Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
WOW! What a great way to start your day! The Washington Post’s online chat just concluded, and it was a ton of fun! Thanks to all who wrote in. You can read the whole chat here, but here’s a sampling to tide you over – Seeking restful but cheery color for grandma’s guest room Hi. …
Tomorrow – Thursday, April 29 – I’ll be co-hosting The Washington Post‘s “Home Front“ with Jura Koncius. It’s an excellent weekly online chat about all things home-related. Tomorrow’s topic: paint colors!Please get those questions ready – I’d love to hear from you! (If you’d like to read previous Home Front chats, go here. They’re a …
Hi Annie, I know that you aren’t particularly fond of accent walls,* but my husband wants one in our family room! Our kitchen opens up into the family room. We have white cabinets and we are painting the walls in the kitchen Benjamin Moore’s New Providence Navy. In the family room, three out of the …
A few weeks ago, did I mention I was doing a Podcast with some fellow color professionals? Well, it’s up! Lori Sawaya is the brains behind the operation. Lori writes the blog ColorStrategies and is known as FunColors on Twitter. She’s also a full member of the IACC and I happen to be starting their …
Lectures are crapshoots. You never really know how they’re going to be. Even if the featured speaker is super famous – sometimes especially if he’s super famous – he could… decide to talk about himself rather than the promised topic, or he could be an uncharming egomaniac (I like the charming kind), or he only …
Rug, check. Drapes, check. Sofa, check. Upholstered chairs, check. Enough to move forward with a paint color, I’d say. I started by putting up about 12 paper paint swatches from Benjamin Moore. 2 of each, on different walls. From there I narrowed it down to 5, which I put on several walls. These were the …
Hi Annie, I came across your blog awhile back and I love it! My boyfriend and I bought our first place here in Canada last April and have been struggling with a colour for our kitchen/dining/living area ever since….the current shade [of green] is Benjamin Moore’s Wind Chime. Unfortunately, I absolutely hate it… Now I …