Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I’ve given you my from-the-heart advice about lamps. You know the saying: you don’t regret the things you do…you regret the things you don’t. Now, with equal fervor, I implore you: if you have a lamp you don’t like anymore, DON’T GET RID OF IT. At least not yet. Try changing the shade first. A …
I still think about this lamp. I saw it at Timothy Paul well over a year ago, and I still think about it. Shoulda bought it. It was pricey, but so elegant and versatile. It could have gone on the round table in my living room. On the sideboard in the dining room. Or on …
The silk incident, as it shall be known, took some of the wind out of my sails. It didn’t help that on the very same day I got the call asking me to, ah, re-evaluate my fabric proposal, the lamps I had chosen – the Brancusi-like ones – were sold out from under me. You …
Last night I dreamed that my Design House rug clashed with the wall-to-wall carpet beneath it. It was more of a nightmare, really. I know there could be worse things, but at the moment nothing springs to mind… The sleepless night is unwarranted, though: things are going great, knock wood. Got the excellent news that …
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 …
Out: Miami’s design district. In: North Miami. Blasphemy, I know. But I’ve visited Miami’s famed design district numerous times. Admittedly, never during Art Basel, never during a fancy party weekend. But I’ve never seen more than the faintest glimmer of life (NIBA being the notable exception). That’s just no fun. Many of the showrooms aren’t …
What does a billion dollar hotel renovation look like? So glad you asked. Welcome to Fontainebleau Resort complex in Miami Beach. Originally designed by Morris Lapidus and built in 1954, its website proclaims: Following a $1 billion renovation and expansion [it repoened in November 2008], Fontainebleau is a spectacular blend of Miami’s glamorous golden era …