A lot of Bee Cave is new enough that the owners are still living with the builder's choices, from the streets around the Hill Country Galleria to the custom lots in Spanish Oaks and Belvedere. River Jane & Co. is an interior design studio in Spicewood, about 25 minutes west on Highway 71, and we work across Bee Cave. The first step is a free 15 minute call.
- From our studio
- About 25 minutes, 17 miles
- First step
- A free 15 minute call
- Consultation
- About an hour, in your home or virtual, depending on the project
- Design Strategy
- From $999, plan in 7 to 14 days
- Call or text
- 512-883-3767
Walk into the design center with a plan
If you're building in Bee Cave, the selection appointments show up fast. Tile, plumbing fixtures, cabinet door styles, counters, lighting and paint all get picked in a few long sessions, often before you've stood in a finished room. That's how people end up with six nice choices that don't talk to each other.
Pick one palette for the whole house first, then make each selection against it. Spend on what you touch every day: the kitchen, the primary bath, door hardware, the lighting in the rooms you actually live in. Save on the guest bath nobody showers in and the builder's upgraded carpet you'll replace in three years anyway.
At $999 per room to start, a Design Strategy is the cleanest way to have those decisions made before the appointment instead of during it. Our new-build interior design page walks through the timing.
Great rooms that need zones
Newer Bee Cave houses love a great room: kitchen, dining and living in one long run of floor with a wall of glass at the end. It looks fantastic empty. Then you move in and the sofa floats in the middle, the dining table feels like it's in a hallway and the TV wall has a window on it.
Rugs, lighting and furniture scale do the zoning that walls used to do. A big rug that anchors the seating, a dining light hung low enough to define the table, and lamps on a separate circuit so the living side can dim while the kitchen stays bright. Those three moves change how the room feels at night more than any paint color.
- Size the living rug so the front legs of every seat sit on it.
- Hang the dining fixture about 30 to 36 inches above the table.
- Give the TV its own wall, even if that means moving it off the fireplace.
Acreage off Hamilton Pool Road
South of Highway 71, Bee Cave loosens up into acreage neighborhoods like The Homestead, where the house shares the lot with pasture, oaks and sometimes a barn. Those houses live differently. People come in muddy, the porch is used more than the formal living room, and the drive to town is long enough that storage matters.
We plan those homes from the back door in: a real mudroom with a bench, hooks and a place for boots, a laundry that can take a dog bath, and porches furnished like rooms with lighting, ceiling fans and outdoor fabric. Inside, the palette can go warmer and more rustic than in town without tipping into a theme. The same thinking carries out to Spicewood and Dripping Springs.
Falconhead and the first round of updates
The golf course streets in Falconhead and Falconhead West have been around long enough that the original finishes are starting to show their age. Think warm travertine, busy granite, bronze fixtures and a lot of beige. The bones are fine, so this is usually a refresh.
The biggest wins are lighting, counters and paint, in that order. Swap the builder fixtures and add lamps, replace a busy granite with a simpler stone, and pull the wall color lighter. If the kitchen layout works, painted cabinets and new hardware can carry it another ten years. Our guide to what an interior designer does explains where a designer fits in a refresh like that.
