Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I was going to write about guest rooms. You know: how to make your holiday visitors feel extra welcome? But then I realized that a blog post like that would result in a big fat TO DO list. (Is there a trash can in there? I should get a docking station. We need little travel-sized …
The news is out: Pantone’s color of the year for 2014 is 18-3224, Radiant Orchid. UGH. Now, you may be thinking, “Hold it right there, missy! Mere weeks ago you were telling us about your new-found acceptance of purple. Are you backpedaling? Are you now against it after being for it, or whatever?” NO, Gentle …
I know it’s not very interior design-y of me, but in honor of Thanksgiving, I thought I’d channel my inner Nigella Lawson and share one of my favorite holiday recipes with you: corn pudding. It’s also known as “creamed corn,” if you’re honoring your midwestern roots; my mom’s from Minnesota. Many years back, though, I took …
Our window treatment fabricator said to us recently, “It’s so fun to work on your projects — you guys use the best fabrics!” High praise from someone who works with fabric day in and day out, wouldn’t you say? She’s responding, of course, to “the bossy.” We’re always looking for our next bossy inspiration…the bold, …
Question: What do you do when you have, oh…five…maybe six gorgeous, European-made racing bicycles scattered throughout your condominium? Answer: Call bossy color, of course. The bicycles are not why this fantastic client called us, but we knew right away that figuring out what to do with them needed to be part of our design strategy. …
I’ve always hated purple. It didn’t matter what shade it was. Lilac, lavender, aubergine, eggplant, plum, grape…I just didn’t like it. If you said, “purple living room,” this is what I pictured: With images like that in my head, I don’t even know that my aversion was to purple itself. It may have been what I associated …
Help me out, Gentle Readers, will you? Light greens are tricky. Refinery 29 makes a pretty great case for mint green for summer-into-fall fashion… …and no 1950s GE kitchen would be complete without green — the avocado and mint varieties. But beyond that, decorating with light green is tricky. I even tried to save one of …
