Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
You already know that we’re completely taken with Duralee’s Bailey & Griffin fabrics. Right now, their Paradise Toile in blue and coral has become an absolute obsession. So I’ve been looking for examples of blue and coral — Robin’s egg blue and orange, really — to inspire us as we build some design schemes in this palette. Here’s what we’ve …
Love them or hate them, there’s something commanding about a canopy bed. I wrote about them not too long ago; designers such as Alessandra Branca and Thom Filicia are putting a fresh spin on canopy beds, and some of them are just lovely. Some use gobs of fabric, and some merely hint at a canopy-like structure. A …
I think hanging a big old painting on the front of a bookcase is one of the most elegant looks around. [photo deleted] There’s more than one way to hang art on bookcases, of course. (Notice that I didn’t say, “right or wrong way,” which shows amazing restraint.) My favorite style is layered and casual — almost …
It’s embarrassing but true. As a red-blooded, card-carrying citizen of these United States of America, I had never been to Colonial Williamsburg before this summer. But let me tell you: it was worth the wait. I loved everything about it. I loved how accurate it was. (When my husband visited as a kid in 1976, the thinking was that …
You know how, when you’re on vacation in a charming small town, you drift in and out of ye olde gifte shoppes fairly mindlessly, your eyes casting over the goods that seem to be in every store: cocktail napkins with crabs on them; cursive wooden signs that command you to DREAM, or EAT; and “sea-inspired jewelry?” …
You know that I haven’t always been Restoration Hardware‘s biggest fan. In fact, some of its designs in years past have left me, well, baffled. Remember the Aviator Wing Desk? And how I even offered some friendly constructive criticism? Well, that was three years ago. And I am nothing if not fair. So I was …
I love old. I love recycled. And I love “made in the USA.” So imagine my delight when I learned about Bailey & Griffin, a luxury fabric line that had been out of production for years until Duralee revived it. The brand’s history is interesting. “Founded in 1923, Bailey & Griffin began as the U.S. distributor for UK-based fabric house, …
