The Design Angle

Our homes are ideally a reflection of the best stories of our lives telling about our interests, studies and travels. We partly measure our quality of work at Angela Todd Designs by our ability to understand what makes up our client’s individuality. As a boutique...

  Emerald Green is Pantone’s color of the year for 2013. I love seeing the color celebrated and used so prominently this year in fashion and interior design. I sometimes tell clients that green is like the “y” in the alphabet. Remember the “a-e-i-o-u are...

Veteran’s Day was this past Monday, and this blog is a tribute to all those that served and their families too. We appreciate you. When we design spaces for our clients we love to find out what makes their life story special and unique to...

We all tend to work with people a lot like us – those we can relate to and understand. I wrote my first manifesto for Angela Todd Designs a few years ago. It was a fun process! As our business has grown (along with each...

Ashley and I just returned from the Fall market in High Point, North Carolina, showcasing the latest and greatest in interior design Nationally. If I were able to sum up interior design trends for 2013, I would say it is bold, not flashy, and laced...

Each member of our team recently wrote our professional biographies. Here is mine.   I am a live wire. I am full of passion, drive and enthusiasm. I work hard, laugh often and enjoy the thrill of exceeding expectations. I have won national and local...

Laura Rowe is our business manager at Angela Todd Designs in Portland, Oregon. Laura is sort of the mother glue that holds our interior design firm together. She tends to the left, so we can work in the creative right. Here is a little about...

Ashley Waters is our associate interior designer at Angela Todd Designs in Portland, Oregon. She joined the team six month ago and we couldn’t be more thrilled with her insight, design ideas, and dedication to our clients and projects. Here is a little about Ashley...

Interior Designers don’t like ceiling fans. We know you like them in your master bedroom and in other rooms with vaulted ceilings. We humor you and your wishes, but we cringe at the site of most ceiling fans – especially the one you picked up...

The best part of being an interior designer in Portland, well anywhere really, are the friendships we develop with the people and families we serve. One of our well-known clients, Donald Miller, released a new book this month called Storyline. I just ordered it from...