Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Maybe it all started at the Thomas Everard house at Colonial Williamsburg. I couldn’t get that shiny green mantel out of my head for days. Or maybe it was the green dining room at the George Wythe House at Williamsburg. Or maybe it was George Washington’s “Little Dining Room” at Mount Vernon that planted the seed. …
Happy 2016! With the winter holidays barely over, the last thing you (and your credit cards) may be thinking about is spending more money. And yet… Online bargains are unbelievable right now. So if you can stomach it, consider digging deep for one of these items. (They’re on sale as of the publishing of this post, …
Holy cow: what is UP with stools right now?! From practical to useless to cute to downright kooky…there are a lot of stools out there. Choose wisely. (Brief public service announcement: You know about the 3 heights of stools and chairs, right? “Table height,” “counter height,” and “bar height.” So if you’re buying a stool for …
As you may know, Banned Books Week just ended. The week got me thinking about libraries — in particular, my hometown library in Glens Falls, New York. When I was in middle school, my best friend Emily and I would end the school day, hop on our bikes, and ride to Crandall Library downtown. For me, the library wasn’t …
I arrived home a few hours ago to an empty house. My husband and daughters are still in St. Michaels, where the girls will go to sailing camp this week. Usually I love chilling by myself at home; it’s so rare that no one else is here. But it was a really fun weekend, filled w/ amazing food, bike …
Do you hear that, Gentle Readers? No? Exactly. It’s the sound of summer. My daughters finally got out of school last Friday, we had their birthday parties (please note the plural; no shared party for THESE twins), and on Saturday, we drove them to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where they’ll spend the week with friends. Last night, …
Jura Koncius just wrote a terrific article in the Washington Post about Millennials being more interested in experiences than in accumulating things for their homes. For this generation, nostalgia is in short supply. Koncius points out that it’s not that Millennials don’t care about their surroundings. They do. Newell Turner, Editor-in Chief of House Beautiful, says in the article …
