Miriam Ansell, Allied ASID

Company: Miriam Ansell Interiors
New Hope, PA 18938-1375
Phone: (215) 862-3780
Email: miriamansellinteriors@comcast.net
Website: www.miriamansellinteriors.com

Designer Profile

"For thirty years, my goal has been to design interiors that reflect the wishes of my clients. I take great pride in the fact that I don't dictate to my clients; I listen to your vision and guide you so that when you walk into your home, it's where you want to be more than anywhere else in the world."

This is the mantra that drives every project Miriam Ansell undertakes. Her portfolio contains a wide range of diverse styles, each the result of a spirited collaboration between designer and client. "It shouldn't look like I was there," she says, "and it's important that what I do for one client looks nothing like what I do for another."

Working with clients in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Miriam has developed a reputation for achieving a sense of balance, beauty and harmony in her interiors. She specializes in simple solutions that give maximum impact. As she guides her clients through the design process, the goal is to seek out the very best solutions, no matter what the budget. She shops the world, from the showrooms of New York to places as far flung as Venice, Jerusalem, Hong Kong, Cambodia and India.

Her designs have appeared in a wide range of publications, including magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens, Design NJ, Traditional Home, Home Theater Interiors, Bucks County Town & Country Living and New York Living and newspapers such as The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Princeton Packet. One of her projects, a historic 1882 country home, was featured on HGTV's "Design Basics."

She shares her passion for interior design with unbridled enthusiasm. Twice a year, she teaches a continuing education course at Bucks County Community College where she shares tips on ways to breathe new life into your home.

Miriam is a graduate of the New York School of Interior Design, with additional course work at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is an allied member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers and a professional member of the International Interior Design Association.

Formal living room with touches of Asian influence
Dining Room in which  table remains round when enlarged. Additional seating area under window for more intimate dining
Double staircase foyer with additional seating for entertaining
Small Dining Room with table that expands to an oval seating 16.  Wallcovering mural sets the period mood of the room
Furniture fabrics and geranium wall color accent the dramatic area rug
Glamorous Pied a Terre features mirrored walls reflecting the New York skyline
Terra cotta floor, wicker furniture and plants contribute to indoor/outdoor feel. Area rug is handcrafted from vintage sweaters.
Epitome of old world elegance in new home  featuring an original Tiffany ceiling fixture and a Bechstein piano owned by George Gershwin.
Cozy country kitchen with hand-painted pastoral scenes on soffit.