Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I know, Gentle Readers: “mixed materials” isn’t entirely new. We’re used to seeing lucite with glass, metal with wood, mirror and wood… And two-toned desks certainly have been around for a while. This one is wood and vellum, with a touch of brass on the pulls: And here’s a deskd in wood and marble with …
The short and unsatisfying answer, Gentle Readers, is maybe. It’s entirely up to you (and your trusty designer). In sorting through my thoughts about this subject, I couldn’t come up with a hard and fast set of rules — much to my chagrin. Sometimes, a red brick house is drop-dead gorgeous. Sometimes, a brick house …
Ahhh, pillows. Aside from painting a room, Gentle Readers — which I maintain is the best, most cost-effective way to change a space dramatically — pillows can have an unparalleled impact on a room. But what size? My clients and I do crazy custom pillows all the time, but there are some standard sizes and …
Oh, Gentle Readers, it’s been quite a month! A fun month, but a super duper busy one. I hope you’re having a great summer so far. We did several design presentations recently, and in two – count ’em, two! – we were faced with the same question: In a long, narrow living room, which is …
Boy has THIS been controversial on TikTok, Gentle Readers. We are finally (finally!) getting around to renovating our daughters’ bathroom, and we came to the realization that the clawfoot tub — aged 110 — must go. It simply wasn’t salvageable. AND we had absolutely no way of getting it out of the house in tact. …
I live in a row house, so it’s no surprise that my back garden is pretty tiny. It faces south, but because the garden is contained by the garage and our two next-door-neighbors’ fences, it doesn’t get a ton of direct sunlight. It’s a challenge. I’ve become a bit obsessed with the garden this year. …
It all started with my friend Sarah up the street. You should read her books, by the way; they (and she!) are amazing. Sarah was agonizing over a color for her front door, and she asked for my opinion. I sauntered up the street and was greeted by this: Oh, dear. “Well!” I said heartily. “We …
