Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Did I just read something about DC being the “next hot youth magnet city?” Uhhhhh, ok. That’s nice. But I’m more interested in this: D.C. is ratcheting up its interior design game. Where’dja read THAT? Right here, Gentle Readers. You read it right here. Look no further than 14th Street. I swear, why would anyone …
Happy last day of summer. I had the pleasure – nay, the privilege – of spending some extra special time with one of my daughters recently, because her school started, get this: two and a half weeks after her sister’s. Unfortunately, our babysitter’s school started when daughter #1’s did. We read books. We went to …
Gentle Readers, have you ever walked into an ugly room, looked around, thrown up your hands and asked aloud, to no one in particular, “Where do I begin?” Well, wonder no more. Sidle on over here. Closer… Start with the rug. That’s right: start with the rug. Whether you’re working with the one you have …
This month will go down as “60s August,” at least in the annals of bossy blog. A reader saw this 1965 Ikea catalog on the fabulous website Boing Boing and felt compelled to send it in. (Thank you, Gentle Reader!) Isn’t it awesome? Timely not just because of bossy blog’s recent post about the 1965 …
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 …
Design Hole is doing a very cool “chair of the day” series right now – both good and bad chairs. It’s excellent. So naturally when I was in Century Furniture yesterday and saw this, I thought of them. I like it. Do you? The embroidery is pretty intense, and the linen is actually a really …
It’s over. The Design House, which many of you visited (thank you!) and even more of you read about (thank you again!), has closed. Officially, we have one week to clear everything out. If we want to go on vacation, though, we have about 48 hours. My husband and I went down today to get …