Wood and veneer
Solid stock and veneer leaves side by side, so you can see how the same species reads in a matte finish and in a satin one, and how the grain runs across a wall of doors.
Miami Design District
Open a door. Run your hand along the grain.
The showroom is on NE 41st Street. Forty five minutes, free, nothing to sign. You leave knowing what your kitchen would actually be made of, and roughly what it costs.
- 45minutes, start to finish
- FreeNo deposit, no obligation
- EN / ESWe work in both languages
What is in the room
Samples you can pick up, not a screen.
Material decisions made from photographs get reversed on site. Everything below is physical, at a size large enough to judge.
Lacquer
Colour cards at a size worth judging. A lacquer chosen from a two centimetre chip is a lacquer you will dislike for ten years.
Stone
Stone samples for the first direction. The final slab is chosen at the yard with you present, because veining never repeats.
Hardware and pulls
Hinges, drawer runners and soft close mechanisms mounted so you can work them by hand. Weight and travel are things you feel, not read.
Finished fronts
Complete doors and drawers, hung and fitted. Open them. That is the part nobody lets you do in a catalogue showroom.
Drawings and delivered work
Shop drawings from real projects next to photographs of how they came out, so you can see the distance between the two.
The 45 minutes
What actually happens while you are here.
No presentation, no deck, no closing. It is a working conversation, and it ends with you knowing more than when you walked in.
- 01
First ten minutes
You talk. What the space is today, how you use it, what is not working. We take notes and ask about the parts people usually skip: storage, light at seven in the morning, who cooks.
- 02
Twenty minutes
Materials in your hands. We narrow the field to two or three directions that suit your light, your climate and how the room gets used.
- 03
Ten minutes
Numbers and dates, said plainly. What a job of your scope tends to cost, how many weeks it takes, and which decisions have to be made early because they move the date.
- 04
Last five minutes
What happens next. If it fits, we book the measured survey. If it does not, we say so and tell you who does that kind of work.
Before you come
Bring these four things and the visit is worth double.
If you have none of it, come anyway. Half the useful visits start with a photograph taken in the lift on the way down.
- Photographs of the space as it is today, including the parts you dislike. Take them with the lights on and stand in the corner.
- Rough measurements: width, depth and ceiling height. A tape measure and your phone are enough, and approximate is fine.
- Plans if you have them, on paper or as a PDF. Floor plans, a condominium unit sheet, anything from your architect.
- Anything already decided: an appliance, a stone, a colour, a delivery date the building has given you.
Getting here
And, honestly, where to park.
Parking is the reason people put off a visit to the Design District. Here is the answer nobody bothers to give you.
Address
HJ Studio Design180 NE 41st Street
Miami, FL 33137
Miami Design District
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 18.00. Saturday by appointment.
Museum Garage, NE 41st Street
The closest covered public garage, on the same street. Paid, and a two minute walk to our door.
Palm Court garage
The largest one in the district, in the middle of it, with entrances from NE 38th and NE 39th Street. Use it when the first is full.
Valet
There are valet stands at several corners of the district. The fastest option if you are arriving tight on time.
The street
Metered spaces nearby fill from midday. If you are coming between twelve and two, go straight to a garage and save yourself three laps.
Message us on WhatsApp the day before and we will send the exact garage entrance and the walk from it. If you come by car service, ask to be dropped on NE 41st Street.
Booking
Two steps, and one of them is ours.
- 01
You tell us when
Two minutes on the project form, a WhatsApp message, or a phone call. Give us a day and a rough time and say what the space is.
- 02
We confirm and send directions
You get the hour confirmed, the garage entrance and a note on what to bring. Nothing to pay, nothing to sign.
Come and see it.
Forty five minutes on NE 41st Street. Bring a photograph of your space and we will tell you honestly what it needs.
We reply within one business day.
Questions people ask before coming
Can I just walk in?
You can, and you are welcome. But we may be on a site visit or with another client, and you would get ten rushed minutes instead of forty five proper ones. With an appointment the time is yours.
Do I need plans?
No. Photographs and rough measurements get us a long way. Plans help, but their absence has never stopped a first conversation.
Is there any cost or commitment?
None. The visit is free, there is no deposit and there is nothing to sign. If the project is not right for us we will tell you at the end of the same visit.
Can I bring my architect or contractor?
Please do. It usually saves a whole round of drawings, because the three of us agree the tolerances in the room instead of by email.
What if I am not in Miami?
We hold the same conversation by video call, same forty five minutes, and we can send physical samples to you. Fourteen villas in Turks and Caicos started that way.
Do you speak Spanish?
Yes. The studio works in Spanish and in English, and so do the drawings.