Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Hi Annie, I’m going to apologize in advance because this question is somewhat similar to one that you answered in February, but if you bear with me, the ultimate problem does differ. I am working on decorating the living room in my new apartment and just purchased a sofa (leaf green) and a chair/ottoman (paprika); …
I almost licked a table on Thursday. I pulled back at the last minute, but it was a close call. It all began with a simple quest for ice cream. Ridiculous, since I don’t even like ice cream very much, but it was a gorgeous evening, and dinner at the dive-y Great Wall – Szechuan …
I have a confession to make. I like LL Bean. Not the clothes, although I do have a certain nostalgia for the duck boot. Not the camping gear…no qualification required on that one. The Boat & Tote is such an American icon that it probably should have its own postage stamp, but that’s not why …
Faithful readers, please forgive me for the lack of posts this week – I was down for the count with food poisoning. I’m now back among the living.The Wall Street Journal last Friday finally announced what we all hoped would happen: furniture is getting smaller. Feel that? That’s the weight of a zillion McMansion-scaled sectional …
I’ve been to the Wolfsonian before, but this time the intimacy and cleverness of the shop/cafe really struck me. First of all, how many retail spaces show Louise Brooks movies on a large screen? This building was originally a storage facility. Sounds like the scale would be large, doesn’t it? But it’s not, and that’s …
Is there anything more festive than a pink plexiglass-topped table? Restaurant designers have all the fun. These tables are the bright spots in an industrial space – jolts of color in a sea of neutrals. This is a perfect example of something I run into all the time, though: it’s a great idea, probably not …
I love Flokati rugs. I like to think I was ahead of the curve on this one, but alas, my blog wasn’t up yet, and now you can get them anywhere. The cream-colored Flokati is the most popular and, naturally, the easiest to work with. In part as an experiment, in part because I was …