Furnishings World Information Desk on
5/9/2025
Adorning Den Interiors has named Barbara Elliott and Jennifer Ward-Woods, homeowners of The Sisters and Firm franchise serving Stone Mountain, Ga., as its 2025 Designers of the 12 months. Their successful bed room
design was chosen from 173 entries throughout 12 classes by a panel of inside design journalists from the U.S.
and Canada.
The challenge, which fulfilled a shopper’s request for a cohesive main bedroom, concerned increasing the bed room
right into a former sitting space, eradicating architectural obstacles, and incorporating design components together with an
ivory-upholstered mattress, mahogany chests, gold-framed mirrors, oak paneling, a hearth wall, boucle seating, grass
fabric wallpaper, and motorized material.
This marks the third time Elliott and Ward-Woods have acquired the Designer of the 12 months award. “It’s
nonetheless as thrilling because it was the primary time,” they each stated.
Their ensuite toilet design was additionally awarded first place in its class and chosen as First
Runner-Up total. Options embody heated flooring, a glass bathtub framed by tubular tilework,
floating vanities with infinity sinks, LED mirrors, and a spa-style bathe.
Second Runner-Up honors went to Lynne Lawson and Laura Outland of the Lawson Dream Workforce franchise in
Columbia, Md. Their award-winning household room earned third place total and included components akin to gold-leaf
beams, crystal-textured wallpaper, a charcoal velvet sectional, customized rug, mirrored chests, and a restored
“window” of mirrors.
Further Design Awards
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Donayre Award: Elliott and Ward-Woods acquired first place for his or her bed room and second for
their toilet. The Donayre Award is known as in honor of Carol Donayre Bugg, ASID, the corporate’s retired
vp and director of design. Third place was awarded to Lawson and Outland for his or her front room. -
Folks’s Selection Award: Hundreds of public votes chosen Elliott and Ward-Woods’
bed room because the winner. Second place went to Carly Jossund of Astrid Design Group (Kansas Metropolis, Mo.) for a house
workplace, and third to Lisa Rice of Raleigh, N.C., for a front room. -
Patti Award: Andrea Ritten of Andrea Rose Designs Co. (Minneapolis) gained this award, which
acknowledges first-time competitors entrants and is judged by Licensed Decorator franchisees. Second and third
place went to Aleem Arif of Kiri Designs (Cincinnati) and Carly Jossund, respectively.
This 12 months marked the forty first Worldwide Dream Room Awards for Adorning Den Interiors.
About Adorning Den Interiors
Adorning Den Interiors was based in 1969 and has inside design professionals and interior decorators all through the
U.S. and Canada. Its design professionals provide full-service inside design that features high quality furnishings, case
items, equipment, lighting, ground and wall coverings, draperies, and different exhausting and tender window therapies
from its customized LIVV Residence Assortment™ of furnishings. Its design professionals deliver samples on to
the shopper’s residence or workplace, present complimentary design companies and personally oversee initiatives by
set up. For extra info, go to decoratingden.com.
