Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
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 …
WARNING: If you’re feeling the least bit unpatriotic, this blog post is not for you. The good people of St. Michaels, Maryland have decided that Independence Day is their holiday. And why not? It’s “The Town That Fooled the British,” after all: in 1813 its citizens foiled a British attack by hanging lanterns high in …
A very nice woman called me up recently. “I’m stuck,” she said. In the 4 years she and her family had lived in their house, they had never really used the living room. She didn’t like the master bedroom. She was thinking of enclosing a porch but wasn’t sure it was a good idea… This …
Hi Annie, I love your blog! We have just purchased a 1929 Tudor style house in Seattle…The mahogany trim is original and beautiful however almost brown/black and the walls are peachy. We are going to paint the trim up (with much sadness) to some variation of white (I saw your post of three favorite trim …
Gentle readers: I was curled up in front of a roaring fire yesterday – the weather gods have decided to give winter another shot – and it struck me once again that fireplaces rock. You wouldn’t expect a Florida dweller to think much about fireplaces, but fortunately for us, interior designer Lorrie Browne does. She …
Hooray! I’m all about the silver lining right now. If you can believe it, we (the royal “we”) did not secure cabinetry appropriate for a cutting-edge Design House kitchen. Room drawings are due in 2 weeks, and so we (an actual “we:” the Design Center’s marketing department and I) gave ourselves yesterday as the deadline …
Well. I’ve been invited to participate in the spring Design House at the Washington Design Center. The theme is “Urban Elegance.” My urbanly elegant room will be the kitchen. The timeline is pretty short; the opening party is on April 23. So the first thing I need to do is nail down a cabinetry partner. …