About Annie

Annie Selke is the irrepressible founder and designer behind a widely acclaimed and wildly successful trio of wholesale home design companies: Pine Cone Hill, Dash & Albert Rug Company and Potluck Studios. Since founding Pine Cone Hill on her dining room table in 1993, Annie's eye for dazzling, sophisticated design has yielded literally thousands of creations—from vibrant, antique-inspired rugs and divine bedding and sleepwear, to sleek eco-savvy furniture and tabletop pieces.

Each month, Annie’s captivating designs and home décor concepts are showcased in top shelter magazines such as House & Garden, Country Living, Cottage Living, InStyle, Domino, and a variety of other media from The New York Times to NBC’s "The Today Show." The Annie Selke Companies' products are sold at more than 3,000 high-end specialty stores and major specialty catalogs such as Neiman Marcus, the Sundance Catalog—an impressive roster that continues to grow.

A consummate world traveler and avid flea-market treasure hunter, Annie gathers inspiration—and steam—wherever she goes. Her longtime love affair with vintage patterns (sparked by an early addiction to the Colefax and Fowler wallpaper in her room at Miss Porter's School) and her background in art history, merchandising and product development (Fashion Institute of Technology, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Ferragamo, Conran's, Museum of American Folk Art) fuel Annie's remarkable creative vision.

With the help of her talented staff and her dashing husband, Whit (who oversees operations and sourcing for the three Annie Selke Companies), Annie continues to design all her products from the Annie Selke Companies' sunny headquarters in the Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts.