Your local accessible interior designer
Amber Bullock, owner and lead designer at AElise Designs, is a residential kitchen and bath designer in Montgomery County, NW Washington DC, and Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia. Specializing in customized, aging and living in place kitchen and bathroom remodels, we follow universal and accessible design best practices to ensure you enjoy your home for many years to come.
Photo courtesy of Jackie Huber, Bellawood Photography
Your home has a direct impact on your sense of well being. I listen to your needs, design to your style. I want you to enjoy your new space.
Meet Amber Elise Bullock, CKBD, CLIPPTM, CAPS, Allied ASID
Amber is a universal and accessible design expert with a dedication to high quality bathroom and kitchen remodels. She is devoted to helping her clients enjoy their homes through every stage of life.
As an award-winning interior designer, Amber has a unique understanding of her clients’ needs to future-proof their homes having gained invaluable insights from her previous career in the public health sector.
Amber works closely with you through your remodeling process - communicating design plans to your team of contractors, technicians, and installers.
If you need help putting a construction team together, Amber has a roster of trusted partners to call on to ensure your remodel is completed to the highest standards.
Creating practical, safe, elegant spaces that enrich her clients’ home lives is what drives Amber as a designer.
A background in Public Health informs every design solution.
Before becoming a kitchen and bathroom designer, Amber worked as a public health professional. As such, she has a broad understanding and knowledge of how a change in physical and cognitive functioning can decrease one’s ability to engage in the activities of daily living.
Our physical and mental capacities inevitably change as we age. This can include:
Decreased flexibility, mobility and strength
Diminished physical and mental endurance
Less balance while walking and bone fragility
Reduced hearing and poorer eyesight
Planning your future kitchen and bathroom now means you’ll be better prepared to accommodate any health challenges that may come with time.
Elkay Dart Canyon accessible sink – Courtesy of Elkay
“Being empty nesters gave us the opportunity to makeover “the kids” bathroom. Amber worked with us to design an updated full bathroom. She presented a set of designs, provided honest opinions, pros and cons, and was patient in answering all our questions. She provided us with a list of preferred contractors, ordered materials, and even delivered them. Amber is knowledgeable and easy to work with. We highly recommend her!”
ACCREDITATIONS
Allied American Society of Interior Design (ASID) Member
Certified Kitchen & Bath Designer (CKBD) certified by the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA)
Certified Living in Place Professional (CLIPP) - as designated by the Living in Place Institute
MEMBERSHIPS
HomesRenewed Coalition & Resource Center (Member/Coalition Advisor)
Gaithersburg Germantown Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Level Graduate Member (2018), Leadership Montgomery
EDUCATION
Associate of Arts and Science, Interior Design, Montgomery College
Masters of Public Health, Health Education, San Jose State University
Accreditations
CLIPP – Certified Living in Place Professional (Living in Place Institute)
Certified Kitchen and Bath Designer as designated by the NKBA
Memberships
HomesRenewed Coalition & Resource Center (Member/Coalition Advisor)
Gaithersburg Germantown Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Level Graduate Member (2018), Leadership Montgomery
Giving Back to the Community
AElise Designs supports making our local community a better place by donating a portion of our profits to the local Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland chapter every month. As a small business, it is important for us to give back to the community, such as through charitable contributions to local groups and organizations.