Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Q: I am assembling my living room (the room was completely bare, new home) and am stuck trying to find a rug. We painted an accent wall a orangish/brown and the other walls are cream. The couch is a dark green with two brown accent chairs and a brown ottoman. What color should my rug …
Q: We inherited fake but good quality oriental rugs from my parents. One is 12 x 9, the other is 9 x 6 (one for the living room, one for the dining room) These rugs lasted about 35 years, but our little family has managed to finish them off. So now we’re looking to buy …
I’ve got to hand it to Kelly Wearstler: the lobby of The Tides in South Beach is lovely. I’ll confess that I don’t like the central chandelier much. It’s the first thing you see when you walk in, and although it’s airy, I think it overwhelms the room. I will say that the longer I …
I absolutely love rugman.com, and if you’re a client of mine, you can skip this entry because you’ve undoubtedly heard this all before. It’s a leap of faith to buy a rug online, to be sure, but Rugman’s prices make it worth the risk. And naturally, the more you do it, the more skilled you …
Well, guess what. I’m here to say that it might – might – be time to revisit Ikea. Especially if you have kids, a mudroom, a home office, or a weekend house. Or all of the above. A few months ago, a colleague of mine (a fantastic professional organizer, Nicole Anzia of Neatnik) dragged me …
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 …