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happy homemaking for happy living  

Making it nice since the early 80’s!

“My love for all things homemaking started as a kid. My grandmother says I’ve always had a compulsion to ‘make it nice,’ arranging flowers, fluffing pillows, obsessively positioning tchotchkes around the house like a little weirdo,” JS.

At her core, Jennifer Salvemini is a student of anthropology and philosophy.  Her academic endeavors evolved into a passion for aesthetic expression in all areas of culture - from architecture to mythology, textiles to cuisine.  She developed an intense appreciation for deep sensory experiences, and finds great joy in creating meaningful sensory experiences for others.  These pursuits are expressed in her practice as an Interior Designer, her role as Executive Director for the Kingston Design Connection, and as Creative Director for Studio Hinterland.   Jennifer has also recently starred as the lead designer for HGTV’s new series, Who’s Afraid of a Cheap Old House? (now streaming).       

As Studio Hinterland’s Creative Director, Jennifer leads her team in exploring all facets of the truly unique brand identity, providing the contemplative vessel for their work.  Jennifer’s aesthetic sensibilities serve as the guiding principle, ensuring their products and services are, indeed, referentially modern - a stylistic direction where old and new are engaged in an intimate and ecstatic conversation.  

Jennifer is also the founding member of Community Hinterland, a growing collective of female identifying artists, makers, designers, and growers based in the Catskills, NY.  The organization supports its members in cultivating a happy and healthy creative life, as well as develops programming that fosters connection, collaboration, and merriment.   

Her professional experience straddles careers in hospitality and fashion spanning over 15 years in New York City. Jennifer has translated her skills in systems building, project management, event planning, logistics, design and customer service and applies them to do what she truly loves most - happy homemaking and, ya know, making it nice. Yay! Jennifer’s interior design practice is based in the NY Hudson Valley where she has been working with clients to create beautiful, happy homes for nearly a decade.

PHILOSOPHY

The art of homemaking is the process of curating meaningful and useful objects (furniture, art, mementos, family heirlooms, lighting, etc) so that they work toward a sense of personal expression and comfort.  It is the process of cultivating harmony and functionality.  It is about relationships, or more precisely, it is ecology.  

Ecology (from Greek: οἶκος, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of");  the study of interactions and relationships of organisms with their environment.  

In considering your living space through the lens of ecology we can foster healthy relationships of the objects and the people housed there to create a happy home - object to object, object to people, people to people.  It’s a lifestyle which centers on holistically generating beauty, joy, and functionality.

hey ma, i’m on tv!

I’m so excited to announce my role as lead interior designer in the new HGTV Series “Who’s Afraid of a Cheap Old House!”

I’ve teamed up with my friends and fellow old-home enthusiasts, Ethan and Elizabeth Finkelstein to explore historic homes in Upstate New York. Together we’ll be taking the homeowners on an educational journey from the past lives of their house to the present creation of their dream home.

Interviews & Press