Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I have been so surprised and delighted by the wonderful response to my little “Design Dilemmas” on Instagram reels and Tiktok, Gentle Readers. Thank you! Several of them have been about pattern mixing, so I thought I would try and capture the takeaways for those of you who prefer to read rather than watch. 1. …
Two posts in a row about house museums, Gentle Readers! Thank you for indulging me. You know I love a good house museum. This one is called Bonnet House, and John and I discovered it on a mini-break in Fort Lauderdale a few weeks ago. (“Discovered” may be a strong word…the property was literally next …
Like many of you, Gentle Readers, I have been tearing through The Gilded Age on HBOMax. Created by Julian Fellowes of Downton Abbey fame, it essentially IS Downton Abbey, just earlier and New-York-ier. Mr. Fellowes clearly embraces the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach to show development, and I, for one, am not …
For once, I am not behind on my TV watching! Inventing Anna just came out last week, evidently, and once I got past Julia Garner’s bizarro accent (I KNOW it’s intentional, teenage children!), I started enjoying it immensely. (That Shonda Rhimes. Such a superstar.) Plus you already know every single actor in it, which makes …
Please note, Gentle Readers, that I did not say renovate. Or even remodel. No, I said update. Renovating a bathroom (which, as you know, I have just survived) is a messy, inconvenient, time-consuming, and expensive undertaking. We’re not always up for it. Sometimes, a client has a bathroom or powder room that is outdated and …
It is a necessary evil, Gentle Readers. Photographing projects. As the designer Celerie Kemble says (I’m paraphrasing): if you don’t photograph a project, it’s as though it didn’t happen. Too true, too true. Reality in the form of time and budgetary limitations prevents me from photographing every single project, but I do try and capture …
Happy New Year, Gentle Readers! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Bonus points if neither you nor anyone close to you got COVID. (If you’re in or around D.C., that’s a tall order right now.) We haven’t taken down our Christmas tree yet, and to be honest, I might just wait another week. …
