Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Good old laminate countertops are making a comeback. Cost must be the driving factor: at $20 – $40/sf, it’s really the least expensive material out there. (Butcher block can be close, but everything else – granite, marble, concrete, stainless steel, solid surfacing such as CesarStone or Silestone – is at least double the price: $80 …
The New York Times ran an article today entitled, “What’s Lurking in Your Countertop?”, which says that certain types of granite have been found to emit low levels of radiation. Not all granite, of course, and not all of the levels are high, but as David J. Brenner says in the article (he’s the director …
In the spirit of those special-edition trashy magazines in grocery aisles this summer (how I love them), here’s a post that’s short on text and long on photographs. I figure if I have to tell you which is before and which is after, the clients should get their money back. I do like a good …
Eco-poleum? Green-o-floleum? Fabulous-colorful-versatile-and-environmentally-sensitive-a-joleum? I have long been a fan of Marmoleum as a flooring material. The colors – holy cow, the colors…so rich, so vibrant. And the neutrals are nuanced and lovely. All of the colors are slightly mottled, so you can find grey veins in the yellows, blues in the reds, that kind of …
So I was walking up Walnut Street in Philadelphia, minding my own business, when WHAM, out of nowhere I’m blinded by a flash of green. Wallpaper? I thought. But no, it was tile – tile on the walls and on the ceiling of a fairly new chain of vegetarian restaurants called Maoz. According to its …
And now, for the second installment of this occasional series… Benajmin Moore’s 2136-70 Whispering Spring is one of the best bedroom and bath colors I’ve come across. (I know I just showed you some bluish greys in a recent “You asked…” post, but this is a muted blue. Much, much different :) ) The color …
This past weekend, the Financial Times (which, inexplicably, I love) ran an article summarizing what it sees as the major design trends for 2008. (To clarify, a trend is movement in a certain direction – different from a flash-in-the-pan fad. It’s a subtle but important distinction.) As my job is to translate trends into practical …