You can save time and money building your dream home by hiring an interior designer. We will help you make selections to match your budget, whether it's for one room or your entire home. Learn how to build a renovation plan to match your budget, an article written by...

Learn how to work with a color consultant! If you are about to begin a home renovation project, consider hiring an interior designer to help improve the functionality and value of your home. Often people's homes are their most valuable assest, so why not treat it as...

Learn how to work with an interior designer! If you are about to begin a home renovation project, consider hiring an interior designer to help improve the functionality and value of your home. Often people's homes are their most valuable assest, so why not treat it as...

 Pantone Picks a Purple for Its 2018 Color of the Year. As any color lover would attest, there is power in purple! Check out this article written by Houzz Contributor Jennifer Ott. For more tips and inspiration, visit Houzz.com. Move over, Millennial Pink. Pantone’s...

Anna Rodé Designs was recently featured in an article, Sanctaury Style, in the San Diego Union Tribune’s Coastal Home edition for August 2017. Coleen Choisser, owner of Anna Rodé Designs, was interviewed for the piece and shared her expertise on transforming the...

Coleen Choisser, owner of Anna Rodé Designs in Rancho Bernardo, is one of the top-rated interior designers in San Diego County and it was her choice of an elective her freshman year at Southern Methodist University that sealed her fate. “I had planned on becoming a...

ANNA RODE' DESIGNS: GET A NEW LOOK Article Claudia Piepenburg According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of serendipity is: “The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.” For Coleen Choisser, owner of Anna Rode’ Designs in Rancho...

Anna Rodé Designs named one of The 20 Best Interior Designers in San Diego for 2016. We are thrilled to share that we have been selected as one of “The Best 20 Interior Designers in San Diego for 2016” by Fresh Home, an online community specializing in home designs...

Have some extra time on your hands this weekend? Try these decluttering tips to improve the look and feel of your home! This is great advice written by Houzz Contributor Laura Gaskill. For more tips and inspiration, visit Houzz.com. Let’s face it: Clearing clutter...

The luxurious Meridian high-rise in downtown San Diego was built in the ’70s, and the condominiums’ style looks the part. By removing the central wall, Coleen opened up the kitchen, greatly enlarging it, making a great room that is much more elegant and functional....

A great way to show off beautiful granite is to use it in a waterfall design as shown in the “after” photo on the right. This granite, also used for the countertops and backsplash, has perfect colors and pattern to give the new kitchen the “wow” effect. The wood floor...

Every time Coleen Choisser at Anna Rode Designs helps a home seller or realtor get a home ready for sale, it sells faster and for more money. She has consulted with both home owners and real estate agents to help them invest wisely when it comes to fixing up a home...

Coleen Choisser, owner and interior designer of Anna Rode Designs of San Diego, has designed the new New York West restaurant in Art Deco style. Using the famous Chrysler Building in Manhattan as inspiration, the new eatery in the  Embassy Suites Hotel is now open....

Optical Wallpaper! Lighting can have dramatic effects on nearby walls, as shown in these photos. The first one, done by Coleen Choisser for a La Jolla California remodel, shows a stairwell whose walls have a striking pattern from the chandelier....

That rectangle you see in the bathroom mirror is a flat-screen TV! This makes a much cleaner, modern look, and does not take up counter space. Of course the TV is operated by a remote control. This modern remodel is nearly finished, and is the second remodel in...

This niche in the entryway of an older Point Loma home was facing the front door, and should be designed to welcome visitors and set the tone for the house design. The owner had some paintings of her favorite horses, which I had duplicated in tile down in Mexico. With...