Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I fear faux painting. Maybe it’s a hangover from the ’80s, when “rag painting” was so popular… But to be honest, when you have a zillion people working on a project – the contractor, the floor guy, electrician, plumber, team of painters, drapery installer, chirpy decorator (that would be me) – the last thing I …
I don’t know about you, but at this time of year I can barely wrench open my front door because of all the catalogs that have dropped through the mail slot. (Pick up the darn things and put them on a table, you say? I’ll give that some thought.) These little plates – the “comic …
Change is good. I’m tinkering with the header and would be grateful for your thoughts. The idea is that we’d change the background picture periodically, keeping the logo/text the same at the right. Good idea? Bad idea? Confusing? Fun? Please leave a comment and let me know. Thank you!
It’s sad, but it’s true. Not all old things are worth keeping. I’m generally in favor of salvaging architectural or decorative elements. If it’s in good shape, if it works with the current owners’ style, and, most important, if it’s original to the house, why not try to work with it? My contractors will tell …
Thanks for mentioning bossy blog, Post-Standard! Glad to see that our reach extends up to central New York, which must be drop-dead gorgeous right about now. Enjoy the foliage and the blog – and thanks for reading.
Adobe architecture. Pueblo Revival. Santa Fe Style. Whatever you call it, these interiors present a challenge to homeowners and decorators. Certainly one option is to give yourself over to “Southwestern style” and make liberal use of turquoise and terra-cotta paint, Taos furniture, and Navajo rugs. But what do you do if dream catchers and Kokopelli …
I am not much of an outdoorsperson. (I’m an INterior designer, after all.) So if I’m writing about something in the natural world, you know it made a big impression. When we arrived in Santa Fe this past weekend, my hostess with the mostest, Laura Heon, said that we were lucky ducks indeed: the Aspens …