Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Think fast: you're painting the walls of your bedroom a much darker color. Can you leave the trim bright white?
Probably not. It pains me to say this, but sometimes, if you have a deep, rich color on the walls, glaring white trim can make the room look, well, tacky. And disjointed.
Not the look we're going for....
When I ordered several of West Elm's lacquer trays for myself in addition to recommending them to clients, I knew it was time to spread the word.
These trays rock.
Useful, versatile, inexpensive, attractive, varied (they come in 3 sizes)...these trays are a decorator's dream....
Dear Annie,
We moved from our first house in Nashville after it flooded in May into an amazing 100-year old bungalow in a historic neighborhood.
The last thing on my immediate design list is paint color for the living room. I am leaning toward a grayish blue to pick up on the blues in the LR rug and the gray in the throw pillows....
With all the Restoration Hardware bashing I've been doing recently, I'm feeling the need to be a bit, how shall I say?, nice.
So I opened my new Pottery Barn catalog determined to find something nice to say.
And guess what? It wasn't that hard!
In addition to a few items that weren't bad, such as these block-print linens at right,...
What ho, Gentle Readers?! Holy cow - is it February already? Since when did January/February become crazy decorating season? It's wonderful, of course, but I'm sorry I've been neglecting you!
A piece of exciting news: I've just been named an Expert on the Benjamin Moore Experts Exchange....
Thank you, Kelly from Arte Styling!
Kelly tagged me for a "Stylish Blogger Award" (which I assume is based on blog content and not on personal appearance...if she could see me right now in all my nose-blowing/cold fighting /catching up on client emails, Diet Coke in hand glory...).
This is one of those pass-it-along things that's actually kind of fun. As a condition of the award, I have to share 7 things about myself, and give the award to 10 more fabulous bloggers....
When someone says, "Mondrian," what do you think of?
Me, too
But that couldn't be farther from Marcel Wanders' design for the Mondrian hotel in South Beach. You saw the white-on-white lobby in my last post - remember the overscale columns and the black staircase? Nary a grid nor a primary color in sight.
Apart from the fact that designing a hotel like a Mondrian painting* would be well, kind of dreadful, the designer gives us the Dutch connection - and a wink and a nod - in another way....