Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I was sitting here watching American Idol and toying w/ my floor plan for the Design House, and there was a particularly action-packed ad for an upcoming movie called Push. Something about this actor getting hurled into a red and green wall reminded me… I forgot to post about Miss Yip Chinese Cafe in Miami …
Here’s what’s in the restroom of a DC restaurant called Proof. Check out this shiny metallic wallpaper. How amazing is it that the geometric pattern of the wallpaper is imitated in the mosaic tile below it? And when you really get close, you see that the wallpaper Xs are actually women’s legs, in fishnets and …
Q: I’ve invested 14 years in creating a unique urban space. I now need to sell that house. How much “character” can I leave, and how much of what I’ve implemented needs to be beiged away to keep the realtors happy? A: I love this question, and even though I’m not a realtor, people ask …
Q: My house is far from modern – it’s a 1919 Arts and Crafts sort-of bungalow – and inexplicably, the living room walls have picture-frame molding (and crown molding too). My question is about what to put inside those picture frames because so far … nothing! A: This little truism applies here: “Just because it’s …
I can’t tell you how happy I am that wallpaper is coming back. Check out this Neisha Crosland wallpaper (Caravan in Chocolate) that a client used in her dining room. We could have gone with dark brown on the wainscoting, but the room would have turned into a cave. Not necessarily a bad look, but …