm camel tone introduces the room's only contrast — soft against dark, warm against cool, curved against architectural. It's the element that prevents the space from feeling like a showroom and makes it feel like somewhere a real person does real work.
Curated Styling & Layered Texture
The styling throughout this office was chosen to reinforce the room's atmosphere rather than simply decorate it. Vintage bullfighting posters in warm-toned frames. A sculptural task lamp with clean lines. Dried botanicals in a matte ceramic vessel. Books stacked with intention. Objects that have earned their place.
These aren't props. They're evidence of the person who works here — and in a home office designed for focus and creativity, that specificity matters more than in any other room in the house.
The Color Psychology of Forest Green
We chose forest green for this office for reasons that go beyond aesthetics — though the aesthetic result speaks for itself.
Green is the color most strongly associated with nature, growth, and renewal. Research consistently shows that exposure to green tones reduces eye strain during screen-heavy work, lowers cortisol levels, and supports sustained concentration over long periods. It's the color that restores rather than depletes — which makes it uniquely suited to a room where you spend hours a day doing demanding work.
The deeper, more saturated forest green we chose adds another dimension: abundance and confidence. Where lighter greens feel fresh and calming, deep forest green feels established and purposeful. It creates a room that signals to the person working in it: this is a serious space, built for serious work.
We believe the spaces you work in shape the work you do. This office was designed to support the best version of both.
Part of a Beverly Hills Whole Home Renovation
This home office was one element of a broader whole home renovation in Beverly Hills — a project that touched multiple rooms and transformed the home from the inside out. The office's design language connects to the rest of the home while giving this room a complete identity of its own.
Whole home renovations managed by a single design-build team produce this kind of cohesion — rooms that feel connected because they were designed together, not renovated separately and forced to coexist.
Project Details
Location: Beverly Hills, Michigan
Project Type: Home Office Remodel / Part of Whole Home Renovation
Scope: Full office transformation — color drenching, custom built-in cabinetry, integrated shelving, styling, lighting
Main Design Feature: Forest green color drenching — walls, trim, ceiling, and cabinetry in a single deep saturated tone
Key Features: Deep forest green color drenching, custom built-in millwork and shelving, warm walnut cylindrical desk base, velvet camel accent chair, curated vintage art, sculptural task lamp, layered styling Design Intent: Focus, creativity, abundance, and productivity
Services: Home Office Renovation, Custom Cabinetry, Interior Design, Design-Build
Photography: Shelby Dubin Photography
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