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Robyn Monahan Interior Designer

Robyn Monahan Interiors is located in the heart of Delray Beach, Florida.

Proud to bring style, elegance and satisfaction to all of her clients, Robyn Monahan Interiors has been recognized for her their designs from Miami to Palm Beach and throughout the country. Robyn Monahan Interiors provides the following services:

• Project Management
• Space Planning
• Architectural Design
• Flooring Design
• Cabinetry with Custom Details
• Furniture Selection
• Lighting Design
•

Home Automation
• Art and Accessory Selection and Placement

Robyn Monahan Interiors Robyn Monahan Interiors is most well-known for providing the following design styles:

• Transitional Interior Design
• Art deco Design
• Sustainable Design
• Eco/Organically Friendly Design
• Rustic Design
• Delray Beach / Cottage Beach Design
• Art Nuevo Design style
• Contemporary Interior Design
• Luxurious Interior Design
• Beach Bungalow

Robyn Monahan Interiors Robyn Monahan Interiors provides services to the following areas:

• Delray Beach, Florida
• Palm Beach, Florida
• Boca Raton, Florida
• Miami Beach, Florida
• West Palm Beach, Florida

09/08/2026

INTERIOR DESIGN MOODS — PART ONE

Let’s Romanticize Your Life

Instead of a Vision Board, let’s make a Mood Board.

Because I don’t want to know how you want your home to look.
I want to know…
How you want your home to feel ?
Anyone can do pretty.
Please…
Let’s do moody.

I think this comes from the feminine side of us—not female, feminine.
And we all have HER.

So let’s go deeper.
What do you want to feel when you walk through your front door?
What do you want your bedroom to feel like at night?
What do you want your kitchen to feel like in the morning?
What do you want to do in your living room?
What are your intentions for each room?
Because your home should be designed around your life.
Not someone else’s.
Not the way a builder thinks you should live.
Not because every house is “supposed” to have a formal dining room.

Your home should tell your story.
And honestly?

In Florida, we are not exactly formal…
we are fabulous, so live that way

Better than a dining room. I worked with this lovely couple who bought a house with more rooms than they actually needed. So I had lots to work with. The husband wanted his own space. He was thinking of a man cave, but a little nicer. As we worked together, I kept getting to know this husband…..

How’s this for moody? You know I have that traditional influence to me from Chicago. Although this probably started in Miami, I don’t know who remembers this, but in Miami there was this Gentlemen’s Club-style restaurant on Brickell….Filled with Judges and lawyers. It had the feel of old money and corruption. Very Miami.

Anyhow, to follow is his Man Cave: completely designed from my feminine POV

From what I hear, all the husbands come, and the wives can’t resist joining them. The fireplace and leather gave it a sexy, masculine feel, and the room has a hint of black cherry, too. ( I got that from my father’s pipe to***co )

And of course, some Dean Martin playing…this gentleman was in his late 40s. But I think this vibe lives in many men as well as us girls- well, this girl anyhow.

Cute story: my second cousin was married to Dean Martin; lots of secrets coming out.

09/07/2026

To know us is to love us… ❤️
Happy Birthday, Dad.
Just a few more stories about my Father.
Remember my mom sent me to California to stay with my cousins—and, of course, to buy my school wardrobe because she was always disappointed with the fashion (or lack of it!) in Miami.
While I was there, the troops were coming home from Vietnam.
I was 14 when I met a 19-year-old soldier. He told me he had watched his best friend die in his arms. He told me he had to shoot boys younger than himself and couldn't forgive himself for it.
At 14, I was hearing things no child should have to hear.
When I came home, I told my father everything.
My Father had been a Lieutenant Colonel and Fighter Pilot in WWII, so he understood war. But he also understood me. He always watched over my very tender heart; he had one too.
He told me, “If any of the boys at your school are enlisting, tell them to come see me. I'd like to meet them and have a drink with them.”
So they came.
I watched from another room as these young boys sat with my father, talked, had a drink, shook his hand, and left.
They seemed to come in as boys…
…and walked out as men.
My father never lectured them.
He simply listened.
One boy told my Dad, “Sir, I won't be coming home.”
He didn't.
He threw himself on a hand gr***de to save his fellow soldiers.
RIP: Fred Saunders
I kept thinking, Why are these boys having to make decisions like this?
They were just kids playing in their neighborhoods weeks before. Now they were being asked to fight—and sometimes kill—boys their own age.
I was 14, and I had a huge problem with it.
But my father taught me something that has stayed with me my entire life:
Sometimes the greatest thing you can do for someone is sit with them, listen, and let them know they are not alone.
That was my Dad.
A soldier. A fighter Pilot. A Lieutenant Colonel. A father. A man who understood what war could do to young people.
And when he saw those boys coming home, he simply opened his door.
Happy Birthday, Daddy.
I miss you, but I am you; I feel you all the time.
And I still remember those boys walking into that room…
…and walking out a little taller.
thanx for everything Dad🌹
To know us is to love us. ❤️

09/06/2026

Happy Fall.....I forgot the last chapter of this series. So I'm just going to post it. Perfectly imperfect!

09/03/2026

One of the reasons I started writing about interior design instead of just showing it is to convey the emotion and/or psychology behind it. Your home is one of a kind, not an AI copy, just the thought of this, makes me cringe.

08/30/2026

I had the best lunch with my big brother. For those who know us and love us. Look how great he looks- so cute. Like old times. At the beach - Oceanic...such a beautiful day with my big bro. Next my little bro.

08/29/2026

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One last fun Photo of me with my V***e Girls in my favorite burly sweater. Before I head south to warmer weather.

CHAPTER FOUR —
Why I Love the History

This is the part of Interior Design that gives it depth
The history.
The romance.
The hands that made something generations ago.
That little girl’s bedside chests weren't simply “two chests.”
They represented generations of craftsmanship.
I went to Grand Rapids and saw the actual tools used by the artisan who tooled those legs—tools his father and grandfather had used before him.

That changed the way I looked at furniture forever.
Because every beautiful piece has a story.
And the history of the pieces we use today goes back much further than most people realize.
Sometimes all the way back to ancient Greece.

It isn't just about making a room beautiful.
It's understanding why something is beautiful.
Where it came from.
Who made it.
How it was made.
And why it still matters. I bet that little girl still has those bedside chests.

John Sullivan gave me an education of a lifetime.
Marshall Field’s gave me one of the best stages.

And my first client gave me my first real glimpse into the kind of designer I was going to become.

Next chapter:
How I went from Marshall Field’s to DCOTA The Design Center of The Americas

08/28/2026

CHAPTER THREE — My First Client
My first Interior Design client at Marshall Field’s was a beautiful psychiatrist who wanted me to design her five-year-old daughter’s bedroom.
She wanted two bedside chests from Baker.
$4,000 each.
Now, what did a young designer with no real Interior Design background know about a $4,000 chest?
John made sure I understood something that has stayed with me throughout my career
When you’re surrounded by beautiful furniture, you need to understand its history.
The period. The traditions. Why certain woods were chosen. How pieces were constructed. Even the hardware had a story.
And the craftsmanship? Extraordinary.
John sent me to Grand Rapids, to Baker’s headquarters, where I met the artisans and saw the process firsthand. I even met the craftsman who tooled the legs on many of their pieces—with tools his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had used before him.
The very things I had studied in Art History at school—the craftsmanship, artistry and traditions—I was now standing in the actual workrooms where this extraordinary furniture was being made.
Pinch me. This was really happening.
I completely fell in love. I can still smell the wood and oils.
And honestly, this is why I’m so romantic about what I do.
Because I know the history.
HISTORY…
Do you know why the arms of some chairs are set back?
To allow a woman’s wide dress to spread beautifully around her.
We still use that design
And why is a wing chair shaped the way it is?
To hold the warmth from the fireplace around you.
We still use this design
And my favorite…
The champagne coupe is romantically said to have been shaped after Marie Antoinette’s breast—designed so the open bowl would let the bubbles tickle your nose.
It’s a legend, and it has nothing to do with interiors.
But it has everything to do with design.
Because design has always been about understanding the person you’re designing for.
That’s the romance.

08/27/2026

CHAPTER TWO — The Man

My roommate knew a man in Interior Design with Marshall Fields.
And not just any man.
She headed up all the restaurants for Marshall Field’s, so when she said she knew a man, she knew THE man.
His name was John Sullivan.

I walked in to meet him with absolutely no background in Interior Design. He knew that. But as soon as we met, he stood up and said: “Have you had lunch? Let’s go have a bite and talk about your future with me.”And that’s exactly what we did.

John was a smart man. I became his protege. He sent me everywhere I could learn: courses. Seminars. Education. Sales training. Things I didn’t learn in school. This was applied design.

I barely worked. I couldn’t get enough. I was like a sponge. I had found something I didn’t even know I had been looking for.

Interior Design.

A couple of years later, John passed away from AIDS. John Sullivan changed my life.
And I will always be grateful that he saw something in me before I could see it in myself.

RIP, John.

This is the fabulous Kim. And this is Dani, and there was one other girl usually with us, Catherine. We called ourselves The V***e Girls. V***e Clicquot even knew us.

This all started because we would get together at our place and drink V***e while we got ready to go out on the town. We were delicious; these girls were some of my favorite times in Chicago.

To be continued…

08/24/2026

CHAPTER: The Onyx Hunt
Okay, this one is tough for a designer… well, I made it tough.
I installed this beautiful Onyx floor 15 years ago. Now my client wants to add a shower because she feels it will be safer—and I completely agree.
Here’s the problem: I only had seven pieces of the original stone left.I assumed it was gone. Discontinued. Impossible to find.
I found another beautiful, lighter stone that would work with it, but honestly? I didn’t love it. And I was cranky about the whole thing.
So I thought, Wait. I only need about 140 square feet. Let’s see if we can actually find the Onyx.
And this is where having the right people matters.
There are a thousand stone yards in South Florida, and Luc at XL Production went hunting.
And he found it.…In Miami.
This was stone cut from a marble quarry 15 years ago. The odds of finding enough of it now were pretty slim.
But he did it.
Now the race is on to get it to the job site for Tuesday’s installation, because my guys want to finish the bathroom on Thursday!
And here’s my lesson—
DON’T ASSUME SOMETHING IS GONE. ALWAYS GIVE IT A TRY. ALWAYS.
Every product matters.
This renovation is just shy of 1,200 square feet, and the budget was over $650K back in 2001. Small projects do not necessarily mean small budgets.
We designers don't usually show you the foibles or the trade secrets. We show you the pretty finished room.
But I’m sharing mine.
Because this is where the real lessons are learned.
The crazy thing is, I’ve already learned this lesson before.
But the pandemic changed so much—including how I think about availability and sourcing. There’s really no stock on anything anymore.
But big Rock is hard to discard and why, so great news for me.

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