Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I’m not going to say a WORD about what a bummer it was to return to 40-degree weather and several inches of snow from the 80-degree heaven that was Miami Beach… Not one word. Before we left, I had the opportunity to spend some time in CB2 on Lincoln Road – right after I popped …
I recently bought a new house and am having some trouble deciding on color. I read your post [about LR rugs] where you suggested the Pottery Barn Blithe rug. I bought this rug for my living room and am trying to decide how to best use the colors. My biggest problem is that my living …
Dear Annie,I have a cream-background wallpaper in the dining room and have painted the trim with the same [cream]: Benjamin Moore Mystic Beige 2162-60. I painted the wall below the chair rail a deep red (Ralph Lauren’s Nobleman VM74), which picks up color in the wallpaper and drapes. The wallpaper is old, probably vintage 1967 …
Washingtonian.com featured My Notting Hill‘s Michele Ginnerty and me in their column today about decorating your Thanksgiving table. Thank you! I think there were some good ideas in there, if I do say so myself :) (No scatalogical conifer references, though…for that, you’ll have to see bossy color’s previous interview about Thanksgiving decorations.) I hope …
Thank you, Walla Walla Union Bulletin! They interviewed me for a story on inexpensive, accessible decorations for Thanksgiving. So what were my bright ideas? Well, that sentence was a clue, and here’s an equally subtle visual hint… (Bonus points for identifying the quotation I wish I could take back. That’s what happens when the reporter …
You can’t teach taste. Yes, you can teach basic design principles, and color theory, and how to light a room…but really, when it comes to taste, you either have it or you don’t. My friend does. That and an excellent sense of how to put things together. This is her apartment, with its fantastic wall …
Hello,Ive enjoyed reading your blog. My fiance and I bought a farmhouse in New England (4000 sf!) in dire need of affection…It has a beautiful foyer with 20′ high ceilings and adjacent great room. We would like to do a warm gold color, not too yellow and not too tan. I have swatches of several …