Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Dear black living room sofa, All good things must come to an end. I know, it’s sad. But not that sad, or else we’d be keeping you. I’m calling bulk trash today, sofa. John and I have finally decided that we’d rather have a gaping hole in our living room than live with you for …
If we can’t poke fun at ourselves, who can we poke fun at? The “ourselves” being interior designers, decorators, home de-uglifiers, whatever you want to call us… When my husband and I were poking around this junk-slash-antique shop the other day, he unearthed this fabulous book from 1965: Interior Decoration A to Z, by Betty …
I love taking tests. Not school tests, or driving tests…fun tests. Quizzes. What a bonus that House Beautiful‘s latest color issue includes a test/quiz/questionnaire on its very last page: “What’s your color personality?” I probably would have taken the test anyway, but I don’t know if I would blogged about it were it not for …
Hi! My name is Kim and this is my first time to write on a blog.I have 2 entry doors on the front of my house: the front door and friend’s entry (which is really the laundry room). They are both painted white. My shutters are Charleston Green. My brick is Spalding Tudor by General …
After reading Maria Killam‘s excellent post the other day about creating “vignettes” or “tablescapes,” I was feeling a bit under-accessorized. So I went out to this rather odd intersection in Royal Oak, about 15 minutes from St. Michaels, Maryland, where we’re staying. There are dozens of precious “interior design” shops in St. Michaels, but I …
Dear Annie: We’ve been in our house for one year. We painted the living room and I really like the color – though it didn’t do anything to pull the furniture together color-wise, we just liked the color. We just invested a good chunk of change in having custom drapes made. I chose the drapes …
I’m a big fan of Benjamin Moore’s HC-146 Wedgewood Gray, as you know. So I was especially tickled when Sara sent pictures of her recently painted laundry and powder rooms. She writes: “…we did just renovate our laundry and powder rooms (they’re connected), and I couldn’t resist sending you before and after pictures….Thanks for saving …