Founder-Led Playroom Designs
Get a play-ready space in record time
Limited founder availability: Spring/Summer 2026
For a limited time, Anne Gillyard — founder of Groh — is opening a small number of expedited design engagements.
These founder-led services are designed for families who want to move quickly: clear direction, decisive design, and real progress toward a finished playroom.
Key benefits:
Direct collaboration with Anne Gillyard, Founder, CEO & Creative Director
Expedited timelines with focused creative direction
Personalized guidance throughout the design process
In-home consultation time with Anne (select services)
Insight into the strategic thinking behind each design decision
Limited availability | Residential projects only
Three Ways to Work with Anne
Founder Design Intensive
Weeklong immersive design and project activation
Design timeline: 2 days
Total deliverable timeline: 1 week
Founder Design Blueprint
Complete playroom design plan delivered in 4 weeks
Sketch timeline: 3 days
Total deliverable timeline: 4 weeks
Founder Strategy Session
Focused advisory session
Session length: 3 hours
Total deliverable timeline: 1 business day
Meet Your Designer
Anne Gillyard is the Co-founder and CEO of Groh and a former early childhood educator who has spent her career designing environments that support how children learn, play, and grow.
These founder-led engagements provide rare access to Anne’s design process and philosophy before she transitions away from taking on traditional design projects.
Choose Your Service
Founder Design Intensive
Weeklong immersive design and project activation
Design timeline: 2 days
Total deliverable timeline: 1 week
Design cost: $120K
Best for: Families preparing a primary home or vacation retreat for a full season of play — and who want every detail thoughtfully designed, organized, and ready to build before the school year begins.
A 7-day immersive design sprint that moves your project from ideas to action.
Anne Gillyard and the Groh team spend an intensive week with your family designing, organizing, and preparing your play spaces so your contractor can begin immediately.
By the end of the intensive, your design is finalized, your organization system is in place, and your contractor has what they need to begin work.
Most families use the intensive to focus on one primary playroom and one secondary play space, depending on scope and primary playroom size.
What Happens During the Intensive
Day 1 – Discovery & Play Audit
We spend time with your family, observe how your children play, and conduct a full play and toy audit.
Day 2–3 – Design Development
Anne develops the design concept and layout while working directly with you in the space.
Day 4 – Design Presentation & Refinement
The design is presented and refined in real time.
Day 5 – Official Design Sign Off, Toy Edit & Organization Reset
Our organizing team edits toys, creates systems, and prepares the space for the new design.
Day 6 – Contractor Handoff
Our project manager reviews the design with your contractor and confirms start dates.
Day 7 – Final Deliverables
Your build packet, procurement plan, and final design documents are delivered.
What’s Included:
• Founder-led design week with Anne
• Full play audit and toy edit
• On-site organizing team support
• Contractor build packet
• Procurement initiated immediately
• Up to 10 hours of virtual project support to help your project cross the finish line
The goal of the intensive is simple: get your project fully in motion in a week.
Founder Design Blueprint
Focused advisory session
Sketch timeline: 3 days
Total deliverable timeline: 4 weeks
Design cost: $48K
Best for: Families who want a fully developed design plan and are comfortable managing implementation.
A focused design engagement for families who want a complete playroom design plan delivered quickly.
Anne spends several immersive days with your family developing the design concept and layout for one space.
Within weeks, you receive a complete design package ready for implementation.
How the Design Blueprint Works
Arrival Evening
Anne arrives and meets your family over dinner to understand how your children live and play in the home.
Day 1 – Play Audit & Design Concept
Anne reviews the space, conducts a play audit, and develops the design concept.
Day 2 – Design Development
The layout, selections, and concept are developed and presented.
Day 2–3 – Refinements & Official Design Sign Off
Design revisions are completed.
Day 4 – Procurement Begins
Your selections are submitted to the grOH! procurement team.
Week 4 – Final Deliverables
Within four weeks you receive your completed design package including renderings, elevations, and selections.
What’s Included:
3 days on-site with Anne
Live design development with real-time feedback
Groh procurement management (you handle install)
Travel included
Complete design package, including:
Educational Design Plan & Artistic Rendering
Wall Elevations
Paint Schedule
Finishes & Materials
Organization & Install Guides
Founder Strategy Session
Focused advisory session
Session length: 3 hours
Design cost: $10K
Best for: Families who need expert guidance before moving forward with a project.
A private working session with Anne that helps you solve design decisions quickly.
Families submit their plans, questions, and inspiration ahead of time so the session can focus on the issues that matter most.
This session works best when focused on one to two key decisions per hour.
What’s Included:
• 3-hour private strategy session with Anne
• Pre-session review of submitted materials
• Personalized recommendations
• Written summary and action plan
Availability
Founder-led engagements are limited and scheduled on a rolling basis this spring/summer.
To begin:
Submit an inquiry
Schedule a brief introductory call
Select the engagement that best fits your timeline