Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I was riding the Metro yesterday, catching up on my magazine reading (I can barely keep up with Domino), and something in the December ’08 issue of Metropolitan Home caught my attention. In a recurring side article called, “What the Pros Know,” Miami designer (and Met Home’s Miami City editor) Nisi Berryman says this: “It’s …
The Washington Post’s Home Section has an article today about red dining rooms. There are a few bossy color quotes in there (thank you!) that are low on bossy, high on color. I hope the article is helpful. I thought all of the the designers in the article gave good advice, especially Zoe Kyriacos, a …
I know, I know. There are modernists among us who feel about DWR the way some feel about Pottery Barn. Something about, “one-stop shopping makes it too easy for those with no real design sense to appear as though they have some, blah blah blah…” What a nation of whiners. ;) I understand why DWR …
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 …
Blue is back. Gray-blue is better. For a sophisticated greyish-blue that’s deep but not depressing, check out Benjamin Moore‘s HC-146 Wedgewood Gray. I’ve used it in several baths and bedrooms, but I’m dying to try it in a dining room. It’s so versatile it’s almost a neutral.
…are in. By the time you see a picture of something in the Pottery Barn catalog, it’s so in it’s almost out. This color is Benj. Moore’s 2073-30 Passion Plum. I hate it when they get stuff right.
Q: We inherited fake but good quality oriental rugs from my parents. One is 12 x 9, the other is 9 x 6 (one for the living room, one for the dining room) These rugs lasted about 35 years, but our little family has managed to finish them off. So now we’re looking to buy …