OUR STORY.
What is Grimestone?
Grimestone Design is a boutique Interior Design Firm that specializes in New Construction, Renovation, and Interior Design of Residential, Commercial, and Retail spaces. Our design team closely reflects our core clients of creatives, young professionals, entrepreneurs, growing families, and those well established in their careers.
Although, we inherently specialize in a “urban chic” design aesthetic, our talents lie in our diversity, and ability to marry traditional-modern American, European, Japanese, and Scandinavian design cues. Our goal is to provide accessible quality interior design that is warm, modern, and sophisticated. We strive to help our clients create a well-established space that they take pride in, feel safe in, and that enables them to uncover their own passions, talents, and aspirations.
Who is Behind the Design Magic?
My Name is John, but Everyone calls me J.B. I'm just a fun loving, creative kid originally from Newark NJ. Newark is a culturally dense and diverse city, and I was exposed to a variety of different nationalities and ethnic backgrounds from a young age. Because of the diverse cultural makeup of Newark residents, I was able to better embrace the community around me through their unique cuisine, languages and most notably their households. I was always attentive to the style and design of various homes I entered and the buildings that made up Newark's cityscape.
My mother purchased her first home when I was 5 years old. I never anticipated that the 5 years it took to remodel our home, in conjunction with my active involvement in the process, would serve as the planted seed that was cultivated into my desire and drive to become an Interior Designer. Growing up, I was always intrigued by and focused on the interior aesthetics of homes, and I recognized the mental and emotional impact that a home's design can have on its inhabitants. After much soul searching, trial and error, and surveying my creative talents, I realized that life comes full circle, and I must use my God-given abilities to help people create and love the spaces they occupy. I believe every home should reflect an individual's personality and style, possess an aspirational quality and be a source of inspiration for others.
I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design from Point Loma Nazarene University. As an Interior Designer, I've previously held a professional affiliation with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and I continue to further educate myself through professional CEU's, and attending and actively participating in design-related trade shows and industry events. Over the years, I have been involved in numerous residential and commercial projects while working for other design firms. I decided to create Grimestone to convey my imprint of "urban chic" to the world using progressive, full-service Interior Design
My beautiful wife and I collectively enjoy spending our time Traveling and absorbing Food, Fashion, the Arts, and Sports. Oh yeah...I still tend to get behind my turntables from time to time as a DJ.