Ann Lowengart Interiors

We had such a wonderful experience working with Annie and her team and truly love the final result of our home! From the beginning, Annie was very flexible with the scope of our project. We focused on the main level of the house and wanted to reuse several meaningful pieces we already owned, and she embraced that approach happily. She was also transparent about budget and proactive with updates, which made the experience feel very organized and professional. We came into the project knowing that we ourselves could create a beautiful neutrally decorated space but we really wanted to 1) be pushed creatively and 2) be advised on how to maximize functionality of the space. Annie introduced color, texture, and personality in a way that still felt very “us,” elevating the design far beyond what we would have achieved on our own. One of the things we appreciated most was her emphasis on functionality. We have an interesting layout and a young family, so it was important that the space worked for life with a toddler today while also feeling timeless and adaptable as we grow into it long term. Annie was thoughtful and forward-thinking in how she approached those decisions. During the project we had a personal situation arise that required us to shift how we worked together and Annie responded with kindness, flexibility, and understanding. That really meant a lot to our family. All in all, we absolutely love our home and working with Annie and her team was a fantastic experience!

As I write this I’m sitting in my fantastic new living room, which is an excellent example of the outstanding work that Annie and her team did for us on our rebuild. 5 months after moving back into our house, we love everything that the Lowengart team did for us, and we are grateful for all the advice, hard work and support that they provided throughout the process. It was pretty clear that the interior design, furnishings and layout of the house would turn out really well. We knew Annie and her team were pros, and we expected the result to be top-notch based on her portfolio and our initial conversations. A very pleasant surprise was how comfortable and inviting the final choices ended up being. It just feels like home. Something that was very important to us was that our designer took the time to really understand what we wre looking for and would be very collaborative in the design process. This is an area where the Lowengart team went well beyond our expectations. They really “Got” what we were looking for, and made sure that we were heard and the choices truly reflected our styles and had a personal touch. One of the things that really impressed me about Lowengart Interior’s approach was their rigor around planning and budgeting. The project management was incredibly professional and effective - everything was accounted for, tracked, and delivered. As you would expect with a project of this scope, there were a few things that didn’t turn out as planned. Annie and her team were 100% focused on making sure we were happy with the final result, and were great partners all the way through. Finally, as the “Finance Department” for the project, I am incredibly grateful for the detail and consideration around budgeting and cost management. There were no surprises over the course of the 2+ years we worked with her team, which is simply remarkable. We even came in a few dollars under budget… I cannot recommend Annie and her team highly enough. We love the result, and we are so appreciative of the great partnership and service we received.

After three years of navigating an incredibly difficult process with our architect and the town, I was honestly at the point of tears when I first spoke with Annie. From that very first phone call, she listened with empathy, offered thoughtful guidance, and immediately helped me feel optimistic about what was possible. Annie joined us for a full-home renovation and furnishings project, guiding everything from space planning and material selections to custom pieces, retail sourcing, and final installation. Early in the process, she conducted a thorough review of the project scope and budget so we clearly understood the cost implications at every stage, which gave us confidence moving forward. Annie has impeccable taste and an exceptional ability to present creative options that align beautifully with your budget. She has a keen eye for detail and an intuitive talent for blending custom pieces with retail finds to create spaces that feel layered, calm, and livable. The finished home feels cohesive, thoughtful, and exactly how we hoped it would....organic, neutral, and grounding, yet still warm and inviting. I was very clear that I wanted an organic, neutral palette, but every so often I’d get distracted by something bold (like a yellow chair!). Annie gently and skillfully guided me back to my original vision, reminding me of what truly made me happy. She kept the process focused and efficient while still making it fun and collaborative. Working with Annie felt like a true partnership...she respected my input, worked seamlessly with my team, and elevated every decision with her expertise. Annie is professional, approachable, and an absolute pleasure to work with. She is also incredibly mindful of the budget, something I personally struggle with, but my husband deeply appreciates. She was always transparent about where it made sense to splurge and where to save, clearly outlining cost implications so there were never any surprises. Her team is equally impressive...organized, responsive, and attentive to every last detail. During installation, I found myself wanting to linger and chat (and maybe even help!), but they had everything handled with total precision and ease. If you are building, remodeling, or furnishing your home, I wholeheartedly recommend Annie and her team. They are talented, professional, and made a complex project feel seamless; delivering a home we truly love and enjoy every day.

Over the last two years, Annie and her team have done a phenomenal job with the design and furnishing of our brand new home build and ADU in Sonoma. We couldn't be happier with the end result. Annie owned the entire interior aesthetics of the property, including colors and materials, as well as the furnishings. At every point along the way we felt like we were being guided by an expert hand, whose opinions we trusted and who worked tirelessly to make sure we were satisfied with the end result. Annie had a difficult challenge with my husband and I having very different aesthetics, with his being more traditional and conservative, while I like bold colors and designs. Annie had to blend these within a very modern space with floor to ceiling glass wrapping around most of the largest rooms. She was able to understand each of our styles and find designs that could make both of us happy, while also making us each feel respected and heard in the process. She had incredible patience with us as we worked through areas of disagreement, and offered smart solutions that enabled us both to love the end result. As we went through different ideas, one of the things that stood out to us was Annie's incredible breadth of knowledge of different brands and options out there for everything from furniture to tile to art. When we didn't like an idea, she was able to come up with other options on the spot. Another thing that stood out to us was Annie's strong project and budget management skills, as well as transparency around every step of the process. We actually came in under budget in many areas of the project, and we always felt that while she offered recommendations with conviction, she was always willing to accomodate us if we decided that we wanted to spend less in a particular area. Every meeting started with a budget review to make sure we were aligned and on board with where things stood. As we journeyed with Annie through the process we really came to rely on her design judgment. She has a phenomenal eye especially for how different pieces will work together within a space. In fact, near the end of the process, after my husband got design fatigue from all of the decisions that had to be made, he decided to leave everything else up to Annie and was pleasantly surprised at the reveal to be aligned with almost every choice she made. Our friends who have visited the house were blown away by the final product. We couldn't be happier with our new home and we would work with Annie and her fabulous team again in a heartbeat. You'll be in great hands with her.

I had a great experience working with Annie and the rest of the team at ALI to furnish my home. I recently purchased a new construction home, and wanted help with furnishing the space. I loved the space as it was built and didn’t want extensive changes, but window treatments were important to me — the house has more windows than walls and didn’t come with any way to cover them up — which ultimately necessitated some remodeling. After selecting and interviewing 6 design firms based on their reviews and portfolios, I brought on Annie and her team to help. From the beginning of the process, I was impressed by Annie’s depth of knowledge, her solution-oriented mindset, and her commitment to matching the space to my needs. Throughout the process, I found Annie and her team a delight to work with. They were always friendly, prepared, and efficient. More importantly to me, they were deeply collaborative. There were times when I knew exactly what I wanted (e.g. laying out a project space or cabinetry for an entertainment center), even showing up with custom specs or sketches, and Annie’s team adopted them and made them happen. On the other hand, there were times when I struggled to decide on something, and they stepped in and offered their own recommendations. They were great at both, and switched effortlessly as needed. Even for things outside of ALI’s scope, nothing gave Annie pause, and she always had someone on speed dial to solve the problem. My home has high vaulted windows, and I told Annie up front that I wanted motorized shades. She immediately agreed that made sense (another designer I spoke with seemed overwhelmed by the prospect), and subsequently brought in a general contractor, a drapery fabricator, and an installer. Not only were they also all friendly, reliable, and efficient, but they shared Annie’s collaborative style. I felt shared ownership over the solutions we came up with, and the end result is fantastic — it looks like it could have been built with the house. I would happily bring any of them back for future work. End-to-end, the whole project took about 14 months until installation (with a few stragglers), a month behind Annie’s initial target. We were also slightly under budget, which surprised me. Throughout the process, Annie offered great options mostly at or around the target price, but often included a higher-end option. In some cases, I *loved* those options and chose to go over budget. But even though we ended up well over budget on cost of goods, we were so far under budget on time billing and other costs that it more than made up for it, a reflection of her team’s efficiency. But most importantly, I am delighted with the results. Everything is beautiful, comfortable, works for my needs, and filled with creative touches that I would never have selected on my own. I feel like I got exactly what I wanted out of the process, and I would happily bring Annie and her team back if I need interior help in the future.

Annie is an AMAZING designer. She is highly experienced and talented, has impeccable taste and just has a natural, effortless ability to make design decisions. She is decisive and resourceful, having and ideas and suggestions at her fingertips. She's also fair and honest and a very nice, unpretentious and caring person. It's a pleasure working with her!

We've had the pleasure of working with Annie and her team at ALI on two design projects over the past three years. Her creativity and vision combined with her great expertise brought our homes to life in unique and beautiful ways. We first teamed up with Annie on an extensive remodel of our historic San Francisco home that included a full kitchen/dining area gutting, multiple new bathrooms, paint, art consulting and soft goods throughout. Our architect had recommended ALI based on Annie's experience updating historic homes like ours, but what stood out for us was how direct and organized her process was from day one, including a high level of budget transparency. One of the highlights of working with Annie over the course of this two-year project was her ability to cater to our preferences while also pushing us out of our comfort zone when she saw the opportunity for something really special. Two years into living in our home, many of our favorite elements are those things we never would have considered had she not nudged us toward them. Another strength of Annie's was listening to our needs when it came to functionality—with two young boys at home, durability and practicality were often a factor for us. In those cases, Annie managed to produce designs that elegantly and creatively addressed those needs, from hidden pull-out drawers for toy storage in a custom sofa to upholstery fabrics that are durable while still feeling luxurious. Annie's lighting selection and sense of color were also highlights for us. The fixtures she helped us select for our foyer and living room are far from simple sources of light, they are true works of art, hand-made by artisans from her unique repertoire of craftspeople. As for color, she pushed us (in a good way) to consider applications that initially felt dramatic but ultimately turned those areas into visually lush spaces that we love to be in. Our second project with Annie and team was for our vacation home in Wine Country, involving mainly soft goods and design consulting for both indoor and outdoor areas. Outdoors included new construction of a kitchen and pool with surrounding living areas. In contrast to our San Francisco home with all of its historic embellishments and the design to match, the Sonoma home is all modern, clean lines. Annie didn't skip a beat in pivoting to a more relaxed, organic style befitting of the more rural terroir. Whether indoors or out, the resulting spaces are comfortable yet elegant, and once again Annie delivered designs that are both beautiful yet functional. Annie and team helped turn both of our houses into homes that we love living in and that visitors constantly compliment us on. From managing the myriad details passing between us and our architect and contractor during construction, to presenting us with furniture and lighting pieces that we fell in love with, Annie made our renovation journeys inspiring and fun and we've been enjoying the results ever since.

Annie and her team were indispensable as we took on a brand new home project in the mountains. They invested time and energy into understanding our vision, and they were committed to making our house truly “ours”. The whole team was efficient and responsive as well as being incredibly thoughtful and creative. When we encountered the inevitable hiccups in the build process, Annie’s experience and enthusiasm quickly helped resolve any issues. The ALI team’s professionalism around having an organized timeline and extremely detailed budget was impressive and helped us understand how the project would unfold. When we are ready for our next project Annie will be our first phone call.

Working with Annie to redo my living room was a great a pleasure as the finished product! She is kind, patient, creative and absolutely loaded with ideas and experience. She often knew just what I would love as soon as I tried to describe it. When I had great difficulty in choosing the final fabric, she could not have been more patient and kind. I am thrilled each day by the results; every time I enter the room, I feel peaceful by the colors that flow right to the trees and sky outside. She worked with the existing furniture to make all pieces contribute to the serenity. It is, in short, utterly beautiful, as much as I had hoped but more than I could have imagined.

We hired Annie to help us with a gut / remodel + addition for our home in Hillsborough. It was a big project and was during COVID which added a bunch of complexity as we needed to do a lot of our work virtually. As we moved through the project, the scope expanded and so did our asks of Annie. She was incredibly gracious with her time and always available to jump on the phone to bounce judgments off of. She became our design advisor not only on the interior decor, but on key elements of the exterior including paint color, roof material, window trims, custom door design and countless other things. She had a great conceptual grasp of what we were trying to do (maintain a French style architecture but make it fresh and a bit more modern). She listened to our wants and needs and had a combination of flexibility when we were resistant to something - either due to style or cost, but then making sure we heard her views when she felt something was important. And I have to say, the things she pushed us on a bit - we are SO glad we did them. We would also be remiss if we didn't talk about Annie's wonderful team. We did a lot of the sourcing calls for interior decor with Julia and Teresa. Both were hardworking, great communicators, and patient as we were trying to find the right looks for each of the rooms in our home. They were also flexible in how we sourced for various rooms, as sometimes we had stumbled onto things we liked and they were happy to incorporate them into the overall aesthetic. What was important for us is that we didn't want to completely "outsource" the design to someone else's aesthetic but we didn't exactly know what ours was, particularly because we had slightly different views on what we thought would look good. Annie and her team helped us find our design aesthetic and we absolutely love our home. We have received endless compliments and have had several people asked us who our designer was. We would absolutely recommend Annie and her team and are grateful for the great advice and service she and her team provided.

When we purchased our 135 year old Queen Anne home, we knew we were going to be undertaking a large project but beyond that, we were pretty clueless. We started the project by interviewing many designers and Annie and her team were by far the most thoughtful. They asked great questions and helped us to really hone in on the scope of our project. What started in our mind as a kitchen and bath remodel, turned into touching all 6000 square ft of our home. Annie helped us find the team to make our dream a reality- referring us to both our architect and contractor and held our hand through the entire process. Annie begins her projects by really getting to know you. She has what is called your “narrative document” that gets you answering questions about your family and your goals. The part that struck me the most was that the majority of the questions were not about aesthetics, rather the feel you want to have when you enter each part of your home and the functionality each space needs to have. And she remembers what you say and makes sure that all of the design choices are made with your ultimate goals in mind. The thing I like best about Annie is she makes the entire project about you and your vision. Not about her ego or her design. She told us in the beginning that our house should look like the best version of us and it does. And although she wants the home to be the best version of you, she has no problem pushing you out of your comfort zone if she thinks it’s the right choice. And any time we second guessed her specifications, we ultimately returned to what she had originally chosen for us and we couldn’t be happier. As with any construction project, we had little setbacks along the way and Annie was always there for us. She was immediately accessible via phone or text when we had “design emergencies”. For example the painter was questioning our color choice for our millwork and I got nervous. I called Annie and she immediately talked me down and the color choice is now one of my favorite parts of our house. These are just a few examples of why Annie was such a great member of our home remodel team. The outcome exceeded our expectations and Annie really brought our ideas to life. I would highly recommend working with Annie and her team on any design project.

ALI is the best! I whole-heartedly recommend this talented and full service design company. It goes without saying that Annie’s design skills are second to none, what is harder to see is the lengths to which Annie and her team go to ensure your project is a top priority, unique in every way, and becomes the home of your dreams that you never even knew you had. Our finished product is above and beyond our initial expectations in every way. More beautiful, more comfortable, more timeless and more “us” than we ever imagined. Annie takes the time to get to know you and your lifestyle so well that your new design defines you better than you even knew yourself. Annie is part genius, part artist, part therapist and part magician! The ALI process is organized, transparent, on budget and so much fun. The team behind Annie is caring, thorough, communicative, savvy and incredibly talented. I am so glad we found these ladies that created our home with so much heart and brilliance – I pinch myself daily walking around my own house. Annie and her team are 100% amazing!