Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Bossy color does try to make good on its promises. In a recent post about Busboys & Poets, that fabulous and socially conscious restaurant/bar/free-trade shop, I mentioned two artists featured in the Mt. Vernon Square location and promised I’d get you the 411. Well guess what? It’s not two artists, it’s one. Meet Anna Rose …
Have you ever walked into a place and thought, “Wow. This place is much cooler than I am.” ? Happens to me all the time. Like recently, when my husband and I went to Busboys & Poets in Mount Vernon Square. It’s a D.C.-based restaurant/free trade shop mini-chain with a hip, loyal following. I’d been …
Just got back from a beautiful wedding in Santa Fe, and panic is officially beginning to set in. I’m past, “Will it get done?” and have moved on to, “Will people like it?” Now hear this: anyone who visits the Design House and DOESN’T like the entry & foyer, please lie to me. These are …
Aaaah, the healing power of art. I mentioned that things weren’t exactly going my way last week: the silk incident…the lamp snatching…I probably shouldn’t have been so quick to complain, since there was some progress on the space itself: But things really turned around when I met with Zoe Myers of Heineman Myers Contemporary Art. …
This was a rough week for the Design House project, I must say. First, I reported earlier that Stroheim agreed to provide all of the fabric I requested. Which was huge, considering that I’m upholstering the walls and need 50 yards of silk. (Did I mention I’m upholstering the walls? I may not have. I …
You can’t teach taste. Yes, you can teach basic design principles, and color theory, and how to light a room…but really, when it comes to taste, you either have it or you don’t. My friend does. That and an excellent sense of how to put things together. This is her apartment, with its fantastic wall …
Out: Miami’s design district. In: North Miami. Blasphemy, I know. But I’ve visited Miami’s famed design district numerous times. Admittedly, never during Art Basel, never during a fancy party weekend. But I’ve never seen more than the faintest glimmer of life (NIBA being the notable exception). That’s just no fun. Many of the showrooms aren’t …