Atlanta Chapter WCAA

Hey this is Jennifer Looney, does anyone in our lovely group make custom lampshades out of provided fabric?

Look at all the local Atlanta WCAA perps we spotted at IWCE 2026. 👀

Opening party with the National WCAA board was a blast! Did you all hear the latest? Jessica Harling from is our newest board member. Please give her a warm welcome if you see her during IWCE. We are so excited she has joined this awesome team.

We were in the room today with fellow WCAA Chapter leaders gaining insights and ideas on how to make our chapters better. Such an inspiring group!

Our National WCAA board members met today at IWCE in Raleigh. Getting the board together in person helps us accomplish so much and we love seeing each other. We do have a fun team! Come check us out in the business hub!

📸 Photos are in… and wow.

The Atlanta WCAA Membership Drive was something special.

A full room.
Great conversations.
Industry friends old and new.
And an incredible lineup of speakers and sponsors who made the whole day possible.

Moments like this are exactly why this community exists.

Huge thank you to Adrienne Louise Photography for capturing the event so beautifully. Adrienne has an incredible eye and somehow manages to make everyone look like their best selves on camera.

If you were there, the full gallery link has been emailed out. Go grab your favorites and share them!

And when you do, please tag:
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We’d love to see the event through your eyes too.

Designers: if window treatments have ever felt like the category that should be profitable… but somehow becomes the most stressful part of a project… this is the conversation you want to be in.

At the WCAA Atlanta 2026 Membership Drive Event, LuAnn Nigara will be moderating our designer panel: “How Designers Can Increase Profitability Through Window Treatments Without Increasing Stress” with Erika Ward + Dana Faler.

If you don’t know LuAnn yet: she’s the host of A Well-Designed Business® and Window Treatments for Profit, and she’s known for asking the questions everyone is thinking—the ones that get you past “inspiration” and into real answers you can use Monday morning.

You can’t afford to miss this panel.
It’s not a lecture. It’s a guided, real-world conversation about what’s actually happening on projects: where margin disappears, where stress creeps in, and how designers can collaborate better so window treatments feel like a strategic advantage (not a scramble at the finish line).

And yes — you’ll have time to connect in person:
☕️ Coffee + light breakfast networking 9–10 AM
🥂 Champagne after-party 2–4 PM
(Thibaut Showroom, Suite #140)

🗓 Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 📍 ADAC Atlanta | ⏰ 10–2 (doors 9:30)

Click the link in our bio Atlanta Chapter WCAA to register today!

Atlanta Chapter WCAA Window Coverings Association of America, WCAA Erika Ward Interiors LuAnn Nigara ADAC - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center Stitch Above The Rest Dana Faler Interiors

WCAA Atlanta is bringing designers, workrooms, installers, and industry partners into one room for a focused, business-driven conversation about window treatments. Not as an afterthought, but as a powerful profit center in the design process.

WCAA Atlanta 2026 Membership Drive Event Presented by Crown Drapery Hardware
📍 ADAC Atlanta (Presentation Room)
🗓 Tuesday, March 10, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM–2:00 PM (doors open 9:30)
💵 $25 (lunch included) | Atlanta members: $15
⚡️ Seating is limited

✨ What you’ll learn:

→ How to elevate window treatments from a pain point into a strategic advantage
→ How designers can increase profitability through window treatments without increasing stress
→ How stronger designer + workroom partnerships reduce errors, rework, and install-day headaches
→ How to understand your financials in a way that turns insight into action

🎤 Featured education:
→ LuAnn Nigara keynote: Enhancing the Interior Designer & Workroom Partnership
→ Michele Williams: Understanding Your Financials is More than Reading an Income Statement
→ Designer panel (moderated by LuAnn): How Designers Can Increase Profitability Through Window Treatments Without Increasing Stress (Erika Ward + Dana Faler)

And yes, the networking is built in:
☕️ Coffee + light breakfast: 9–10 AM (Thibaut Showroom, Suite #140)
🥂 Champagne after-party: 2–4 PM (Thibaut Showroom, Suite #140)

Click the link in our bio to register now and save your seat! Space is limited, and you do not want to miss out on this.

Atlanta Chapter WCAA Window Coverings Association of America, WCAA Erika Ward Interiors LuAnn Nigara ADAC - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center Stitch Above The Rest Dana Faler Interiors

If you’ve ever looked at your income statement and thought, “Okay… but what do I do with this?” Then you need to meet Michele Williams.

Michele is the owner of Scarlet Thread Consulting and Metrique Solutions, where she helps creative professionals—especially interior designers, workrooms, and window covering specialists—build more profitable businesses through financial clarity and operational efficiency.

At the WCAA Atlanta 2026 Membership Drive Event, Michele is a featured speaker with a session that every business owner needs: “Understanding Your Financials is More than Reading an Income Statement.”

Here’s the best part: Michele won’t just teach you how to read an income statement. She’ll show you how to apply what you learn for ongoing decision-making, so understanding becomes action (and action becomes better profit).

Come for the education. Stay for the connections:
☕️ Coffee + light breakfast networking 9–10 AM
🥂 Champagne after-party 2–4 PM
(Thibaut Showroom, Suite #140)

🗓 Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 📍 ADAC Atlanta | ⏰ 10–2 (doors 9:30)

Click the link in our bio Atlanta Chapter WCAA to register today!

Window Coverings Association of America, WCAA Erika Ward Interiors LuAnn Nigara ADAC - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center Stitch Above The Rest Dana Faler Interiors

Meet Dana Faler, Principal Designer + Founder of Dana Faler Interiors, a Chattanooga-based firm known for a disciplined, architecture-led approach rooted in classical principles (with a confident blend of transitional + contemporary).

Dana’s work has earned real recognition: voted “Best of the Best Interior Designer” by the Chattanooga Times Free Press Readers’ Choice Awards (2024–2025) and recognized by Modern Luxury Magazine for excellence in transitional + contemporary design across the Southeast and Nashville markets.

Dana will be joining our Designer Panel at the WCAA Atlanta 2026 Membership Drive Event:
“How Designers Can Increase Profitability Through Window Treatments Without Increasing Stress”, moderated by LuAnn Nigara. This conversation is built for designers who want window treatments to feel like a strategic advantage, not a last-minute scramble.

Why you don’t want to miss hearing from Dana (and meeting her): she’s execution-focused and understands how the “small” decisions—like window treatments—directly impact how a space functions and feels for the client.

🗓 Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 📍 ADAC Atlanta | ⏰ 10–2 (doors 9:30)
☕️ Coffee networking 9–10 + 🥂 champagne after-party 2–4 (Thibaut Suite #140)

Click the link in our bio Atlanta Chapter WCAA to register today!

Window Coverings Association of America, WCAA Erika Ward Interiors LuAnn Nigara ADAC - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center Stitch Above The Rest Dana Faler Interiors