Her design acumen coupled with her keen practical sensibility keep her projects on time and on budget. She understands the
building process, and the value of maintaining forward momentum during a project or renovation, keeping every aspect in lockstep.
Annie takes a team approach to managing all of the disparate
talents that a large scale project brings together – from builders to painters to plumbers. Using her unique blend
of cheerful but determined attitude, Annie is able to create an environment where people work closely together without the
disagreements that can plague a building project.
Known for her strong sense of color and visionary approach to spatial relations, Annie excels at creating extraordinary
living areas even in the smallest of rooms. By treating the client’s budget as if it were her own,
Annie can work within any budget parameter to make her client’s dreams a reality.
She is the owner of Annie Ballin & Company, a creative home design company focused on combining
the most creative thinking with the best, most unique products available to create inspired living spaces that delight their
owners.
Also an accomplished and largely self-taught
painter, Annie’s preferred medium is watercolor, which requires patience and accuracy in every stroke of the brush and
an unrelenting eye toward color. Her art reflects the bucolic landscape around her and the beauty of everyday scenes such as a red barn
in the snow, horses or cows grazing in a field and the white steeple of a New England church against the bright blue autumn
sky.
A graduate of Colby-Sawyer College, Annie’s
career has gone from teacher to director of children’s library program, to artist to designer; all professions that
have allowed her to focus on her family first. She currently lives in New London with her husband, Larry Ballin. Together they have
three children: Jack, Ethan and Megan. When she has time, she likes to ski and ride horses.
