Meet Jenny
Principal Designer & Owner
Jenny Pavel grew up in a construction family, which means she learned to read a home differently than most people do — not just how a room looks, but how it's actually built. Long before she had a design studio, she had a jobsite education: framing, materials, timelines, what holds up and what doesn't. That foundation still shapes the way she works today, giving her a fluency with architects and contractors that goes beyond the mood board.
That early exposure to construction turned into a lifelong love of design — the selections that make a house feel like a home. Jenny is drawn to the details many people overlook until they're standing in the finished room: the custom cabinetry built to the exact footprint, the countertop that catches the light a certain way, the tile that grounds a whole palette. Color, texture, and material aren't decoration to her — they're the difference between a house that photographs well and one that actually feels good to live in.
Jenny is the founder and Principal Designer of Jenny Pavel Homes, a residential design studio serving clients across Fairfield and Litchfield counties in Connecticut and Dutchess County in New York. JPH works with a select number of clients each year — homeowners who are renovating, building new, or simply ready to invest in a home that actually works for them. Jenny leads every project directly, from the first conversation through final installation.
Her perspective is also shaped by real estate itself — Jenny has bought, sold, and invested in property, and understands firsthand how design decisions affect not just how a home feels, but what it's worth. That dual lens — designer and real estate investor — means she designs with both livability and long-term value in mind, whether a client plans to stay for decades or is preparing a home to sell.
Her approach pairs close attention to detail with a genuine interest in how people live — what matters to them, how they move through their home, and what they want to feel when they walk in the door.
Great design is rooted in how a home lives — not just how it looks.