Niermann Weeks

Niermann Weeks designs borrow elements from the past and reinterpret them to fit current lifestyles, aesthetically relating to both traditional and contemporary interiors. Over 40 percent of the Company’s business is custom-designed to meet the special needs of professional architect and designer clients. Niermann Weeks features more than 600 standard designs with 500 finishes, available through to-the-trade designer showrooms in the United States and Canada. After working with several museums and curating several historical collections, Joe Niermann and Eleanor McKay founded Niermann Weeks in 1978. While Niermann and McKay were restoring a 20-room mansion in Memphis, Niermann used the backyard carriage house for the business. The ground floor served as the main studio. Niermann conducted all of the sales from the mansion’s butler’s pantry and McKay contributed historical and technical research. In 1984, six years after its founding, Niermann Weeks moved to Annapolis, Maryland. Niermann Weeks Co., was incorporated in 1985. Niermann recently retired as the company’s principal designer, while McKay continues as the company’s CEO. Their daughters, Claire Niermann and Eleanor Niermann, have taken up the design mantle upon their father's retirement, and bring a fresh new set of eyes to the company's classic design aesthetic.