Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Dear kind-hearted decision-makers at Baker Knapp & Tubbs, I usually am a fairly dignified person, but…pleasepleaseplease may I please borrow one of your beautiful tables for the Design House this spring? Please? I saw the Rill Hall Table from the Bill Sofield Collection in your showroom today, and it was love at first sight. Your …
What a great idea! Way to go, Stone2Furniture. Can’t wait to see what else comes in.
I’m pretty humbled by showrooms’ generosity, I must say. Yes, I know they get valuable exposure from contributing to Design Houses, but from where I’m standing right now, it just feels like people are being nice. I’ll take it. To date, we have:– ALL of the fabric provided by Stroheim & Romann. There’s a lot …
Quickie post about a subject near and dear to my heart. I’ve written about it several times. Today’s Financial Times had an article by Josh Sims about licensed reproductions of furniture versus “inspired by” pieces (aka knockoffs). The conclusion isn’t dissimilar from ones I’ve seen in other articles: it’s up to the purchaser to decide …
Well. Balancing Design House prep and client projects is leaving precious little time for blogging. Sorry about that. But things seem to be falling into place, so that’s great. My whole “grand foyer” concept is dependent upon a large round table. Don’t YOU need a place to throw your keys and mail when you walk …
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 …
It might be a little off topic but do you have any ideas for providing guests a reasonable nights sleep and also having a good seating area for the other 99% of the time. I’ve had those awful 1 ton sofas and lumpy, uncomfortable futons. I want to encourage guests to visit but we also …