Biography

Ann Platz grew up with a deep appreciation for the art of beautiful living. Her love for southern elegance began in her South Carolina ancestral plantation home where her family's skill and passion for entertaining was legendary. She has brought this expertise to her Atlanta design firm since 1975. Ann has been a force in Atlanta's interior design profession. As a noted speaker and author, she has written The Best is Yet to Come, The Courage to Follow Your Dreams, Guardians of the Gate, Reclaiming Your Dream, and co-authored A Match Made in Heaven, A Match Made in Heaven II, The Pleasure of Your Company, Social Graces, From This Day Forward, Social Graces for Your Wedding with Susan Wales. Ann collaborated with author Kay Arthur in A Sanctuary for Your Soul.

Interior Design Projects

Private residences in: Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, New York, and Washington, D.C.
Other projects include the Alabama Governor's Mansion, 1982, the Southern Living Idea House (Georgia, Cuscowilla, 1999), the Southern Living Idea House (South Carolina, Wren House, 1998).

Credentials:

• Art Institute of Atlanta, Interior Design Degree
• Charter member of ISID
• Atlanta Decorator's Show House for 10 seasons
• Board of Trustees for the Art Institute of Atlanta

Ann is listed in:

• Who's Who in Interior Design 1991 - 1999
• Who's Who of American Women, 1985
• International Who's Who of Professionals
• Outstanding Young Women of America, 84
• Who's Who of Executives and Professionals, 1995 - 1999
• Advisor for the Atlanta Women's Network

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