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High Point Market 2025

Pressley Design & Co. Explores the Latest Trends at High Point Market

This fall, Annie Abanilla and Paula Wolf of Pressley Design & Co. joined fellow Decorating Den Interiors designers at the High Point Market in North Carolina, the world’s largest home furnishings trade show and a key destination for design inspiration.

Over several days, Annie and Paula immersed themselves in the newest collections of fine furniture, textiles, lighting, and décor from leading manufacturers and independent artisans. They explored showrooms, attended designer previews, and met with vendors to gain insight into upcoming trends that blend comfort, innovation, and timeless style.

Attending High Point allows the Pressley Design & Co. team to continually refine their curated design approach — discovering new materials, finishes, and forms that align with their clients’ tastes. The result is interiors that feel current yet enduring, beautiful yet functional — spaces that tell a story uniquely their own.

#1 Decorator

Paula was named Decorating Den Interior’s #1 Decorator in the Nation for July.

Owner Annie Abanilla said, “What an amazing month and we’re so incredibly proud and inspired by her accomplishments and how she consistently delivers top tier design service to her clients. Congratulations, Paula! Keep on Blooming!”

Featured on MSN
July 2025

Top 5 Interior Geniuses You Should Know

Owner Annie Abanilla was featured this month on MSN as an interior design genius!

Great interiors don’t just look good. They feel right. They reflect the lives, choices, and personalities of the people who inhabit them. The designers on this list understand that instinctively. Their work goes beyond aesthetics, revealing a deep sensitivity to form, function, and feeling.

They are not driven by trends or surface appeal. They shape environments that tell stories and create lasting connections. Each brings a distinct perspective that pushes the boundaries of how we see space, beauty, and purpose. These are the creative minds behind some of the most thoughtful and memorable interiors of 2025.

Read more about Annie Abanilla’s philosophy…

Exciting changes at Pressley Design & Co.

A message from Bonnie Pressley:

“After 36 incredible years of loving my design career and forming countless unexpected friendships, the time has come to pass this amazing adventure on to someone I deeply trust — Annie Abanilla.

Annie has been an invaluable part of the Pressley Design & Co. family for the past several years. She’s already an award-winning designer, a consistent leader in sales, and an inspiring role model for our entire team. Her creativity, dedication, and client-focused approach make her the perfect person to carry forward the legacy we’ve built together. I am so confident that Annie will continue to nurture and expand all we’ve achieved, providing the same exceptional care and design expertise you’ve come to expect.

The talented team at Pressley Design & Co. remains as passionate as ever, ready to serve you with enthusiasm and creativity.

These years have flown by far too quickly, and I am beyond grateful to all of you—clients, colleagues, and friends—who have made this journey so rewarding, fulfilling, and joyful. Your trust and support have meant the world to me.

Thank you for being a part of this incredible chapter of my life. Here’s to a bright future for Pressley Design & Co. under Annie’s leadership!”

Book Launch

We are so incredibly excited and honored to be included in “The Spectacular Women of Architecture & Design Texas,” a new book by @joliecarpenterberry featuring local Women in Design.

Each of our designers had a personal design project featured inside this stunning coffee table book.

What an extravagant night celebrating the book launch and all of the incredible Design Talent in Texas!!!

Visit to
Tandy Leather

Got out of the office again this week for a tour of the Tandy Leather Flagship Factory & Museum.

We had no idea there were so many amazing things you can create with leather and we got to see so many beautiful, genuine leathers we can utilize when creating custom furniture pieces for our clients.

Find Tandy Leather @tandyleather

Annie Abanilla
Wins in Nashville!

We are so excited to announce that interior designer Annie Abanilla has won for her bedroom design at the 55th Annual Decorating Den Interiors conference held in Nashville this year.

Starting from scratch, Annie turned a bare space into a modern retreat. The bedroom features a sleek platform bed with an  illuminating headboard, custom traversing draperies and a framed mountain scene mural.

The palette of charcoal blue and grey, coupled with earthy wood panels achieves a moody masculine ambiance with boutique hotel vibes.

Annie is passionate about creating functional, exciting and elevated designs for her clients. She prides herself on hard work and always bettering herself, especially in her career.

Congratulations Annie.

Outdoor Rooms: Living Outside

Once again, Canadian magazine Arabella has included Pressley Design Co in their June 2020 article, “Outdoor Rooms and Pools.” Arabella is Canada’s top art, architecture and design magazine.

See this award winning outdoor space showcased by Pressley Design Co here in a Case Study.

Multiple Awards for Design Team

They weren’t together, they were on Zoom instead. Interior designers from America and Canada came together for the ultimate award session at the 51st Annual Decorating Den Interiors Conference. It was different and lots of fun.

Pressley Design & Co were honored with four company awards this year.

Positive Thinker Award

Cindy May, our treasured administrator was honored with the Chairman’s Positive Thinker Award at the annual international conference. Due to Covid19 closures, the award was presented during a company-wide video conference involving more than 250 interior design professionals.

The Positive Thinker Award was started by the company’s late chairman, James S. Bugg, Sr., who constantly said: “Any sales organization needs a core of positive thinkers.” Each year, he selected a few people who “had stood out as examples of having a great attitude, which is the foundation of any successful business.”

Published in Arabella

Paula Wolfe (left) of Pressley Design & Co had her beautiful design work included in Arabella, a leading-edge art, architecture and design magazine. The Canadian magazine published The Family Room in their April 2020 issue.